| Jenni AI | Main customer channel after July 2022: short videos by paid small creators and company-run accounts. | | | B | TMTPost, 19 December 2025: Small AI, Big Returns: How a Nine-Person Team Turned an Overlooked Writing Tool Into a $10 Million Business |
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| AudioPen | Paid influencer test that brought no noticeable traffic; the founder did not repeat it. paid influencers | | US$7,000 in total | B | Indie Hackers, 29 October 2024: Louis Pereira, from idea to $15K a month with AudioPen (title shortened) |
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| Laper | Beta users earned referral points for posts about Laper on TikTok. | | | B | AI Dev Cases, 3 September 2026: "I Didn't Write a Single Line of Code": A Former Screenwriter Built a 100,000-Line AI Screenwriting Tool With Claude Code Alone, Hitting $40K+ MRR in 8 Months |
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| Coconote | Carried the contracted creators' short videos, which brought most new users without paid ads. | | | B | AI Dev Cases, 22 June 2026: How Coconote Hit $6.7M ARR in 18 Months With Almost No Ad Spend |
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| Wrestle AI | Organic short videos promoting the founder's apps; Rork shows one TikTok post with 117,000 views. | | | B | Rork blog, 25 February 2026: 18yo Made $131K in 6 Months with Rork |
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| GlowUp | The founder's own short videos brought the first users with no advertising budget; creators paid with equity posted there later. | | | B | Starter Story video page: My mobile app made $800K in 365 days |
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| Pingo AI | Short creator videos on TikTok, in which the AI corrects a speaker's pronunciation, brought most new users, according to a case-study site. | | | B | AI Dev Cases, 24 June 2026: "Getting Roasted by an AI" Went Viral, How Pingo AI Hit $500K MRR in 14 Months on 200M TikTok Views |
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| Cal AI | Main channel with Instagram: about 250 influencers on fixed monthly fees put the app into their videos. | | influencer fees on TikTok and Instagram together: mid six figures (US$) in one month | C | Latka interview with Zach Yadegari, May 2025: How Cal AI hit $35M ARR and 20,000 daily downloads in under a year |
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| Photo AI | One video by an AI influencer added about US$20,000 of monthly revenue; the founder then paid for a second one. | | about US$4,000 to the influencer for a second video | C | Lex Fridman Podcast #440, August 2024: Pieter Levels: Programming, Viral AI Startups, and Digital Nomad Life, transcript |
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| HeadshotPro | Affiliates were offered a US$1,000 bonus for the first three videos to reach 100,000 views. | since March 2023 | | C | Danny Postma on X, 17 March 2023: affiliate programme |
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| Formula Bot | Creators' videos drove most early traffic; the founder finds creators in the Creator Marketplace and pays some of them. Creator Marketplace, paid and free creator posts | since 2022 | US$200 to US$3,000 for a paid creator post | C | Starter Story, 21 March 2023: I Turned My Side Project into A $26K/Month SaaS Tool, interview with David Bressler |
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| PDF.ai | Receives the same daily videos as Instagram, with about a tenth of the result. daily short videos | since 2023 | | C | A public page outside the story's source list |
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| Faceless.video | The service posts finished videos to the customer's connected TikTok account on a schedule. | | | C | Faceless.video home page, about page, MCP connection page and terms of use, read 12 October 2026 |
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| Umax | Paid creators and the app's own accounts post videos there, and the founder also buys ads on it. paid creators, the app's own accounts, paid ads | | | C | Whop blog, 28 May 2025: How He Turned Looksmaxxing into $10 Million Dollars with ChatGPT |
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| AutoShorts.ai | An early growth channel through the founder's test accounts; the product also posts videos to customers' TikTok accounts. | | | C | X profile of Eric Smith, @ericsmith1302, and its embedded timeline, read 13 October 2026 |
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| Revid.ai | Platform the product posts and schedules videos to, and reads views and likes from. official publishing integration | | | C | Revid: About page and key facts, last updated 12 October 2026 |
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| CreativeClaw | Company account linked from the site footer. | | | C | CreativeClaw home page, read 13 October 2026 |
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| Verbi | Main source of customers: generated slideshows on many accounts, then paid creators and boosted videos. | | | C | Pedro Machado on X, 3 June 2026: two people posting on 12 accounts |
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| Boothie | The only channel the founder names: picture carousels posted by about a dozen persona accounts, with no paid ads. | | | C | TrustMRR profile of Boothie, revenue read from RevenueCat by API key |
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| SoundBoost.ai | Company account, linked from the footer of the website. | | | C | SoundBoost pricing page and home page, read 13 October 2026 |
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| Glossa.live | Company account linked from the site footer. | | | C | Glossa.live home page, read 13 October 2026 |
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| TrackAI | Company account for short videos, linked from the website; 46 videos and 1,948 followers in October 2026. | | | C | TrackAI website: home page, questions and answers, blog, terms and privacy policy, read 13 October 2026, with the archived copy of 19 November 2025 |
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| Calyra | The only marketing channel that the owner lists on the TrustMRR profile; the videos and their cost were not seen. | | | C | TrustMRR profile: Nutria (9e3eaa), the Calyra app, revenue last synced 13 October 2026 |
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| fastwrite.io | Marketing channel named by the founders; the site links its TikTok account. | | | C | TrustMRR: fastwrite.io, Stripe-verified profile, synced 13 October 2026 |
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| Visualizee.ai | Company video account linked from the home page. | | | C | Visualizee home page, read 14 October 2026 |
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| FounderPal | Tried as a marketing channel; the founder does not say whether it worked. | | | C | No Code Exits, 27 September 2024: How Dan Kulkov grew FounderPal to $100,000 revenue with free tools |
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| Dalea AI | The founder posted videos on Instagram and TikTok while he built the first version in February 2026. short-form videos | | | C | Bruno Kalil's posts on X, 22 February to 6 October 2026 |
