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Relaywave

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An AI marketing team for one-person companies

AI & machine learningTractionUnited States
Active users
1.5K
Paying customers
83

The problem

Solo founders know they should market consistently but can't afford an agency, so campaigns start and stall within weeks.

The solution

Relaywave gives them a simple product that fixes this end to end, priced for small teams and live within a day of signing up.

Who it's for

Small and mid-sized organisations in our home market first.

Market

Bottom-up: ~40k target customers at ~$1,500 a year.

Competition and edge

What people use today

Spreadsheets and enterprise suites that are too heavy for this segment.

Why this team wins

Founders lived this problem for years and already have the first customers lined up.

The team

Marcus spent years on the customer side of this problem; Lena built the technical core at a previous company.

Worked together
1–3 years

About the founder

Marcus Hale

CEO & co-founder · United States · 6 years of experience

Previously built products in ai & machine learning for six years; started Relaywave after seeing the problem first-hand.

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