https://horizontal.one/cases/en/Real cases of people making money with AI agents: how strong the revenue evidence is, which agent did the work, where the customers came from, how the money comes in, and whether a small team could copy it.en https://horizontal.one/cases/en/liu-xiaopai-raphael-ai-claude-code/https://horizontal.one/cases/en/liu-xiaopai-raphael-ai-claude-code/Wed, 28 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTIn 2025 his apps reached about ¥10 million in annual revenue; the flagship Raphael AI is free with no sign-up, has about 2 million monthly users and no paid ads https://horizontal.one/cases/en/polsia-ai-agents-run-companies/https://horizontal.one/cases/en/polsia-ai-agents-run-companies/Wed, 28 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTFounder says Polsia neared a $10M annual run rate in May 2026, up from almost $800K in March, and raised $30M at a $250M valuation https://horizontal.one/cases/en/coldiq-agency-runs-on-claude-code/https://horizontal.one/cases/en/coldiq-agency-runs-on-claude-code/Wed, 28 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTColdIQ is past $7M ARR with 400+ clients and 30+ staff, fully bootstrapped https://horizontal.one/cases/en/wave-ai-note-taker-josh-mohrer/https://horizontal.one/cases/en/wave-ai-note-taker-josh-mohrer/Wed, 28 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTAbout $7M a year in gross revenue, with engineering and support done essentially by himself https://horizontal.one/cases/en/saastr-ai-agents-run-sales/https://horizontal.one/cases/en/saastr-ai-agents-run-sales/Wed, 28 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTIn 8 months agents sourced $4.8M in new pipeline and $2.4M in closed-won revenue; deal volume more than doubled and win rates nearly doubled https://horizontal.one/cases/en/lumoo-lovable-fashion-ai/https://horizontal.one/cases/en/lumoo-lovable-fashion-ai/Wed, 28 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTAbout €700K ARR nine months after launch, serving 15+ brands including Gant https://horizontal.one/cases/en/plinq-sabrine-matos-lovable/https://horizontal.one/cases/en/plinq-sabrine-matos-lovable/Wed, 28 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT10,000+ users in three months and R$2.2M ARR (about $456K) https://horizontal.one/cases/en/trustmrr-marc-lou/https://horizontal.one/cases/en/trustmrr-marc-lou/Wed, 28 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT$395,673 all-time Stripe revenue in about a year; current MRR $25,483 at about a 90% margin https://horizontal.one/cases/en/stella-manifesting-app-sarah-perl/https://horizontal.one/cases/en/stella-manifesting-app-sarah-perl/Wed, 28 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTPassed $300K MRR within two months of launch; she now puts it at about $350K to $360K, with 12,000 paying customers https://horizontal.one/cases/en/xiaomao-fill-light-cursor-ios-app/https://horizontal.one/cases/en/xiaomao-fill-light-cursor-ios-app/Wed, 28 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTThe ¥1 Pro version hit No. 1 on the App Store paid chart within 4 hours and has earned about ¥300,000 to ¥400,000 so far https://horizontal.one/cases/en/jin-twins-taptap-maker-mini-games/https://horizontal.one/cases/en/jin-twins-taptap-maker-mini-games/Wed, 28 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTStarted in March 2026; four games have earned ¥100,000 in total and the studio got an A rating from the platform; one game made over ¥20,000 in its first 20-odd days https://horizontal.one/cases/en/felix-zero-human-company/https://horizontal.one/cases/en/felix-zero-human-company/Wed, 28 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTNearly $80,000 since early February, he says, from a $29 setup guide, the Clawmart skills marketplace and custom agent builds https://horizontal.one/cases/en/hypit-video-skill-for-coding-agents/https://horizontal.one/cases/en/hypit-video-skill-for-coding-agents/Wed, 28 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTFounded in April 2026; $50,569 of Stripe-verified revenue in the last 30 days, $16,913 MRR and $72,379 all-time https://horizontal.one/cases/en/fly-pieter-com/https://horizontal.one/cases/en/fly-pieter-com/Wed, 28 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTWeeks after launch the maker claimed more than $50,000 a month, mostly from brands buying ad space inside the game https://horizontal.one/cases/en/larrybrain-openclaw-skills-marketplace/https://horizontal.one/cases/en/larrybrain-openclaw-skills-marketplace/Wed, 28 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTLarryBrain has $37,019 in Stripe-verified revenue, $2,195 MRR and 103 active subscriptions https://horizontal.one/cases/en/payout-connor-burd-claude-code/https://horizontal.one/cases/en/payout-connor-burd-claude-code/Wed, 28 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTRevenueCat reported $30,017 in revenue and 1,750 paying subscribers about 10 weeks after launch; he later said it makes $20K a month https://horizontal.one/cases/en/launchfast-hasaam-bhatti-cursor/https://horizontal.one/cases/en/launchfast-hasaam-bhatti-cursor/Wed, 28 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT$10K MRR at day 30 and about $21.8K at day 90; he says it makes over $20,000 a month https://horizontal.one/cases/en/skillry-agent-skills-subscription/https://horizontal.one/cases/en/skillry-agent-skills-subscription/Wed, 28 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTLaunched at the end of August 2026; $12,077 of Stripe-verified revenue in the last 30 days, $3,958 MRR and 401 active subscriptions https://horizontal.one/cases/en/heyron-openclaw-agent-picked-the-business/https://horizontal.one/cases/en/heyron-openclaw-agent-picked-the-business/Wed, 28 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTAbout $8.4K MRR 13 days after opening: 617 people paid a $10 deposit and 270 became $29/month members https://horizontal.one/cases/en/brandon-doyle-openclaw-postcard-websites/https://horizontal.one/cases/en/brandon-doyle-openclaw-postcard-websites/Wed, 28 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTA little over $8,000 a month in recurring revenue from about 17 to 20 clients a month later; a side bedtime story site added $300+ MRR https://horizontal.one/cases/en/ryan-doser-claude-code-skills-stack/https://horizontal.one/cases/en/ryan-doser-claude-code-skills-stack/Wed, 28 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTHis Claude Code skills stack made over $3,000 in its first 30 to 45 days; he says he runs a six-figure marketing agency solo https://horizontal.one/cases/en/agentusecases-ai/https://horizontal.one/cases/en/agentusecases-ai/Wed, 28 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT$1,100 from sponsorship slots on the site and newsletter, and about 2,000 newsletter subscribers