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About Build or Bye

Build or Bye is a free accelerator for solo builders. It runs as a Telegram bot, and its whole program fits in one sentence: start a 30-day clock and earn your first $100 from a stranger before it runs out.

Why it exists

Most builders can ship. Few can sell. AI tools have made the building part fast, so the gap that is left is the first sale: getting someone you do not know to pay for what you made. Build or Bye is built around that gap. It does not teach a course and it does not run a demo day. It keeps a clock, gives you one task a day, and asks one question: did you get paid?

How it works

You open the bot and start your clock when you are ready. Your first $100 from strangers moves you to Floor 1 and gives you 30 more free days. $1,000 in total opens the door to a batch of five builders at your level, who each own 1% of each other's companies, so four people who can build want you to win. $10,000 in one month is Floor 3, where we look at investing. If the clock runs out first, it is bye: you leave the board until a payment from a stranger puts you back on.

A public board ranks one thing: money earned in the last 30 days.

Who it is for

Solo and indie builders anywhere in the world who can already build with AI tools and want to turn what they build into revenue. To join a batch you need a registered company outside sanctioned countries.

Status

Build or Bye launched on 11 October 2026 and is built in public. The batch terms are a draft until a lawyer has written the final papers, and applying commits nobody to anything. Follow the build on the Telegram channel and on X.