Amilia Bon

Amilia Bon is an editor and BD at StartupFortune, where she finds and covers independent founders building products worth knowing about. She focuses on early-stage launches, indie makers, and the kind of software that solves a specific problem quietly and well. She also runs StartupFortune's X account at x.com/Startup_Fortune.

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Amilia Bon · May 29, 2026 · 12:15 AM

AskFred Gives Small Businesses a 24/7 AI Assistant Built From Their Own Data

Built by Pava after watching local businesses lose customers to unanswered after-hours messages, AskFred is an AI customer support tool for small businesses that learns from the owner's own FAQs, answers in 30+ languages, and sets up in five minutes for $39/month.

Amilia Bon · May 28, 2026 · 11:19 PM

Beaconmon Combines Uptime Monitoring and Competitor Intelligence in One Dashboard

Built by Haimanot Getu after noticing store owners were already paying for uptime tools while manually refreshing competitor pages on the side, Beaconmon is a monitoring platform for e-commerce businesses that tracks downtime and competitor changes in one place - with AI-powered summaries of what actually shifted.

Amilia Bon · May 28, 2026 · 11:01 PM

Nexo Whisper Brings Local-First Voice Transcription to macOS With a One-Time Purchase

Built by Maxi at Nexo Studio after frustration with cloud-based subscription tools, Nexo Whisper is a macOS voice transcription app that runs entirely on-device - no cloud, no subscription, full source access - with AI prompt layering for developers, freelancers, and content creators who want their workflow to stay private.

Amilia Bon · May 28, 2026 · 10:39 PM

TinyTraces Gives Toddlers a Calm Place to Practice Writing Without the Noise

Built by Arihant Sethia after he could not find a focused handwriting app for his daughter, TinyTraces is a privacy-first tracing app for kids aged 3 through pre-K that balances child independence with real parent progress tracking - no ads, no tracking, no reward animations.

Amilia Bon · May 28, 2026 · 10:36 PM

Duevero Gives Freelancers a Single Tool to Go From Estimate to Profit

Built by Justin Louden for freelancers and solo service businesses, Duevero connects the full money workflow in one place - estimates, client approvals, deposits, invoices, card payments, expense tracking, and real profit visibility - without the bloat of accounting software.

Amilia Bon · May 28, 2026 · 10:21 PM

Reqiem Gives Families Separated by War and Distance a Way to Grieve Together

Built by Maxim Tretjakov after he could not attend a funeral during the war in Ukraine, Reqiem is a digital memorial platform that lets families scattered across the world visit and share a permanent tribute together.

Amilia Bon · May 28, 2026 · 10:17 PM

Lens Validates Startup Ideas in 60 Seconds Using Six Parallel AI Agents

Built by Franco Galfre, Lens is an AI idea validator that runs six specialized agents in parallel - competitor research, risk analysis, gap detection - and returns honest viability scores with live data, not guesses.

Amilia Bon · May 28, 2026 · 4:54 PM

Charm Brings On-Device Grammar Correction to Every Mac App for a One-Time Fee

Built by Theodore Harding, Charm is a native macOS menu bar app that corrects spelling, fixes grammar, and predicts your next word as you type - entirely on your device, with no subscription and no data leaving your Mac.

Amilia Bon · May 28, 2026 · 4:46 PM

Plain Markdown Turns Any Webpage Into Clean Notes With One Click

Built by a product engineer in Split, Croatia, Plain Markdown is a browser extension that strips any webpage down to clean, readable markdown - ready for an LLM, Obsidian, Notion, or Readwise in a single click.

Amilia Bon · May 27, 2026 · 3:36 PM

Jacob Eells Built NutriTracker for the People Who Quit Every Other Health App

Most health apps are built around perfect behavior. NutriTracker is built around real life - and a solo founder who thinks the tools are the problem, not the people.

Amilia Bon · May 26, 2026 · 1:07 PM

FitLog X Gives Lifters a Private Workout Tracker With No Ads or Subscriptions

FitLogX is a privacy-first fitness app built by Andreas Gregoriou for serious gym-goers who want to log workouts and track progress without subscriptions, ads, or giving up their data.