{"id":11846,"date":"2025-01-17T09:15:21","date_gmt":"2025-01-17T09:15:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/metaschool.so\/articles\/?p=11846"},"modified":"2025-01-17T09:15:23","modified_gmt":"2025-01-17T09:15:23","slug":"making-250k-year-with-ai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/metaschool.so\/articles\/making-250k-year-with-ai\/","title":{"rendered":"How 24-Year-Old Bhanu From India Made $250k\/Year With AI"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_56_1 ez-toc-wrap-left counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title \" >Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/metaschool.so\/articles\/making-250k-year-with-ai\/#What_is_SiteGPT\" title=\"What is SiteGPT?\">What is SiteGPT?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/metaschool.so\/articles\/making-250k-year-with-ai\/#Steps_to_Build_an_AI_App_Without_Writing_Code\" title=\"Steps to&nbsp;Build an&nbsp;AI App Without Writing Code?\">Steps to&nbsp;Build an&nbsp;AI App Without Writing Code?<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-2'><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/metaschool.so\/articles\/making-250k-year-with-ai\/#Step_1_Browse_100_GPT_Ideas\" title=\"Step 1: Browse 100+ GPT Ideas\">Step 1: Browse 100+ GPT Ideas<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/metaschool.so\/articles\/making-250k-year-with-ai\/#Step_2_Copy_the_prompt_template\" title=\"Step 2: Copy the prompt template\">Step 2: Copy the prompt template<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/metaschool.so\/articles\/making-250k-year-with-ai\/#Step_3_Get_ready_to_deploy_the_AI_Template\" title=\"Step 3: Get ready to deploy the AI Template\">Step 3: Get ready to deploy the AI Template<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/metaschool.so\/articles\/making-250k-year-with-ai\/#Step_4_Launch_your_AI_Apps_and_start_making_money_online\" title=\"Step 4: Launch your AI Apps and start making money online\">Step 4: Launch your AI Apps and start making money online<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/metaschool.so\/articles\/making-250k-year-with-ai\/#How_SiteGPT_Was_Born\" title=\"How SiteGPT Was Born\">How SiteGPT Was Born<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3'><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3'><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/metaschool.so\/articles\/making-250k-year-with-ai\/#Marketing_Without_a_Marketing_Team_Building_in_Public\" title=\"Marketing Without a Marketing Team: Building in Public\">Marketing Without a Marketing Team: Building in Public<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-9\" href=\"https:\/\/metaschool.so\/articles\/making-250k-year-with-ai\/#Whats_Next_for_Bhanu_and_SiteGPT\" title=\"What&#8217;s Next for Bhanu and SiteGPT?\">What&#8217;s Next for Bhanu and SiteGPT?<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-2'><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-10\" href=\"https:\/\/metaschool.so\/articles\/making-250k-year-with-ai\/#Key_Takeaways_from_Bhanus_Journey\" title=\"Key Takeaways from Bhanu\u2019s Journey\">Key Takeaways from Bhanu\u2019s Journey<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-11\" href=\"https:\/\/metaschool.so\/articles\/making-250k-year-with-ai\/#Conslusion\" title=\"Conslusion\">Conslusion<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n\n<p>Bhanu Teja P, a 24-year-old entrepreneur from India bootstrapped his AI company and sold it for $250k. His is a story of ambition, transformation, and the power of staying in the game no matter the challenges. In this blog, we&#8217;ll understand how Bhanu did it with SiteGPT and how you can build your own AI apps without programming knowledge and start making money online.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_is_SiteGPT\"><\/span>What is SiteGPT?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>SiteGPT is an AI chatbot platform where companies can generate customized instant-response chatbots based on the content on their website. A real game-changing tool in increasing customer engagement and managing support more effortlessly.<br>\ud83d\udc49 Click here to create your chatbot in minutes!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Steps_to_Build_an_AI_App_Without_Writing_Code\"><\/span>Steps to&nbsp;<strong>Build an&nbsp;<\/strong>AI App Without Writing Code?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>Here\u2019s a simple guide to building custom GPTs or AI Chat Apps. Once you are good at building these apps, the same skills can be used with a little added complexity to launch apps that do more than AI Chat. The added features in most AI apps are built using the APIs provided by&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/metaschool.so\/models\">AI models<\/a>&nbsp;like OpenAI, Gemini, Anthropic, LLAMA, etc. But this is a great starting point for you to build AI Apps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Step_1_Browse_100_GPT_Ideas\"><\/span>Step 1: Browse 100+ GPT Ideas<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Visit&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.buildthatidea.com\/100ideas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">BuildThatIdea<\/a>&nbsp;and browse through 100+ custom GPT ideas that you can use to build your own AI App. You can browse through different categories like Career, business, Technology, etc., and choose the idea that resonates the most with the AI app idea that you have.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/metaschool.so\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Screenshot-2025-01-15-at-5.40.28%E2%80%AFPM-1024x721.png\" alt=\"100 GPT Ideas -- AI Apps Ideas Directory\" class=\"wp-image-11869\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Step_2_Copy_the_prompt_template\"><\/span>Step 2: Copy the prompt template<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The website will ask you to enter your email address to copy the prompt template. Here you\u2019ll find a highly customized Prompt template that can be used as it is in the next step to build your own Custom GPT.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/metaschool.so\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Screenshot-2025-01-15-at-5.44.36%E2%80%AFPM-1024x665.png\" alt=\"Get detailed custom GPT Prompt template.\" class=\"wp-image-11871\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Step_3_Get_ready_to_deploy_the_AI_Template\"><\/span>Step 3: Get ready to deploy the AI Template<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Now that you have a detailed custom Prompt ready, you need to include that the chat interface so that you can launch it as an App. There are 2 ways to do it, you can either write code to create a chat interface, make it responsive, add payment systems, and add ChatGPT APIs to make it live.