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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
Stephanie Cruz

47-Year-Old Man Used Claude to Make $13K in a Month on OnlyFans and Fanvue — Spent Just $20

207 paying subscribers in week one. Not a single penny spent on advertising. AI is rewriting the rules of the creator economy — and platforms are quietly letting it happen. (Credit: X/ @Bober_smart)

A 47-year-old man from Japan claims he earned $13,450 (£10,150) in a single month by creating an AI-generated woman and selling subscriptions to her profiles on OnlyFans and Fanvue. His only reported cost was a $20 (£15) monthly Claude subscription.

The account, shared by @Bober_smart on X, lays out a lean operation built almost entirely on free tools and a single AI subscription. Claude, Anthropic's chatbot, allegedly handled everything — creating the persona's visuals, working with each platform's algorithms, posting content on a set schedule and running autonomously. The man organised the entire workflow across 10 folders containing tools for content creation and automation.

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