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Bootstrapping an Agentic AI SaaS to $48k MRR: Next.js, Stripe, Supabase & Self-Hosted n8n Workflows

How a solo engineer automated customer research, onboarding pipelines, and AI agent execution for 2,400 paying subscribers on a $60/month VPS.

Rachel Thorne
Rachel Thorne
Solo Founder & AI Engineer · 8 min read ·
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Bootstrapping an Agentic AI SaaS to $48k MRR: Next.js, Stripe, Supabase & Self-Hosted n8n Workflows
Narrated by Rachel Thorne (Founder Dispatch)
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🚀 Monthly Recurring Revenue
$48,420 MRR
Verified: 99.98% uptime
What you will learn
  1. Self-hosted n8n instance orchestrated with Docker handles 120,000 webhook events/month with sub-second execution.
  2. Stripe Customer Portal and webhooks connected directly to Supabase Row Level Security (RLS) tables.
  3. AI prompt pipelines with structured JSON schema outputs automate deep prospect research with zero human overhead.
Series: Indie SaaS Architectures 2026 (Part 1 of 4)

1. The Autonomous SaaS Stack for Solopreneurs

By combining Next.js 16 Server Actions with a self-hosted n8n instance, complex background agent logic, billing automations, and customer onboarding are handled automatically without custom queue workers.

Every webhook payload from Stripe or customer activity triggers secure, audited workflow executions with instant retries and zero runtime maintenance.

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Rachel Thorne

Solo Founder & AI Engineer. Contributing deep-dive engineering architectures, cloud paradigms, and system design insights to Master Class Buddy.