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Verbatik AI

Artificial Intelli…Listed on TrustMRR· Sep 18
$40.0K
Asking Price
$1.8K/mo
Monthly Revenue
$1.5K/mo
Monthly Profit
2.2x
Profit Multiple
5 years
Business Age
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Why We Picked This

Verbatik is a verified 5-year-old AI text-to-speech business generating $1.77K/mo revenue with exceptional 85% profit margins and a 2.2x annual profit multiple—well below typical SaaS multiples and indicating strong unit economics. The business model is straightforward: character-based licensing for TTS generation. Key details to confirm include active customer count, churn/retention rates, revenue concentration among top customers, and the competitive dynamics of the TTS market, which has seen increased competition from major cloud providers.

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Strengths

  • ✓Exceptional 85% profit margin indicates highly efficient operations with minimal cost of goods sold or overhead
  • ✓Asking price of 2.2x annual profit ($18.06K) is attractive relative to typical SaaS valuations of 3-4x
  • ✓Verified financials and 5-year operating track record provide confidence in reported numbers
  • ✓Character-licensing model creates predictable, recurring revenue with natural customer lock-in
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Details to confirm

  • •Confirm active customer count and customer-concentration breakdown to assess revenue stability and churn risk
  • •Request historical revenue and profit trends over the past 12-24 months to validate the current run-rate and identify seasonality or decline patterns
  • •Clarify the competitive positioning relative to major TTS providers (Google Cloud, Amazon Polly, Microsoft Azure) and the acquisition strategy for new customers
  • •Understand the technology dependencies: API integrations, third-party TTS engine licensing, and any infrastructure costs not fully reflected in the current margin calculation

Buy vs Build: BUY

72
AI-native cash cost
$8.0K–$15.0K
Estimated time
6 weeks
Asking price
$40.0K

Verbatik offers verified revenue ($1.77K/mo), proven customer base, and established SaaS operations—genuine traction that would take months to rebuild. The 85% margin and 5-year history indicate a durable, operationally lean business. However, the modest absolute revenue and lack of disclosed customer count or retention data create some execution risk. Building an equivalent MVP TTS wrapper and payment integration using OpenAI or ElevenLabs APIs, Stripe, and a simple frontend would cost $8K–$15K in AI-assisted development and 6 weeks of calendar time, but would lack Verbatik's existing customer relationships, revenue history, and market validation. Buying preserves immediate cash flow and eliminates customer-acquisition and product-market-fit risk; building requires proving demand and retention independently. Given verified profitability and attractive valuation, buy is the lower-risk path despite the need to confirm churn and customer diversity.

Cash estimate includes the AI tools, APIs and infrastructure needed for a solo founder to recreate the software. Build time is informational and lightly weighted. The verdict is driven mainly by customers, users, verified earnings, retention, distribution, brand, data and operating history.

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Financial Snapshot

$21K
Annual Revenue
$18K
Annual Profit
$1.8K
Monthly Revenue
27 mo
Est. Payback
Profit Margin85%
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Business Overview

Verbatik is a Text-to-Speech software which sell their ability for clients to buy Characters and then using Characters to create Realistic Speech from Text.

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Quick Facts

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Type
Artificial Intelligence
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Age
5 years
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Source
TrustMRR
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Listed
Sep 18, 2026

Deal Score

78
Strong Deal
Evidence confidence100/100
2.2x
Good Multiple
Asking$40.0K
MRR$1.8K/mo
Profit$1.5K/mo
Profit Multiple2.2x
Age5 years
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Preliminary screening based on marketplace and public data. Verify all financial, legal, technical, customer, and operational claims independently before making an acquisition decision. This is not financial or legal advice.