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Yasser Elsaid (@yasser_elsaid_)

AI SaaS · last checked 15 Oct 2026

Chatbase

● Verified · snapshot (last sync 31 Jul 2026)MRR

Snapshot, last synced 31 Jul 2026. The figure was verified by the payment provider, but the feed has not updated since then; current revenue may differ.

TL;DR

  • Figure: $863,632 MRR (MRR · Last Stripe sync 31 Jul 2026 · TrustMRR (stale))
  • Proof level: Verified · snapshot (last sync 31 Jul 2026). The headline MRR comes from Stripe via TrustMRR. It matches the founder's $10M ARR claim. The Stripe key expired: last sync 31 Jul 2026, and the founder stopped reporting publicly on 9 Jul 2026. Treat it as a snapshot, not a current figure.
  • Our verdict (4/10, opinion): Stripe data backs the founder's ~$10M ARR claim, but the data is stale (last sync 31 Jul 2026). Chatbase won by being early with a simple RAG demo; in 2026 the support-agent category is crowded (Intercom Fin and many others). A vertical-specific support agent is the realistic path.

Reported figure

$863,632 MRR

Proof level

Verified

Agentic-ness (opinion)

3/5

Replicability (opinion)

4/10

The story

Yasser Elsaid, a solo founder in Canada, launched Chatbase in Feb 2023 as a simple "chat with your PDF" RAG demo and grew it into a B2B support-agent platform. Bootstrapped (TrustMRR: founded Feb 2023).

  1. Feb 2023 — Launch; stack LangChain, Pinecone, OpenAI, Vercel — founder post on X
  2. 19 Feb 2024 — $3M ARR — founder post on X
  3. 9 Aug 2024 — $4M ARR — founder post on X
  4. 17 Apr 2025 — $6M ARR — founder post on X
  5. 30 May 2025 — "close to $7M ARR" — founder post on X
  6. 1 Dec 2025 — $8M ARR — Stripe's post, retweeted by the founder (secondary)
  7. 30 Mar 2026 — $9M ARR — founder post on X
  8. 18 May 2026 — $10M ARR — founder post on X
  9. 9 Jul 2026 — Founder says he will stop sharing revenue publicly — X
  10. 31 Jul 2026 — MRR $863,632 — last Stripe sync via TrustMRR (API key expired)

⚠ Stale data: no verified figure exists after July 2026. Treat the headline as a snapshot, not a current figure.

Business model

  • What it sells: AI support and sales agents trained on a company's own content.
  • To whom: businesses (B2B).
  • Pricing: Free; Hobby $40/mo; Standard $150/mo; Pro $500/mo; Enterprise custom; 20% off annual plans (chatbase.co).
  • Acquisition: product-led growth plus heavy founder posting on X; he wrote that roughly 1,000 post views ≈ $1 MRR (our paraphrase of his post).

AI stack

ToolRoleMonthly cost
OpenAILLM answering questions (launch version)Unknown
LangChainRAG orchestration (launch version)Unknown
PineconeVector database (launch version)Unknown
VercelHosting (launch version)Unknown
StripeSubscriptionsStandard fees

Launch stack per the founder's Feb 2023 post. Current model stack: Research in progress.

Proof

Sources:

Why "Verified" (stale): the headline MRR comes from Stripe via TrustMRR. It matches the founder's $10M ARR claim. The Stripe key expired: last sync 31 Jul 2026, and the founder stopped reporting publicly on 9 Jul 2026. Treat it as a snapshot, not a current figure.

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Agent blueprint

Our suggestion — not how the founder did it

  1. Step 1

    Builder agent

    Builds the RAG pipeline: ingest docs, embed, answer

  2. Step 2

    Integration agent

    Adds connectors (help desks, websites, CRMs)

  3. Step 3

    Growth agent

    Drafts X posts and SEO pages for approval

  4. Step 4

    Support agent

    Onboards trial users and answers billing questions

Human in charge

A person approves money, public posts and key decisions. We don't estimate how much human work this saves.

Agentic-ness today (our estimate): 3/5 · Difficulty: Hard

Our take (opinion)

  1. Pick a vertical (e.g. clinics, e-commerce, SaaS docs) where generic support bots underperform.
  2. Build a RAG MVP on hosted LLM + vector DB in days.
  3. Launch with a free tier and visible demos; charge for volume.
  4. Add integrations customers already use.
  5. Post consistently on X/LinkedIn with demos and milestones.
  • Skills: Full-stack web, RAG, prompt engineering
  • Audience needed: Helpful — his growth leaned on X

Risks & limits

  • Stale data: no verified figure after 31 Jul 2026.
  • LLM-vendor dependency and price competition.
  • Very crowded category in 2026.
  • Founder has stopped public reporting.

Our verdict

Editorial opinion

4/10

Replicability today: 4/10. Stripe data backs the founder's ~$10M ARR claim, but the data is stale (last sync 31 Jul 2026). Chatbase won by being early with a simple RAG demo; in 2026 the support-agent category is crowded (Intercom Fin and many others). A vertical-specific support agent is the realistic path. (Editorial opinion.)

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Figures as reported by the cited sources on the dates shown; revenue-feed figures are cited with attribution and a link to the provider. Verdict, ratings and blueprint are editorial opinion. Not financial advice. No income guarantees.