Report
Claim vs proof, October 2026
What founders stated, and what payment data, filings, or acquirers showed.
October 2026 edition. Compiled from cases last checked on 26 Oct 2026.
This report covers 33 AI businesses: 22 Verified, 9 Claimed, 1 Contradicted, 1 Unverifiable. 19 of 33 (57.6%) have a revenue figure checked against a payment-provider feed. The median verified monthly figure is $20,067 a month, the checked monthly figure for Imposter AI.
Largest checked monthly figures
Verified MRR or monthly revenue from the last 60 days, largest first. Older snapshots are not in this list.
- Postiz · $315,693 a month · 26 Oct 2026 · Stripe-verified (TrustMRR)
- AEO Engine · $157,959 a month · 15 Oct 2026 · Stripe-verified (TrustMRR)
- White Glove Content · $71,992 a month · 15 Oct 2026 · Stripe-verified (TrustMRR)
- VirtualJK · $44,202 a month · 15 Oct 2026 · Stripe-verified (TrustMRR)
- SEOBOT · $37,097 a month · 15 Oct 2026 · Stripe-verified (TrustMRR)
Founder claims, not a payment feed
These 9 cases are Claimed: the founder stated the figure, and we do not have a payment-provider feed for it.
- Lovable · $600M a year (company-stated) · 24 Sep 2026 · co-founder on stage, via TechCrunch
- The Rundown AI · $10M+ annual revenue · Oct 2025 · founder X post
- Maker School · $300K/month · Sep 2026 · founder X post
- TypingMind · $210K+ in one month · Dec 2025 · founder X post
- AI automation consultancy + AI Automation Society · $100K+/month (consultancy) · Aug 2026 · founder X post
- Superhuman AI · $100K/month · May 2024 · founder LinkedIn post
- Mindstream · $20–30K/month · 2024 · founder on a podcast (spoken)
- VibeSail · ~$100 a month · Jun 2026 · founder X post (peak ~$4.6K MRR, Mar 2025)
- Ben's Bites · "7-figure" business · Sep 2024 · founder interview
Could not be traced
Unverifiable means a third-party estimate, or a number that conflicts or cannot be traced to a primary source.
- AI Dungeon · $7M+ a year · May 2025 · third-party leaderboard, reshared by the CEO
Counts and the median are also on the statistics page. Proof rules: methodology. Machine-readable rows: cases.json.
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