Behind the Scenes
Jason TanUnfiltered field notes on bootstrapping Engage AI to 100k users to help you scale your own AI product past 10k users and deploy agents that let a 3-person team ship like an 100-person company.
| Platform |  | Pricing | Freemium | Publishes | Weekly |
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| Issues | 39 | Founded | a year ago | Last Issue | 6 days ago |
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I share practical tips on building AI products and scaling adoption without VC funding or marketers. I bootstrapped Engage AI to 100k users and now serve as Fractional CAIO at Ascendnce.com to scale revenue without more headcount for SMB.
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