I'm a solo founder building TypelessForm — a voice input widget for web forms. Users click a microphone button, speak naturally, and AI fills every form field at once. No typing, no dropdowns, no date pickers. One script tag to install, works with any HTML form, supports 25+ languages.
On March 23, 2026, I started a 60-day challenge: go from zero users and zero revenue to paying customers. No funding, no team, no existing audience. Just a working product and a deadline.
This is the first in a weekly series of public reports. Every number here is real — no vanity metrics, no cherry-picked screenshots. Here's what Week 1 actually looked like.
AI Search Visibility — The Biggest Surprise
I'll start with the most unexpected result. Before doing any outreach, I measured how AI search engines see TypelessForm — something most companies never bother to check. The results blew my expectations apart.
Where AI Engines Rank TypelessForm (Day 8)
| Query | ChatGPT | Perplexity | Gemini | Claude |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| "Fill all form fields at once with voice" | Not mentioned | Top result | Top widget | #2 |
| "Best tools voice input HTML forms" | Not mentioned | — | Mentioned | #2 |
| "Voice input fills entire form one sentence" | Not mentioned | Top result | Top widget | Found |
Perplexity returned a full product description — pricing, features, and the exact phrase "speak once, fill all fields." Gemini placed us first in the widgets category. Claude found us in web search results. Three out of four major AI engines already recommend TypelessForm for relevant queries.
And ChatGPT? Zero mentions. Complete invisibility. Same product, four AI engines, wildly different results.
AEO Scores (Baseline — Day 5)
The breakdown tells a story. Perplexity scores 7 out of 10 on Share of Voice — meaning when someone asks about voice form filling, Perplexity actively recommends us. ChatGPT scores 0. The brand is invisible there. Different AI engines pull from different data sources and weight different signals. Optimizing for one doesn't automatically help with the others.
AI Visibility vs Competitors
Here is where it gets interesting. I'm tracking not just our own scores, but how TypelessForm compares to every other brand AI engines mention when users ask about voice form filling.
| Brand | AI Visibility | Mentions |
|---|---|---|
| TypelessForm | 19% | 4 |
| Typeform | 17% | 3 |
| Voiceform | 12% | 2 |
| AssemblyAI | 8% | 1 |
| Orbit AI | 8% | 1 |
| Chrome (built-in) | 6% | 1 |
| AIChatForm | 6% | 1 |
TypelessForm is #1 by AI visibility in its category — ahead of Typeform (a company with millions of users) and every other voice form solution. 38 total AI mentions tracked, 19% share of voice. Zero paid promotion. This is pure organic AI visibility from Day 1.
The citation rate is still 0% — meaning AI engines mention us but don't link directly to the site yet. That's the next metric to crack.
Most companies don't even know their AEO score. They've spent years optimizing for Google and have no idea how AI search engines see them. That gap between who's tracking AI visibility and who isn't — that's the biggest opportunity I've seen in this market.
I'll be sharing how these scores change week by week as the product and visibility grow.
Outreach — The Numbers
| Metric | Result |
|---|---|
| Connection requests sent | 70 |
| Accepted | 8 (11% rate) |
| DMs sent | 6 |
| InMails sent | 9 |
| Meaningful replies | 1 |
70 connection requests and 9 InMails in 8 days. Targeted VPs of Marketing and Heads of Growth at hotel booking platforms and insurance SaaS companies — the verticals where long forms cause the most friction.
11% acceptance rate on connection requests. Not bad for cold outreach with zero brand recognition. The approach was straightforward — lead with their problem, not your product.
Day 8 — first real reply. A VP of Marketing at a boutique hotel group responded within 8 minutes: "I have seen up to 70% lift in form completions when done right." A conversion specialist with 20 years of experience validating the problem space. Exactly the kind of person I need talking to.
Platform Presence — Building from Zero
| Platform | Metric | Day 1 | Day 8 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LinkedIn (personal) | Connections | 314 | 333 |
| Post #1 impressions | — | 77 | |
| Video avg. watch time | — | 26 seconds | |
| Dev.to | Article readers | — | 12 |
| Hacker News | Karma | 1 | 9 |
| Product Hunt | Warmup comments | 0 | 12 |
| Directories live | Count | 0 | 1 (SaaSHub) |
Product Hunt warmup is on track — 12 comments across 6 days, building toward the 30+ needed before launching. No revenue yet — that's expected at Week 1. The goal was to start conversations and build visibility, not close deals.
What I Learned
Outreach
- Cold outreach beats content marketing at zero audience. With no followers, publishing content is like speaking to an empty room. Direct messages generated the only meaningful response this week.
- Target direct businesses, not agencies. I pivoted from small EU agencies to hotels, insurance companies, and booking SaaS platforms. One SaaS deal means thousands of end users on the other side of their forms.
- Leading with a relevant question outperforms any product pitch. When you show you understand their business challenge, the conversation opens naturally.
- InMails work for SaaS decision-makers. Reserve them for VPs and Heads of Growth at platform companies. Connection requests are for individual businesses.
Content & Distribution
- LinkedIn post: 77 impressions with 333 connections. The content wasn't the issue — distribution was. No audience = no reach. The 26-second average video watch time shows the content was engaging for those who saw it.
- Dev.to: 12 readers, zero reactions. Technical articles need an existing readership. Publishing into the void doesn't work.
- Hacker News: auto-killed. Show HN with karma 9 = dead on arrival. Need karma 30+ and weeks of genuine commenting first.
- Killed three channels immediately. Instagram (3 followers), Facebook (0), LinkedIn company page (3) — all abandoned. Single-digit audiences don't move the needle for B2B. Personal LinkedIn outperforms all three combined.
AI Search Visibility
- Top result on Perplexity, top widget on Gemini — with zero ad spend. This is the standout result of Week 1. While most companies pour budget into Google Ads, AI search engines are recommending TypelessForm organically.
- ChatGPT is a different beast. Zero share of voice despite the product matching exactly what people search for. Each AI engine uses different data sources and signals — what works for one doesn't automatically work for another.
- Tracking AI visibility from Day 1 is a competitive advantage. Most companies will start thinking about this in 2027. We're measuring it now. By the time the market catches up, we'll have 60 days of data on what actually moves these scores.
What's Next
- Continue outreach: 2 InMails and 15 connection requests per day, focused on hotel booking SaaS and insurance platforms
- Follow up with the VP of Marketing who replied — this conversation could lead to the first pilot
- Continue improving AI search visibility — the ChatGPT gap is the biggest target
- Prepare for Product Hunt launch (April 9) — warmup continues daily
If you're curious about the product: typelessform.com. If you want to know how AI search engines see your product — reach out.