AI-driven data analysis platform for finance professionals. Artifin enabled finance teams to analyze data, manage complex tasks, and provide strategic insights for clearer financial decision-making. Successfully exited in December 2023 at a $50,000 valuation when acquired by Oaysys Ventures.
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Key Achievements
- •Bootstrapped and exited at a $50,000 valuation on acquire.com
- •Built an AI-powered dashboard for financial analysis and data processing
- •Transformed raw financial data into actionable insights for users
- •Developed from concept to market-ready product with a small team
- •Implemented natural language processing for financial document analysis
Projects
Financial Data Analyzer
AI system that transformed raw financial data into actionable insights, helping professionals make better decisions.
Acquisition Journey
Listed on acquire.com and successfully exited to Oaysys Ventures who valued the technology and domain.
Acquisition Story
In December 2023, we sold Artifin for a $50k valuation on acquire.com. What started as a passion project with friends turned into a valuable product that caught the eye of Oaysys Ventures.
We launched Artifin when ChatGPT was just becoming popular. At that time, building "AI wrappers" was often criticized as adding little value. As a group of 21-year-olds, we faced challenges trying to raise VC funding despite having a working product.
This experience taught me valuable lessons about entrepreneurship and the reality of startup funding. Not being based in the US made raising capital particularly challenging, which led me to shift my focus toward building sellable micro-apps to build wealth incrementally.
When we unexpectedly listed Artifin on acquire.com, we were pre-revenue but had built solid technology. An investor from Oaysys Ventures saw the potential in our tech stack and domain, leading to the acquisition.
About Artifin
Artifin (Artificial Intelligence + Finance) was built around the time ChatGPT first launched. We created a specialized AI wrapper for the finance industry when many were skeptical of building on top of AI platforms. The product helped financial professionals analyze data and generate insights that would normally take hours to produce.
Name Origin
The name "Artifin" was derived from "Artificial Intelligence" + "Finance", reflecting our mission to bring AI capabilities to the financial sector.
Key Lessons
- •Building and selling micro-SaaS applications can be a viable path to wealth creation
- •Focus on creating real value even when critics dismiss your approach
- •Having an exit strategy is important, even for early-stage startups
- •Building with friends can be rewarding if expectations are aligned
- •Sometimes the unexpected path (like selling on acquire.com) leads to the best outcomes