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Starting a business

Find AI business ideas

Practical ideas for a one-person AI business, with costs.

Best for
Anyone thinking of an AI-based business
Est. time saved
1–2 hours
Works with
ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini

When to use it

  • You want to start a small business using AI tools and want practical ideas, not hype.

When not to

  • To promise anyone what AI will deliver. Test before you sell.

What to have ready

  • What you know well
  • Your budget
  • The time you have

The prompt

Fill in the [BRACKETS], then paste it into ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini.

› the prompt
You're helping me find practical ideas for a small business that uses AI. This is a list for me to choose from.

What I know well: [YOUR EXPERTISE]
Budget: [E.G. $1,000]
Time I have: [E.G. 10 HOURS A WEEK]

Please:
1. Suggest five ideas in a table: the idea, what it involves, rough start-up cost, skills needed, and how long to get going.
2. Base each idea on what I know, so I have an edge.
3. Say which you'd test first and how.
4. If you can browse the web, show a link for any facts you use. If you can't, say so.

Rules:
- Don't invent earnings, demand or tool features. Label anything you can't back up as "unchecked".
- Stay within my budget and time.
- Keep a person checking anything AI produces before it goes to a customer.

Example input

A made-up example of what the brackets might say.

Know well: 15 years as a real estate agent. Budget: $1,000. Time: 10 hours a week.

Tips

  • Ideas that pair your know-how with AI beat ideas that are just AI.
  • Do the work by hand for your first customers before automating it.

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