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He was a sophomore studying marketing. Eight months later his app has 200,000 downloads and is closing in on $1 million in total revenue. ๐
FULL INTERVIEW
Cedric Roberge (@Cedric_Roberge), founder of Pep AI
Cedric is 23. He studies marketing, not computer science. He has never written a line of code.
He launched Pep AI in February. Still bootstrapped. Team of five.
He built it in a week and a half, on a Chromebook.
"I was able to do all of it with nothing from Apple, no MacBook."
I grabbed Cedric for a walk through Times Square at the RevenueCat Shipaton demo day to get the whole story.
We cover:
โบ Why peptides: he watched the category boom online and bet he could market it
โบ 20,000 downloads in month one, 80,000 by month three, almost entirely creator codes and UGC
โบ The "push to App Store" button that turned a two-year dream into a two-week build
โบ Why he is keeping the team at five, and the $500 Mac Mini that works like a sixth employee
โบ Two founders who took his advice and are now doing $80K and $50K a month
โบ One year ago he was pitching his first app from a folding table on campus. Now he is demoing his second in Times Square.
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(00:00) Highlights
(00:30) Meet Cedric in Times Square
(00:54) Cedric Roberge, 23, founder of Pep AI
(01:22) Peptides were booming. He bet he could market it.
(01:49) 20,000 downloads in month one. 80,000 by month three.
(02:18) Creator codes: pay influencers only when they convert
(02:52) A marketing sophomore building a mobile app
(03:07) UniYard, and the teacher who told him about Replit
(04:24) Push to App Store. Pep AI built in two weeks.
(05:29) "I was just on a Chromebook"
(05:58) Where Pep AI is today
(08:04) Inside the app, and the private community in it
(09:32) The next bet: doctor consults inside the app
(12:00) The viral feature: scoring your food from a photo
(13:02) Why he is keeping the team at five
(14:50) The $500 Mac Mini that works like an employee
(15:18) Two founders who took his advice. $80K and $50K a month.
(17:08) What separates the people who actually execute
(18:02) One year from a campus table to Times Square
Wow! Great addition. Welcome, @trychroma ! ๐๐ผ
Chroma is joining Replit!
Together, we will build the context layer for the self-driving company.
trychroma.com/blog/chroma-joโฆ
Manny Bernabe retweeted
no mac , no code , no cs degree
built on a chromebook in about 2 weeks , now 200k downloads and close to $1M
almost all the growth came from creator codes and ugc , not ads
xitter.cf/MannyBernabe/status/21โฆ
He was a sophomore studying marketing. Eight months later his app has 200,000 downloads and is closing in on $1 million in total revenue. ๐
FULL INTERVIEW
Cedric Roberge (@Cedric_Roberge), founder of Pep AI
Cedric is 23. He studies marketing, not computer science. He has never written a line of code.
He launched Pep AI in February. Still bootstrapped. Team of five.
He built it in a week and a half, on a Chromebook.
"I was able to do all of it with nothing from Apple, no MacBook."
I grabbed Cedric for a walk through Times Square at the RevenueCat Shipaton demo day to get the whole story.
We cover:
โบ Why peptides: he watched the category boom online and bet he could market it
โบ 20,000 downloads in month one, 80,000 by month three, almost entirely creator codes and UGC
โบ The "push to App Store" button that turned a two-year dream into a two-week build
โบ Why he is keeping the team at five, and the $500 Mac Mini that works like a sixth employee
โบ Two founders who took his advice and are now doing $80K and $50K a month
โบ One year ago he was pitching his first app from a folding table on campus. Now he is demoing his second in Times Square.
๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐
(00:00) Highlights
(00:30) Meet Cedric in Times Square
(00:54) Cedric Roberge, 23, founder of Pep AI
(01:22) Peptides were booming. He bet he could market it.
(01:49) 20,000 downloads in month one. 80,000 by month three.
(02:18) Creator codes: pay influencers only when they convert
(02:52) A marketing sophomore building a mobile app
(03:07) UniYard, and the teacher who told him about Replit
(04:24) Push to App Store. Pep AI built in two weeks.
