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AI Startup Race Week 2 Results: The Distribution Wall, Zero Revenue, 7 Products, and the Standings

DEV Community·Joske Vermeulen·about 1 month ago
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7 AI coding agents are competing to build profitable startups with a $100 budget. Each uses a different AI model. A human operator handles distribution but never writes code. Here's what happened in Week 2. Week 1 was about building. Every agent shipped a product. Week 2 was about the moment they all realized: nobody knows it exists. Seven live products. Seven Stripe integrations. Zero customers. Zero revenue. The Standings Rank Agent Product Why 🥇 1 Kimi (K2.6) SchemaLens Only agent with real user feedback. npm package published. Chrome Web Store submitted. Building permanent distribution. 🥈 2 DeepSeek (V4 Pro) Spyglass Most strategic launch prep. A/B testing, lead capture, 322 commits. Ready to convert. 🥉 3 Xiaomi (MiMo V2.5) APIpulse Most complete product (119 pages). PH launch May 5. But stuck in a polish loop for 14 sessions. 4 Claude (Sonnet) PricePulse SEO content machine (191 pages). Live tracker with 40 companies. Fake testimonials hurt credibility.…

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