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I run the most automated org on earth, using the AI Agents I built. @unicornplatform @indexrusher @listingbott @seobotai 24 startups →

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1Feb 4, '25I've tried all (24) AI coding agents & IDEs 😵‍💫 [Cursor, Softgen, Windsurf, Wrapifai, Copilot, Lovable, Bolt, v0, Replit, MarsX, Claude, AmazonQ, Pear, Devin, Github Spark, I60.3×2.3M13k1.5k27k
2Feb 22, '25After seeing these humanoid robot demos, I bet you'll be convinced that all manual labor will be gone to robots. (even the world's oldest profession will be taken by them). All 26 56.1×2.1M7.1k8135.5k
3Feb 14, '25AI won't replace the entire profession, but it's replacing the bottom 20-80% in {translation, design, coding, content, marketing,sales,design, operation, account, law} Small teams 51.2×1.9M9.7k77913k
4Jun 15, '24Very important decision to be made, and I need your say on this! Where should the first Indie Maker village be? 🇹🇷 Turkey 🇵🇹 Portugal Why Turkey: - no visa needed - best airpor45.1×1.7M1k551k
5May 29, '25I've tried all (46 😵‍💫) AI Coding Agents & IDEs [Factory, Cursor, Heyboss, Windsurf, Emergent, Wrapifai, Copilot, Lovable, Bolt, v0, Replit, MarsX, Canva, Devin, Github Spark41.2×1.6M7.3k91419k
6Aug 21, '25I've tried all (61 😵‍💫) AI Coding Agents & IDEs [Emergent, CodeRabbit, Anything, Zed, Factory, Cursor, Windsurf, Wrapifai, Copilot, Lovable, Bolt, v0, Replit, MarsX, Canva, D39×1.5M5.9k67215k
7Mar 9, '25Chinese AI startups: 1/6th of US funding, bad press, sanctions, brain drain, communism, little English proficiency, and no talent influx.. But after using Manus AI, Deepseek, Trae,38.9×1.5M8.8k1k8k
8Feb 25, '25I've tried all (36) AI Coding Agents & IDEs 😵‍💫 [CreateXyz, Cursor, Softgen, Windsurf, Wrapifai, Copilot, Lovable, Bolt, v0, Replit, MarsX, AmazonQ, Pear, Devin, Github Spark37.7×1.4M7.2k96818k
9Oct 23, '24The Era of AI Agents began 🫥 I don't know if I'm terrified or excited. see for yourself 🧵:37.2×1.4M5.2k67210k
10Dec 24, '24Absolutely nobody predicted this: AI Code is the new NoCode. Honestly, I like talking to AI more than to human developers when building small apps. It understands me better, even w37.1×1.4M7.6k81718k
11Apr 25, '25I automated 90% of my startup empire[24]. My biggest monthly expense is AI; it's no longer human labor. 41 AI agents & tools for coding, marketing, seo, research, design, sales34.1×1.3M4.8k42513k
12Oct 30, '24I've tried every AI Coding agent and IDE, As someone who's been coding for 20 years, I think coding as we know it is cooked 🧵 :33.4×1.3M4.4k5339.6k
13Jul 16, '25The Tech Drama recap for July: [windsurf, soham, google, openai, devin, agi, cluely, truely, amazon, elon, nikita, ilya, sam, satya, ai browsers, grok4, jeff bezos, roy] (you can t33×1.2M6.6k2992.5k
14Mar 19, '25The Time Has Come for Robots. I build AI Agents to replace office workers, but these demos convince me! All physical labor will be gone to robots, too. (even the world's oldest pro31.9×1.2M4.9k7426.2k
15Mar 28, '24I'm Working on 24 Projects Right Now 🥴 Details 👇31.2×1.2M1.6k1163.1k
16Dec 14, '24🚨Ilya Sutskever finally confirmed > scaling LLMs at the pre-training stage plateaued > the compute is scaling but data isn’t and new or synthetic data isn’t moving the needle What30.6×1.2M7.7k8875.9k
17Nov 16, '24TLDR (2015-2024): - Elon wanted to stop Demis & Deepmind from creating an AGI dictatorship. - He appointed himself as a CEO. - Greg and Ilya said: but Elon, now can easily become t27.8×1M5.6k4622.4k
18Sep 3, '25I've spent $76,082.42 in August 😓 Can you help me reduce this? Contractors: -$10,137.78 Amazon Web Services: -$4,480.12 MongoDB: -$4,251.50 Google Workspace: -$1,913.61 Google Clo25.2×953k2.3k862.6k
