Introduction
For the last few weeks, I’ve been running a small experiment. Instead of building another SaaS startup or chasing investors, I decided to build a simple website around AI tools and document everything publicly.
No team.
No marketing budget.
No SEO agency.
Just curiosity, consistency, and a lot of trial and error.
I genuinely want to answer one question:
Can a small AI website still grow organically in 2026?
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Why I Started
AI tools are everywhere now.
Every day another directory, another “best AI tools” list, another comparison website appears.
Most people say it’s already too late.
Maybe they’re right.
I wanted to find out myself instead of trusting opinions.
So I bought a domain and started building.
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My Rules
To make the experiment interesting, I gave myself a few restrictions.
Everything has to be something I would actually publish.
Quality first.
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The First Product
Instead of only writing articles, I decided the website should also offer something genuinely useful.
The first tool is a free AI Background Remover.
Nothing revolutionary.
But it solves a real problem in a few seconds, and that felt like a better starting point than another generic blog post.
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What I’ve Learned So Far
The biggest surprise wasn’t building the tool.
It was realizing how much work happens after pressing “Publish.”
Indexing.
Technical SEO.
Site structure.
Internal linking.
Performance.
Small details matter far more than I expected.
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The Goal
I’m not trying to build the next unicorn.
I simply want to see whether a small independent website can still earn organic traffic by creating useful content and useful tools.
If it works, great.
If it fails, I’ll document that too.
Either way, I’ll share the results.
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Try the Tool
If you’re curious, you can try the first tool here:
👉 [https://letomix.com/free-tools/background-remover/](https://letomix.com/free-tools/background-remover/)
I’d genuinely appreciate any feedback.