(05:29) "I was just on a Chromebook"
(05:58) Where Pep AI is today
(08:04) Inside the app, and the private community in it
(09:32) The next bet: doctor consults inside the app
(12:00) The viral feature: scoring your food from a photo
(13:02) Why he is keeping the team at five
(14:50) The $500 Mac Mini that works like an employee
(15:18) Two founders who took his advice. $80K and $50K a month.
(17:08) What separates the people who actually execute
(18:02) One year from a campus table to Times Square
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Manny Bernabe retweeted
He was a sophomore studying marketing. Eight months later his app has 200,000 downloads and is closing in on $1 million in total revenue. ๐
FULL INTERVIEW
Cedric Roberge (@Cedric_Roberge), founder of Pep AI
Cedric is 23. He studies marketing, not computer science. He has never written a line of code.
He launched Pep AI in February. Still bootstrapped. Team of five.
He built it in a week and a half, on a Chromebook.
"I was able to do all of it with nothing from Apple, no MacBook."
I grabbed Cedric for a walk through Times Square at the RevenueCat Shipaton demo day to get the whole story.
We cover:
โบ Why peptides: he watched the category boom online and bet he could market it
โบ 20,000 downloads in month one, 80,000 by month three, almost entirely creator codes and UGC
โบ The "push to App Store" button that turned a two-year dream into a two-week build
โบ Why he is keeping the team at five, and the $500 Mac Mini that works like a sixth employee
โบ Two founders who took his advice and are now doing $80K and $50K a month
โบ One year ago he was pitching his first app from a folding table on campus. Now he is demoing his second in Times Square.
๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐
(00:00) Highlights
(00:30) Meet Cedric in Times Square
(00:54) Cedric Roberge, 23, founder of Pep AI
(01:22) Peptides were booming. He bet he could market it.
(01:49) 20,000 downloads in month one. 80,000 by month three.
(02:18) Creator codes: pay influencers only when they convert
(02:52) A marketing sophomore building a mobile app
(03:07) UniYard, and the teacher who told him about Replit
(04:24) Push to App Store. Pep AI built in two weeks.
(05:29) "I was just on a Chromebook"
(05:58) Where Pep AI is today
(08:04) Inside the app, and the private community in it
(09:32) The next bet: doctor consults inside the app
(12:00) The viral feature: scoring your food from a photo
(13:02) Why he is keeping the team at five
(14:50) The $500 Mac Mini that works like an employee
(15:18) Two founders who took his advice. $80K and $50K a month.
(17:08) What separates the people who actually execute
(18:02) One year from a campus table to Times Square
Manny Bernabe retweeted
Demoing my app HuHuu in Times Square yesterday was unreal ๐
6 months ago, it was just a hackathon prototype. Yesterday, I demoed it to a 7yo kid, a woman in her 70s, local devs, and the Big Bus crew working the square.
Reminded me why I build: real software for real people.
Huge thanks to @Replit, @Franciscocrz , and @MannyBernabe for backing early builders from day 1, and @RevenueCat for hosting in NYC!
Also... super excited to share that I'm officially a Replit Ambassador! ๐
Time to help more builders go 0 -> 1.
Manny Bernabe retweeted
This right here. This is why @Replit is my go to when creating applications and websites for clients or for my own entertainment. Thanks folks! @MannyBernabe @raymmar
Recent vulnerabilities in widely used third-party software have created risks for businesses across the internet.
We have patched infrastructure, updated language tooling, and blocked exploits to protect your apps. Weโve applied fixes automatically wherever we can. Where you need to republish, weโre notifying you with clear instructions.
Read more on our blog: replit.com/blog/security-vulโฆ
Manny Bernabe retweeted
Million Dollar Builder (Showcase) xitter.cf/i/broadcasts/1nKOLQDqXโฆ
You now have an on-call engineer right in your pocket.
Replit Monitoring Agent can see, fix, and deploy changes autonomously. It detects production issues, investigates the cause, validates a fix, and can publish it automatically.
Andrea Leang and Josh McFarlin from the team that built it are joining us to talk about it.
We're live on X, LinkedIn, and YouTube.
