# Lumeo

Aiolum story: https://aiolum.com/story/lumeo/ · added 2026-11-12 · updated 2026-11-12

**In short.** Lumeo (AI carousel maker for LinkedIn and Instagram posts, France): US$10.3K all-time revenue, October 2026. Evidence grade A: disclosed by a company or a filing, or verified by a payment processor. Team: 1 founder named on the TrustMRR profile; headcount not published. Launched 6 November 2023; closed later.

AI carousel maker for LinkedIn and Instagram posts · France · AI-native · solo founder · closed · group: Marketing and social content

- Outcome: US$10.3K all-time revenue, October 2026 (evidence grade of the headline number: A; headline in US dollars: 10348)
- Launch: 6 November 2023; months from launch to the outcome: 35
- Team: 1 founder named on the TrustMRR profile; headcount not published
- Outside funding: None reported; the company's closing notice cites a lack of funding
- Main factor: Price
- Meters, 1 to 4: evidence strength 3, copyable pattern 2, capital needed 1
- Tags: AI-native, Solo founder, Bootstrapped, Closed, B2C, Communication Services

Links:

- Visit lumeo.me: https://www.lumeo.me/en
- Verified revenue on TrustMRR: https://trustmrr.com/startup/lumeo

**The product.** A web tool that turned a topic, a tweet, a YouTube video or an article into a carousel for LinkedIn or Instagram. A carousel is a post of several slides that the reader swipes through. The user could apply a saved Brand Kit and download the result as a PDF or as one PNG image per slide.

**Why it worked.** Lumeo sold one narrow job at low entry prices and took US$10,348 in total, most of it before October 2025. The December 2024 page offered the first 20 buyers a price of US$47, with steps up to US$67. The business never built recurring revenue: TrustMRR shows US$11.54 of monthly recurring revenue in October 2026.

Evidence grades: A = disclosed by a public company, a filing or a payment processor, or verified by one; B = two or more independent reports agree, or a journalist confirmed it; C = a founder claim that no one else verified; D = reported, not verified: one founder claim or a third-party estimate with no second source; E = no revenue figure found, so the headline is a non-money fact and the other facts carry their own grades; calc = computed on this page from graded facts.

## Summary

Lumeo was an AI tool that made carousels, posts of several slides that readers swipe through on LinkedIn and Instagram. The user gave a topic, a tweet, a YouTube video or a web page. The tool built the slides, and the user adjusted the design and downloaded a PDF or PNG images. In April 2024 the same site sold a tool that turned tweets into LinkedIn posts.

TrustMRR lists a founder named Kérian in France and gives 6 November 2023 as the start date. The Stripe payment records that TrustMRR reads show US$10,348 in verified revenue over all time. They show US$1,472 in the last twelve months and US$0 in the last 30 days. Recurring revenue is US$11.54 a month, from one active subscription. Of the twelve months shown, January 2026 was the best, with US$297.

The headline figure is grade A, because it comes from the payment-processor connection that TrustMRR describes. The start date, the founder's name and the asking price are written by the founder or seller on the profile, so they are grade C. The company's notice says Lumeo will shut down on 1 September 2026 for lack of funding. The sign-in address had an expired security certificate on 12 November 2026.

## Why did Lumeo work?

### It sold one narrow job to people who post on LinkedIn

The home page promises one thing: carousels for LinkedIn and Instagram posts. The top menu also offers a free carousel editor, a post formatter, a banner generator and a post hook generator. The blog is about LinkedIn carousels. No source says how many customers came from these pages.

### Most revenue came early, and recurring revenue stayed near US$12 a month

Calculated: US$8,876 of the US$10,348 came before the twelve months that start in October 2025. In the last month of the profile, recurring revenue was US$11.54 from one subscription. A business that sells low-priced access to a narrow tool needs new buyers every month. The profile shows under US$80 a month from March to August 2026.

### Monthly revenue fell from US$286 to US$51 in March 2026

February 2026 showed US$286 and March 2026 US$51.01. Monthly revenue stayed under US$80 from March to August. The sources give no reason for the fall. The only reason the company gives is the shutdown notice, which cites a lack of funding.

## How it was built

These details come from the page code of the home page and from the company's own pages. Only the archived page of April 2024 names an AI model.

