Sal Aiello and Monica Powers built their lucrative side hustle in four days — and spent less than $200 to get it off the ground. At first, they started running their side hustle ideas past ChatGPT, using the generative artificial intelligence chatbot as a starting point for market research. In March, they decided to create an AI-powered research tool: Fill out a form about your idea, and the tool would input your answers to ChatGPT in a maximally helpful way. In roughly seven months, DimeADozen — split evenly between Aiello and Powers — brought in more than $66,000, according to documents reviewed by CNBC Make It. Aeillo and Powers plan to keep working roughly five hours per week on it as company advisors.

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Persons: Sal Aiello, Monica Powers, Aiello, Powers, " Aiello, —, DimeADozen, Powers —, Felipe Arosemena, Danielle de Corneille, Aeillo Organizations: CNBC