RE: Still no figures12 Feb 2026 10:13
Elon Musk's X announces it is generating $1,000,000,000 per year from subscriptions.
r/EntrepreneurRideAlong Responsible_Mail_649 posted on reddit 1y ago,
My AI Agent Crossed $9k/mo in Revenue (ask me anything)!
Hi there! I am a content creator and avid developer who has recently scaled his AI scheduling agent to over $9k MRR this year. The agent helps optimizes the scheduling of workers for manages, small businesses, etc. While I launched this Saas as a desktop app in October of last year, I migrated it to mobile only which every user loved.
My scheduling agent is pretty niche so I charge a subscription of $500/mo for each user. Pretty crazy as in the Saas world this is like a super premium price. That's where I learned this pretty famous lesson: the riches are in the niches! The 3 main reasons I was able to achieve $9k MRR were the following (and hopefully this helps other Saas founders or i guess agent-as-a-service founders haha):
For a price of $500/mo, you better be your user's best friends. I developed a good relationship with each individual user and can probably name them all of the top of my head. Customers paying high monthly subscriptions expect your constant support and care. Yes you can hire a VA, but also get to know them personally too.
Referrals are your friend. I got a couple of clients through Linkedin Sales Navigator, Instagram, but the most were from referrals. Happy users = they tell their friends who are also probably in a similar space and before you know it, you have over 10+ referred users. I imagine for cheaper Saas it would be even more. I have another Saas for instagram outreach called instadm that's only $70/mo, and I have got over 20 referrals for that (but that's for another story)!
Don't overdo the AI. Everyone now a days loves saying "our app has AI" in it. That's cool. But the wow factor should not be the AI, it should be on the result that you are bringing your user. People forget about this in this AI boom we are in.
App is best. I love desktop apps but nothing beats being able to use an app from anywhere at anytime. I mean who is carrying their desktop with them everyday ahah. Phone? Everyone has that on them!
I hope these lessons were insightful! Feel free to ask any questions you may have in the comments below and I will try to answer as many as I can!