What's the revenue ceiling for a 10-person startup today?

Lovable hit $400M ARR with 146 employees. That's $2.7M revenue per employee. Midjourney goes even further. $500M revenue. ~110 employees. $0 raised from investors. That's over $4.5M per employee. Bootstrapped. For context: most SaaS companies celebrate $200k-$300k per employee as a strong benchmark.

If 146 people can generate $400M, what does the math look like at 10?

We're already seeing solo founders and tiny teams building products that scale faster than ever before. People like Justin Welsh or Pieter Levels @levelsio are generating crazy figures and they're doing it by leaning hard on social media distribution and AI tools, not headcount. AI handles the code. Agents handle the workflows. Distribution compounds on its own.

The bottleneck used to be headcount. But in 2026 it's definitely not.

What do you think: is the 10-person unicorn actually coming?