Vitalii Dodonov, a 29-year-old Canadian founder and CTO, created an AI content creation tool named Stanley using a method called vibe coding in just 14 days without writing code himself [1, 2, 3]. Stanley helps content creators on LinkedIn and Instagram automatically generate posts that match their tone and spot viral trends [2, 3].
Dodonov and his cofounder John isolated themselves in a London apartment for two weeks to develop Stanley by giving natural language instructions to AI that wrote the code, a process Dodonov described as vibe coding [2, 3]. The tool launched recently and reached monthly recurring revenue of about 1.6 million Taiwanese dollars (approximately $50,000 US) within six weeks, according to Taiwanese reports [2, 3].
Stanley is part of the broader Stan platform, which reported annual revenue exceeding 12.8 billion Taiwanese dollars (around $428 million US), indicating tens of millions of dollars in yearly revenue [1, 2, 3].
Before creating Stanley, Dodonov studied chemical engineering at the University of Alberta while teaching himself programming, starting in 2014 [1, 2, 3]. After graduating in 2018, he worked as a data scientist at Deloitte and then as a senior software engineer at eBay from May 2020 until June 2021, when he left to focus full-time on his startup Stan [1, 2, 3].
Dodonov has stated firmly he will not return to being an employee, saying, "我感覺自己以後都不會為別人工作了！" and "現階段看不到任何理由重新成為受雇員工，未來將持續專注於創業與產品開發。" [2, 3]. He aims to build a company that lasts 30 to 40 years [2, 3].
Stanley’s rapid adoption and revenue growth mark a significant milestone in AI-assisted content tools. The AI tool’s continuing development and expansion will be watched closely as Stan advances its offerings.
