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Gil Hildebrand

New Orleans serial founder, Squidoo technical co-founder, now bootstrapping Subscribr

About Gil Hildebrand

Gil Hildebrand is a New Orleans native and serial entrepreneur with multiple exits. He began his career running a software consulting firm in New Orleans, was the technical co-founder of the social publishing platform Squidoo, and in 2018 founded Gilded, a crypto SaaS startup that reached $1M ARR before it was acquired.

He then went solo and bootstrapped Subscribr, an AI tool for YouTube creators that he built after struggling with scripts for his own faceless channel. Subscribr helps ideate, title, script and edit videos and now works with AI agents such as Claude and ChatGPT over MCP. He also runs a Skool community for YouTube creators.

Products by Gil Hildebrand

Subscribr logo

Subscribr

subscribr.ai

AI tool to ideate, script, title and edit YouTube videos, usable from MCP agents.

Gacquired

Crypto SaaS startup that reached $1M ARR before being acquired.

Videos with Gil Hildebrand

Interviews & press

Timeline

  1. 2018 — Founded Gilded, later acquired after reaching $1M ARR.

How Gil builds

  • Build the tool you need for your own workflow.
  • Go solo and bootstrapped after venture-style startups.

Gil Hildebrand FAQ

What is Subscribr?

Subscribr is Gil Hildebrand's AI tool that helps YouTube creators generate ideas, titles, scripts and edited videos.

What did Gil Hildebrand build before Subscribr?

He was technical co-founder of Squidoo and founded Gilded, which hit $1M ARR before being acquired.

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