Summary
Starter Story host Gus interviews Kurosh, the solo founder behind Voicy, a speech-to-text dictation app built on OpenAI’s Whisper API that now earns roughly $16,000 to $20,000 per month. Voicy began as a Chrome extension made for the founder’s father and grew into Windows, Mac, Linux, iOS, and Android apps.
The conversation covers how the app found its niche in a crowded dictation market by serving older users and people with disabilities who can’t type comfortably. Kurosh shares business details, including about 2,500 daily and 10,000 monthly active users, 1,400 active subscriptions, and a lifetime plan priced around $260 that drives much of the revenue. A 20% disability discount is used by about a fifth of customers.
On the technical side, he explains how AI coding tools sped up development: discovering Cursor, using Codex, switching to Claude Opus models when needed, and one-shotting the Android app. He lists his stack, including Framer, PostHog, Loops, and Ionos VPS hosting, and describes early growth from the Chrome Web Store and Reddit posts. The episode is a practical look at how a non-traditional developer built a profitable AI-powered product as a side project alongside a full-time job.
📺 Source: Starter Story · Published October 14, 2026
🏷️ Format: Interview
