Top 29 Most Profitable AI Tools

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AI tools are generating serious monthly revenue, and the numbers prove it.

Solo founders are making more per month than traditional SaaS companies make in a year, while lean teams compete with billion-dollar enterprises.

We tracked down 35 AI tools where founders publicly shared their revenue, ranked them by monthly earnings, and pulled out the patterns that matter (the kind of research we do in our market report about AI Wrappers).

Top 35 AI Tools Ranked by Monthly Revenue

• 1. Cursor ($16.7M/month)

  Cursor generates approximately $16.7 million monthly with $200M ARR as of March 2025, making it the fastest-growing AI tool ever documented. This AI-powered code editor built as a VS Code fork integrates multiple AI models (GPT-4, Claude) to autocomplete code, spot bugs, and generate entire functions, serving 360,000 paid subscribers at $20/month (Pro) and $40/month (Business). The company hit $100M ARR in approximately 1 year, then doubled to $200M just 2 months later, all with zero marketing spend. Growth came entirely through developer word-of-mouth because the product solved real pain points. We're diving deep into Cursor's strategy in our 200-page report covering everything you need to know about AI Wrappers.

  Source: Entrepreneur
• 2. ElevenLabs ($7.5M/month)

  ElevenLabs generates approximately $7.5 million monthly with $90M ARR as of October 2024, projected to hit $16.7M MRR ($200M ARR) by August 2025. The AI voice platform serves 41% of Fortune 500 companies for text-to-speech, voice cloning, and dubbing in 140+ languages. The company uses proprietary deep learning models to synthesize realistic speech and clone voices from 30-second samples. Growth came from a freemium model starting at $22/month, a Voice Library marketplace (paid out over $2M to voice actors), and enterprise focus. The company grew from $25M ARR to $90M (260% year-over-year growth) while generating 1,000 years of audio content.

  Sources: Sacra, ElevenLabs Blog

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• 3. Bolt.new ($3.3M/month)

  Bolt.new generates approximately $3.3 million monthly with $40M ARR as of March 2025, achieving one of the fastest growth trajectories ever. This browser-based development platform powered by Claude 3.5 Sonnet lets anyone build full-stack web apps using natural language. Users describe what they want, and Claude generates the entire codebase with React, Tailwind CSS, and backend logic, with one-click deployment. The tool launched with a single tweet on October 3, 2024, hit $4M ARR in 30 days and $20M in 2 months through pure viral growth with zero marketing. Token-based pricing at $20/month for 10M tokens made it accessible. You can learn more about Bolt.new's explosive growth strategy in our market research report about AI Wrappers.

  Sources: Sacra, Signal Hub
• 4. Aragon AI ($833K/month)

  Aragon AI generates approximately $833K monthly with $10M ARR, going from zero to this revenue in under 2 years while serving over 1.2 million users. This AI headshot generator creates professional photos without physical photoshoots using Stable Diffusion and custom-trained models. The company hit $1M ARR in 4 months, $4M ARR in just over a year, while generating 25+ million portraits with a 12-person team. Growth came from guerrilla marketing on Reddit (r/Tinder, Team Blind), an affiliate program, and SEO that now generates 1/3 of revenue. The founder was rejected by 30 VCs before building this, proving product quality and distribution matter more than funding.

  Sources: Signal Hub, PMF Show
• 5. Hedra ($833K+/month)

  Hedra generates approximately $833K+ monthly with an eight-figure run rate (over $10M ARR) and $4M ARR generated in just 4 weeks post-launch. This AI video generation platform focuses on creating hyperrealistic humans, animated characters, or talking animals through their proprietary Character-3 "omnimodal" model. The Character-3 model released in March 2025 was the real inflection point, with creator-seeded launch leveraging viral content. Growth came from product-led growth with a free tier, prosumer-to-enterprise upsell with no outbound sales team yet landing enterprise contracts inbound, and positioning in a specific use case (characters) rather than competing with general video AI. Founded by Michael Lingelbach (CEO) with a team from Stanford, backed by Andreessen Horowitz, Index Ventures, and Amazon's Alexa Fund with $32M Series A. Their character-first approach is a case study we detail in our Market Clarity report covering AI Wrappers.

