Building an AI App Store FunApps.ai
Building an AI App Store FunApps.ai
In response to a growing demand from our clients for AI applications, we observed a trend: while many businesses need AI apps, they also find themselves building these apps quickly, often over a weekend. This has led to an overwhelming number of AI apps in the market. As a result, vendors are struggling to differentiate themselves, and clients face challenges in selecting the right provider for their diverse needs.
One of our clients proposed a brilliant idea: why not build all the AI apps they need, eliminating the hassle of dealing with multiple vendors? This sparked a new vision for us. We decided to create comprehensive collections of AI applications tailored for corporations, families, individuals as well as kids.
With the expertise of two of our talented engineers, we developed this app store. A lot of innovation went into creating this app store.
First critical factor was to pick a platform, we selected Svelte and SvelteKit due to high productivity.
Then we needed a cloud to deploy this on. We started by deploing it on cloudflare. However we ran into many limitations on cloudflare, so we had to move to kubernetes.
We also needed to keep to keep AI costs in check as that can escalate very quickly. We used serverless as much as we can so that the cost is usage based. Our fixed costs are just around around $50 per month.
We also needed to innovate on look and feel, user experience, what apps to build, how to build apps that can use different types of models, how to create unique apps and so on.
Proudly, today the portal has hundreds of apps that we built in just four months. We continue to enhance this platform by expanding the range of apps available, integrating with various AI providers, reducing costs, and improving user experience.
- Total cost: Approximately $15,000
- Total time: 4 months
We will continue to improve this app store to meet the evolving needs of our customers. Stay tuned for more exciting updates and new features!
