Learn to build with AI from someone who actually did.
Apps, websites and automations — taught 1:1 by a founder who made his first million online at 22 and built Eight to #5 in the App Store with AI.
Afonso
that’s me. Eight hit #5 in the App Store — built fully with AI.
Everything I’ve built, with receipts:
$2.5M+ in sales
Nearly €1M raised
#5 in the App Store
↓ start with the one I built with AI
EIGHT DATING — BUILT FULLY WITH AI
Eight hit #5 in Portugal’s App Store. Above Tinder. Built fully with AI.
A live-video dating app. I built every part of it with AI — iOS, Android, live video, payments, subscriptions, push, AI moderation, the admin — without a dev team. 23,000 sign-ups in the first month, on SIC, TVI and CNN Portugal, and now a UK relaunch with Ross Williams.
Over $10,000 spent on Claude alone, and the research most people skip. I know the tools inside out — what works, what breaks, and what to do when it does.
← #5 in the country, above Tinder. Built by one founder, with AI.
Live video, payments, subscriptions, push, AI moderation and the admin — all of it shipped without a dev team.
WHAT I SHIP, WITH AI
Not just one app. The whole stack.
Everything below was built by one person with AI, in weeks, not quarters. The same way I teach it.
Apps
iOS + Android, one codebase
Websites
This one, and clients’
Dashboards
Admin, analytics, moderation
Automations
Leads, follow-ups, reports
Payments
Subscriptions, in-app, Stripe
AI inside
Moderation, matching, agents
THE TOOLS
Over $10,000 into Claude.
Every tool, every day.
I did the research most people skip. I know what each tool is good at, where it breaks, and what to do when it does.
— that’s the part I teach.
Most people read about AI. I built a top-5 app with it, alone, and shipped it to national TV. Then I kept building, every single day. That is the difference between knowing the tools and knowing about them.
↓ don’t take my word for it
IN THE PRESS
31 articles, podcasts and TV segments about Eight.
Real captures of each page. Click any one to read the original.
THE NEXT WEB · APR 2026
Eight, the Portuguese dating app, is raising a €3M seed round
SIC NOTÍCIAS · MONEY MONEY MONEY · OCT 2025
Eight, the Portuguese app that turned dating into a business — with both founders
TVI NOTÍCIAS · NOV 2025
The Portuguese dating app that's only open from 8 to 9 PM
EXPRESSO · GERAÇÃO E · JAN 2026
“We're not a Tinder”: Portuguese app puts users on video calls
ECO · SEP 2025
Eight wants a speed date with the British market and is raising capital
JORNAL ECONÓMICO · OCT 2025
Eight minutes are enough to know if there's chemistry
EU-STARTUPS · APR 2026
Portugal's EIGHT is raising a €3M seed round, with over €256.6k already raised
DINHEIRO VIVO · 2025
Eight Dating bets on authentic dating and expands to the UK
SÁBADO · NOV 2025
The Portuguese dating app that wants to reach the United States
↓ and before Eight, where it all started
BEFORE EIGHT — THE E-COMMERCE YEARS
Before the app, there were the orders.
I started selling online at 20. This is a screen recording of Shopify order notifications on a normal day, every few minutes, from morning to night. It was like this for years: first with my first store, then with Miofar. Close to 100,000 orders across the whole e-commerce journey.
that notification sound still makes me smile.
QUESTIONS
Before you book.
Stop reading about AI.
Build with it.
Fifteen minutes. You tell me what you’re building and where you’re stuck. I tell you how I’d build it with AI, and what it takes.
Book 15 minutes
Tell me what you want to build. App, website, automation, or all three.
I tell you how
The fastest way to build it with AI, what it takes, and what it would cost either way.
You pick the door
Build it with me, 1:1, until it ships. Or I build it for you.
15 minutes · pick any slot · no pitch