New ask Hacker News story: Tell HN: My 3 competitors are all super polished companies run by solo devs

Tell HN: My 3 competitors are all super polished companies run by solo devs
3 by gametorch | 29 comments on Hacker News.
I'm a solo developer that runs a small AI startup in the game development industry. The demand is good. After initial marketing, I've seen a lot of organic growth. I get 3-5 new paying customers per day without doing anything. I'm crossing 300 signups soon. I quickly ran into competitors building the same exact product. These looked like super polished, well-established companies. The websites look nice. The engineering looks solid. As far as I can tell, they're all run by individual solo developers, too. I built my entire startup with o3. I already considered myself a good engineer. I think I shipped 2-3x faster than ever before, when building this startup, due to AI. It seems that other developers are exhibiting similar gains. How long until the first 1-person $100m company? I would bet it happens in 2026. Maybe even 2025.

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