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Anonymous Founder G
Mumbai, India • Founded 2024
Content Repurposing Tool
Creators were manually repurposing content across platforms. She automated it with AI. ₹6.8L MRR in 6 months
The Problem
Content creators spend 15 hours/week reformatting posts for different platforms
The Journey
Discovery
I'm a content creator myself - YouTube, Instagram, LinkedIn, Twitter. I'd create one video and spend an entire day cutting it up, writing captions, making thumbnails for each platform. Absolute waste of time. I knew other creators had the same problem because they'd complain about it in every creator group I was in.
Validation
Built a quick Notion doc explaining the product idea, shared it in 5 creator communities. 'AI tool that takes your YouTube video and generates Instagram Reels, Twitter threads, and LinkedIn posts automatically'. Got 300+ waitlist signups in 3 days. Knew I had something.
Building
Used OpenAI's GPT-4 for text generation and FFmpeg for video cutting. Built a simple upload flow - paste YouTube link, AI downloads it, cuts into clips, generates captions, creates thumbnails. Took 4 months to build because video processing is compute-heavy. Burned through $3000 in OpenAI credits during testing.
Launch
Launched with a $97/month early bird price. Posted on Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube. Also reached out to 50 creators I admired and gave them free access in exchange for testimonials. 30 of them posted about it. That first week I got 120 paying customers. Insane validation.
Growth
Creators are the best marketers. They literally document their lives online. Every time someone uses my tool, they post about it. 'Just repurposed my 20-min YouTube video into 8 pieces of content in 10 minutes using RepostAI'. That's free advertising. Now at 240 paying users, ₹6.8L MRR.
Results
Key Lessons
- •Creators are willing to pay for time-saving tools. Time is literally money for them.
- •Your customers can be your best marketers. Give them something worth talking about.
- •AI costs are real. I spend ₹1.5L/month on OpenAI and video storage. Price accordingly.
- •Ship fast, optimize later. My first version took 30 minutes to process a video. Now it's 3 minutes.
- •Freemium doesn't work for compute-heavy products. I learned that the expensive way.
Tech Stack
Anonymous Founder G's Advice
The creator economy is exploding. Every problem creators have is a potential SaaS business. But don't build another 'scheduling tool'. Build something that saves them hours, not minutes. And price it properly - creators making ₹5L/month will happily pay ₹5K/month for a tool that saves them 20 hours.
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