Physicist turned permissionless entrepreneur, co-founder of Sales.co
Sales.co, Founder Flywheel, Opportunities.so +5$90K/mo
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Indie makers who build with OpenAI (2026)
6 indie makers on IndieMakerList list OpenAI in their stack — 4% of makers who share one — including Jakob Greenfeld, Louis Pereira and Yasser Elsaid. The company behind the GPT models and ChatGPT, offering them via API. Below: their products, self-reported revenue and the tools they pair with OpenAI.
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26
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$1M/mo
combined revenue*
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Official site: openai.com
Top indie makers using OpenAI
6 makers, ranked by profile depth, audience and reported revenue.
Goa-based maker of AudioPen, the AI voice-to-text notes app
AudioPen, Read Something Great, Tiny Testimonial$73K in first 2 months
Solo founder who bootstrapped Chatbase from a student project to $10M ARR
Chatbase$864K MRR
Dutch no-code maker of Startup Stash who built and sold five curation products
Startup Stash, StartupWatching, Road to Scale +2
AI-first builder behind TrendFeed and CodeSpring, teaching non-coders to vibe code
CodeSpring, TrendFeed, ChatIQ$29K/mo
No-code maker behind BuildTheKeyword, launching demand-driven small bets
BuildTheKeyword, Holihounds, SellCheq +3
Products built by OpenAI makers
A selection of the 26 products shipped by these makers.
Sales.co
sales.co
Done-for-you cold email and AI-assisted lead generation for B2B companies, co-founded with Ryan Doyle.
$90K/moby Jakob Greenfeld
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Founder Flywheel
founderflywheel.com
Research-as-a-service newsletter for entrepreneurs.
by Jakob Greenfeld
AudioPen
audiopen.ai
AI voice notes app that converts rambling speech into clear, structured writing.
$73K in first 2 monthsby Louis Pereira
Read Something Great
readsomethinggreat.com
Curated feed of standout articles from around the internet.
by Louis Pereira
Chatbase
chatbase.co
Platform to build and deploy AI agents for customer support, sales and product guidance across chat, email and voice.
Curated directory of hundreds of tools and resources for building a startup.
by Bram Kanstein
Bi-weekly newsletter of curated startup knowledge and background stories that reached about 11K subscribers.
by Bram Kanstein
TrendFeed
x.com
Scans thousands of breaking news articles, ranks them by viral potential and helps creators turn them into short videos.
$12K in first monthby Sebastian Volkis
CodeSpring
codespring.app
Planning workspace and course that makes vibe coding approachable for non-technical founders.
by Sebastian Volkis
BuildTheKeyword
buildthekeyword.com
Keyword discovery platform that surfaces online business ideas with proven search demand and low competition.
by Lee Hills
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Holihounds
holihounds.com
UK dog-friendly travel guide to cottages, pubs, hotels and beaches with verified pet policies.
by Lee Hills
Revenue of indie makers using OpenAI
Combined self-reported revenue: about $1M/mo across 4 makers. *Figures come from the makers' own posts and interviews, at different dates, and cover their whole business — not just OpenAI projects.
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Yasser ElsaidSolo founder who bootstrapped Chatbase from a student project to $10M ARR
$864K MRRas of 2026-07 - 02
Jakob GreenfeldPhysicist turned permissionless entrepreneur, co-founder of Sales.co
$90K/moas of 2024 - 03
Louis PereiraGoa-based maker of AudioPen, the AI voice-to-text notes app
$73K in first 2 monthsas of 2023 - 04
Sebastian VolkisAI-first builder behind TrendFeed and CodeSpring, teaching non-coders to vibe code
$29K/moas of 2025
Tools commonly used with OpenAI
How many OpenAI makers also list each tool.
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OpenAI indie makers FAQ
Which indie makers build with OpenAI?
Indie makers on IndieMakerList who list OpenAI in their stack include Jakob Greenfeld, Louis Pereira, Yasser Elsaid, Bram Kanstein and Sebastian Volkis. 6 makers use it in total.
How popular is OpenAI with indie makers?
6 makers — 4% of the 170 profiles with a listed stack — use OpenAI, ranking it #23 of 80 tools used by two or more makers.
What tools do indie makers use with OpenAI?
The tools most often listed alongside OpenAI are Bubble (3 makers), Airtable (2 makers), Stripe (1 maker) and Supabase (1 maker).
How much do indie makers using OpenAI earn?
4 makers using OpenAI have shared revenue figures, adding up to roughly $1M per month combined. The highest is Yasser Elsaid ($864K MRR (verified)). Figures are self-reported and from different dates.
What do indie makers build with OpenAI?
Makers using OpenAI mostly work in AI Builders (3), Educators & Course Creators (3) and No-Code Makers (3), and have shipped 26 listed products between them.
What is OpenAI?
The company behind the GPT models and ChatGPT, offering them via API. Official site: https://openai.com
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