- The archived home page of 16 April 2024 says "Powered by GPT-4". No later page names the model.
- Payments run through Stripe. TrustMRR reads the revenue from it through an API key.
- The home page loads Plausible, a tool for visitor statistics, and FirstPromoter, which tracks affiliate links.
- Customer reviews are shown by two widgets from Senja, a review tool. Their content loads by script and is not in the downloaded page.
- The affiliate page says commissions are paid through PayPal at the beginning of each month.
- The site has an English and a French version. The generator can start from a text, a tweet, a YouTube video or a web page.

Sources: [1, 2, 7, 11]

## Who tried this before Lumeo, and why did they fail?

Three companies in our database of failed startups built social media or story tools. The values below are from that database and are not independently verified.

The failed startups come from our database of dead startups, retold here in our own words; Its entries are AI-assisted summaries of public sources, so they carry no evidence grade.

### Argyle Social (2009 to 2013; funding US$2.5M; cause: Competition)

- Promise: A social media marketing tool for lead generation, linked to Pardot and Marketo.
- Why it died: Larger firms with much bigger marketing budgets held the market, and the tool could not keep a distinct brand.
- Record: 

### Creator Growth Lab (2018 to 2022; funding US$2.5M; cause: Platform dependence)

- Promise: Analytics and engagement tips for Instagram creators, so that they need no agency.
- Why it died: It relied on Instagram, which changed its API and its engagement algorithms often.
- Record: 

### Storyboard (2017 to 2020; funding US$5M; cause: Competition)

- Promise: Tools that join images, text and video into interactive visual stories.
- Why it died: It could not set itself apart from social platforms that already offered story features.
- Record: 

## What changed

All three predecessors built on social platforms or competed with them, and bigger firms took their market. Lumeo has the same exposure. Its output is made for the post formats of LinkedIn and Instagram, which those companies can change.

Two things differ. Lumeo had no sign of outside funding and no large team in any source. The AI step turns a text into slides in a few clicks. The profile's numbers still stay small: US$1,472 in twelve months.

## Can one person copy Lumeo now?

**Verdict: The shape, yes. The business as it ran, no.**

A narrow tool for one platform's post format earned US$10,348 in total and then slowed. A copier should plan for recurring plans from the first month, since this one stayed near US$12 a month of recurring revenue.

1. Pick one post format that one platform's users publish every week.
2. Offer free tools that do one small job each, and keep the full generator behind a paid plan.
3. Sell a limited number of lifetime plans at rising prices, as the December 2024 page did, but also offer a monthly plan.
4. Count recurring revenue from the first month, because one-time sales do not repeat.

**What is still open.** Other formats that creators make by hand each week: newsletters, short-video scripts and slide decks.

## How much revenue did Lumeo make before it closed? The numbers, graded

A small verified total: US$10,348 in all, most of it earned before October 2025, and no revenue in the 30 days to 13 October 2026

| Fact | Value | Grade | Note | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Verified revenue, all time, to 12 October 2026 | US$10,348 | A | TrustMRR markdown profile, a copy cached in October 2026, revenue synced 12 October 2026. The data comes from Stripe through an API key. | [1] |
| Verified revenue, last 12 months | US$1,472 | A | Same profile. The monthly table runs from October 2025 to September 2026. | [1] |
| Revenue before October 2025 | US$8,876 | calc | Calculated: US$10,348 minus US$1,472. The profile gives no month-by-month table before October 2025. | [1] |
| Best month in the table | US$297, January 2026 | A | The profile lists US$110 for October 2025 and US$286 for February 2026. The lowest month is August 2026 with US$14.13. | [1] |
| Revenue, last 30 days to 13 October 2026 | US$0 | A | The profile's daily table shows US$0.00 on each of the 30 days. September 2026 as a month shows US$173. | [1] |
| Recurring revenue and subscriptions | US$11.54 a month from 1 active subscription | A | TrustMRR metric snapshot, October 2026. | [1] |
| Start date of the business | 6 November 2023 | C | The profile field "Founded date", written by the founder. The earliest archived home page, of 16 April 2024, carries the same name and sells a tweet-to-LinkedIn post tool. | [1, 11] |
| Terms of use last updated | 20 December 2023 | C | The date printed in the French terms. The text describes a service that records and summarizes online meetings, not carousels. | [5] |
| Team | 1 founder named; headcount not published | C | TrustMRR lists one founder, Kérian. The company's own pages name nobody and give the contact address kerian@lumeo.me. | [1, 2] |
| Prices, November 2026 | US$12 a month, US$114 a year, US$149 lifetime | C | Company home page. The Lifetime Plan is crossed out from US$349. | [2] |
| Launch prices on the archived page, 14 December 2024 | US$47 (sold out), US$57, US$67, then US$119 | C | The page lists "First 20: $47 (sold out)", "Next 20: $57 (10 remaining)", "Next 20: $67" and "Price after discount: $119". The copy does not name the product these prices were for. | [3] |
| Annual plan against the monthly plan | about 21% less, not 30% | calc | Calculated: 12 months at US$12 is US$144, and US$114 is 20.8% below it. The page says -30%. | [2] |
| Listed for sale on TrustMRR | asking US$6,000, first listed 12 December 2025 | C | Seller-written fields of the profile. It also shows 4 offers received. No source says whether a sale happened. | [1] |
| Affiliate programme | 30% recurring commission, 60-day cookie | C | Company affiliate page. Commissions are paid through PayPal. | [7] |

