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New AI startups making money in 2026 (verified)
12 AI startups founded in 2026 already have payment-verified revenue on our leaderboard, and 9 of them make $10,000 or more a month. The biggest are GoMotion AI ($73,300 a month, founded Jul 2026), White Glove Content ($63,100 a month, founded Apr 2026), traxy.ai ($51,300 a month, founded Jan 2026), all verified from Stripe or RevenueCat via TrustMRR (checked Nov 5, 2026). Their median is $21,700 a month, against $22,000 for the 42 ranked businesses founded earlier. The fastest: GoMotion AI reached $73,300 a month about 4 months after its listed founding month. Founding months are as each founder lists them, not verified.
58 ranked · 12 founded in 2026 · 16 in the last 12 months · revenue checked Nov 5, 2026 · how we verify
Which AI startups founded in 2026 make the most money?
Every AI business on our leaderboard whose TrustMRR listing says it was founded in 2026, sorted by verified monthly recurring revenue (MRR).
| # | Business | What it sells | Founded | Months old | Verified MRR | Paying subs | Earliest month on record | Evidence | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  GoMotion AI | Paste a script, get a finished long-form YouTube documentary: voiceover, matched footage, captions, motion graphics and music. Built for faceless channels. | Jul 2026 | 4 | $73,300 | 1,600 | Aug 2026: $18,411 | Verified | 2026-11-05 |
| 2 |  White Glove Content | Subscription faceless-video studio: scripts, AI voiceover, editing, thumbnails. | Apr 2026 | 7 | $63,100 | 520 | May 2026: $22,363 | Verified | 2026-11-01 |
| 3 |  traxy.ai | Finds buyers already engaging in your market through social listening, on autopilot. | Jan 2026 | 10 | $51,300 | 240 | — | Verified | 2026-11-05 |
| 4 |  VirtualJK | An AI "replicant" of a consultant, sold to coaches and consultants. | Jan 2026 | 10 | $48,500 | 93 | — | Verified | 2026-11-05 |
| 5 |  Brawler | An AI boxing coach app that hit $60k in a 30-day window within months of launch. | May 2026 | 6 | $23,900 | 4,600 | — | Verified | 2026-11-05 |
| 6 |  Verbi | An AI speaking tutor for language learners: $259k lifetime. | Apr 2026 | 7 | $22,800 | 4,900 | — | Verified | 2026-11-05 |
| 7 |  AbMaxx | An AI abs coach that scans your physique: $172k lifetime since March 2026. | Mar 2026 | 8 | $20,600 | 5,800 | — | Verified | 2026-11-05 |
| 8 |  Heyron | A hosted AI agent that runs your one-person company, sold at $49 a month with a community that teaches you to launch an app. | Feb 2026 | 9 | $17,500 | 610 | — | Verified | 2026-11-05 |
| 9 |  NotFair | An AI agent that manages Google Ads for small businesses and agencies: finds wasted spend, then fixes bids and keywords. | Apr 2026 | 7 | $13,100 | 110 | May 2026: $5,285 | Verified | 2026-11-05 |
| 10 |  SiteJourney | No-code AI website builder: idea to site in about a minute. | Apr 2026 | 7 | $9,100 | 590 | Apr 2026: Founded (US); $2,733 | Verified | 2026-11-05 |
| 11 |  CaptureFlow | Turns video, voice, files and links into ready-to-post social content with AI. | Jan 2026 | 10 | $4,600 | 7 | Mar 2026: $1,553 | Verified | 2026-11-05 |
| 12 |  AutoSubtitles | A $9/mo AI captions tool: from launch to $3.4k MRR in about seven months. | Mar 2026 | 8 | $3,400 | 430 | — | Verified | 2026-11-05 |
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Verified MRR and subscriptions from Stripe or RevenueCat via TrustMRR, as checked on each case page. Founded = the month on the TrustMRR listing (founder-entered). Months old = our math from that month to Nov 2026. Earliest month on record = the first monthly revenue figure in the case's verified timeline, where we have one. Ranked = payment data synced in the last 30 days, same rule as the leaderboard.
Not ranked (last sync older than 30 days or no recent payments): Adspirer (founded Jan 2026, last verified $54,700 MRR). Shown for reference, not in the median.
Also founded in 2026 but not in the MRR table: SocialCrawl (April 2026), a social-data API for AI agents that sells one-time credit packs instead of subscriptions, so its MRR is near zero while it collected $47,045 in October 2026 (TrustMRR, Stripe, read Nov 2, 2026; Verified).
