45 ways to make money with AI in 2026, with what each pays
45 ways to make money with AI, from AI consulting and automations to AI video, products and content, each with what it pays, real examples and the AI tools to use.
by Navid Moazzez·Updated Oct 3, 2026·47 min read·Navid.me is reader-supported. When you buy through links on this site, I may earn an affiliate commission. Learn more.
This is a list of 45 ways to make money with AI, with what each one really pays.
AI has changed how I work. My business runs on an AI OS I built with Claude Code, and the 700+ free tools on this site are my own builds. I've made millions selling digital products like courses and templates, and today I host the AI Creator Summit, watched by 100,000+ creators.
So if you want to turn AI into income, not just play with it, every way below shows what it pays, a real example where one exists, the AI tools to use and the mistakes to avoid.
In this guide, you'll learn:
- What AI skills businesses pay for now, from Upwork's and Fiverr's 2026 numbers
- 45 ways to make money with AI, in seven groups, from AI consulting and AI video to products and content
- The AI tools I use myself, with my ratings
- How to spot AI money scams before they cost you
Start with the way that builds on a skill you already have.
TL;DRKey takeaways
What does it mean to make money with AI?
Making money with AI means using AI tools to do paid work faster, selling AI skills to businesses, or building products and content that AI helps you make. The AI doesn't earn for you. You still find the buyers, check the work and deliver the result.
That's why the best AI income comes from pairing AI with something you already know: a skill, an industry or an audience.
How fast AI work is growing
Businesses are paying for AI skills faster than for almost anything else:
The fastest-growing AI skills on Upwork (%)
Upwork · Growth in freelancer earnings, 2025 against 2024
What businesses search for on Fiverr (%)
Fiverr · Search growth, November 2025 to April 2026, against the six months before
AI video and AI building lead both lists, so they get the most ways below.
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Become an AI consultant
Businesses know they need AI but don't know where to start. These six ways sell your judgment, and they're among the best-paid ways in this guide.
1. Become an AI consultant
You help businesses decide where AI saves them time or money, then plan the rollout. Most owners don't need more tools. They need someone to pick the right two or three and show the team how to use them.
It fits you if you know one industry well and you've used AI tools enough to see where they help.
What it pays: day rates, projects or monthly retainers. On Upwork, business consultants typically charge $28 to $98 an hour, and the median is $55 (Upwork). Employed management consultants in the US earn a median of $101,860 a year (BLS, May 2025).
Watch: Frederik Pahuus on building a solo consulting business that makes $500,000 a year in profit.
Tools: research with Claude and Perplexity, show the plan in Gamma, and price it with the value equation calculator.
Mistakes to avoid:
- Recommending tools before you understand the business wastes the client's money.
- Selling AI as a magic fix sets up a promise the results won't keep.
Start: free · Time: 5 to 15 hours a week · On camera: optional · From anywhere: yes · Experience: real expertise · Paid: every business day through Stripe · Age: 13+ on Stripe, with an adult on the account under 18
2. Set up AI operating systems for businesses
An AI operating system, or AI OS, is one place where a business's knowledge, tools and AI agents work together, so the AI knows the business and does real work. You set it up, connect it to the tools they already use, and train the team to run it.
It fits you if you think in systems and like making messy work tidy.
What it pays: projects and monthly retainers. On Upwork, business consultants typically charge $28 to $98 an hour, and the median is $55 (Upwork). 77% of business leaders say AI increases their need for specialized, fractional talent (Upwork).
Example: my own business runs on an AI OS I built with Claude Code, and my guide on how to build an AI operating system walks through how it works.
Tools: I build mine with Claude Code and Codex, with Notion for the knowledge and n8n to connect the tools.
Mistakes to avoid:
- Building the system before you know how the business runs gives them a tool nobody uses.
- Skipping the training leaves the team going back to the old way within a month.
Start: free · Time: 5 to 15 hours a week · On camera: optional · From anywhere: yes · Experience: real expertise · Paid: up front, or monthly
3. Build AI automations for businesses
You connect a business's apps so the boring work runs by itself: leads go to the CRM, invoices get sent, and reports land in the inbox. AI steps in the middle read emails, sort requests and write replies.
It fits you if you like puzzles and you can explain a process step by step.