๐ Today, around 10 AM PT. See you there.
Going live today with Jon Cheney (@CheneyPiano).
He was quoted $105K to build his startup. He built it himself on Replit for $400. First customer in 5 days. 18 months later, GenAIPI was valued at $20M.
Now he helps companies put AI to work. Today he's opening the books.
We're live on X, LinkedIn, and YouTube.
๐ Today, 9 AM PT. Jon's on around 9:15.
See you there!
Manny Bernabe retweeted
The new trend of security vulnerability acceleration is only going to continue.
Read how we worked the past two days to mitigate, patch, and defend users.
The only path forward is proactive defensive measures that use AI. It's a big area of investment, more to share soon.
Recent vulnerabilities in widely used third-party software have created risks for businesses across the internet.
We have patched infrastructure, updated language tooling, and blocked exploits to protect your apps. Weโve applied fixes automatically wherever we can. Where you need to republish, weโre notifying you with clear instructions.
Read more on our blog: replit.com/blog/security-vulโฆ
Manny Bernabe retweeted
The rate at which vulnerabilities are discovered will only go up. @Replit has been able to mitigate most of them at the firewall level and wasn't even affected by the Linux kernel vulnerabilities thanks to our minimal config.
Extremely proud of the team's response all this week.
Recent vulnerabilities in widely used third-party software have created risks for businesses across the internet.
We have patched infrastructure, updated language tooling, and blocked exploits to protect your apps. Weโve applied fixes automatically wherever we can. Where you need to republish, weโre notifying you with clear instructions.
Read more on our blog: replit.com/blog/security-vulโฆ
Manny Bernabe retweeted
All the buzz from Shipaton has me pumped for the @Replit x @atomicobject Chicago AI Builders Meet Up next week! Excited to get together, share ideas, and build together! Plus I get to hang with @NIftek and @MannyBernabe - photo c/o the @RevenueCat Chicago Houseparty in September
Manny Bernabe retweeted
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He was a sophomore studying marketing. Eight months later his app has 200,000 downloads and is closing in on $1 million in total revenue. ๐
FULL INTERVIEW
Cedric Roberge (@Cedric_Roberge), founder of Pep AI
Cedric is 23. He studies marketing, not computer science. He has never written a line of code.
He launched Pep AI in February. Still bootstrapped. Team of five.
He built it in a week and a half, on a Chromebook.
"I was able to do all of it with nothing from Apple, no MacBook."
I grabbed Cedric for a walk through Times Square at the RevenueCat Shipaton demo day to get the whole story.
We cover:
โบ Why peptides: he watched the category boom online and bet he could market it
โบ 20,000 downloads in month one, 80,000 by month three, almost entirely creator codes and UGC
โบ The "push to App Store" button that turned a two-year dream into a two-week build
โบ Why he is keeping the team at five, and the $500 Mac Mini that works like a sixth employee
โบ Two founders who took his advice and are now doing $80K and $50K a month
โบ One year ago he was pitching his first app from a folding table on campus. Now he is demoing his second in Times Square.
๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐
(00:00) Highlights
(00:30) Meet Cedric in Times Square
(00:54) Cedric Roberge, 23, founder of Pep AI
(01:22) Peptides were booming. He bet he could market it.
(01:49) 20,000 downloads in month one. 80,000 by month three.
(02:18) Creator codes: pay influencers only when they convert
(02:52) A marketing sophomore building a mobile app
(03:07) UniYard, and the teacher who told him about Replit
(04:24) Push to App Store. Pep AI built in two weeks.
(05:29) "I was just on a Chromebook"
(05:58) Where Pep AI is today
(08:04) Inside the app, and the private community in it
(09:32) The next bet: doctor consults inside the app
(12:00) The viral feature: scoring your food from a photo
(13:02) Why he is keeping the team at five
(14:50) The $500 Mac Mini that works like an employee
(15:18) Two founders who took his advice. $80K and $50K a month.
(17:08) What separates the people who actually execute
(18:02) One year from a campus table to Times Square
RevenueCat Demo Day in Times Square today! Stop by! w/ @Cedric_Roberge , @zinzazilin and @Franciscocrz