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The AI Automations That Now Earn While I Sleep

From JOHNWICK

How I Built and Sold AI-Powered Tools Using APIs, Python, and No-Code Integrations

1. The Moment I Realized AI Could Run My Side Hustles It hit me one night: if AI can write essays, analyze data, and hold conversations, it can also run parts of a business without my direct input. I stopped thinking “cool tech demo” and started thinking “automated cash flow.”

2. ChatGPT API — Selling Words at Scale

I began with content creation bots. Businesses want blog posts, product descriptions, emails — AI can deliver those in seconds. 

from openai import OpenAI
client = OpenAI(api_key="YOUR_KEY")

prompt = "Write a 200-word blog post about the benefits of matcha tea."

response = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="gpt-4o-mini",
    messages=[{"role": "user", "content": prompt}]
)

print(response.choices[0].message.content)

I packaged this into a simple web form and sold SEO article subscriptions to small businesses.

3. Whisper API — Earning from Audio Transcription With Whisper, I turned voice notes and podcasts into ready-to-publish articles. 

audio_file = open("meeting.mp3", "rb")
transcript = client.audio.transcriptions.create(
    model="whisper-1",
    file=audio_file
)

print(transcript.text)

Sold as a “Podcast-to-Blog” service for content creators.

4. LangChain — Turning AI Into a Product Instead of single prompts, LangChain lets you chain multiple AI calls to create intelligent workflows. Example: PDF summarizer bot → Upload document → Summarize → Create tweet thread.

5. AI-Powered Customer Support with FastAPI I built AI chatbots that answer FAQs and process customer requests 24/7. 

from fastapi import FastAPI
app = FastAPI()

@app.get("/chat")
def chat(user_query: str):
    res = client.chat.completions.create(
        model="gpt-4",
        messages=[{"role": "user", "content": user_query}]
    )
    return {"reply": res.choices[0].message.content}

Sold as a “Done-for-You AI Helpdesk” service.

6. Social Media Automation Using AI AI + APIs = fully automated growth.

  • OpenAI to generate posts
  • Twitter API to publish them
  • Canva API to make matching visuals

7. AI Data Cleaning for Businesses Using AI to interpret and fix messy CSVs.
Example: Fix inconsistent phone formats, missing addresses, incorrect emails.

8. Combining AI with Zapier & Make.com No full coding needed — I connected AI to payment processors, email marketing, and CRMs.
“If a customer pays → AI writes their welcome email → Auto-sends.”

9. AI-Powered Research Reports I fed AI niche keywords and scraped Google results, then summarized findings into sellable PDFs for industry pros.

10. Selling Access to AI Tools via Subscription Instead of selling my scripts once, I wrapped them in a simple login system and charged monthly for access.

Read the full article here: https://ai.plainenglish.io/the-ai-automations-that-now-earn-while-i-sleep-4d1fe1b49c01

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