What it pays: a setup fee and a monthly fee. AI integration grew 178% on Upwork in 2025, by freelancer earnings (Upwork), and searches for n8n AI automation grew 125% on Fiverr in the six months to April 2026 (Fiverr). On Upwork, AI developers typically charge $30 to $150 an hour, and the median is $90 (Upwork).
Watch: n8n's own quick start for building your first AI agent.
Tools: n8n, Zapier and Make connect the apps, and Claude Code writes the custom parts.
Mistakes to avoid:
- Automating a process nobody has written down automates the mess too.
- Building without error alerts means a broken automation fails quietly for weeks.
Start: free · Time: 5 to 15 hours a week · On camera: no · From anywhere: yes · Experience: some helps · Paid: per project, then monthly
4. Run AI marketing for businesses
You run a business's content, ads and emails with AI doing the heavy lifting: drafts, images, video variations and reports. AI takes on the drafts and variations, so one person can handle more clients.
It fits you if you've marketed something yourself and know what makes people buy.
What it pays: a monthly retainer for the content, ads and emails you run with AI. On Upwork, marketing consultants typically charge $20 to $60 an hour (Upwork), and skills that name AI grew 109% in freelancer earnings on Upwork in 2025 (Upwork).
Watch: Neil Patel on how to start an AI marketing agency, step by step.
Tools: write with Claude, design in Canva, make video ads with Higgsfield, and schedule with Metricool.
Mistakes to avoid:
- Publishing unedited AI content makes every client sound the same.
- Reporting likes instead of leads and sales hides whether the work pays off.
Start: free · Time: 5 to 15 hours a week · On camera: optional · From anywhere: yes · Experience: some helps · Paid: weekly on Upwork, 10 days after each work week · Age: 18+ on Upwork
5. Train teams to use AI
You run workshops that teach a company's team to use AI in their own jobs, then coach them as they put it to work. Companies pay for this because tools alone don't change how people work.
It fits you if you like teaching and can make new tools feel simple.
What it pays: workshop fees and coaching packages. Employed training and development specialists in the US earn a median of $69,280 a year (BLS, May 2025).
Example: I teach creators how to use AI at my AI Creator Summit, watched by 100,000+ creators.
Tools: build the exercises in Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini and Grok, make the slides in Gamma, and record a replay with Riverside.
Mistakes to avoid:
- Teaching tool features instead of the team's real tasks makes the workshop forgettable.
- Leaving without follow-up lets the new habits fade within weeks.
Start: free · Time: 5 to 15 hours a week · On camera: yes · From anywhere: yes · Experience: some helps · Paid: up front, before each workshop
6. Write prompts and custom assistants for businesses
You write the prompts and build the custom AI assistants a business uses every day: a sales email writer, a support helper, a proposal drafter. Good prompts turn a generic AI into one that knows the business.
It fits you if you write clearly and enjoy testing until something works.
What it pays: a fee per project or a retainer. Prompt engineering is on LinkedIn's 2026 list of the fastest-growing skills in the US (LinkedIn).
Watch: NetworkChuck on how to get far better results from AI prompts.
Tools: build in ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini, and turn assistants into small apps with Pickaxe.
Mistakes to avoid:
- Shipping a prompt you tested once breaks on the first odd request.
- Leaving out the business's own examples makes the assistant sound generic.
Start: free · Time: under 5 hours a week · On camera: no · From anywhere: yes · Experience: some helps · Paid: per project, or monthly
Build AI for businesses
These six ways build working software: apps, agents, chatbots and websites. AI coding tools now write most of the code with you, so you don't need a developer's background.
7. Build apps and tools with Claude Code
You build small apps, internal tools and calculators for businesses with AI coding tools. Businesses pay for the result, so the code is your tool, not your product.
It fits you if you can turn a messy problem into clear steps.
What it pays: a fee per project and a monthly fee to keep it running. Searches for Claude Code specialists grew 938% on Fiverr in six months, and searches for vibe coding grew 61% (Fiverr). On Upwork, AI developers typically charge $30 to $150 an hour, and the median is $90 (Upwork).
Example: the 700+ free tools on this site are my own builds, made with Claude Code and Codex.
Watch: Kevin Stratvert's Claude Code tutorial for beginners.
