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The main challenge for us was the non-technical part

… The main challenge for us was the non-technical part. We built an API-first product because we love the tech and felt it’d allow us to focus on that part. But we still had to do marketing, sales support etc which we didn’t enjoy or excel at. Now we’re both back in larger companies where we can focus on doing ML. It was satisfying to build a working business from scratch, no regrets, but I’m definitely happier now.

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meander_waterHN

Are there any solo devs or small teams out there genuinely paying their rent from selling API access? What's your API? How much MRR? What's your pricing model? How did you find your first paying customers? And most importantly - what problem are you solving that people will actually pay for monthly? Bonus points if you can share: - Your biggest challenge (rate limiting? customer support? competition?) - Whether you'd do it again - Any "I wish I knew this before starting" wisdom

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akilat90HN

Interesting work! Do you have any figures about GPU costs your service would incur monthly and how much was spent while building it?

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dcsanHN

I used this neck in the day! You somehow did better Lora training than others in the space! Found you via discord

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