How to read this table. Grade A is a value that TrustMRR reads from Stripe through an API key. Grade C is a value that the founder or the company wrote on its own pages. Grade X was computed on this page.

## Pricing

Lumeo prices on the company's home page, read 12 November 2026 (grade C)

| Plan | Per month, billed yearly (US$) | Per month, billed monthly (US$) | Limit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pro Mensual |  | 12 | unlimited carousels, no watermark |
| Pro Annual | 9.50 |  | billed US$114 a year; the page says -30% |
| Lifetime Plan | 149 one-time |  | 40 spots remaining, the page says |

The prices include tax (the page writes TTC). The monthly and annual plans have a 7-day free trial. The Lifetime Plan is one payment and is shown at US$149, crossed out from US$349, with 40 spots remaining. A free tier without a credit card is also advertised.

## When did Lumeo launch, and how did it grow? Timeline

From a start date in November 2023 to a closing notice in 2026. Each entry carries its grade.

- **6 November 2023** (grade C [1]): Start date on the TrustMRR profile, written by the founder.
- **20 December 2023** (grade C [5]): Date of the last update of the terms of use. The text describes a meeting-recording service, not the carousel tool.
- **16 April 2024** (grade C [11]): The earliest archived home page sells a tool that turns tweets into LinkedIn posts. The Pro plan costs US$12 a month and lists "Publish on LinkedIn" and "Schedule Posts".
- **14 December 2024** (grade C [3]): An archived home page shows launch prices from US$47 to US$67, a counter of "+1200 generated posts" and a footer dated 2024.
- **October 2025** (grade A [1]): The first month of the monthly table: US$110 of verified revenue.
- **12 December 2025** (grade C [1]): The business is first listed for sale on TrustMRR, asking US$6,000.
- **January 2026** (grade A [1, 8]): The best month in the table, US$297. The blog adds four guides to LinkedIn carousels on 19 January.
- **March 2026** (grade A [1, 4]): Monthly revenue falls to US$51.01 from US$286 in February. An archived home page of 13 March shows the Lifetime Plan at US$149 with 40 spots remaining.
- **1 September 2026** (grade C [2]): The date on which the company's notice says Lumeo will shut down for good.
- **12 October 2026** (grade A [1]): Last revenue sync of the profile: US$0 in the last 30 days, US$10,348 over all time.