Tools: I build with Claude Code and Codex, and Cursor and Replit are other ways in. Write clearer instructions with the Claude Code prompt generator.
Mistakes to avoid:
- Shipping code you haven't tested breaks a client's trust on day one.
- Selling the method instead of the result makes clients compare you on price.
Start: a little money · Time: 5 to 15 hours a week · On camera: no · From anywhere: yes · Experience: some helps · Paid: per project, then monthly
8. Build AI agents
An AI agent does a job end to end, like research, outreach or reporting, using tools and checking its own work. You build agents that take one task off a business's plate, then charge to keep them running.
It fits you if you can think in steps and test until it works.
What it pays: a setup fee and a monthly fee. On Upwork, AI engineers typically charge $35 to $60 an hour, and the median is $50 (Upwork). Searches for Claude Code specialists grew 938% on Fiverr in six months (Fiverr).
Watch: Teacher's Tech builds a first AI agent with Claude Code.
Tools: I build agents with Claude Code and Codex. n8n, Lindy and Pickaxe build them with less code.
Mistakes to avoid:
- Letting an agent act without checks invites costly errors, so add a human review on important steps.
- Selling an agent before it runs without you turns the sale into unpaid support.
Start: free · Time: 5 to 15 hours a week · On camera: no · From anywhere: yes · Experience: some helps · Paid: per project, then monthly
9. Build AI chatbots
You build chatbots for websites and DMs that answer questions and book calls, trained on the business's own information. You charge to set them up and to keep them updated.
It fits you if you can write clear answers and test them.
What it pays: a setup fee and a monthly fee. On Upwork, chatbot developers typically charge $30 to $61 an hour, and the median is $45 (Upwork). AI chatbot development grew 71% on Upwork in 2025 (Upwork).
Watch: Botpress builds a customer support chatbot without code.
Tools: I use ManyChat for Instagram DMs. Chatbot Builder AI and Pickaxe build chatbots without code.
Mistakes to avoid:
- Letting the bot make up answers loses customers, so limit it to the business's own information.
- Pitching without a demo makes the sale harder, so show a working bot first.
Start: free · Time: 5 to 15 hours a week · On camera: no · From anywhere: yes · Experience: some helps · Paid: per project, then monthly
10. Build AI voice agents
AI voice agents answer phone calls, book appointments and follow up with leads in a natural voice, any hour of the day. Clinics, salons and real estate offices pay for them because a missed call can be a missed customer.
It fits you if you like building and you're happy testing calls until they sound right.
What it pays: a setup fee and a monthly fee per agent. Searches for AI voice agents grew 49% on Fiverr in the six months to April 2026 (Fiverr). Upwork doesn't price voice agents yet, and chatbot developers, the closest skill it prices, typically charge $30 to $61 an hour, with a median of $45 (Upwork).
Example: I've built two voice agents myself: one on ElevenLabs in my cloned voice, and an open-source one trained on 142 minutes of my own recordings. My guide on how to build an AI voice agent walks through both.
Watch: Thanh-y David Nguyen builds an AI voice agent with LiveKit, for free.
Tools: ElevenLabs for the voice, with n8n to book calls into the calendar.
Mistakes to avoid:
- Hiding that callers are talking to AI breaks trust and can break the law where you live, so say it up front.
- Skipping the handoff to a human leaves upset callers with nowhere to go.
Start: a little money · Time: 5 to 15 hours a week · On camera: no · From anywhere: yes · Experience: some helps · Paid: a setup fee, then monthly
11. Design websites with AI
You build fast, good-looking websites for small businesses with AI website builders and coding tools. Sites that took weeks can now take days, so you can offer better prices and still earn well.
It fits you if you have good taste and patience for small fixes.
What it pays: a fee per site and a monthly fee to keep it up. On Upwork, web designers typically charge $15 to $30 an hour, and the median is $21 (Upwork).
Watch: Create a Pro Website builds a website with Claude Code.
Tools: I build with Claude Code. Framer, Lovable and Webflow build sites from a prompt, and the landing page grader grades the result.
Mistakes to avoid:
- Building before the client's words and photos are ready stalls the project.
- Skipping a monthly plan gives away the income that repeats.