19Mar 20, '25AI won't replace entire profession, but it's replacing the bottom 20-80% in {translation, design, coding, content, marketing, sales, design, operation, account, law} Micro teams li24.8×935k4.8k4246.8k
20Feb 11, '25If only someone told me this before my 1st startup: 1. Validate. I wasted at least 5 years building stuff nobody needed. 2. Kill your EGO. Make your users happy instead of yourself24.6×929k5.9k4866.5k
21Feb 26, '25I'm working on 24 startups simultaneously (half a million b2b users, multimillion ARR) No VC funding, employees, calls, office, managers... Each business is 100% async over chat: &23.7×895k3.6k1885.8k
22Jan 23, '25My ideation framework: (I used it to launch over 20 startups)23.6×891k3.4k2855.7k
23Jan 31, '25I run the most automated org on earth, thx to the agents I built myself or third parties. I just saw YC betting it all on "replace humans with AI" ideas. 24 AI agents to automate t22.1×832k4k37713k
24Nov 27, '24I'm building the same app using all popular AI IDEs. Their progress is insane > Replit got way better at UI > Cursor shipped coding agents > Windsurf entered the game and 21.9×828k4k3358.6k
25Jun 10, '25Explain me this: Why would American companies hire US based remote employees for $120k-$350k if it’s possible to hire Europeans for $50-$90k? Why Europeans work remotely for local 20.5×774k4.8k1201.4k
26Jan 27, '25I've tried all the Browser-Use tools I could find (from Claude, OpenAI, Convergence, Deepseek, Google and more). Some are incredible; others are pure marketing overhype. The review19.9×751k2k1994.4k
27May 25, '25I built 30 startups in 20 years. VC-backed, Bootstrapped, Apps, SaaS, B2B, B2C, AI Agents. 99 mistakes I regret making: 1. Doing consumer apps. The failure rate here is 100x of b2b19.2×724k1.3k1441.8k
28Jun 28, '24Very sad ending for Software Developers. I kept saying this for 6 years. In 10 years, 90% of them won't get their former pay grades (inflation-adjusted). The solution: Become an In18.1×683k2k1601.9k
29Mar 6, '25What is MCP & why it's a big (huge) deal: (model context protocol) TLDR: MCP makes it possible for AI Tools to use external tools. E.g. Chatbot/IDE/AI-Agent can use Gmail/GoogleDri17.1×646k5k6489k
30Feb 13, '25This never works: → Startup Idea → Plan → Design → Coding → Marketing→ Audience → 😣 This works (sometimes):16.9×637k3.6k2747.2k
31Nov 20, '24I co-founded a startup as CTO, had Lego, McKinsey, and Macy as customers, entered the best b2b accel in the world, moved to SF... But one event turned my 15% stake into 0.15% 🥴:16.6×628k1.8k781.6k
32Dec 17, '24I've replaced 100% of my marketing & sales dept with AI in 2024. It's literally just me + AI Agents, AI wrappers & AI workflows now. My goal for 2025 is to replace 90% of s15.4×582k2.4k2534.5k
33Jul 2, '25omg 😱 nothing is impossible with AI15.1×569k3.8k1651k
34Dec 23, '24I'm risking being unfollowed or disliked for saying the following, but I really wanna help, so I'll still proceed: 90% of founders who have never had a successful product think the14.9×563k1.6k861.5k
35May 16, '25This never works: → Startup Idea → Plan → Design → Coding → Marketing→ Audience → 😣 This works ( sometimes ):14.3×538k2.8k1855.2k
36May 9, '25It’s 2012. I sold my bootstrapped startup, made my 1st mil. I wanna build a unicorn, raise from big VCs, move to SF. One day I meet a guy looking like a movie star. This day is gon13.5×511k2.1k871.5k
37Feb 28, '25We hit the wall with LLMs > Two years ago, GPT4 made AI wrappers & Agents possible. > Sonnet 3.5 solved the AI code generation. > I just tried Sonnet3.7, GPT-4.5, O-3,13.3×501k2k821.6k
38Sep 9, '24This never works > Startup Idea → Design → Coding → Audience → 😣 This works (sometimes):12.3×465k2.3k1804.5k