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| StoryShort | Main destination platform: the product publishes customers' videos to TikTok, so the business depends on it. | | | C | StoryShort: Terms of Service, read 16 October 2026 |
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| Jungle | Main channel: about 30 paid student creators post short videos from their own accounts, 76 million views in three months. | | | C | The Pitch, season 13 episode 9, 7 May 2025: Jungle: Your AI Study Coach |
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| 3AK Track & Field | Listed by the founder as one of the app's marketing channels. | | | C | TrustMRR profile of 3AK Track & Field, as read on 12 October 2026 |
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| Imagined with AI | Short-video channel started right after launch. | since October 2022 | | C | Starter Story, 29 January 2023: Our AI Image Generator Made $10K In Just 6 Weeks |
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| MonAi | Second platform for the creator partner's videos, according to the Ponicorn directory. the creator partner's own channel | | | C | Ponicorn directory entry: MonAi, $12k MRR, unverified, August 2026 |
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| Dropmagic | The company's pages claim 20 million views of short videos about the product. | | | C | Dropmagic home page, read 16 October 2026 |
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| CalBuddy | Paid ads on TikTok, and the app's own TikTok account linked from the website. | | | C | CalBuddy privacy policy, last updated 20 August 2026 |
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| ToneAdapt | Short videos of the product, posted several times a day by the founder. | | | C | Starter Story episode page, 14 June 2026: The First App I Ever Built Makes $25K/Month, with transcript |
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| Sprout - AI Job Search | Main channel for the creators' short videos that bring users. | | | C | Starter Story, 20 May 2026: My Two Apps Make $150K/Month Each (video with transcript, host Pat Walls) |
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| Glamour: Color Analysis & Glow Up | Platform of the creator program: creators post videos with a discount code and tag the app's TikTok account. | | | C | Glamour website, home page and privacy policy (last updated 24 April 2025) |
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| Superdev | Creators posted short demo clips of apps being built with Superdev, which brought many users without paid ads. | | | C | Acquire.com blog, 16 September 2025, by Veronica Buratini: The Secrets Behind This Bootstrapped App Life-changing Exit |
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| Boxer AI | Named by the seller as a marketing channel. | | | C | whatsthe.app listing: Boxer AI, read 25 October 2026 |
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| Visualize AI | The seller lists TikTok as the app's marketing channel. | | | C | TrustMRR profile of Visualize AI, as read on 25 October 2026 |
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| InkFusion | The seller names it as the only source of users, through two of the company's own accounts, with no paid ads. | | | C | whatsthe.app listing: InkFusion, read 25 October 2026 |
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| Fishing AI App | The marketing channel the founder lists, with an account he says has 14,000 followers. | | | C | TrustMRR profile of FishingAI, as read on 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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| CopyCopter | The buyer posted daily from new accounts and tested TikTok ads, which worked less well than Meta ads. | | | C | Acquire.com blog, 11 March 2025: How Sanjana Grew CopyCopter 30x in Less Than a Year |
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| MyFutureSelf | Free posts that brought the first users; creators in the self-improvement niche post about the app. | | | C | Starter Story, 20 March 2026: I Grew This Mobile App to Over $12K/Month (interview with Giancarlo Sarti) |
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| Rezi | Social channel listed by the founder on Starter Story. | | | C | Starter Story, 8 August 2024: I Created The Best Resume Builder In The World ($2.5M/Year) |
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| Sway AI | Short slideshow posts, made in batches, that brought users to the app. | | | C | The Superwall Podcast, 6 May 2026: Daniel Heintzma - I speedran a new app from 0 to $2m/year in 6 months (here's how) |
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| Goodie AI | Named by the founder as one of the app's marketing channels. | | | C | TrustMRR profile: Goodie AI (markdown version), revenue synced 27 October 2026 |
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| Lenz AI: Digital Camera Effect | Only marketing channel: templated slideshows posted from several accounts, with no paid ads. | | | C | TrustMRR: Lenz AI: Digital Camera Effect (markdown profile) |
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| NerdSip | Four NerdSip accounts post fact slideshows; also small paid ad tests. | | | C | Fake Mayo, 5 August 2026, by Jakob Jelling: From Physics to Side Hustle: How Two Dads Built and Grew a Micro-Learning App |
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| Chariot | A marketing channel named on the TrustMRR profile; the home page shows three TikTok creator videos. | | | C | TrustMRR markdown profile: Chariot AI, revenue last synced 26 October 2026 |
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| Fluently | One of three short-video platforms that, by the founder's account, brought over 1 billion views in 200 days. short-form videos | | | C | Arrfounder: GetFluently Surpasses $5M ARR, 23 October 2025 |
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| Baller AI | The marketing channel that the founder names for finding players. | | | C | TrustMRR: Baller, markdown profile, last revenue sync 16 September 2026 |
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| Aesty | Advertising on TikTok, measured with the TikTok Pixel; the founder also lists TikTok as a marketing channel. TikTok Pixel and Events API | | | C | Aesty Privacy Policy, effective 3 July 2026 |
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| Memo AI | Platform where affiliates and the company post content that sends students to Memo. | | | C | Memo affiliate program page, read 27 October 2026 |
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| Gliglish | Videos by people interested in AI brought traffic and made the site spread, the founder said. | | | C | SaaS Starter Stack: Gliglish Founder Interview, How Fabien launched a tool to learn languages with AI in 37 days and grew it to $8K MRR |
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| Visio | Second channel of the paid student ambassador program, which asks applicants for TikTok videos. | | | C | Visio Ambassador Program: Get Paid to Create Content |
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