| Base44 | The founder posted user numbers, revenue and profit publicly; the main source of word-of-mouth growth. | | | B | TechCrunch, 18 June 2025: 6-month-old, solo-owned vibe coder Base44 sells to Wix for $80M cash |
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| Polsia | Second channel for the founder's public posts: the run-rate updates and the announcement of the US$30 million round. | | | B | Fortune, 26 March 2026, Allie Garfinkle: The one-person unicorn: Myth, miracle, or the future of startups? |
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| invrs.io | The founder's public profile, which the press used for the founding year and his career history. | | | B | MacRumors, 25 February 2026: EU Reveals Apple Made a Tiny Acquisition Last Year |
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| Chatbase | One of the free channels for building in public before there was a marketing budget. | | | C | Superframeworks case study, 2026: Bootstrapped to $10M ARR, $1M in 117 Days From a Tweet to 16 Followers |
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| Tweet Hunter | Listed as a social channel in the founder's tool list; the sister product Taplio is built for it. | | | C | Starter Story, 18 May 2023: How we built a $3.5M ARR LinkedIn tool that will be acquired for $10M-$15M |
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| Rytr | One of the social channels used to find the first beta testers. | | | C | Starter Story, 28 November 2021: I Built A Simple AI Writing Tool That Makes $60K/Year |
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| Postiz | One of the social channels where the founder posted the product. | | | C | Nevo David on dev.to, 21 November 2025: I did it! My open-source company now makes $14.2k monthly as a single developer |
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| Arcads | The founder and team members publish content there to bring in customers. | | | C | Founderpath, interview by Nathan Latka recorded 16 May 2025, published 8 July 2025: How Arcads Hit $6M ARR With a Five-Person Team and AI Agents |
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| My AskAI | Founders' posts and direct messages; they say their best clients come through it. | | | C | Starter Story, 18 June 2024, interview with Mike Heap: I Built A $300K/Year AI Business For Less $50 Bucks |
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| Neural Frames | Job posts and applicants, for example for a head of growth in July 2025. | | | C | A public page outside the story's source list |
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| SEObot | Social channel where the founder reposts the same content; the home page gives it as a contact. | | | C | Starter Story podcast, 11 November 2025: I Make $250K/Month From 20 Apps, transcript on StationLM |
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| LocalRank | Company page, linked from the site footer. | | | C | LocalRank home page, read 13 October 2026 |
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| SoundBoost.ai | One of three networks where the release was announced in February 2024; about 8,000 views in four days. | | | C | Berkan Cesur's X timeline, September 2021 to October 2026 |
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| Glossa.live | Company page that publishes posts about church translation several times a week; 12 followers in October 2026. | | | C | LinkedIn company page: Glossa |
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| Voicy | The company has a LinkedIn page, linked from its home page. | | | C | Voicy home page |
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| Coachvox AI | The founder searched it for people working in AI when she looked for technical help. | | | C | Starter Story, 5 September 2023: We Built An AI Coach For Creators And Hit 6-Figures Revenue Pre-Launch |
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| aiCarousels | The founder posts build-in-public updates there and names it as a channel for aiCarousels users. | | | C | Fernando Pessagno on X, 27 May 2024: where the users of aiCarousels come from |
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| Rank Prompt | Company page with 706 followers where it posts about AI visibility and advertised a job opening. | | | C | Rank Prompt company page on LinkedIn |
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| traxy | The only data source: traxy reads public likes, comments and reposts on LinkedIn posts without a LinkedIn login. | | | C | traxy FAQ, read 15 October 2026 |
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| Supergrow | The founders' posts on LinkedIn brought the first customers; the product publishes to LinkedIn, the platform it depends on. | | | C | Deven Bhooshan's blog, 21 April 2025: From Zero to $230K ARR: The Indie Hacker's Playbook |
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| Lancer | The founder found the first users with a LinkedIn post asking for beta testers, and kept posting there. | | | C | Starter Story, 10 January 2026: I Built an AI Agent That Makes $10K/Month |
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| Notis | The founder's posts about building with no outside money. | | | C | Notis changelog, August 2025 to August 2026 |
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| Adle | The company page posts Spanish-language promotion for Adle and shows 8 employees. | | | C | LinkedIn company page: Adle (formerly Buzzly) |