  Source: PMF Show
• 6. Submagic ($667K/month)

  Submagic generates approximately $667K monthly with $8M ARR as of 2025, transforming videos into viral-ready shorts by automatically adding captions, B-rolls, and transitions. This AI tool uses AI to transcribe speech, generate captions, identify viral moments through Magic Clips, and apply engagement-optimizing edits automatically. The company hit $1M ARR in 90 days, $5M in 12-13 months, $8M in 2 years with first customers arriving within 10 days of a viral TikTok. Growth came from TikTok organic marketing, an affiliate army of 50-70 small creators offering 30% lifetime commission, and SEO now driving 25% of sales. The founder, David Zitoun (28), built this completely bootstrapped without VC funding, creating a tight-knit WhatsApp community for customer feedback.

  Sources: SaaS Club, Apple Podcasts
• 7. Jenni AI ($633K/month)

  Jenni AI generates approximately $633K monthly with $7.6M ARR as of November 2024, achieving 1.6 million percent growth in 15 months. This AI-powered writing assistant for academic researchers and students helps with research papers and essays with citation capabilities using OpenAI GPT models. The company stuck at $2K MRR for 3 years as a generic SEO tool before pivoting to the academic market and exploding to $150K MRR by August 2023, $633K MRR by November 2024 while gaining 1.6 million users in 15 months post-pivot. Growth came from the first 10 subscribers via cold email, first 100 via Facebook groups, first 1,000 via Twitter, then viral short-form content on TikTok and Instagram with 50M+ combined views, alongside a 30% affiliate program. The successful pivot strategy and growth tactics are thoroughly analyzed in our report to build a profitable AI Wrapper.

  Sources: Indie Hackers, Growth Partners

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• 8. ARCads.ai ($500K/month)

  ARCads.ai generates approximately $500K monthly with $6M ARR as of 16 months after launch, growing with just 5 employees. This AI-powered video advertising platform creates high-performing ad content using AI-generated actors, transforming text into video ads with ultra-realistic avatars. The company launched in January 2024 and hit $5K MRR in the first week, $1M ARR by June 2024 (5 months), $5M in 12 months, and added $1M new ARR in a single month while serving 4,000+ customers. Growth came from product-market fit from day one since the founders were their own customers, using their own tool to advertise itself, and building 100+ AI agents in Gumloop for automation. The company stayed completely bootstrapped and profitable from the start with $1.2M revenue per employee.

  Sources: Spotify, Apple Podcasts
• 9. Poppy AI ($400K/month)

  Poppy AI generates approximately $400K monthly with $4.8M ARR in 2024, serving 5,000 creators. This AI collaborative whiteboard helps creators make viral content by combining Miro-style visual collaboration with ChatGPT capabilities, allowing users to import from Instagram, TikTok, Facebook Ads, and YouTube, then use AI to analyze and create viral content. The breakthrough came when TikTok went viral in September 2024, making $100K in 10 days after being near bankruptcy. Growth came from the founders' build-in-public approach after trying multiple failed tools over 6 months before finding product-market fit.

  Source: Starter Story
• 10. HeadshotPro ($300K/month)

  HeadshotPro generates $300K monthly with $3.6M ARR as another AI headshot generator that carved out significant market share. This tool transforms selfies into professional headshots in under 60 minutes starting at $29, helping busy professionals get professional imagery without photographers using generative AI. The founder, Danny Postma, previously sold Headlime for $1M at $20K MRR, giving him credibility and audience for this second major AI success. Growth came from building in public with a strong Twitter presence and leveraging reputation from the previous exit.

  Source: Medium
• 11. Spyne.AI ($250K/month)

  Spyne.AI generates $250K monthly with $3M ARR, targeting $800K MRR soon. This deep tech AI for automotive e-commerce transforms subpar car catalog images into premium photos, eliminating expensive photoshoots using computer vision and deep learning. The company serves 90,000 dealerships in US and Europe with an average customer spending $40K/year for 500 SKUs/month through a B2B enterprise model. Growth came from vertical focus on automotive, building local sales teams, and 10X-ing the company in 12 months from $25K to $250K MRR. Founded by Sanjay Kumar Varnwal (CEO) after a pivot from a failed photographer platform, the team is 2/3 engineers in product/tech/AI, having raised $7M seed.

  Source: GetLatka
• 12. Formula Bot ($220K/month)

  Formula Bot generates $220K monthly with $2.64M ARR by translating text instructions into Excel formulas and providing spreadsheet intelligence. This AI tool combines OpenAI's API with Excel to generate formulas from plain English, do data analysis, sentiment analysis, and text classification, available as both website and add-ons. The tool targets 1 billion Excel users globally with a freemium model offering 5 free formulas per month and $6.99/month for unlimited. Growth came from launching in September 2022 with $14K MRR immediately and growing to $220K/month by February 2024. The founder, David Bressler, is a solo bootstrapped founder who was originally a data analyst and built the entire platform with no-code tools despite his non-technical background. This no-code approach to building a successful AI wrapper is one of the strategies we explore in our market report about AI Wrappers.

