I Built an AI Agent That Makes $10K/Month
Who are you and what business did you start?
I'm Ivan Nedelkovski, co-founder @ Lancer.
Lancer is an AI Agent that automates the process of job discovery, qualification and bidding on Upwork - essentially turning the platform into an automated acquisition channel.
Since Lancer works 24/7 it allows our users to enjoy up to 10 extra hours a week not having to monitor Upwork, write and send proposals.
Outside of saving time Lancer increases our users' reply rate since it sends a personalized proposal within the first 10 minutes of a job going up - increasing the chances the client views their proposal.
We launched in June 2025 and 3 months later we were profitable hitting our first $10K month.
How do you come up with the idea for Lancer?
The idea came from solving my own problem, I've been running a Dev Shop called