Investor pitch
One founder. AI-powered. Shipping daily.
Simdex is a fully functional Solana trading terminal built by a solo founder using AI-assisted development. The product is live, the billing is live, and features ship in hours, not months. A small capital injection covers the operational costs to scale what already works.
Raising
Operational capital
Covers
Of data, AI, and infra
Team
Founder + AI tooling
Status
Deployed and billing-ready
Why the ask is small
AI changed the economics of building software.
Simdex was built without a team, without an office, and without six figures in funding. The entire product — scanner, charts, swap execution, social layer, Stripe billing, admin terminal, 18 themes, wallet tracking — was built by one person using AI-assisted development (Claude Code). Features that would take a traditional team weeks ship in a single session. The bottleneck isn't engineering capacity. It's the cost of the services that power the product.
What's already built
This isn't a mockup. Try it right now.
Every feature below is live in production at simdex.onrender.com. You can open the terminal, connect a wallet, and trade. The pitch is the product.
Real-time runner board
Auto-scanning engine finds high-momentum Solana tokens. Scores each on liquidity, volume, holder distribution, and risk. Refreshes every 10-30 seconds.
Dex mode + interactive charts
Full pair view with OHLCV candles, trade stream, whale tracking, and multi-timeframe analysis. Built on Bitquery and DEX Screener data.
Jupiter swap execution
Quote and execute swaps through Jupiter aggregator directly from the board. Slippage controls, amount inputs, and wallet-connected execution.
Wallet PnL tracking
Connect Phantom or paste any Solana wallet to see real-time portfolio value, token-level P&L, and trade history.
Social + trader following
Follow traders, post to your profile, notification system, follower graph. Public profile pages with social connections and image avatars.
Stripe billing engine
Subscription billing (Pro $9/mo, Unlimited $29/mo), SOL tipping, gift codes, theme marketplace, founder program. Revenue pipes are connected.
Watchlists + command palette
Token watchlists with price targets. Ctrl+K command palette for instant navigation. Keyboard shortcuts for power users.
Full auth + admin terminal
Google/Discord OAuth, email/password, wallet linking, admin 2FA, user management, system health monitoring, copilot terminal.
Cross-chain + limit orders
0x Protocol for ETH/Base/Arb swaps. Jupiter limit orders and DCA. Trade copy alerts from followed wallets.
Use of funds
Where the money actually goes.
No salaries, no office, no marketing agency. Every dollar goes directly into the services that make the product faster, more reliable, and more capable.
| Category | What it covers | Monthly |
|---|---|---|
| AI development tooling | Claude Max / API usage for AI-assisted development. This is the engineering team — unlimited usage means unlimited shipping velocity. | $200 |
| Data feeds | Bitquery (on-chain data), Birdeye (token analytics), Helius (Solana RPC + webhooks). Free tiers are rate-limited; paid tiers unlock real-time data for all users. | $150 |
| Hosting + infrastructure | Render (production server + persistent disk), domain, SSL, Stripe fees. Current free tier limits performance under load. | $75 |
| Solana RPC | Dedicated RPC endpoint for reliable swap execution and wallet queries. Shared public RPC drops requests at scale. | $100 |
| Contract dev support | Occasional contract work for specialized tasks: mobile app shell, security audit, design review. Not a salary — project-based. | $100 |
| Reserve buffer | Unexpected costs, API price increases, emergency fixes. | $50 |
Why this works
The unfair advantage is the operating model.
- AI-native dev One founder with Claude Code ships faster than a 5-person team with Jira. The entire social layer, watchlists, and command palette shipped in a single day. No standups, no sprint planning, no coordination overhead.
- Zero burn rate No salaries, no equity dilution for employees, no office lease. The only costs are services that directly power the product. $675/month runs the entire operation.
- Revenue-ready now Stripe is connected. Pro ($9/mo) and Unlimited ($29/mo) are live. SOL tipping works. Gift codes work. The business model isn't theoretical — it's already wired up and accepting payments.
- Full-stack ownership Scanner, charts, execution, social, billing, admin — one codebase, one person who understands every line. No vendor lock-in, no dependency on third-party widgets. Can pivot any part of the stack overnight.
- Network effects baked in Social layer creates retention: follow traders, get trade alerts, copy trades. Every user who follows someone makes the platform stickier for both sides. This compounds without additional spend.
- Self-funding path At just 75 Pro subscribers ($675/mo), the product covers its own operating costs. At 150 subscribers, it's profitable. The capital buys runway to reach that threshold without pressure.
What the capital unlocks
Paid services unlock the next tier of product.
The product works today on free tiers, but free tiers have rate limits, slower refresh rates, and reliability gaps. Paid services unlock the performance that makes users stay and pay.
Full terminal on free tiers
Scanner, charts, swaps, PnL, social, billing, watchlists, command palette. Working but rate-limited by free API tiers and shared RPC.
Paid data + dedicated RPC
Bitquery and Birdeye paid plans for real-time data. Helius dedicated RPC for reliable swap execution. 10x improvement in data freshness and reliability.
Cross-chain + limit orders
0x Protocol for ETH/Base/Arb swaps. Jupiter limit orders and DCA. Claude unlimited usage for rapid feature development.
Trade copy + growth
Wallet-following trade alerts. Referral system. Community building. Target: 75+ Pro subscribers (self-sustaining).
Self-sustaining
Subscription revenue covers all operating costs. Capital reserve intact. Decide whether to scale with revenue or raise a larger round from a position of strength.
Path to profitability
75 subscribers to breakeven. That's it.
The math is simple: 75 Pro subscribers at $9/month covers the $675 monthly operating cost. Every Unlimited subscriber at $29/month is worth 3 Pro subscribers. A mix of 50 Pro + 10 Unlimited already exceeds breakeven. SOL tips, gift codes, and theme unlocks provide additional upside that isn't counted here.
The product is the pitch.
Don't read about it. Use it. Open the terminal, run a scan, check a chart, connect a wallet. Everything works. The capital just makes it work faster and more reliably while we grow to self-sustaining.