  Sources: Starter Story, Medium

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• 13. Designs.ai ($175K/month)

  Designs.ai generates $175K monthly with $2.1M annual revenue in 2024 as an all-in-one AI design suite including Logo Maker, Video Maker, AI Writer, Speech Maker, and Graphics Generator. This comprehensive AI-powered creative suite uses multiple AI models for different creative tasks in one platform. The company was founded in 2019 and achieved consistent year-over-year growth from $651.5K in 2021 to $2.1M in 2024 with a 7-person team led by CEO Warren Leow. Growth came from all-in-one platform positioning with multiple tools under one subscription, freemium with paid tiers, multi-language support, and serving both B2B and B2C segments while staying bootstrapped and Singapore-based.

  Source: GetLatka
• 14. PhotoAI ($132K/month)

  PhotoAI generates $132K monthly with $1.58M ARR as an AI photographer that generates professional photos without a camera. This tool uses Stable Diffusion with custom training on user photos, leveraging Replicate.com for AI model hosting to generate photorealistic images indistinguishable from real photography. The product was built by solopreneur Pieter Levels as part of his 12 startups in 12 months challenge, launched in February 2023, and generated $100K+ in first 10 days, reaching $100K/month within 18 months. Growth came from viral Twitter presence with 422K+ followers, individual subscriptions at $20-40/month, and being featured on Lex Friedman's podcast. Pieter Levels is a famous Dutch indie hacker with multiple successful products including Nomad List and Remote OK.

  Sources: PPC Land, Twitter/X
• 15. Tweet Hunter ($117K/month)

  Tweet Hunter generates $117K monthly with $1.4M annual revenue in 2023 before being sold for an eight-figure sum. This AI-powered Twitter tool provides a database of 1.1 million viral tweets, AI writing assistance for Twitter, content scheduling, and growth tools, helping users leverage proven tweet formulas through AI that analyzes viral patterns. The company launched in 2020, reached $25K MRR by late 2021, and grew to $1.4M annual revenue by 2023 before the successful exit for over $10M. Growth came from building in public on Twitter, partnering with influencer JK Molina (50K followers) who became co-founder and spokesperson, email campaigns that drove from $5K to $15K MRR in one week, and a Product Hunt launch.

  Source: Bootstrappers
• 16. Magai ($100K/month)

  Magai generates $100K monthly in late 2024, achieving $1M ARR in 32 months. This all-in-one AI platform provides access to 50+ models including ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, and Leonardo for content creation, image generation, video production, chat interfaces, saved prompts, and team collaboration. The platform offers six pricing tiers ($19-$249/month) with typical SaaS margins of 85%, generated $114K in 2 weeks during peak, and hit $2K MRR in 42 days, $20K MRR in 163 days, $30K MRR by March 2024. Growth came from building in public with transparent revenue sharing, solving the platform consolidation problem where one subscription replaces 5-10 separate AI tools, and an active affiliates program. The founder, Dustin W. Stout, started solo and grew to 6 employees. The multi-model aggregation strategy that Magai pioneered is something we analyze in depth in our report covering the AI Wrapper market.

  Sources: Indie Hackers, Dustin Stout, Tech Bullion
• 17. SiteGPT ($95K/month)

  SiteGPT generates $95K monthly as of February 2024. This AI chatbot platform creates personalized AI chatbots trained on your website content so businesses can automatically answer customer questions without human support agents, using GPT models trained on customer website data. The company launched in March 2023, reached $15K MRR in 6 months, then exploded to $95K MRR by February 2024 before the founder sold part of the business. Growth came from building in public on Twitter with 24K+ followers, a Product Hunt launch that scored #1 Product of the Day with 900 upvotes, hitting Hacker News front page, and focusing on enterprise B2B sales. The founder, Bhanu Teja P, is a solo founder who also built and sold Feather.so blogging platform for $250K.

