Five Ways I Use AI In My Business

Scaling Out Loud · Sep 3, 2026 · 19m

I spent two months boycotting AI in my business because it kept handing me copy that used the word "elevate" like a life insurance commercial. I decided it was overhyped. I decided my business was too weird for it to actually help. I decided I was right.

I was completely wrong, and it was an expensive two months.

This episode is not about AI photo booths. We already covered that and it's a totally different conversation. This is about the back office work, the stuff that eats your Sunday and never once shows up as revenue on a P&L.

I walk through the five things AI actually does in my…