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| DimeADozen | The company page posted updates; one post went viral in 2023, and in August 2023 a post announced the sale. | | | C | Indie Hackers, Mike Blumenthal, 14 October 2023: Concept to Cash: 6-Figure Exit in 6 months for DimeADozen AI |
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| Kleo | The co-founders sold to their own LinkedIn followers, who post on LinkedIn themselves, through a waitlist and webinars. | | | C | Lagless Portal (note.com), 19 July 2026: Issue 86: $62k MRR in 3 months with zero ads and zero Product Hunt |
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| EasyGen | The founder's LinkedIn posts, with 100 million views by his count, brought most customers; the product writes posts only for LinkedIn. | | | C | EasyGen home page, read 16 October 2026 |
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| Imagined with AI | Customers changing their profile picture to a professional style brought visibility and sales. | | | C | Starter Story, 29 January 2023: Our AI Image Generator Made $10K In Just 6 Weeks |
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| AgentaOS | Company page; the set-up package includes a launch post for the seller on it. | | | C | AgentaOS pricing page and its markdown copy, read 23 October 2026 |
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| Runbear | Creator collaborations and company posts, according to the founder's interview as summarized by the note.com article. | | | C | note.com, こうへい, 16 February 2026: The target for AI agents was wrong: a Korean founder's third company reaches ARR of 60 million yen (in Japanese) |
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| Langua | Where the co-founder publishes his revenue figures and company posts, later copied to his blog. co-founder's posts | since 2025 | | C | Don Pottinger's blog: The Unconventional Path to $100K MRR (originally posted on LinkedIn, 18 June 2025) |
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| Vizologi | Lead prospecting for business customers, first by cold messages, then by content that brings inbound requests. | | | C | Starter Story, 29 October 2021: Our $8K/Month AI-Powered SaaS Helps Businesses Find New Opportunities |
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| GenAIPI | Daily posts and direct messages; the first US$15,000 contract and later clients came from it. | since March 2025 | | C | The Next New Thing newsletter, 1 May 2026: He makes $4.5 mil/year implementing AI, this is his playbook, by Andrew Warner |
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| MausBot | Named by the founders as a marketing channel. | | | C | TrustMRR: MausBot, markdown profile (data as of 25 October 2026) |
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| BrandAxis | The CEO used his business networks and LinkedIn to reach founders and business owners after the first agency clients. | | | C | Starter Story, 4 June 2026: I Help Brands Rank In ChatGPT (AEO, $50K Per Month), interview with Felix Norton and Freddie O'Donnel (spelled so on the page) |
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| Indilingo | One of the company's social channels for posts. | | | C | Indilingo careers page, read 25 October 2026 |
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| DecorAI | Marketing channel listed by the founder on TrustMRR; results not stated. | | | C | TrustMRR profile of DecorAI, read 25 October 2026 (revenue last synced 25 October 2026) |
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| Slashspace | Measures ads from website visit data. ad measurement | | | C | Slashspace Privacy Policy, last updated 21 October 2026 |
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| WeBuilda | The founder contacted Product Hunt hunters there before the launch. | | | C | Microns success story, 13 September 2024, by Ilya Novohatskyi: Enoq Sold His $4k ARR AI Website Builder Within 21 days. Here's His Story |
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| The Multiverse AI | Companies on free trials were asked to post their team headshots on LinkedIn. | | | C | Side Hustle Nation, show notes by Nick Loper, 6 October 2025: From $9 to $350K, How I Built and Sold an AI-Powered Website |
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| Rezi | Company content channel; 98 posts and 36 short videos in 2023, and the founder's own posts. | | | C | Rezi blog, 17 January 2024: Rezi: Year in Review 2023 |
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| Alchie | The platform on which every post is published; the product exists for its users. | | | C | Alchie legal notice (Mentions légales), terms (CGU) and privacy policy |
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| CaptureFlow | Listed by the founder as a marketing channel; also where the product publishes the user's posts. | | | C | TrustMRR: CaptureFlow, verified revenue profile |
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| Summify | The founder's LinkedIn posts, with Reddit, helped bring the first US$500 of monthly revenue, he wrote. | | | C | eBiz Facts, 5 August 2024, by Fardeen Khan: Sold His Simple AI Tool For $30K After 10 Months |
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| Synta | Listed by the founder among the marketing channels on TrustMRR. | | | C | TrustMRR profile: Synta, archived copy of 6 August 2026 |
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