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Or, you can purchase a ready-to-deploy template that comes with a complete code template, is pre-integrated with OpenAI, has a responsive design, and supports some additional features that would otherwise take you many weeks to build.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Once you get the AI Code Template, you can deploy and make your AI App go live instantly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/metaschool.so\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Screenshot-2025-01-15-at-5.45.21%E2%80%AFPM-1024x621.png\" alt=\"Purchase ready to deploy AI Templates from Buildthatidea.com\" class=\"wp-image-11872\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Step_4_Launch_your_AI_Apps_and_start_making_money_online\"><\/span>Step 4: Launch your AI Apps and start making money online<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Congratulations! Your own AI App is now live. You can now start promoting and making money online with your AI App.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It has not been an easy journey for Bhanu from that small town in India, where his building of a SaaS product making over $100,000 annually in a year is nothing less than magic. More importantly, this is a case of surviving in a battlefield\u2014not just with resilience and adaptability but with a bit of trending AI in assistance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_SiteGPT_Was_Born\"><\/span>How SiteGPT Was Born<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>Bhanu\u2019s approach to product ideas is simple but genius: solve your own problems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He created Feather because, as a developer who loved writing in Notion, he couldn\u2019t find an easy way to turn his Notion pages into blog posts. When AI came onto the scene, he took it a step further. He built a chatbot using Feather\u2019s documentation to handle support questions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That\u2019s when it clicked\u2014this chatbot could be its own product. And so, <strong>SiteGPT<\/strong> was born!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Marketing_Without_a_Marketing_Team_Building_in_Public\"><\/span>Marketing Without a Marketing Team: Building in Public<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Bhanu\u2019s secret weapon isn\u2019t a fancy ad campaign or a huge marketing budget\u2014it\u2019s <strong>building in public<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He\u2019s super transparent on Twitter, sharing everything from his wins and losses to the lessons he\u2019s learned along the way. This honesty has helped him build a loyal following over the years, and that audience shows up for him whenever he launches a new product.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For example:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>SiteGPT<\/strong> launched on Product Hunt and became Product of the Day with nearly 900 upvotes.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Feather<\/strong> launched later and did even better, with around 1,200 upvotes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>This strategy\u2014documenting the journey and involving your audience\u2014has been his most effective form of marketing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Whats_Next_for_Bhanu_and_SiteGPT\"><\/span>What&#8217;s Next for Bhanu and SiteGPT?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>Bhanu later sold SiteGPT in a micro-acquisition and now works on other side projects and passion projects. The product got purchased by a popular VC, where Bhanu worked for a few months to ensure transition and integration. It was announced by Bhanu on Twitter that the acquisition happened in two tranches over a period of 6 months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Key_Takeaways_from_Bhanus_Journey\"><\/span>Key Takeaways from Bhanu\u2019s Journey<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>If you\u2019re an indie founder or thinking of starting your own product, here\u2019s what you can learn from Bhanu:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Build and Fail<\/strong>: Don\u2019t be afraid of failing\u2014use it as a stepping stone.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Solve Your Own Problems<\/strong>: Products that fix your own pain points are often the best ones.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Validate Early<\/strong>: Make sure people are willing to pay for your product before you build too much.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Monetize From Day 1<\/strong>: Don\u2019t wait\u2014start earning early.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Build an Audience<\/strong>: Share your journey publicly and use your audience to amplify your product\u2019s reach.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Conslusion\"><\/span>Conslusion<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>With the help of AI code templates on the Internet, making and launching AI Apps has become super easy. You don\u2019t need to know programming or write code to launch your own AI Apps. If you are interested in building AI Apps, you can quickly build AI apps using\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/metaschool.so\/templates\">Open-Source AI Templates<\/a>\u00a0otherwise you can use platforms like\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/buildthatidea.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">BuildThatIdea<\/a>\u00a0to go from an app idea to a live product within a few minutes and start making money online.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":11935,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[344],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11846","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/metaschool.so\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11846","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/metaschool.so\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/metaschool.so\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metaschool.so\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metaschool.so\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11846"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/metaschool.so\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11846\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11937,"href":"https:\/\/metaschool.so\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11846\/revisions\/11937"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metaschool.so\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11935"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/metaschool.so\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11846"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metaschool.so\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11846"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metaschool.so\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11846"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}