AI hype + Product Hunt launch = fast exits. Nico built MakeLogo in 48 hours (Dec 5-7, 2022), reached #1 Product of the Day on Product Hunt within 5 days, and sold for $65K on March 11, 2023, about 3
AI hype + Product Hunt launch = fast exits. Nico built MakeLogo in 48 hours (Dec 5-7, 2022), reached #1 Product of the Day on Product Hunt within 5 days, and sold for $65K on March 11, 2023, about 3 months from launch.
The $65,000 sale price puts it in the upper half of the 570 deals with a disclosed price here, where the median is $20,000. Most indie acquisitions cluster well under the headline numbers founders read about, which is exactly why a real distribution is more useful than an average.
This database tracks 138 AI/ML exits, and the ones that disclosed a price sold at a median of $12,500. Category matters more than founders expect: buyers apply different discount rates to a content business, a mobile app and a B2B tool even at identical revenue.
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AI hype + Product Hunt launch = fast exits. Nico built MakeLogo in 48 hours (Dec 5-7, 2022), reached #1 Product of the Day on Product Hunt within 5 days, and sold for $65K on March 11, 2023, about 3 months from launch.
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