Start: free · Time: 5 to 15 hours a week · On camera: no · From anywhere: yes · Experience: some helps · Paid: weekly on Upwork, 10 days after each work week · Age: 18+ on Upwork
12. Build online stores with AI
You build and run online stores for brands, with AI writing the product pages, making the product images and answering customers. Store owners pay monthly to keep it all moving while they focus on the products.
It fits you if you're organized and like selling.
What it pays: a monthly retainer, sometimes plus a share of sales. Ecommerce management was the fastest-growing skill in Upwork's admin and support category in 2025, up 130% in freelancer earnings (Upwork). On Upwork, ecommerce experts typically charge $25 to $48 an hour, and the median is $30 (Upwork).
Watch: Steve Chou shows how ChatGPT helped improve a Shopify store.
Tools: most stores run on Shopify. Write product pages with Claude, make product images in Canva, and connect the store to email with Zapier.
Mistakes to avoid:
- Changing prices or products without the owner's okay can cost you the client.
- Reporting tasks instead of sales hides the value you add.
Start: free · Time: 5 to 15 hours a week · On camera: no · From anywhere: yes · Experience: some helps · Paid: weekly on Upwork, 10 days after each work week · Age: 18+ on Upwork
Make money with AI video
AI video is the fastest-growing AI skill on Upwork and the second fastest-growing search on Fiverr. These ten ways cover ads, avatars, animation, channels and editing.
13. Make AI video ads for brands
You make video ads for brands with AI: product shots, scenes and voiceovers, in many versions to test. Brands pay because one good ad can run for months, and testing new versions used to need a film crew.
It fits you if you know what makes people stop scrolling.
What it pays: a fee per ad or a monthly package. AI video generation and editing was the fastest-growing skill on Upwork in 2025, up 329% in freelancer earnings (Upwork), and searches for AI UGC video ads grew 265% on Fiverr in the six months to April 2026 (Fiverr). On Upwork, motion graphics designers typically charge $18 to $35 an hour, and the median is $25 (Upwork).
Watch: Higgsfield's three-step workflow for realistic AI ads.
Tools: I use Higgsfield for video, with Runway and Sora as other options, voices from ElevenLabs, and editing in CapCut.
Mistakes to avoid:
- Showing a product doing something it can't do gets the ad pulled and the brand in trouble.
- Skipping the rights check on music, faces and logos puts the client at risk.
Start: a little money · Time: 5 to 15 hours a week · On camera: no · From anywhere: yes · Experience: some helps · Paid: per ad, or monthly
14. Make AI UGC ads
UGC ads look like a real customer talking about a product. With AI, you make them with an AI presenter and script, so a brand can test many hooks without hiring a creator for each one.
It fits you if you write hooks well and know what makes an ad feel natural.
What it pays: a fee per ad, paid by the brand. Searches for AI UGC video ads grew 265% on Fiverr in the six months to April 2026 (Fiverr).
Watch: ElevenLabs shows its full workflow for viral AI UGC ads.
Tools: make the presenter with HeyGen or Captions, the voice with ElevenLabs, and the script with Claude. The video script generator speeds up the hooks.
Mistakes to avoid:
- Passing an AI presenter off as a real customer breaks ad rules, so follow each platform's labeling rules.
- Making polished ads defeats the point, because UGC works by looking real.
Start: a little money · Time: under 5 hours a week · On camera: no · From anywhere: yes · Experience: none needed · Paid: per ad, by the brand
15. Make AI avatar videos
You make videos with an AI avatar that looks and sounds like a real person: training videos, course lessons, product explainers and video messages in many languages. Businesses pay because they can update a video by editing the script instead of filming again.
It fits you if you write clear scripts and like turning knowledge into short lessons.
What it pays: whatever the videos sell: courses, clients or ads. AI services in video and animation grew 278% on Fiverr in the six months to April 2026, faster than any other category (Fiverr).
Watch: HeyGen walks through making an AI avatar of yourself.
Tools: HeyGen for avatars, ElevenLabs for voices, and Descript to edit.
Mistakes to avoid:
- Using someone's face or voice without written permission can get you sued.
- Writing long scripts makes avatars feel stiff, so keep each video short.
