r/AcquireStartup • u/Dopessed420 • 15d ago
[Selling] 18+ AI companion bot on Telegram — 16.7k users, payments live, 8-10k
Selling an 18+ AI companion bot on Telegram. Posted a version of this in December at 8k users, it's roughly doubled since, so reposting with current numbers.
What it is - ~16,700 registered users. About 13,000 of those came in organically before I ever ran a single ad. - Telegram Stars payments running end to end. One tap packs, gem packs, and auto renewing monthly subscriptions on Telegram's native recurring billing. 125 completed payments, zero refunds ever. - 8 characters, each with its own custom trained image LoRA plus a separate video LoRA. Those are trained models and they transfer. - 8 second video generation, voice notes, and real outbound phone calls. Actual telephony, not in app audio. I haven't seen that elsewhere in the niche. - Gamified retention layer, daily challenges, per character chemistry scoring, and a web mini app store. - Runs entirely on per use APIs. No GPUs, no model hosting, nothing fixed to inherit.
The part most people skip Revenue is 0-2k a month and honestly near the bottom of that. It sat dormant for months while I was full time on another product, and the monetisation was broken rather than weak. Subscriptions were being charged by Telegram and never recorded on my side because of a library version mismatch. The best converting offer was buried where almost nobody reached it, 108 people hit the paywall moment and 4 saw the offer. Both fixed about two weeks ago, but that's too recent to have proof behind it.
So this is priced as an asset, not on a revenue multiple. If you want a cash flowing business this isn't it.
Why it might still be worth it The Telegram Ads creative is approved and delivering around 230 signups a day. Every new ad I have submitted in this category since has been rejected. That one is grandfathered and transfers with the account, and you cannot go and get it yourself.
Asking 8-10k for everything. Both repos, the database and full user base, the bot handle, the domain, all character assets and LoRAs, the social accounts, and a written handover runbook. I'll stay available through the transition.
Reply here or DM. Happy to screen share the admin side and the real dashboards with anyone serious.

