New business ideas: $350K AI monk, $300/mo niche website, $1102 faceless YouTube šŸ¤‘

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Hey, it's Niall šŸ‘‹

Someone said this to me last week:

ā€œYeah… we don’t really use AI. We’re old-school.ā€

That’s like saying:

ā€œWe don’t use Google. We ask our cousin Tony.ā€ šŸ˜‚

And look, I get the resistance.

AI moves fast. New tools every week. Nobody wants another thing to learn.

But here’s the cheat code šŸ‘‡

You don’t need to use AI perfectly.

It’s like that old joke:

If you and a friend are being chased by a lion, you don’t have to be faster than the lion.

Just be faster than your friend.

Same thing in business: you don’t need to ā€œmaster AI.ā€

You just need to use it a little more than your competitors.

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And then: the usual fresh batch of business ideas.

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AI INFLUENCERS

This AI Monk May Have Earned $350K in 4 Months

Maria Flannery writes about the Yang Mun Instagram account, created October 2025…

With millions of followers, Yang Mun and his videos addressing ā€˜ancient wisdom for modern life’ have clearly struck a chord with social media users looking for deeper meaning.

The videos are serene: an elderly East Asian monk, often in an orange robe, sitting cross legged in a perfectly manicured garden or inside a temple… in all of the clips, he imparts a piece of advice or inspiration…

So far, nothing seems amiss. Except: Yang Mun is not real. All of his videos are entirely AI-generated

The unreal Yang Mun sells ebooks ranging in price from $10-50 šŸ¤‘

Maria again…

According to the website, more than 7,000 people have bought one of the e-books so far, and hundreds more have purportedly bought the more expensive package.

7000+ buyers = at least $70K revenue, and as much as $350K 🤯

Yeti-Boo is another AI-generated influencer who has been crushing it, proving there's clearly an appetite for this kind of content.

How about creating an AI-generated influencer based on a real historical figure people like to quote? šŸ¤”

For example: Confucius, Nostradamus, Sun Tzu, Machiavelli, Socrates, or Marcus Aurelius.

NICHE WEBSITE

€100-400 Per Month From Her Small Travel Guide

šŸ“ Whitney writes…

[I earn] €100-400 a month from small travel guides and affiliates.

Sounds like she has a small travel site about her local area, sharing…

Mostly useful information: how to get to the airport/where to sleep/trips for the day or things that help you save time, money, and nerves.

šŸ’° She makes money…

Mostly through affiliate links, but only to things that people need when they travel.

One of the companies she's an affiliate for…

Kiwitaxi: transfers to and from the airport and city… someone once ordered a transfer worth almost €1000, and I got more than €100 from it.

Whitney doesn't link to her site or say what area she's focused on. But judging by her past comments on Reddit, I suspect it's a capital city in Eastern Europe šŸ‡¬šŸ‡Ŗ

I reckon every oft-visited city in the world could have a profitable site like this, or even several.

Whitney says the work is "slow and boring," but sounds fairly passive once you have the initial info written up šŸ˜Ž

YOUTUBE

Faceless YouTube Channel Earning $1102/Month

AsĆ­ es USA is a faceless USA-focused Spanish YouTube and TikTok channel šŸ‘€

Recently listed for sale on Flippa, reserve price $30,600…

Created in July 2023 and operated from Spain… Over the past 12 months, it generated $13,224 in revenue at a 96% profit margin, with 3.5M views and 15,000 new subscribers… the channel is structurally optimized for passive income and repeatable scaling…

Built with a listicle-style format that is easy to replicate and scale, the business is ideal for buyers seeking a ready-to-grow faceless YouTube channel that is both automated and profitable.

The channel thrives on a simple yet powerful content formula: faceless narration, AI voiceover, engaging visuals, and top-ranking list videos about U.S. cities, states, and American lifestyle topics tailored for Spanish-speaking audiences.

Only 37 videos on the YouTube channel, so they're posting about once per month.

What other topics / languages could you try this for? šŸ¤”

Further inspiration…

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