Building an AI startup to 1.5 Million Users - Aidan Cramer, CEO AiApply
Most people talking about AI startups are commentators. Aidan Cramer is actually building one.
AI Apply has grown to 1.5 million users and processes over a million job applications per month, with a team of just 10 people and a single $500K raise. No Series A. No massive team. Just relentless execution and constant reinvention as AI models evolve underneath them.
In this fireside chat, Aidan gets real about what building a high-growth AI product actually looks like when you're in the thick of it:
For PMs and builders: How to make product decisions when every OpenAI release forces you to rethink your architecture, why traditional roadmaps break down in AI, and what "product-engineer" hybrids actually look like in practice
For anyone considering a career move into AI: What the job market really looks like from the inside (spoiler: 30% of job listings are fake), what skills actually matter, and how to think about the entrepreneurship vs. employment question
This isn't a polished founder story. It's an honest look at the messy, chaotic, surprisingly effective reality of building an AI company right now.
Aidan Cramer is the co-founder and CEO of AI Apply, which helps job seekers with AI-powered resume customisation, interview prep, and automated applications. Before AI Apply, Aidan built products in the AI space and connected with his co-founder on Twitter. Two and a half years later, they've scaled to 1.5M+ users with a lean, engineering-heavy team.
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