---
title: "About Build or Bye"
description: "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."
canonical: https://www.buildorbye.com/about
last-updated: 2026-10-15
---

# 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](https://t.me/buildorbye) and on [X](https://x.com/buildorbye).

## Links

- Start your clock: [t.me/buildorbyebot](https://t.me/buildorbyebot)
- [Pricing](https://www.buildorbye.com/pricing)
- [Contact](https://www.buildorbye.com/contact)
- [Privacy](https://www.buildorbye.com/privacy)