Ben Broca has raised $30 million and built an AI tools company that is on track to generate $10 million in revenue this year with 10,000 paying customers, all without hiring a single employee. The 40-year-old launched the business last December and remains its sole worker, using AI to handle emails, coding, customer requests, and subscriber sign-ups. He told the Wall Street Journal that he is saving millions in salaries that would otherwise go to employees. A Stripe analysis found that the number of solopreneurs earning over $1 million more than doubled from 2023 to 2025, with AI helping to lower barriers to business formation and growth.