Laper

Laper is an all-in-one creative OS for screenwriters, directors, and storyboard artists—Cursor, CapCut, and Figma for visual storytelling. It unifies the entire film and television workflow, powered by an AI agent that operates under the user’s direction. A comparable product, preiview.io, recently raised a $12 million seed round. Laper grew from a solo founder to a five-person team and continues to scale rapidly.

AI · Founded 2025 · Hong Kong SAR China

  • AI
  • Productivity
  • Content Creation

Can you vibecode this?

Yes

A rich-text screenplay editor with auto-formatting, CRDT real-time sync, AI structure analysis, and storyboard generation is hard but squarely in code. The site even says "100% Built by Claude Code." No licence, catalogue, or human delivery blocks the path.

The business

Total revenueEstimated from public sources and the business’s own reporting, not independently verified.

$100K+

Verified recently

Monthly revenueEstimated from public sources and the business’s own reporting, not independently verified.

$25K+/mo

↑ Growing · 60-day average

Peak month

~$45K

Best single month

Growth

~92.5×

Early months vs recent

Profit margin

68%

For owners

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Why it works

  • Value proposition

    Keeps screenplay formatting, structure and production assets in one draft.

  • Problem

    Formatting, collaboration and production planning live in separate disconnected tools.

  • Audience

    Professional screenwriters, directors, producers and writers' rooms.

  • Business model

    Free tier, then monthly subscriptions at four paid tiers from $20 to $400 per month.

Good to knowFree plan5 paid tiers

Can you vibecode this?

Yes

A rich-text screenplay editor with auto-formatting, CRDT real-time sync, AI structure analysis, and storyboard generation is hard but squarely in code. The site even says "100% Built by Claude Code." No licence, catalogue, or human delivery blocks the path.

Moat

  • Switching costs
  • Ecosystem embedding

Why people pay Laper

Scripts, characters, locations, beats, storyboards, and production assets all live in one connected project state with version history. A fresh copy starts empty; a team mid-production cannot move that accumulated project data and collaboration history elsewhere without real cost.

  • Product complexity

    Moderate

    A rich editor with CRDT sync, screenplay-node AI, storyboard generation and production canvases requires substantial build effort.

  • Data

    Low

    All content comes from the user's own screenplay; no external data sources are required.

  • Integrations & infrastructure

    Low

    No named third-party service integrations are required beyond AI and payments.

  • Human operations

    Low

    The product is fully self-serve; no human delivery or manual fulfilment is involved.

  • Regulation / hardware

    Low

    Screenwriting software faces no industry-specific licensing or regulatory requirements.

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Leapd builds

  • Screenplay editor with structure visualization, collaboration and storyboard tools
  • Tiered monthly subscriptions with Stripe
  • A landing page

Leapd runs

  • Meta ads
  • LinkedIn and X posts
  • SEO and AI-search visibility
  • A daily report of what shipped

Opportunity check

  • Passes: Proven market: $25K+/mo already paid for it
  • Passes: Proven model: Free plan plus four monthly tiers: $20, $60, $100 and $400, 68% margin
  • Passes: Proven demand: 0+ visitors a month
  • Passes: Buildable: Leapd builds it end to end
build-spec.txt
Build a web app that sells AI-powered screenplay editing and film production planning software on monthly subscriptions.

Product:
- Screenplay editor with automatic industry formatting: scene headings, action, dialogue, parentheticals, transitions and pagination
- Hollywood and Asian format support built into the editor
- AI workspace that inspects the current scene, outline, selected range or full draft and acts on screenplay nodes
- Script structure visualization showing scenes, characters, beats and locations as outlines, cards, tables and canvases
- Real-time collaborative editing so writers, directors and producers share one project state with version history
- Character, location and prop entities derived from the screenplay, shown in relationship graphs and casting views
- AI storyboard generation: select a scene to produce shot structure and frames using the scene script as context
- Free Junior plan and four paid tiers with increasing usage and feature access

Billing:
- Monthly subscription tiers (Junior free, Senior $20, Elite $60, Master $100, Legend $400) charged with Stripe

Business details

Founded

September 2025

1 year in business

Country

Hong Kong SAR China

Audience

B2CSells to consumers

Domain ratingStrength of the website's backlink profile, from 0 to 100.

27 / 100

050100

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Questions

How much revenue does Laper make?

Laper has made $100K+ in revenue to date and brings in $25K+/mo, with its best month around $45K.

How does Laper make money?

Laper sells tiered monthly subscriptions, from a free Junior plan up to a $400-per-month Legend plan, based on usage and feature access.

Is Laper profitable?

Yes. Laper reports a 68% profit margin.

Is Laper growing?

Yes. Revenue has been rising over the last 3 months. Since its early months, monthly revenue has grown about 92.5×.

Can you vibecode a business like Laper?

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