Can one person really build a billion-dollar company? 🤯

Sam Altman once said it was only a matter of time. Dario Amodei, CEO of Anthropic, believes we’ll see the first one-person unicorn by 2026

It sounds impossible… until you look at the data Palle Broe pulled together.

Here are 15 one-person companies on the path to $1B:

▪️ Gaming like Stardew Valley at $200M in revenue

▪️ Consumer brands like BrüMate and Tabs Chocolate

▪️ SaaS and tools like BuiltWith, Photopea, Carrd

▪️ Media and content like ViralNova, TLDR, and Justin Welsh

Some ended in nine-figure exits like Plenty of Fish. Others are still independent, profitable, and run solo today.

The idea of a unicorn without a team or a board used to sound like science fiction. Now it looks like the next frontier.

Do you think we’ll see a one-person unicorn by 2026?

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