Do newer AI startups make less than older ones?
| Founded | Ranked businesses | Median verified MRR | Biggest |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 12 | $21,700 | GoMotion AI ($73,300) |
| 2025 | 17 | $21,900 | Promptwise ($66,800) |
| 2024 | 9 | $21,200 | Postiz ($352,000) |
| 2023 | 12 | $19,900 | DataExpert.io ($53,200) |
| 2022 or earlier | 4 | $189,000 | Rezi ($241,000) |
Less than you might think. The 12 ranked 2026 startups have a median of $21,700 a month, against $22,000 for the 42 founded earlier. What the new cohort lacks is the very top: every ranked business above $100,000 a month was founded in 2024 or earlier (see AI startups making $100k a month). Small groups, and survivors only: read medians as a direction.
How fast did the 2026 AI startups get to revenue?
Where the verified timeline shows it, quickly. White Glove Content (founded April 2026) collected $22,363 in its first full month, May 2026. NotFair (April 2026) made $5,285 in May 2026 and is at $13,100 a month now. GoMotion AI (July 2026) made $18,411 in August and is at $73,300 a month about 4 months in (how much GoMotion AI makes). All figures from their TrustMRR timelines (Verified). For founder-sourced stories about the first dollar, see how long until an AI app makes money.
What do new AI startups that make money sell?
By type, the 2026 cohort is 8 AI SaaS tools, 3 AI mobile apps, 1 AI content service. Three patterns stand out:
- Tools for creators and marketers. Long-form faceless video (GoMotion AI), a done-for-you faceless-video studio (White Glove Content), finding buyers in social posts (traxy.ai) and Google Ads clean-up (NotFair). See faceless YouTube AI businesses.
- An expert packaged as an AI. VirtualJK sells an AI version of consultant James Kemp to coaches and consultants, at about $520 a month per subscription (our math).
- Cheap consumer apps at volume. Brawler, Verbi, AbMaxx charge a few dollars a month per subscriber on average and need thousands of them (see AI mobile apps and their revenue).
Which AI startups from the last 12 months are making money?
Widen the window to businesses founded since Nov 2025 and 4 more join: Promptwise ($66,800 a month, founded Dec 2025), Imposter AI ($20,600 a month, founded Dec 2025), AI Designer ($8,400 a month, founded Nov 2025), Shannon AI ($7,500 a month, founded Dec 2025). All Verified via TrustMRR.
FAQ
Which new AI startups are making money in 2026?
12 AI startups founded in 2026 are ranked on The AI Receipts with verified revenue. The top three are GoMotion AI ($73,300 a month, founded Jul 2026); White Glove Content ($63,100 a month, founded Apr 2026); traxy.ai ($51,300 a month, founded Jan 2026) (TrustMRR, Stripe or RevenueCat, checked Nov 5, 2026).
How fast can a new AI startup reach $10k a month?
9 of the 12 ranked 2026-founded AI startups are at $10,000+ a month, every one of them within 10 months of its listed founding month. GoMotion AI is at $73,300 a month about 4 months in. These are survivors: startups that never reached revenue do not list on TrustMRR, so this is not a typical outcome.
Do new AI startups make less than older ones?
A little, not much. The ranked 2026 cohort has a median of $21,700 a month; the 42 ranked businesses founded before 2026 have $22,000. The $100k+ a month businesses (Postiz, Rezi, Cometly, AEO Engine) were all founded in 2024 or earlier.
What kind of AI startups launched in 2026 make money?
By type the 2026 cohort is 8 AI SaaS tools, 3 AI mobile apps, 1 AI content service. Several sell to creators and marketers (long-form faceless video, a done-for-you video studio, social listening, Google Ads clean-up); the mobile apps are consumer subscriptions at a few dollars a month per subscriber (our math).
Is the founding date verified?
No. Revenue is verified: it comes from Stripe or RevenueCat through TrustMRR. The founding month is what each founder enters on the TrustMRR listing. "Months old" is our math from that month to the latest data month.
How do I keep up with new AI startups that make money?
The leaderboard ranks every business with payment data synced in the last 30 days, and the weekly movers report shows who gained or lost the most. The newsletter sends 3 verified businesses each Mon/Wed/Fri, free.
Sources
- Revenue, subscriptions, monthly timelines and founding months: TrustMRR listings (Stripe or RevenueCat): GoMotion AI White Glove Content traxy.ai VirtualJK Brawler Verbi AbMaxx Heyron NotFair SiteJourney CaptureFlow AutoSubtitles , checked Nov 5, 2026. Founding month is founder-entered on each listing.
- Older cohorts: every ranked case on the leaderboard; per-business sources on each case page.
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