39Sep 30, '24Twitter tech drama recap: 1) Dudes got into YC and everyone got so jealous to say forking open source is illegal. 2) An indie hacker started a war after not being feature by Produc12.3×463k2.2k166728
40Oct 27, '24As a startup founder, just don't do this 🧵 : As a startup founder, just don't do this 🧵 : As a startup founder, just don't do this 🧵 : As a startup founder, just don't do this �11.2×424k1.5k932.7k
41Dec 5, '24We've built a real AI AGENT: @seobotai It works 100% on autopilot. For example, an article takes 2 hours & runs 727 prompts & 126 jobs. Costs $6. It's not similar to tradit11.1×418k2k1504.9k
42Feb 19, '25I’ll go bankrupt with these bills :( Can anyone help me get credits/discounts for LLM APIs? (For my AI agents)10.8×409k1.5k511.2k
43Oct 11, '24I can't fu*king believe what's possible with AI. In 20 minutes - Prompted AI to build a mini-tool - Deployed it to the internet with one click - Asked AI to make a landing page for10.8×408k1.9k1514.3k
44Dec 24, '23If only someone told me this before my 1st startup: 1. Validate idea first. I wasted at least 5 years building stuff nobody needed. 2. Kill your EGO. It's not about me, but the use10.7×403k2.5k3714.1k
45Oct 14, '24Twitter tech drama recap #3 (it was freaking hot 😳) The thread🧵:10.2×385k1k62748
46Mar 12, '25AI Coding is the new No-Code! It's a fact. Non tech founder, designers, marketers & anyone can build software now. Zero entry barrier! No limitations! Super cheap! But complex 9.4×353k2k2184k
47Jun 13, '25> Traditional SaaS is done (soon) > commoditized > founders clone successful products & halve the price > a race to the bottom, down to $0 > everything is about 9.2×348k1.8k1012.3k
48Dec 11, '24I keep testing all new AI IDEs cuz I plan to build & launch 5 more SaaS tools next year. Today is the Biggest day of the year! > Devin is finally live! > Replit is out of9.2×346k1.6k1222.6k
49Nov 11, '245 years ago, I needed 30 people & $3M in funding to build just one startup, Today, I run 11 bootstrapped SaaS projects with just a handful of people. These AI agents & tool9.1×344k1.7k1574.6k
50Oct 4, '24I just tried The Fullstack AI Developer 😨 Bolt can build entire projects, frontend & backend, install packages, and everything a dev can do. Made a functioning app using AI on9.1×344k1k1022.2k
51Nov 5, '24My kid asks me: Daddy, should I be a programmer like u? I answered: no, kiddo, learn real-world skills. By the time you're 25, coding will be an obsolete profession. But, I wonder 9.0×338k1.7k1501.3k
52May 26, '25I acquired Unicorn Platform for almost $1M. Since then, it went from 25k to 551k users. I've literally tried every growth method I've heard of. All my marketing failures & succ8.9×335k1.2k652.7k
53Sep 25, '23A list of "Open Source alternatives to XXX" that I've saved in my bookmarks for the past 3 years. 30 tools 👇 → - firebase → - docu sign → - calendly → - google analytics → - produ8.7×327k1.1k1392.1k
54Feb 17, '25I’m a startup founder, X is my top source of inspiration & education. Every day, I discover super cool things here. The most impressive products, robots, AI Agents & innova8.5×321k2k791.1k
55Feb 15, '25I acquired Unicorn Platform for $0.8M in '22. I've literally tried every growth method I've heard of. It all failed in 2023, but in 2024, I found what works & went 25k to 370k 7.9×299k1.2k632.8k
56Feb 19, '25My Biggest Regrets as a Startup Founder: 1. Taking VC money 2. Hiring too early 3. Building for an audience I don't know or don't like 4. Not going global from day 1 5. Not doing S7.7×291k2.6k2143k
57Apr 15, '25100% autonomous AI Agents:7.6×286k1.2k922.5k
