SoloSolo

Build Your MVP.
No CTO Required.

Stop looking for a technical cofounder. Start building.

Solo IDE lets non-technical founders build real software. Describe your product, AI agents build it. Launch, get users, then hire engineers when you have traction.

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The Technical Cofounder Problem

You have a great idea. You just can't build it yourself.

Months searching for a technical cofounder
Giving up 30-50% equity for someone to build v1
Expensive agencies that take months and $$$
No-code tools that limit your vision
Outsourced dev teams with communication gaps
By the time it's built, the market moved on

A Different Path

The New Founder Playbook

1
Have an idea
2
Build MVP yourself with Solo IDE
3
Launch and get real users
4
Validate with actual data
5
Hire engineers when you have traction
6
Hire from a position of strength

Why This Works

  • Keep your equity (or more of it)
  • Move at your speed, not someone else's
  • Pivot instantly when you learn from users
  • Understand your own product deeply
  • Technical hires respect founders who can build

What Founders Are Building

SaaS products — User auth, dashboards, billing, the works
Marketplaces — Two-sided platforms connecting buyers and sellers
Internal tools — Ops tools that make your startup run
Landing pages — Launch pages with waitlists (like this one)
Mobile apps — React Native apps for iOS and Android
API products — Backend services other developers use
AI wrappers — Products built on top of AI APIs

From Idea to Launched Product

Week 1: Core Product

  • Describe your MVP to Solo IDE
  • Agents scaffold the foundation
  • Iterate on the core user flow
  • You have something working

Week 2: Polish & Features

  • “Add Stripe payments”
  • “Make it mobile responsive”
  • “Add email notifications”
  • Agents implement, you approve

Week 3: Launch

  • One-click deploy to production
  • Connect your domain
  • Set up analytics
  • Launch to real users

Week 4+: Iterate

  • Watch how users behave
  • Make changes instantly
  • No dev team to schedule
  • Pivot if needed

This Isn't a Prototype

What Solo IDE builds:

  • Production-ready code
  • Real databases, real auth, real payments
  • Scalable infrastructure
  • Code you can hire engineers to continue
  • Not a no-code prison — export anytime

Companies have launched, gotten users, and raised funding on products built with agent-first tools. This is the new normal.

When You Do Hire Engineers

When you're ready to scale, your engineering hires get:

Real code, not spaghetti
Standard frameworks and patterns
Documentation agents can generate
A founder who understands the product

Your first engineering hire will respect that you built v1 yourself.

Founders Like You

“I spent 6 months looking for a CTO. With Solo IDE, I built my MVP in 3 weeks and launched. Now VCs are asking when I'll hire engineers. Different problem to have.”

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Marcus T.

Beta Founder, B2B SaaS

“We raised our pre-seed on a product I built myself. Investors were impressed I understood every part of the tech.”

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Lisa K.

Beta Founder, Marketplace

“I'd been paying an agency $15k/month. Canceled that, built more in a weekend with Solo IDE than they did in 3 months.”

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Raj P.

Beta Founder, Consumer App

“My technical cofounder quit. I thought the company was dead. Built the next version myself in Solo IDE. We're doing $20k MRR now.”

J

Jordan S.

Beta Founder, DevTool

The Math

Technical cofounder

Cost

$0

Time

2-6 months to find

Equity

30-50%

Dev agency

Cost

$50-200k

Time

3-6 months

Equity

0%

Freelancers

Cost

$20-100k

Time

2-4 months

Equity

0%

Solo IDE

Cost

~$50/mo after beta

Time

2-4 weeks

Equity

0%

The economics are obvious.

Build Your Startup

  • Free during beta
  • No technical skills required
  • Launch in weeks, not months
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Founder Questions

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