The 97% Audit — Why Vibe-Coded Apps Die, and the Boring Verticals That Pay Instead — Failure benchmark: 97% of 1,000+ tracked vibe-coded apps were dead, abandoned, breached, or under $500/mo after six months. The survivors he works with: $1,400/month per shop for HVAC routing software (a founder in his accelerator), a freight-dispatch AI receptionist he describes as a six-figure engagement over six months, and a claimed seven figures in annual recurring revenue for his own consultancy. · ProvenStartups