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"Dumbest idea I've heard" to $100M ARR: Inside the rise of Gamma | Grant Lee

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"Dumbest idea I've heard" to $100M ARR: Inside the rise of Gamma | Grant Lee

The canonical tiny-team case study, told first-person by the co-founder: $100M ARR, 50M users, ~30 people, profitable.

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It answers 2 questions

  1. What does an 'AI-native startup' look like, teams staying tiny while scaling big?
  2. Which AI tool makes the best presentations, and which are free?

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  3. Three named, verifiable solo founders, including Base44's $80M exit, showing the one-person, AI-scaled company is already real,... forbes.com Article OpenAI Called the One-Person AI Startup, And Three Founders Proved It Sandy Carter (Forbes)
  4. Gamma's own account of each plan: Free with credits that do not refresh and up to 10 slides a prompt, Plus with 1,500 credits a... help.gamma.app Guide Gamma plans: Free, Plus, Pro and Ultra Gamma
  5. What uses credits (generating, AI edits, images) and what is free (editing by hand), and how a free account earns 200 credits... help.gamma.app Guide How do credits work in Gamma? Gamma
  6. Confirms Gamma takes UPI in India as well as cards, which matters when an international card is declined. help.gamma.app Guide What payment methods does Gamma accept? Gamma
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