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February 1, 2025 I Built an AI-Powered Tool for Professional Insights – Here’s Why and How It’s Going So Far

Hey Indie Hackers, I’m Frank, a solo SaaS founder working on ProfilelyAI – a tool that helps founders, market researchers, product managers, and HR quickly find professional insights without manual searching.

Why I Built This

I wanted a simple, affordable way to gather key data for outreach, hiring, and research. Many existing solutions are either too expensive or require too much manual work. So, I built ProfilelyAI to solve this.

How It’s Going So Far

✅ Built an MVP and launched on ProductHunt and currently applied at AppSumo
✅ Started cold outreach, Reddit marketing, and listing on SaaS directories.
✅ Bootstrapping with a $50/month marketing budget – testing different low-cost growth hacks.

Challenges & Next Steps

  • Getting first 10 paying users (open to suggestions!).

  • Experimenting with cold emails, SEO, and Reddit ads.

  • Learning how to market without relying on my personal LinkedIn.

Would love your feedback!

If you’ve built a B2B SaaS before, how did you acquire your first customers? Also, if you’re in my target audience, what would make ProfilelyAI more valuable to you?

Check it out here: www.profilelyai.com

Happy to answer any questions or share more details. Let’s discuss! 🚀

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As a solo founder, I’m building ProfilelyAI to make professional insights faster, easier, and more affordable for founders, market researchers, PMs, and HR professionals.