{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/656e8783de25a00012a555e0/6960f0d2ac62c39dbe605667?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"He makes $100k/year from simple AI side hustles","description":"<p>In this episode of Startup Strategies, Ramsri Golla shares how he built two profitable AI SaaS products on the side while working full time as a lead data scientist. Starting with a $50 to $60 monthly hosting cost, Ramsri scaled Question.ai and Supermeme.ai to over $100K ARR without employees, paid ads, or venture capital.</p><p>Ramsri shares how he:</p><ul><li> Built and launched Question.ai years before the technology was ready, betting that AI models would eventually catch up.</li><li>Open sourced his quiz generation models on GitHub to seed early users and kickstart organic distribution.</li><li> Used SEO, Reddit, and founder led marketing over multiple years to reach real teachers instead of just developers.</li><li> Turned Supermeme.ai into a viral product, hit number one on Product Hunt, and grew to nearly two million users while spending $0 on marketing.</li><li> Timed product launches around short virality windows by stitching together emerging AI capabilities before they were fully mature.</li><li> Converted free users into paying customers by limiting usage quantity instead of lowering model quality.</li><li> Ran both products profitably while keeping a full time job, treating them as long term lifestyle businesses.</li><li> Tracked AI progress by following model deltas instead of hype cycles and refused to plan beyond six months in a fast moving market.</li><li> Rejected hustle culture productivity systems in favor of sustainable progress that fits real life.</li></ul><p>And much more.</p><p>Let’s break down his Startup Strategies.</p>","author_name":"Juliana Hahn"}