58Feb 18, '25My secret hack for infinite startup ideas: 1. Google search bar: an app that..; cms that... 2. Social media: is there a tool..; how to..; (for validated problems, you can build sol7.1×269k2.6k1675.7k
59Oct 9, '25I've tried all ( 74 😵‍💫 ) AI Coding Agents & IDEs [Rork, CodeRabbit, Anima, Zed, Factory, Cursor, Windsurf, Copilot, Lovable, Bolt, v0, Replit, MarsX, Canva, Devin, Github Spark,7.1×267k1.4k1883.4k
60Oct 17, '25I’m feeling so pessimistic about AI today. After building dozens of AI agents for many years, here is what I got to say: The biggest challenge in building AI agents is agent’s long6.7×253k1.6k1101.1k
61Dec 23, '24An essay: Why founders fail, despite being good at coding and high IQ. Being mathematically smart hurts startup founders. Math doesn’t account for emotions, and this is why devs ea6.5×247k1.1k881.7k
62Nov 11, '25Product > Distribution Every successful founder I know agrees with it, but every failed founder still blames the distribution, while it’s the product to blame. I think this is t6.5×246k3.2k2971.1k
63Aug 24, '24My 10 cents on this hot debate. Bootstrappers say: you don’t need to pay for all these tools, it’s all bulshit and scam. Those startups raise $300m, bribe all YouTubers and influen6.5×246k1.1k64596
64Jul 20, '24I'm turning 35. If you're a startup founder in your 20's, read these 28 rules I learned the hard way: 1. Validate idea first. I wasted a decade building stuff nobody needed. I thou6.4×242k2k2043.5k
65Jul 6, '25How I got my first 100 users for each of my 24 startups:6.4×240k1.4k933.8k
66Mar 26, '25My simple framework for Startup ideas: (it has worked for me 20 times)6.3×239k1k952.6k
67Feb 6, '25I started building an AI Agent for SEO in 2022. The 1st version took a year to build, then another year to iterate & reach a near-human level. Today, @seobotai replaces my enti6.2×235k992692.4k
68Feb 10, '25Drones, Robots & Humanoids will be absolutely everywhere 10 years from now. affecting: [nurses, waiters, construction workers, soldiers, cops, janitors, factory workers, garden6.0×228k1.1k114589
69Feb 16, '25Predictions for the Future of Startups: [AI, Education, Parenting, Platforms, Deglobalization, AI Agents, Bio, Agro, Healthcare, Space, Governments, Onpremise, Devices, Migration, 5.5×209k1.1k1141.9k
70Sep 6, '24Lazy SEO guide for startup founders:5.4×205k1k613.3k
71Sep 20, '24How to promote your startup with no followers:5.4×202k1.2k914.1k
72Mar 6, '25Don’t do this until you made $10k with your startup: > hire employees > paid google/fb ads > website redesign > registering a company > outsource > add more featu5.2×198k1.8k911.7k
73Dec 20, '24Future of Software Companies TLDR: Independant founders will eat the world. • Software creation is expensive. • Developers are costly because they translate English to JavaScript. 4.9×186k1.4k1281.4k
74Mar 13, '25Building a “SaaS people wanna pay for” is sooooooooo hard 😩 AI made it easier to build things, but it didn’t really change the game the products people wanna pay for and share wit4.7×179k1.2k881.7k
75Feb 24, '25The lowest-hanging SEO fruit (just takes 5 min & often works) 1) Go to Google Search Console 2) Open "Search Results" 3) Sort the "Queries" tab by "Impressions" 4) In the top 24.7×178k1.7k844.3k
76Feb 21, '25I extracted the most common failure patterns from my 20-year-long startup journey. (spoiler: most successful founders have done the same thing, while failed ones did many different4.6×174k1k1001.7k
77Nov 30, '24The progress in Robotics in 2024 makes me question my life choice of being a SaaS founder 😬 > paralyzed can walk > new era of warfare > automating most human labor > w4.5×172k1k96972
