Inactive startup founders will sell assets for $5k to stop hosting bills
Greg Isenberg · Screensharing How to Start an AI Agent Business Today · May 11, 2026 · at 21:58
Greg Isenberg explains micro-acquisition opportunities found by using AI agents to scan dead Product Hunt launches with residual SEO traffic.
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“GenSpark Claw scans product hunt launches from two to four years ago. It finds one where the site is dead, but the SEO traffic is still alive. And you reach out to the founder who will sell to like, you know, maybe 25 K five K just to stop paying their AWS bill. And there's a lot of these founders who are just like happy to get this off their hands.”
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