How I'm Making $1 Million with AI Tools in 2025 (And You Can Too)
So I'm on track to hit nearly $10 million in revenue this year, with over $1 million in actual profit. Pretty wild for a 25-year-old with no degree, right? I've basically built this whole thing using AI tools - OpenAI even sent my company an award for how much we use their stuff.
Look, I'm not gonna lie to you. Making a million bucks in a year is hard. Like, really hard. 99.9% of people won't get there that fast. But hitting $10k-$20k monthly? That's totally doable. Enough to quit your job, buy nice things, or see Taylor Swift if that's your thing. And it sets you up for bigger goals later.
The secret? You gotta start your own business. Period. You'll never make that kind of money as an employee unless you're some executive at Google or something. And the business needs to be beginner-friendly, cheap to start, and in a growing industry. AI fits perfectly.
I've found the best model is an AI service business for small companies. You can do three things: AI education, AI consulting, or AI development using no-code tools. When I started Morningstar AI in 2023, I knew nothing about AI. Now we work with NBA teams and publicly traded companies. Thousands in my community have done similar things.
The approach I use is simple: "learn the thing, do the thing, teach the thing." Master one AI tool, sell services with it, then package what you learn into courses or templates. This creates an awesome feedback loop between client work and teaching.
What AI tools should you focus on? For learning, pick ONE of these: Chat GPT, Claude, Lovable (for app building), Retell (for voice agents), or make.com (for automation). We charge $8-10k for 3-hour workshops teaching businesses how to use these tools!
For selling your services, I recommend Blort AI for content creation (cheaper than Poppy AI), Instantly AI for cold outreach, and Gamma for making client proposals. These AI tools for small businesses have saved me hundreds of hours.
For teaching what you've learned, use School for community building (with Fiducia for AI moderation) and Heygen for creating course videos with your AI avatar. My community has 260,000 members now, and it all started with these basic AI side hustles.
The best part? You don't need experience. One guy in my program, Michele, made $100k his first year just using make.com for AI automation tools. Another went from zero to $1 million in eight months with AI content creation services.
Honestly, the AI entrepreneurship space is still wide open. Most business owners score super low on AI literacy - that's your opportunity! Whether you want to teach AI workshops, build AI systems, or consult on best AI tools for beginners, there's room for you.
Want more details? I've put together templates and guides in my free community. Just saying - if a broccoli-haired Gen Z kid like me can do this, you probably can too.