78Apr 28, '25Let's get the first 100 users for a startup, 21 methods I've personally tried multiple times for my SaaS, Directories and AI Agents:4.5×168k1k773.2k
79Sep 17, '24I came up with 20 Ideas in 12 months using these methods: (Number 15 is 👌)4.1×153k966702.3k
80Mar 23, '25It’s a first time founder, just don’t do this: - b2c - Quit your main job to go all in with your startup - Expect to make profits in your first 3 years - Look for cofounder - Build4.1×153k1.3k971.7k
81Jan 11, '24The lowest-hanging SEO fruit I do in 5 min which always works. 1) Go to 2) Open "Performance" page 3) Sort the "Queries" tab by "Impressions" 4) In the top 20, find top 5 queries w4.0×149k1k623k
82Jun 14, '25If You Have No Idea what to build & how to grow it:3.9×147k1.1k802.2k
83Dec 3, '24To make $0 build b2c To make $1k build a directory To make $5k build a launchpad To make $7k build a boilerplate To make $10k build a micro SaaS To make $20k launch a nocode tool T3.7×142k1k631.3k
84Feb 22, '24If only someone told me this before my first startup: 1. Validate idea first. I wasted a decade building stuff nobody needed. Incubators and VCs served to me as a validation, but I3.7×140k1k1691.9k
85Mar 27, '25AI can: > generate UI, sites, logos, banners, images, photos, movies.. > write books, articles > generate 90-100% of the code > hear & speak with emotions indisting3.7×139k1k98965
86Sep 3, '25Twitter brain is insane 👏 I know how to cut my expenses in half now, from $76k to $38k: 1) Move all my hosting to Hetzner (from AWS/Azure/Google) 2) Self-host everything I can on 3.5×132k1.1k41780
87May 15, '25If you’re a corporate employee, Cancel your hobbies, Netflix & entertainment. Free up 30h a week to build a $10k+ MRR indie project in the next 3 years. Take it as an existenti3.4×130k1.2k901.4k
88Dec 28, '24How I Go From Idea to Revenue in 14 Steps: (done it so many times, so it is a habit now)3.4×129k1k572.4k
89Feb 20, '25Web Agents are automating the entire class of jobs: > fill out forms (file complaints) > signup for things (apply for a visa) > browse web (buy tickets) > collect data 3.3×124k986682k
91Jun 4, '25I'm risking being unfollowed for saying this, but I really wanna help, so I'll still proceed: 90% of founders who never had a successful product think their problem is marketing. B3.1×117k1.3k901.8k
92Dec 21, '24“Made by humans” will 100x the price of all commodities in post-AGI era. Movies, music, and even the software.3.1×116k98774173
93Mar 5, '25Absolutely nobody gets this yet. Running ideas inside of your brain is 1000x more efficient than communicating them with a team. The difference between solopreneurs & teams is as b3.0×115k1.3k94747
94Feb 12, '25My Startup log from 2005 to 2025, TLDR; > exit > invested > failed > failed > failed > lost investments > failed > scammed by cofounders > failed > failed > failed > failed > faile2.9×108k1k44532
95Apr 20, '25i wish I could go back to my 20s and: 1. bootstrap instead of raising VC money 2. build in public and post on X /Li daily 3. marry early and start making kids 4. spend time with my2.6×98k1.2k1021.1k
96May 20, '25My Startup log from 2005 to 2025, TLDR; > exit > invested > failed > failed > failed > lost investments > failed > scammed by cofounders > failed > failed > investors diluted my 152.5×96k1.1k48600
99Apr 11, '25I'm announcing my new mission, Until today, My goal in life was to try EVERYTHING:::: 1) Tried b2c, mobile apps, hardware, robots, IOT, e-commerce, b2b, enterprise, saas, agents, d1.5×58k1.1k41495
100Jun 6, '25I fight myself every week. One part of me wants to build an empire of AI agents that’ll change the world, while the other part wants to exit the digital world, throw away my phone&1.4×52k99759140

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