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Blainy

Blainy

AEMRRdeals Score · 36/100
Artificial Intelligence·Founded Dec 2021·Revenue rank #442
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MRR
$1.2K/mo-4.0%
Asking
$112K
$MRRdeals score
36/100

What this SaaS is

Blainy uses AI to help students research and write academic papers.

SubscriptionAn operator experienced in student-focused SaaS who can grow subscriptions while maintaining the product’s academic integrity and quality.
Key features
  • AI-assisted academic writing
  • Research assistance
  • Free trial
Things to scrutinise
  • Wrapper-killable— Essentially a UI over OpenAI/Anthropic. Any solo dev could rebuild it in a weekend.

Numbers that matter

MRR
$1.2K/mo
Revenue 30d
$1.1K
Cash actually collected
All-time
$178K
Active subscriptions
70
Total customers
—
Not reported by TrustMRR
Growth 30d
-4.0%
Profit margin
—
Multiple
8.6x
Asking / ARR
Payback
—
At current margin
At a glance
Founded
4.9 yr ago
Listed
11mo ago · stale
Payments
Stripe
Audience
B2C
Websiteblainy.com

Score breakdown

How the composite score above splits across seven independent signals. Each axis is graded 0-100. Hover for details.

ValueGrowthTractionMoatOperabilityRiskMarket
Value5/100

Payback at the stated margin, asking multiple vs the category median, and profit margin. The heaviest axis: what you pay for what it earns.

Growth20/100

Revenue trend over the last ~90 days from our daily snapshots (30-day figure when history is short), capped so one spike can't dominate, minus a penalty for erratic revenue.

Traction54/100

Paying customers, revenue scale and traffic (log scales), plus live-site health (reachable pricing page, core pages, maintained site).

Moat34/100

AI-disruption risk, organic search presence, recurring B2B revenue; penalties for thin AI wrappers and no-code lock-in.

Operability44/100

How turnkey the takeover is: diversity of marketing channels, Merchant-of-Record status, team.

Risk83/100

Higher = safer. Business age, breadth of the customer base (concentration risk), recurring vs one-off revenue, known payment provider.

Market61/100

Structured market read across TAM, saturation, 3-year trend, and hype cycle, blended with our category momentum signal.

Market read

  • TAM
    mid

    The market for academic writing tools is significant but not expansive enough to be considered large.

  • Saturation
    mature

    Numerous competitors exist in the academic writing space, indicating a mature market.

  • 3y trend
    growing

    Interest in AI tools for academic purposes has increased, suggesting a growing trend.

  • AI disruption
    wrapper killable

    The product's functionality could be easily replicated by a solo developer, posing a wrapper-killable risk.

  • Hype cycle
    mainstream

    AI writing tools have gained widespread acceptance, placing them in the mainstream phase.

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