Magic Music · B2C · AI song generator app
Build an app around a new AI tool within 4 days of its launch
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Lotanna Ezeike - He Built a Simple $120k/Yr App, Then Sold It For Multiple 6 Figures!
HostOkay, and then tell us about Magic Music, too.
LottsMagic Music came after a friend of mine created like a I can't remember what it was called, Chat something. Um and it was when ChatGPT first came out, and it's exactly a replica of ChatGPT, but they just did it for like different languages and all that kind of crap, and they were making half a mil a month. And I was so pissed, cuz I was just like, "Bro, like I should've done this." So I just I told myself, I was like, "Yo, the next AI thing that comes out, I'm going to wrap that shit super quickly."
LottsAnd then like I think like a week later later, Suno announced that, "Oh yeah, Suno AI music." And within 4 days, I created Magic Music. [laughter] I was just like, "Yeah, I'm wrapping the hell out of this." And there was no API. Even up to now, there's no API. I think it was actually the most fun I've had building an app. And so I was actually emailing the founder of Suno, because I was I was basically telling him that, "Yo, I'm wrapping your shit right now, because they don't have an API." So I was kind of like asking like, "Yo, like I need more songs. Like I'm trying to do it the legitimate way, but like you're not allowing me to do it the legitimate way."
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Tags: ai-wrapper, speed, new-model-launch