Jeff Lu quit Google Cloud in 2022 to build Akool, his AI video tool for avatars, face swap, and video translation. For two years revenue sat at about $100K. Then Coca-Cola found him, tested his models for 3 months, and ran a 6-month campaign swapping several million faces. Akool did $25M in 2025 and over $3M in June 2026 alone, a $36M a year pace, with 60ā70 people and about $10M raised. š Akool revenue data: https://getlatka.com/companies/akool.com š Weekly interviews every Tuesday. How did he go from $100K to $3M a month? 04:38 $25M in 2025, targeting $60M in 2026 05:34 Over $3M in June 2026 alone 12:34 The jump to $12ā13M in 2024 How did he land a customer paying $4M a year? 08:28 First 100 customers: Reddit, Discord, Fiverr 11:21 Coca-Cola finds him, hides its name for 3 months 13:55 Largest contract: about $4M a year on usage Would he sell to Google for $500M? 15:31 Only $10M raised in 4+ years 15:51 Last priced round: about $100M valuation 16:29 Google offers $500M cash. His answer. Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@NathanLatkawatch?sub_confirmation=1 Subscribe on iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/top-founders/id1023761733 Subscribe on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3AA9buFn8oxJf8WSDOUks5 Looking for funding? Visit https://founderpath.com/