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Customer Case Studies

AI apps monetizing with Surfacedd — the real numbers.

Every case study here is a live customer. Revenue figures, integration times, retention deltas, and quotes are all from real production deployments. No composite examples, no aspirational math.

Companion AI · Consumer AI Companion

AIBuddy turned 340K DAU into $38K/month ad revenue in 11 weeks

AIBuddy had traffic but the subscription funnel was converting at 0.8%. Rather than force a paywall that would tank retention, they integrated Surfacedd’s sponsored-answer surface and grew ad revenue

$38,400
Monthly ad revenue
$0.113
Effective RPU
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Code AI · Developer Tools

CodeBerry shipped sidebar ads in the IDE with zero impact on session length

CodeBerry’s challenge was existential: fund the free tier without the distraction-cost of traditional in-editor ads. They shipped sponsored tool recommendations in the right sidebar — only when commer

$12,300
Monthly ad revenue
+0.2%
Median session length
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Shopping AI · AI Shopping

Lumen AI hit $8.20 effective RPU by matching ad supply to commercial intent

Lumen AI runs on pure shopping intent — users come to ask "what should I buy" questions. That makes CPMs high, but only if the ad layer matches the query tightly. Lumen’s integration of Surfacedd prod

$8.20
Effective RPU
$164,000
Monthly ad revenue
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