## What could go wrong for Lumeo?

- **Why it closed.** The company's notice on its pages says: "due to a lack of funding, Lumeo will permanently shut down on September 1st, 2026". The closing rests on this notice and on two signs. TrustMRR shows US$0 of revenue from 14 September to 13 October 2026. The sign-in address app.lumeo.me answered with an expired security certificate on 12 November 2026. The marketing pages with their prices were still served on that day. TrustMRR shows US$173 for September 2026 and one active subscription on 12 October. TrustMRR lists the business for sale, asking US$6,000, with 4 offers. No source says whether it was sold.
- **It could publish and schedule posts on LinkedIn.** The archived page of 16 April 2024 says "Post directly to LinkedIn or schedule your post from Lumeo". The same page says the user validates "the content of the post before posting it on LinkedIn". The 2026 page code still holds the labels "Connect to your LinkedIn account" and "Schedule A Post". It also holds a setting for a "Lumeo Extension" that retrieves posts from a LinkedIn profile, "yours or another LinkedIn profile you like". The 2026 marketing pages mention none of this. No source says whether LinkedIn approved these functions or whether they still worked in 2026.
- **Reviews, counters and a spot count without a source.** The home page has a section "Customer Reviews: These creators trust us". It is filled by two Senja widgets that load by script, so no name, photo or quotation could be checked. The April 2024 page showed "132 users write once". The December 2024 page showed "+1200 generated posts" and "10 remaining" at US$57. The 2026 page shows "40 remaining spots" for the Lifetime Plan. No source confirms these counts.
- **The terms of use describe another service.** The French terms, last updated 20 December 2023, describe a service that records and summarizes online meetings. They name Lumeo as a company in the Paris trade register and give a contact address on the domain gmeetwrapper.co. The home page of that domain showed a sign-up form with placeholder text on 12 November 2026. The French company register answered with a bot challenge, so the registration date is not checked.
- **Price claims that do not match the arithmetic.** The annual plan at US$114 is shown as "-30%". Twelve months at US$12 cost US$144, so the saving is about 21%. The Lifetime Plan shows "Save 200€" next to prices in dollars. The profile's 92.0% profit margin for the last 30 days also stands next to US$0 revenue for that period.
- **Content from other people's pages.** The generator starts from "a tweet", "A YouTube video" or "An article or website". The pages say nothing about permission from the authors of that content.
- **The affiliate page speaks of passive income.** The affiliate page says "Build a real passive income stream through your content creators" and offers 30% for life. This is a claim to affiliates, not to users of the product. No earnings figure is stated.
- **Founder-written profile fields.** The start date, the founder's name, the country, the asking price and the "Estimated user count: 0" are fields that the founder or seller filled in on TrustMRR. Only the revenue and subscription figures come from Stripe.

## Sources

1. TrustMRR: Lumeo, markdown profile (cached copy of October 2026) — https://trustmrr.com/startup/lumeo.md (grade A). Read in full from the pipeline's cached copy of October 2026. The live profile answered HTTP 500 on 12 November 2026. Revenue figures come from Stripe.
2. Lumeo - Create AI carousels on LinkedIn in 1 click, home page — https://www.lumeo.me/en (grade C). Read in full on 12 November 2026. Source for the product, the prices, the closing notice and the page code.
3. Lumeo home page, Internet Archive copy of 14 December 2024 — https://web.archive.org/web/20241214235702/https://www.lumeo.me/en (grade C). Read the visible text. Source for the launch prices and the generated-posts counter.
4. Lumeo home page, Internet Archive copy of 13 March 2026 — https://web.archive.org/web/20260313204124/https://www.lumeo.me/en (grade C). Read the visible text. Source for the Lifetime Plan price and the spot count in March 2026.
5. Conditions d'utilisation - Lumeo (terms of use, French) — https://www.lumeo.me/en/term-of-use (grade C). Read in full on 12 November 2026. Source for the last-update date and the description of the service.
6. Politique de confidentialité - Lumeo (privacy policy, French) — https://www.lumeo.me/en/privacy-policy (grade C). Read in full on 12 November 2026. Source for the contact domain gmeetwrapper.co.
7. Lumeo Affiliate Program — https://www.lumeo.me/en/affiliate (grade C). Read in full on 12 November 2026. Source for the commission, the cookie window and PayPal.
8. Lumeo Blog - Tips and Tricks to Optimize your LinkedIn Presence — https://www.lumeo.me/en/blog (grade C). Read the first page of the index on 12 November 2026. Source for the dates of the articles.
9. Lumeo - Free LinkedIn Carousel Editor — https://www.lumeo.me/en/free-linkedin-carousel-editor (grade C). Read the visible text on 12 November 2026. Shows the free editor and the Get PRO button.
10. Database of failed startups, local export — /method/#dead (grade C). Record pages read on the website on 12 November 2026. AI-written summaries, not independently verified. Source for the failed predecessors.
11. Lumeo home page, Internet Archive copy of 16 April 2024 — https://web.archive.org/web/20240416120201/https://www.lumeo.me/ (grade C). Read the visible text. The earliest copy found. Source for the tweet-to-post product, its prices and "Powered by GPT-4".

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