Real cases of people making money with Claude Code
Claude Code is Anthropic's coding agent: it reads code, edits files and runs commands from the terminal. The cases here come in two kinds. Some used it to build the product, from apps to AI tools sold abroad; others sell Claude Code itself, as skill packs, as a hosted service, or by wiring it into an agency's daily work.
The people behind them are often not professional programmers, and the teams are small. The hard part is never the code but finding people who will pay: some had an audience of their own, others got search traffic from a free product.
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VideoRun by agentsSelf-reported views likesOne founder and Claude run a 30-client SEO and AI search agency
Launched with a post on 25 Sep 2026; under a month later he said about 30 clients and roughly $570K in annual recurring revenue
$570,000 a yearClaude Code · Claude Opus · Python · GitHub -
Selling agent workVerified views likesMade his open-source post scheduler agent-first; revenue up 21x
$387,214 of Stripe-verified revenue in October 2026, up from $18,300 in January; MRR above $360K with 10,000+ active subscriptions
$387,214 a monthOpenClaw · Claude Code · Codex · Hermes Agent -
Selling agent workVerified views likesSolo founder built a creative studio for AI agents, sold as credits
Launched in April 2026; $110,939 of Polar-verified revenue in October and $232,998 all time, after under $6K a month through August
$110,939 a monthClaude · Claude Code · OpenClaw · Codex -
Built with agentsVerified views likesFormer screenwriter built an AI screenwriting tool with Claude Code
Beta opened in December 2025; $54,825 of Stripe-verified revenue in the last 30 days, $51,541 MRR, 1,585 active subscriptions and $203,868 in total
$54,825 a monthClaude Code · Codex · Supabase · PostgreSQL -
VideoBuilt with agentsScreenshot views likesBuilt an encrypted iPhone vault with coding agents, writing no code
Built in three weeks and launched in March 2026; $66 the first month, then $41,000 in a single month about six months later, with 60,000+ downloads
$41,000 a monthCodex · Claude Code · Swift · UIKit -
Built with agentsSelf-reported views likesEx-Cheetah product lead ships overseas AI tools with Claude Code
In 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
CN¥10M a yearClaude Code · Cursor -
Selling agent workSelf-reported views likesRuns a $7M ARR outbound agency with Claude Code in every team
ColdIQ is past $7M ARR with 400+ clients and 30+ staff, fully bootstrapped
$7M a yearClaude Code · Cursor · Instantly · Lemlist -
Built with agentsSelf-reported views likesNon-developer ex-Uber exec vibe-coded a $7M-a-year AI note-taker app
About $7M a year in gross revenue, with engineering and support done essentially by himself
$7M a yearClaude Code · Cursor · Windsurf · ChatGPT -
VideoBuilt with agentsSelf-reported views likesNon-coder creator builds manifesting app Stella with Claude Code
Passed $300K MRR within two months of launch; she now puts it at about $350K to $360K, with 12,000 paying customers
$300,000 a monthClaude Code · Claude · Google AI Studio · ManyChat -
Selling agent workVerified views likesOpen-source video skill for Claude Code, paid via hosted generation
Founded in April 2026; $51,058 of Stripe-verified revenue in the last 30 days, $17,245 MRR and $82,876 all-time
$51,058 a monthClaude Code · Codex · Stripe · Anthropic API -
VideoBuilt with agentsVerified views likes23-year-old built a class-action app with Claude Code in 14 days
RevenueCat reported $30,017 in revenue and 1,750 paying subscribers about 10 weeks after launch; he later said it makes $20K a month, and it now appears to be for sale
$30,017 totalClaude Code · Cursor · RevenueCat -
Selling agent workVerified views likesSells an Agent Skills library for Claude Code, Codex and Cursor
Launched at the end of August 2026; $11,214 of Stripe-verified revenue in the last 30 days, $4,551 MRR and 436 active subscriptions
$11,214 a monthClaude Code · Codex · Cursor · Stripe -
Selling agent workSelf-reported views likesSells the Claude Code skills that run his solo marketing agency
His Claude Code skills stack made over $3,000 in its first 30 to 45 days and over $10,000 by July 2026; he says he runs a six-figure marketing agency solo
$10,000 totalClaude Code · Stripe · WordPress · Apify