This video segment highlights the remarkable success of Matthew Gallagher and his brother, who, with an initial investment of $20,000, built a business valued at $1.8 billion in approximately two years. The New York Times investigated this story to verify its authenticity. Gallagher, a 41-year-old from LA, utilized over a dozen AI tools and just two months to launch his startup, Medvie. He leveraged AI for various business functions, including writing code for the company's software, producing the website, generating marketing images and videos, and handling customer service. An AI system was also developed to analyze the business's performance. Medvie, a telehealth provider specializing in GLP-1 weight loss drugs, experienced rapid growth, acquiring 300 customers in its first month and 1,000 in the second. By 2025, in its first full year of operation, Medvie achieved an impressive $401 million in sales.

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There's a guy out of nowhere that New York Times has a story of a fellow who with him and his brother and $20,000 he built a business worth $1.8 billion in somewhere around 2 years.

The New York Times went and interviewed him to see if this is real or not.

So, Matthew Gallagher took just 2 months, $20,000, and more than a dozen AI tools to get a startup off the ground from his house in LA. 41 years old, he used AI to write the code for the software that powers his company, produces the website, generates the images and videos for ads, and handles customer service. He created an AI system to analyze his business's performance.

His startup, Medvie, a telehealth provider of GLP-1 weight loss drugs, got 300 customers its first month, 1,000 customers the second month. More in 2025, Medvie's first full year in business, the company generated $401 million in sales.

Wow. In sales. Wow.

Matthew Gallagher Turned $20K Into a $1.8B AI Empire in 2 Years

There's a guy
out of nowhere that New York Times has a
story of a fellow who with him and his
brother
and $20,000
he built a business
worth $1.8 [music]
billion in
in somewhere around 2 years.
The New York Times went and interviewed
him to see if this is real or not. So,
Matthew Gallagher
took just 2 months
20,000 and more than a dozen AI tools
to get a startup off the ground from his
house in LA, 41 years old used AI to
write the code for the software that
powers his company, produces the website
generates the images and videos for ads
handle customer service he created AI
system to analyze his business's
performance his startup [music] Medvie a
telehealth provider of GLP-1 weight loss
drugs got 300 customers its first month
second month 1,000 customers more
in 2025 Medvie's first full year [music]
in business the company generated $401
million in sales.
>> Wow. in sales. Wow.

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Matthew Gallagher Turned $20K Into a $1.8B AI Empire in 2 Years

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