InterviewSource observed Aug 7, 2026indiehackers.com
AI-native operationFounder/company reportedRevenueFounder/company reportedas of Jul 9, 2026Team sizeFounder/company reported
- Reported metric
- $10K+ MRR within about a year of launch (per Indie Hackers interview, published July 9, 2026)
- Founded
- 2025
- Team
- Solo
- Location
- Austin, TX
The story
Diego Roshardt is a self-taught software entrepreneur and full-stack developer who left his hometown for a studio apartment in Austin, Texas to build AppAlchemy full-time. AppAlchemy lets non-technical founders, PMs, and entrepreneurs describe a mobile app in natural language and get a multi-screen native iOS/Android design and build in return, without downloading dev tools or writing code. He launched the first version in about two weeks, priced it with monthly and discounted yearly subscription plans from day one, and grew it primarily through organic Reddit posts with zero ad spend, reaching $10K+ MRR within about a year of launch.
Business model
Revenue tier
$100K-$1M
How they make money
Subscription SaaS (monthly + discounted yearly plans) for a browser-based AI mobile-app builder; $20/month entry tier per appalchemy.ai's own pricing page (fetched 2026-08-08), not the starterstory.com figure cited below
Founder perspective
“I use Claude Code and Cursor extensively for development, so it's important to use open tools that AI can easily interact with.”
Evidence trail
Sources & evidence
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Claim coverage
- Verified topics
- 0
- Reported only
- 3
- Public sources
- 1
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