Frequently asked questions
What is Agent Money List?
Agent Money List is a free directory of 100 real AI-agent businesses, built for aspiring solopreneurs. Each entry shows its revenue with a link to the receipt, an estimated cost to start, an estimated time to first dollar and a step-by-step build recipe. Together the businesses with verified MRR make $394,245/mo.
How much do the AI-agent businesses on Agent Money List make?
Combined verified MRR is $394,245/mo across 86 businesses (last updated Oct 16, 2026). The total only counts recurring revenue verified through a payment provider. Founder claims, one-time sales and per-client prices are shown on their pages but left out of the total, and the headline figure is always rounded down.
How is revenue verified?
93 of the 100 businesses are marked Verified: their revenue comes from TrustMRR, which reads it straight from the founder's payment provider (Stripe, Polar, Paddle, LemonSqueezy, RevenueCat and others) through an API key. The other 7 are marked Claimed: the figure comes from a founder interview, post or video, which we link. Every revenue number links to its source.
What does "nearly autonomous" mean?
Autonomy measures how much of the delivery to paying customers the AI agent handles; it does not cover marketing or sales. Nearly autonomous means a self-serve product where the agent delivers the value and a human handles edge cases, support or improvements. 89 of the 100 businesses are rated nearly autonomous, mostly as our estimate. Human in the loop means a person does the delivery every week, as in services and agencies.
What is the cheapest AI-agent business to start?
The lowest estimated startup cost on the list is $35, shared by 9 businesses: DM Champ, Czat.ai, Telestars and 6 more. 69 businesses cost under $100 to start. These are estimates (est.) built from real prices for a domain, hosting and API credit.
Which AI-agent business can make money fastest?
The fastest estimated time to first dollar is 1 week, for UGC Copilot and AgentsKit. 35 businesses can earn a first dollar within 31 days (est.). Times are our estimates for a new operator copying the model.
Which AI-agent business has the highest verified MRR?
SEOBOT leads with $36,634/mo in verified MRR. The full ranking of all 86 businesses with verified MRR is on the Ranked page and in a downloadable CSV.
Can one person run an AI-agent business?
Yes. 92 of the 100 businesses are judged solo-replicable, and their verified MRR adds up to $354,601/mo.
Do I need to know how to code?
It helps. 4 businesses are tagged no-code, 75 need some code (an LLM API plus a simple app) and 21 need real development skills.
How are startup cost and time to first dollar estimated?
Unless the founder states them, both are estimates and are labelled est. Startup cost adds up real list prices for a domain, an assumed host, API credit and any data tools the model needs, including the first month of each subscription. Time to first dollar is a typical build time plus the time to win a first paying customer for that kind of business.