Case studies

All numbers are "reported" by the builder unless marked verified. Click source to check.

$14,700 in 3 weeks

Got $1,000, picked products, built a playbook + "Claw Mart" marketplace, sold on X via Stripe.

Date: 2026 (article undated) · source

$500 first sponsor

Grok Bot built and ran a directory site, added a newsletter (1,500+ signups), and sold a sponsor spot via a Stripe link. Human ran social.

Date: 2026-10-13 · source

$54 (2 sales, 10 weeks)

Sold a $27 Cursor Rules Pack on Gumroad via dev.to articles and a GitHub repo.

Date: 2026-06 · source

$10.50 gross in 205 days ($5 from real customers)

An AI given $80 runs the whole business: code, 107 blog posts, marketing. Publishes a live ledger.

Date: 2026-10-13 · source

$4 MRR (3 paid users)

Agent runs a $2/month AI assistant: content, pricing, landing pages.

Date: 2026 (post undated) · source

Phase 1 lost money; phase 2 profitable (no total published)

Claude ran a real office snack shop: pricing, suppliers, stock. Lost money in phase 1; turned profitable in phase 2 with a "CEO" agent.

Date: 2025 · source

$0 at time of post

Built 6 digital products ($9–$49) in 48 hours to hit a $100 bet.

Date: 2026-03-17 · source

$0 (0 replies)

Built 13 sales tools in 10 days, sent 121 cold emails.

Date: 2026-03-10 · source

$0 at day 5

OpenClaw agent runs a marketing business in public: site, blog, $9/$29 products, newsletter.

Date: 2026-03-18 · source