An AI chat app · B2C · host's founder friend
Go after downloads in Brazil only
Reached $100K MRR; no detail on how
Workedmarket-selection
What they did
A ChatGPT-wrapper app targeted Brazilian downloads specifically. No channel or spend details given.
What happened
$100K MRR.
“he really took his app to 100,000 MRR by just targeting Brazilian downloads. And it was like an, you know, one of those ChatGPT wrappers”
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