  Sources: Twitter/X, Mixergy

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• 18. TypingMind ($83K/month)

  TypingMind generates $83K monthly with $1M trailing 12 months as of November 2024. This enhanced ChatGPT interface adds features the official app is missing like chat history search, folders, prompt libraries, no daily logouts, and faster response times, serving as a better UI for ChatGPT API, Claude, and other LLMs. The product was built and launched in just 5 days after ChatGPT API announcement in March 2023, made $22K in first 7 days, $500K total in 12 months, $1M in 20 months while shipping 171 updates in first 12 months. Growth came from extreme speed to market, building in public on Twitter with 168K+ followers, hitting #1 Product of the Day on Product Hunt, and offering a mix of one-time purchase ($39-79) and team subscriptions. The founder, Tony Dinh, is a Vietnamese indie hacker who also created DevUtils ($5.5K MRR).

  Sources: Tony Dinh Newsletter, Tony Dinh Newsletter
• 19. Journalist AI ($70K+/month)

  Journalist AI (now Arvow) generates $70K+ monthly with $840K+ ARR as an AI-powered SEO content platform that automates the entire content marketing workflow. This tool automatically generates, publishes, syndicates, and updates blog articles using AI and human agents to automate content workflow from keyword research to backlink building, with auto-publishing to WordPress, Shopify, and other platforms. Growth came from YouTube content marketing with three types of videos (evergreen tutorials, clickbait, news-based), heavy affiliate marketing with "distribution obsession," SEO and "money keywords" strategy, and scaled content production. The founder, Vasco Monteiro, previously built and sold Vettted (B2B SEO marketplace) for $350K after scaling to $300K revenue in 12 months, then launched Journalist AI and reached $70K+ MRR within a year through YouTube. The distribution strategies Vasco employed, particularly through YouTube, are detailed in our 200-page report covering everything you need to know about AI Wrappers.

  Source: Indie Hackers
• 20. Chatbase ($60.5K/month)

  Chatbase generates approximately $60.5K monthly with $4M annual revenue as a custom ChatGPT chatbot builder for websites. This no-code platform allows businesses to build custom ChatGPT chatbots trained on their own data and embed them on websites using GPT-powered chatbots for customer support automation. The company was founded by Yasser Elsaid and launched in early 2023 right as ChatGPT exploded, reaching $4M ARR within 18 months through early mover advantage. Growth came from launching at the perfect time as an early mover, building in public with revenue transparency on social media, Twitter marketing, and a clean, simple product that solved an immediate need.

  Source: Startups FYI
• 21. PDF.ai ($60K/month)

  PDF.ai generates $60K monthly in November 2023 with $591.7K annual revenue for 2024, letting users chat with PDF documents using AI by uploading PDFs and asking questions about the content using conversational AI powered by OpenAI GPT models. The tool was acquired by Damon Chen in May 2023 for $20K and rebranded to PDF.ai, reaching $25K MRR by September 2023 (4 months), $60K MRR by November 2023 with 10X growth in 12 months to 350,000+ users. Growth came from the premium domain "PDF.ai" purchased for $10K providing explicit SEO advantage, organic traffic dominance with 1M monthly visitors and 350K from organic SEO, a full-time influencer creating daily Instagram viral content, and a 30% affiliate program. The founder also created Testimonial.to making $1M/year.

  Sources: Indie Hackers, SaaS Starter Stack, GetLatka
• 22. InstaText ($50K+/month)

  InstaText generates $50K+ monthly with $600K+ ARR as an AI writing assistant specifically for non-native English speakers. Unlike grammar checkers, InstaText enriches content and improves readability by rewriting text to sound like native speakers wrote it using AI/NLP to understand context and nuance beyond simple grammar correction. The company won "Slovenian Startup of the Year 2020" and bootstrapped from $0 to $50K+ MRR in 2 years, serving 500,000+ active users from 150+ countries. Growth came from winning the Slovenian award which provided credibility, focusing specifically on non-native English speakers in professional communication, and word-of-mouth growth in academic and business writing communities. Founded by Matej Guid (CEO), the company is based in Slovenia while staying completely bootstrapped.

  Source: Starter Story

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• 23. InteriorAI ($50K/month)

  InteriorAI generates $50K monthly with $600K ARR as an AI-powered interior design tool that transforms room photos into 450+ architectural styles with one click. This tool lets users upload photos of interiors or sketches and AI transforms them into hundreds of different design styles instantly using Stable Diffusion, perfect for homeowners, real estate agents, and interior designers. The product was built by Pieter Levels after experimenting with Stable Diffusion in September 2022, quickly reached profitability after launch, and grew to $50K MRR within the first year. Growth came from viral adoption on Reddit and social media, individual subscriptions, and TikTok marketing expansion. This is another successful micro-SaaS product in Pieter Levels' portfolio, demonstrating his successful approach to building and scaling AI tools—an approach we break down in our market research report about AI Wrappers.

