Startup Updates & Milestones
The headline moment was crossing $1,000 in total revenue, which he called proof that people will pay for an AI companion — users are subscribing, buying extra call time, and spending money to keep using the product [1]. His most-discussed milestone post laid out the next target: $10,000, with work needed on conversion, user acquisition, UGC, ads, and retention [1]. Earlier in the week, a smaller win stood out: someone bought extra call time just to keep talking to their companion, something he'd always wondered if anyone would do [2]. He also posted Part 10 of his scaling-to-$10K video series on Sept 20 [3].
Distribution & Growth
His sharpest distribution argument was that users don't care if an app is called 'AI slop' — a B2C user checks if it solves their problem, and a well-distributed 'AI slop' app will out-earn a beautifully built one nobody sees [4]. Distribution beats perfection, full stop [4]. A concrete SEO problem is biting: an NSFW AI app with nearly the same name as his is showing up in Google searches instead of his, and people assume his app is NSFW too [5]. His fix is to increase domain authority with more backlinks and a full push on SEO fundamentals, betting that over time he'll own the first page of Google for his product name [5]. He also asked another founder to show an example of a static ad [6], and agreed with @jammer3k's distribution tactics in two short replies [7][8].
Product & Tech Stack
The biggest product news was a teased new feature he calls the most ambitious he's worked on yet, built specifically to solve retention — people enjoy AI companion apps for a week or two then drift, and chat alone isn't enough to pull them back daily [9]. The feature also opens a second revenue line that doesn't cannibalize the first, with unusually good cost economics that matter when bootstrapped [9]. He believes none of his competitors have done anything like it [9]. On the model side, he tested a Gemini upgrade and found it hallucinating and switching languages mid-conversation — switching to Spanish or Dutch when it didn't hear him clearly — and decided to switch back to 'gemini 3.1 live,' which never had that issue [10]. He also highlighted the 'Chat with Developer' feature built into MyBabe AI, which lets users message him directly from the app instead of emailing; it has already helped him discover and fix bugs he didn't know existed and get solutions to confused users faster [11].
Developer Tools & Infrastructure
He posted a quick check asking if Supabase or GitHub was down [12] — his most-viewed authored post of the week at 38 views — a signal that his stack runs on those two services.
other
About 47% of the window's posts fall here — mostly one-liner replies, banter, and personal notes: a cat routine, jokes about plane crashes, a Trump poll reply, and quick exchanges with friends. Nothing substantive enough to classify under the core categories. [13]
Also this week
Indie Founder Journey & Philosophy (~9%): He quoted a post about Japan's longevity record and said when he makes enough money from MyBabe AI, he'd love to settle down in Japan — he's always loved the culture [14]. He's building the product so that if offered $1M to sell it, he'd have the confidence to say no [15]. His philosophy on iteration: every software product is a work in progress, and iteration is a constant in this game [16].
Promotional / Retweets (~9%): He retweeted @RealAnujX's photo post about ChatGPT 'going all out' [17]. He also retweeted @jammer3k's article on CPA-model creator marketing twice [18][19].
Retweets
409.3k viewsretweeted @RealAnujX's photo post about ChatGPT 'going all out' — no substantive comment added. [17]
23 viewsretweeted @jammer3k's article on CPA-model clipping, which argues that founders doing $300K–$500K in MRR through organic channels aren't smarter — they just pay creators for results (revenue share) instead of paying for views. The guide lays out a full system for building a CPA-based creator network. [18]
15.4k viewsretweeted @jammer3k's CPA-model clipping article again — the same guide on paying creators a 30–50% revenue share instead of upfront fees, claiming it generated over $5M in revenue. [19]
