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Vitalii Dodonov.
Vitalii Dodonov and his cofounder, John, spent 14 days locked in a flat, vibe coding an AI tool called Stanley for their business, Stan.
Stan CTO Vitalii Dodonov vibe-coded Stanley, an AI content tool for LinkedIn creators, in 14 days reaching $50K MRR within six weeks and tracking $3M ARR across LinkedIn and Instagram. The case signals that AI-assisted development now compresses GTM timelines to weeks, and that creator-economy SaaS with a clear performance loop (generate → track engagement → refine) can achieve rapid monetization without a large engineering team.
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John Hu left a banking career and his MBA program to build Stan. He and his cofounder went on to vibe code Stanley, an AI tool,…

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