How to Turn AI-Generated Slides Into a Real Business

Saurav Niraula

13 Jul 2025 — 4 min read

(And Why Presenton Gives You a Head Start)

The Untapped Opportunity in AI Slide Generation

If you’ve ever sweated over a presentation, you’re not alone. Every day, more than 30 million slide decks are created by teams all over the world (that’s straight from Microsoft). It usually takes 2 to 4 hours for folks to build just one, and businesses often shell out anywhere from $300 to $1,500 per deck if they hire an agency.

What’s more, a whopping 78% of knowledge workers say that building presentations is their most painful, time-consuming weekly chore. Imagine if you could turn what takes hours into a task that takes just a minute, and package that capability as a branded service to sell. Suddenly, you don’t just have a cool tool. You’ve unlocked a recurring-revenue flywheel: companies pay to save time, agencies pay to keep up appearances, and creators pay to keep audiences engaged.

What You Can Do with Presenton

1. Multiply Your Agency’s Output (and Revenue)

Are you running a small design team or boutique agency? Here’s what’s possible: If you typically handle 10 client decks a week, each worth $400, you’re capped at $4,000 in revenue, since your designers can only produce so many from scratch.

With Presenton, you can change the game. Deploy Presenton on a $12/month Railway container, set up a “Start-my-deck” client portal, and let your designers focus on quickly polishing AI-generated starter decks rather than building slides from the ground up. Now you can handle 40 decks a week, that’s a 4x jump in capacity, and your revenue climbs to $16,000 with less than $100 in software costs. You can even advertise a “24-hour turnaround” at the same price, wowing your clients and keeping more profits for yourself.

2. Supercharge Your Product with Auto-Generated Slides

If you’re building products for education or internal training, you can leap ahead of competitors by embedding Presenton into your platform. Imagine adding a “Generate Lesson Slides” button to your course or LMS, giving educators the ability to instantly create presentations from their own syllabus. Each deck costs you only about $0.15 in OpenAI tokens, while your customers happily pay $99/month for the convenience. That kind of value can reduce subscriber churn by 18% and add $480,000 in annual recurring revenue. Simply put, you’re selling a solution where teachers click once, and teach tomorrow.

3. Launch Your Own SaaS and Start Earning Passive Income

Dream of SaaS earnings but don’t know where to start? Here’s how you make it happen: use Presenton’s Apache 2.0 open-source license to fully white-label the software as your own. With Stripe metered billing, you can quickly spin up a site (think “PitchDeckAI.io”), and target freelancers, founders, or startups hungry for pitch decks. With just 180 paying users at $19/month, you’ll be earning $3,400 MRR in 60 days. Advertise “Unlimited investor decks, cancel anytime,” show a quick Loom demo, and build credibility with social proof. All the tools are there, you just connect the dots.

Picking Your Business Model

This opportunity is not one-size-fits-all. Here are some business models you can mix and match:

Subscription: Tiered plans for freelancers, teams, and enterprises.
Pay-Per-Deck: Consulting add-on; great for agencies and events.
API Licensing: Charge developers who want to use your powered-up backend.
Template Marketplace: Sell branded design themes as add-ons.
Bundle It: Include AI slides in a larger LMS, analytics, or content platform.

Feel free to combine, say, offer a base subscription with á la carte templates or premium features.

Why Presenton Makes It Easy to Start

Most people assume you need a big dev team to build and run something like this. Not with Presenton:

Open source and Apache 2.0 licensed means you can fully white-label the tool and keep all profits.
“Bring Your Own API Key” keeps your expenses proportional to your sales, not tied to any markup or platform fees.
Runs locally or in your own cloud, check every compliance box your clients care about.
Simple integration: REST API and Docker support mean you can get started in hours, not weeks.
Custom themes: Sell exclusive looks and branded master slides without touching the source code.
Rapid community support: Over 2,000 builders in Discord share best practices and troubleshooting tips.

In short, you keep control of costs, compliance, and branding from day one.

How To Launch a Test Run in Half an Hour (No Engineering Needed)

Ready to see if this works for you? Here’s a dead-simple launch plan:

Deploy Presenton with one click using Railway. Now you have your own “slides.yourdomain.com” portal.
Add your OpenAI key in the dashboard.
Generate a sample deck, export as PDF. Show it to a prospective client right away.
Connect Stripe Checkout and Zapier to charge $15 per PDF download.
Share on LinkedIn or via email: “Now offering investor decks delivered in 5 minutes.” See who bites, before you commit a single line of code.

The Numbers: How Profitable Can This Get?

Cost per slide: About $0.006 using GPT-4o.
Average 12-slide deck: About $0.07 to create.
Charge $4 per deck and you're clearing 95% margin, even better if you bundle unlimited decks at $29/month.

If you run Llama 3 locally (via Ollama), your cost per slide drops to nearly zero. That’s all margin for you.

Fast-Track Your Growth: Smart Go-To-Market Moves

Offer a free outline, pay-to-export trial to get leads in the door.
Partner with agencies: set them up with co-branded portals and revenue sharing.
Build trust and authority, start a weekly AI “Slide Bank” newsletter showcasing what’s possible.
Create and sell niche prompts (e.g., “SaaS Churn Review,” “Series-A Pitch”) as premium upsells.

Handling Trust, Security, and Compliance

Your clients want data safe and local. Here's how to make them happy:

Data never leaves your cloud, no risk of leaks.
You can hide API keys from tenants for extra peace of mind.
Store in your chosen data region for instant GDPR compliance.
Offer separate containers for different tenants, big plus for agencies or security-minded clients.

What's Next? Your Move

Are you an agency looking to quadruple your throughput? A product manager who needs to add generative features, yesterday? A solo founder chasing your first $5k in MRR?

Presenton gives you everything you need to own the engine and sell the car. Spin up your instance, put your brand stamp on it, and start selling beautiful, instantly generated slides. Your customers will thank you every time they don’t have to fight with PowerPoint.

Ready to claim your share of the slide gold rush? Here’s where to start: