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The Builders Behind the Bots: A New Class of AI Entrepreneurs Emerges

How a delivery driver built a 200k-user SaaS, plus 3 AI ideas you can copy

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Marco Fazio
April 23, 2025

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Global Weekly AI Update — 23th April 2025

🇺🇸 US & Canada

  1. OpenAI’s GPT-5 Leak Reveals ‘Chain of Thought Memory’
    Internal tests show GPT-5 chaining reasoning across prompts — a step toward persistent memory. Use cases span therapy, tutoring, and enterprise workflows. Beta expected by late Q2.

  2. Adobe x Nvidia Debut “Motion Brush” for Creators
    Animate static images with simple prompts — make a photo blink, smile, or nod to music. Now rolling out inside Photoshop and Adobe Express.

  3. Canada Launches “AI Code of Conduct” for Healthcare
    New national guidelines govern LLM use in diagnostics and patient-facing chatbots. Provinces begin pilot testing in Q3.

🌎 LATIN AMERICA

  1. Brazil’s Nuclea Scans 70M Transactions with GPT for Fraud Detection
    The fintech clearinghouse now uses LLMs to flag anomalies across massive daily transaction volumes — early signs show a 30% reduction in false positives.

  2. Argentina’s Ualá Uses GPT to Explain Fees in Plain Spanish
    The neobank rolled out AI chat explainers that simplify interest rates, overdraft charges, and credit terms — driving a 23% drop in support tickets.

  3. Chile Pilots GPT-Powered AI in Rural Classrooms
    Chile’s Ministry of Education is testing GPT tutors in low-income schools to boost literacy and STEM learning — early feedback shows strong engagement from students and teachers.

🇨🇳 CHINA

  1. Baidu's ERNIE 4.0 Now Handles Code, Math, and Long Memory
    Baidu’s latest model shows major upgrades in technical reasoning and memory retention. ERNIE is now integrated into multiple consumer and enterprise apps across China.

  2. Tencent’s “Hunyuan” Model Powers 600+ Enterprise Tools
    From legal chatbots to gaming NPCs, Hunyuan’s rapid enterprise adoption is reshaping how Chinese businesses use AI.

  3. Beijing Pushes Open-Source LLM Mandate for Universities
    The government is funding domestic alternatives to GPT and requiring all AI programs to build on Chinese-trained models. Compliance expected by end of 2025.

🌍 AFRICA

  1. South Africa Unveils 10-Year AI Roadmap
    Focus areas include agriculture, mining, and public education. A national data lake aims to reduce reliance on Western datasets.

  2. Kenya’s “TamuGPT” Reaches 70,000 Farmers
    This SMS-based GPT assistant helps smallholders make crop decisions in Swahili, factoring in weather, soil type, and seasonal trends.

  3. Nigeria’s NairaMind Deploys Voice AI in Pidgin English
    Local banks now use NairaMind’s LLM to slash customer support wait times — from 15 minutes to under 60 seconds.

🌏 ASIA-PACIFIC

  1. Japan Launches “ZenGPT” for Elder Care and Wellness
    Built on Buddhist texts and therapeutic prompts, this GPT variant helps elderly users combat loneliness with daily check-ins and calming routines.

  2. Flipkart’s Shopping Copilot Goes Live in India
    Type “I need waterproof sneakers under ₹2000” and get AI-powered suggestions built on reviews, fit trends, and pricing filters. It’s powered by a proprietary Indian LLM.

  3. Samsung Embeds On-Device LLM in S-Series Phones
    Local AI lets users summarize, translate, and generate content without cloud access — a privacy win and bold move against Apple’s cloud-first strategy.

🇪🇺 EUROPE

  1. EU Passes “AI Usage Transparency Act”
    Starting July 2025, all public LLMs must label AI-generated content — from emails to chatbot replies. Expect a wave of compliance plugins and legal-tech startups.

  2. Berlin's EduMod Raises €6M for AI-Generated Lesson Plans
    Teachers in Germany can now build GPT-powered learning modules tailored to local curricula. Over 4,000 educators are testing it across the country.

  3. France’s Lawyerly AI Wins Justice Innovation Award
    This Paris-based legal-tech startup uses French-tuned GPT models to support small claims and tenant rights cases. Already deployed in 15+ legal clinics.

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Founder Story of the Week

From Delivery Driver to AI SaaS: The Rise of Alejandro Gutierrez

In 2018, Alejandro was delivering groceries in Buenos Aires. Fast forward to 2025. He’s the founder of NotaSmart, a profitable bootstrapped SaaS that helps journalists and students automatically annotate and fact-c

heck articles using LLMs.

What made it work? Alejandro built the first version in Spanish, tuned it on local news sources, and launched it via WhatsApp groups of student unions. Within 6 months, he had 10,000 users. Today, NotaSmart serves over 200 universities across Latin America.

His advice?

“Don’t copy Silicon Valley. Copy the problem around you and solve it in your own language.”

Latestly AI Business Ideas – From Easy to Advanced

Easy: AI Video Subtitling Service for TikTok/YouTube Shorts Creators

Problem: Most creators don’t subtitle their content—and viewers scroll past.
Solution: Use tools like Captions ai or VEED + Whisper to subtitle short videos in multiple styles and languages.

Execution:

  1. Build a Fiverr or Gumroad storefront.

  2. Offer 24-hour delivery for short reels.

  3. Upsell to “multi-language” or “emoji-style” subtitle packages.

  4. Automate using Zapier and ffmpeg + GPT for transcripts.

Potential Earnings: $500–2,000/month part-time.

Medium: B2B AI Audit Reports for SMBs

Problem: Most businesses don’t understand how they can use AI in operations.
Solution: Offer a “GPT Audit” of a business—spot areas for automation, AI tool adoption, and cost savings.

Execution:

  1. Build a landing page with sample audits (Notion or Canva PDF).

  2. Charge $99–$299 per report.

  3. Use GPT-4 to draft proposals per niche: “How a bakery could save time with AI.”

  4. Follow up with implementation offers or AI tool training sessions.

Potential Earnings: $2,000–$10,000/month with 10–30 clients.

Hard: SaaS Tool for Contract Summarization + Risk Flagging

Problem: Small law firms and real estate agents waste hours parsing dense contracts.
Solution: A fine-tuned LLM that summarizes, highlights risk clauses, and exports into simple bullet-point reports.

Execution:

  1. Build MVP using LangChain + OpenAI + Pinecone for document embedding.

  2. Offer a free trial via Stripe integration.

  3. Test with 3–5 legal professionals and iterate.

  4. Add export-to-Word or email plugin for usability.

Monetization:

  • $49/month base plan

  • $499/month for white-labeled enterprise version

Potential: $25k MRR within 6–12 months if marketed through law tech channels or partnerships.

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Marco Fazio Editor,
Latestly AI,
Forbes 30 Under 30

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