  Sources: The Creators AI, Twitter/X
• 24. EasyGen ($41.5K/month)

  EasyGen generates $41.5K monthly with $540K ARR as of November 2024, having launched in 2024 and hit this revenue within the first year. This AI LinkedIn post creator helps users generate content for their industry and niche by letting them select industry, niche, and topic type so the AI generates LinkedIn posts aimed at their target audience, solving the blank page problem through generative AI specifically trained on high-performing LinkedIn content. The company hit $9.1K MRR in first 92 days, and grew to $41.5K MRR by November 2024. Growth came from offering a free tier with 3 LinkedIn posts, paid tier at $59.99/month, rapid iteration based on user feedback, and strong validation in the B2B content creation space. The founder is Ruben Hassid.

  Source: Gaps
• 25. Cuppa ($37K/month)

  Cuppa generates $37K monthly with $444K ARR as an AI content creation platform for blogs, case studies, newsletters, social media, and e-commerce product descriptions. This tool generates multiple content types with editing and bulk content generation tools using AI that understands different content types. The company was founded by Ian Nuttall who sold it to Chris Riley for $9,000, who optimized and grew it from $30K to $37K MRR. Growth came from the acquisition and turnaround story, four subscription tiers from $15-$150/month, bulk content generation features for agencies, and integration capabilities with publishing platforms.

  Source: Gaps
• 26. BetterPic ($20K/month)

  BetterPic generates $20K monthly with $240K ARR as of July 2024 as an AI headshot generator that turns selfies into professional headshots in under 60 minutes starting at $29. This tool uses generative AI for image transformation to create professional headshots from casual photos. The company was acquired when doing $1,500/month and grew to $20K gross revenue by July 2024 (7 months), a 13x increase, with a team of 5 people plus 2 founders while generating 11M+ headshots. Growth came from the founders also running a marketing agency (saasmic.io) providing distribution leverage. The founders are Ricardo Ghekiere and Miguel Rasero (CTO).

  Source: Starter Story
• 27. Textero ($20K/month)

  Textero generates $20K monthly average with $240K ARR as an AI writing assistant focused on education. This tool makes studying more personalized and accessible for students through AI-powered writing assistance designed for academic writing, helping with essays, papers, and assignments. The company was founded in 2023 with a focus on students and education, reached $20K/month in less than 1 year, though revenue varies with student seasons. Growth came from targeting the underserved educational market rather than general writing tools. The founder is Nick. The niche-first approach that Textero used to dominate the education segment is a strategy we cover extensively in our Market Clarity report covering AI Wrappers.

  Source: Starter Story

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• 28. AudioPen ($15K/month)

  AudioPen generates $15K monthly (also $73K in first 2 months) as a voice-to-text tool that transforms messy voice notes into clear, shareable text. This tool records voice notes and uses AI to transcribe and transform them into organized written content like blog posts, meeting notes, and journal entries, converting rambling thoughts into structured text using OpenAI's GPT APIs. The product was built in just 12 hours during "Half Day Build" hackathon in March 2023, had paying customers before public launch, and made $73K in first 2 months. Growth came from extreme speed to market, building in public on Twitter/X with 10K+ followers, reaching 100 paying customers within 2 days of launch, hitting #1 on Product Hunt with 1,000+ upvotes, pricing at one-time annual subscription of $99, and viral Twitter growth. The founder, Louis Pereira, is a part-time indie hacker who built the entire product in 12 hours using no-code tools (Bubble.io) with minimal costs of roughly $30/month.

  Source: Starter Story
• 29. My AskAI ($14K/month)

  My AskAI generates $14K monthly with $168K ARR as of mid-2023 as a no-code platform to create custom ChatGPT trained on your own data. This tool lets you create custom ChatGPT chatbots trained on your content with embeds, APIs, and plugins for integration, providing a no-code solution for businesses wanting AI support automation using GPT-3 technology trained on company-specific data. The company raised $5K in pre-sales before building the product, launched at the end of January 2023, and hit $14K MRR by May 2023 (4 months) with OpenAI API costs only roughly 10% of revenue. Growth came from pre-sales validation, Product Hunt launch, Twitter marketing, newsletter advertising, building in public, word of mouth and organic Google traffic, and a simple pricing model. The co-founders are Mike Heap and Alex Rainey, with Mike being a former finance professional who left a decade-long career and experimented with GPT-3 before finding product-market fit.

  Source: Indie Hackers