# StoryShort
> Faceless short-form videos generated from a single brief.
Canonical: https://ponicorn.com/startups/storyshort
Updated: 2026-09-08
## Key facts
- Headline figure: $21.2k MRR — ✓ Verified, Aug 2026, high confidence
- Business model: SaaS
- Categories: Content & Media, Creator Tools
- Founded: 2024
- Status: Active
- Website: https://storyshort.ai
## What it does
StoryShort makes the short vertical videos that faceless channels run on, from a brief rather than a timeline. Samuel Rondot bought the first wave of growth with Meta ads, then let search, affiliates and faceless YouTube content take over. He started it in August 2024.
## Founders
- [Samuel Rondot](https://ponicorn.com/founders/samuel-rondot.md)
## Technology
- AWS — Infrastructure (medium confidence)
- MongoDB — Infrastructure (medium confidence)
- Next.js — Frontend (medium confidence)
- Node.js — Backend (medium confidence)
- Stripe — Payments (medium confidence)
- Vercel — Infrastructure (medium confidence)
## Growth channels
- SEO — primary (medium confidence)
- Affiliates (medium confidence)
- Paid ads (medium confidence)
- YouTube (medium confidence)
## Metric history
| Date | Metric | Value | Evidence | Source |
| --- | --- | ---: | --- | --- |
| 2026-08-25 (current) | MRR | $21.2k | ✓ Verified · high confidence · Stripe verification showed $21,195 MRR, $549,688 all-time revenue, 378 active subscriptions and roughly 27K users on August 25, 2026. | [1] |
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## Sources
1. StoryShort on X — X, Founder post — https://x.com/samuelrdt
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