Paris, France
Arcads is a bootstrapped AI-powered advertising tool that enables brands to create video ads using AI actors, eliminating the need for traditional user-generated content creators. Founded by Romain Torres and co-founder Dylan in January 2024, the company reached $6 million in annual recurring revenue by May 2025 with a team of five to six people, generating approximately $1 million in revenue per employee. The company grew from $5,000 in monthly recurring revenue in its first week to $1 million ARR by June 2024, a span of roughly five months. Between April and May 2025 alone, Arcads added approximately $1 million in new ARR. The business is profitable and entirely bootstrapped, with no reliance on venture capital funding. Arcads serves approximately 4,000 paying customers as of May 2025, including brands such as Samsung, Nike, and Adidas. Its largest customer pays more than $100,000 per year. Growth is driven by paid advertising on Meta using its own product, founder-led content, influencer partnerships, and an outbound sales motion powered by roughly 100 internal AI agents built on Gumloop.
- Revenue
- $15M
- Customers
- 4K
- Year founded
- 2024
- Funding
- $16M
- Team size
- 8
- Growth
- 50%
