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Damon Chen vs Thibault Louis-Lucas (Tibo)

Products, revenue & stack compared side by side.

Damon Chen

Ex-Cisco engineer who built Testimonial.to and grew acquired PDF.ai into a top AI PDF tool

@damonchen United States

Thibault Louis-Lucas (Tibo)

Built and sold Tweet Hunter and Taplio; now runs a $1M/month AI portfolio led by Revid

@tibo_maker France

Damon Chen vs Thibault Louis-Lucas (Tibo) at a glance

Both Damon Chen and Thibault Louis-Lucas (Tibo) are bootstrapped, build in public, have sold at least one product and are serial makers. They overlap in SaaS Founders, AI Builders and Marketing & SEO Tools. Damon is based in San Jose, United States, Thibault in France. Damon started in 2020 and Thibault in 2021. Damon Chen has 8 products listed on IndieMakerList vs Thibault Louis-Lucas (Tibo)'s 9. Damon has sold 1 product and Thibault 2. On revenue, Damon self-reports $1.3M ARR (Testimonial.to + PDF.ai) (as of 2024) and Thibault ~$1M/mo across products (as of 2026). On X, Damon has about 99K followers and Thibault about 211K.

Side-by-side comparison

Based in: Damon Chen: San Jose, United States; Thibault Louis-Lucas (Tibo): France
Started: Damon Chen: 2020 (6 yrs indie); Thibault Louis-Lucas (Tibo): 2021 (5 yrs indie)
Revenue (self-reported): Damon Chen: $1.3M ARR (Testimonial.to + PDF.ai)self-reported, as of 2024 · source for Damon Chen's revenue; Thibault Louis-Lucas (Tibo): ~$1M/mo across productsself-reported, as of 2026 · source for Thibault Louis-Lucas (Tibo)'s revenue
Products listed: Damon Chen: 8; Thibault Louis-Lucas (Tibo): 9
Product status: Damon Chen: 7 active · 1 acquired; Thibault Louis-Lucas (Tibo): 7 active · 2 acquired
X followers: Damon Chen: 99K; Thibault Louis-Lucas (Tibo): 211K
Categories: Damon Chen: SaaS Founders AI Builders Marketing & SEO Tools; Thibault Louis-Lucas (Tibo): AI Builders SaaS Founders Marketing & SEO Tools Creators & Writers
Style: Damon Chen: bootstrappedbuilds in publicexitedserial maker; Thibault Louis-Lucas (Tibo): bootstrappedbuilds in publicexitedserial maker
Courses & resources: Damon Chen: 1; Thibault Louis-Lucas (Tibo): 3

Revenue figures are self-reported by each maker and not audited; dates and scope differ. Highlighted categories are shared by both.

Tech stack

No tools in common in their publicly listed stacks. See the indie maker tech stack.

Damon Chen

No stack shared publicly.

Thibault Louis-Lucas (Tibo)

No stack shared publicly.

How they build

Damon Chen

Start small and cheap, validate with early lifetime deals, then reinvest.
Buying a promising product can beat building from scratch.
Premium, memorable domains are a real growth lever.
Listen to support tickets; they reveal what to build next.

Thibault Louis-Lucas (Tibo)

Build the tool you needed yesterday and sell it to people with the same pain.
Ship fast with a small team and let revenue tell the truth.
Talk to users constantly and iterate on their feedback.
Be careful with earnouts: the headline price is not what you get.

Learn from Damon and Thibault

Damon Chen

[podcast] Behind the Craft: From Engineer to Indie Hacker Making $1.3M ARR

Thibault Louis-Lucas (Tibo)

[newsletter] Tibo Maker newsletter · Free
[community] TMAKER Founder Room · $99/month
[podcast] Behind the Craft: Bootstrapping 5 AI Products to $1M+/Month

Damon Chen vs Thibault Louis-Lucas (Tibo) FAQ

Who makes more money, Damon Chen or Thibault Louis-Lucas (Tibo)?

Damon Chen self-reports $1.3M ARR (Testimonial.to + PDF.ai) (as of 2024) and Thibault Louis-Lucas (Tibo) self-reports ~$1M/mo across products (as of 2026). By these self-reported figures, Thibault Louis-Lucas (Tibo)'s reported monthly revenue is higher. Figures are unaudited and may cover different periods or businesses, so treat them as rough indicators.

Who has built more products, Damon Chen or Thibault Louis-Lucas (Tibo)?

Damon Chen has 8 products listed (including Testimonial.to, PDF.ai and Chat.sh); Thibault Louis-Lucas (Tibo) has 9 products listed (including Revid, Outrank and SuperX).