Founder Stories - We Are Founders

Cluely: The AI Startup That Turned Getting Expelled Into a $5.3M Superpower

How Roy Lee built a viral content empire, raised millions, and redefined what "cheating" means in the AI age

By Chris Kernaghan Jun 27, 2025 4 min read

How Two Brothers Built Buildpad After Multiple Startup Failures

Meet David Heikka from Sweden, who co-founded Buildpad with his brother Felix after learning the hard way what it takes to build products that actually work

By Chris Kernaghan Jun 27, 2025 4 min read

Property

How This Texas Landlord Built PropertyLenz to Solve Rental Property Inspections

Meet Riley from Texas, a landlord-turned-entrepreneur who's building PropertyLenz to drag rental property inspections kicking and screaming into the 21st century

By Chris Kernaghan Jun 24, 2025 4 min read

SaaS

From Smartwatch Stats to $800 MRR: How Shervin Built AnyTracker

From personal frustration to 200,000 downloads and steady growth

By Chris Kernaghan Jun 18, 2025 4 min read

AI

From Stock Market to AI Innovation: How Huzaifa Zahoor is Democratizing Financial Research with Meyka AI

Australia founder turns ChatGPT idea into 3,000-user stock research tool

By Chris Kernaghan Jun 16, 2025 3 min read

SaaS

Photopea: The Free Photoshop Alternative Earning $3M a Year

One dev, zero funding, a hobby project turned $3M business

By Chloe Ferguson May 13, 2025 3 min read

AI

Texting Their Way to $1.5K/Mo - receipt-ai.com

Founders simplified receipt tracking using AI and simple SMS texting

By Chris Kernaghan Apr 23, 2025 4 min read