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How Cal AI Passed $10M in 2025 Revenue With Onboarding Tests and 250 Influencers

Founder Zach Yadegari explains how Cal AI tests onboarding questions and paywalls, and why it pays about 250 influencers a fixed monthly fee.

Zach Yadegari · Cal AI

Published June 5, 2025
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Zach Yadegari, founder of Cal AI, explains how the photo-based calorie tracking app grew after its May 2024 launch to over $10M collected in 2025. He covers onboarding tests, Superwall paywalls and paying about 250 influencers a monthly fee, plus his plan to hire specialists.

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Extra questions raise conversion

“But we saw an increase in conversion rate. And the hypothesis there, which is pretty confirmed, a lot of other people see this, is just that the user invests more time.”

Onboarding to trial conversion

“I'd say into the trial, it's about 25%... Twenty to twenty five will convert either to paying right away or into a trial.”

250 influencers on retainer

“We have about 250 influencers right now on retainer that are just posting, integrating us into their content monthly.”

Why pay flat fees

“That would be the dream, but the reality is that there's too much competition out here with the brands and they want to be guaranteed a payment. And if we're not gonna do it, another brand will.”

Hiring for single-purpose roles

“So my goal right now for the company is let's bring someone on whose only job is just paywall experiments.”

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About the speaker

Zach Yadegari

Founder & CEO · Cal AI

Company revenue
$35M