Start: a little money · Time: under 5 hours a week · On camera: optional · From anywhere: yes · Experience: none needed · Paid: when what the videos sell pays
16. Make AI animated videos
You make animated videos with AI: explainers for businesses, kids' stories, and short animations for social media. AI tools now let one person make short animations that used to need a studio.
It fits you if you love storytelling and have an eye for style.
What it pays: a fee per video or a monthly package. On Upwork, animators typically charge $20 to $38 an hour (Upwork), and AI services in video and animation grew 278% on Fiverr in the six months to April 2026 (Fiverr).
Watch: Jack Vs. AI builds a kids' animation channel with AI, start to finish.
Tools: make the images in Midjourney or Ideogram, animate them in Runway or Higgsfield, and add voices with ElevenLabs.
Mistakes to avoid:
- Changing styles from video to video makes a channel or a brand hard to recognize.
- Copying famous characters gets videos taken down.
Start: a little money · Time: 5 to 15 hours a week · On camera: no · From anywhere: yes · Experience: some helps · Paid: weekly on Upwork, 10 days after each work week · Age: 18+ on Upwork
17. Run a faceless YouTube channel with AI
You run a YouTube channel without showing your face, with AI helping with research, scripts, voiceovers and visuals. You still pick the topics and the angle, and that's what makes a channel grow.
It fits you if you'd rather stay off camera and can publish every week.
What it pays: ad revenue share, sponsors and affiliate links, on the same YouTube terms as any channel (YouTube). Businesses pay for this work too: searches for YouTube automation faceless channels grew 239% on Fiverr in the six months to April 2026 (Fiverr).
Example: Adavia Davis runs faceless AI channels that make roughly $40,000 to $60,000 a month, which Fortune checked against his AdSense records.
Watch: Sambucha on secretly voicing faceless YouTube channels.
Tools: script with Claude, voice with ElevenLabs, edit in Descript, and find topics with vidIQ. See what views pay with the YouTube money calculator.
Mistakes to avoid:
- Mass-producing low-effort videos risks YouTube's rules on repetitive content.
- Copying another channel's scripts gets you claims, not views.
Start: a little money · Time: 5 to 15 hours a week · On camera: no · From anywhere: yes · Experience: none needed · Paid: monthly, between the 21st and 26th · Age: 18+, or a parent or guardian through AdSense
18. Edit videos with AI
You edit videos for creators and businesses, with AI removing filler words, adding captions and cutting rough drafts. AI does the slow parts, so you spend your time on pacing and story.
It fits you if you have an eye for pacing and enjoy detail work.
What it pays: a fee per video or a monthly package. AI video generation and editing was the fastest-growing skill on Upwork in 2025, up 329% (Upwork). Most video editors on Upwork charge $6 to $25 an hour, and the most experienced earn a median of $100 an hour (Upwork). Employed film and video editors in the US earn a median of $75,420 a year (BLS, May 2025).
Watch: Lerin Nic's full CapCut course for beginners.
Tools: I edit in Descript, and CapCut and Submagic add captions fast.
Mistakes to avoid:
- Over-editing with effects makes videos tiring to watch.
- Missing deadlines loses creators who post on a schedule.
Start: a little money · Time: 5 to 15 hours a week · On camera: no · From anywhere: yes · Experience: some helps · Paid: weekly on Upwork, 10 days after each work week · Age: 18+ on Upwork
19. Clip videos with AI
You cut long videos into short clips for creators, paid per clip or per view on clipping programs. AI finds the best moments, and you pick the ones with a real hook.
It fits you if you watch a lot of one kind of content.
What it pays: a fee per clip, or pay per view on clipping programs. Clips are short-form video editing, and searches for short-form video editing grew 27% and Reels editing 57% on Fiverr in the six months to April 2026 (Fiverr). On Upwork, video editors typically charge $6 to $25 an hour (Upwork).
Watch: Daniel Bitton on how clipping pays.
Tools: OpusClip finds the moments, Submagic adds captions, and CapCut finishes the edit.
Mistakes to avoid:
- Posting a creator's clips without permission can get your account banned.
- Burying the hook in the middle of a clip loses viewers in the first seconds.
Start: free · Time: under 5 hours a week · On camera: no · From anywhere: yes · Experience: none needed · Paid: per clip or per view, by the creator
20. Dub videos into other languages with AI
You translate creators' and businesses' videos into other languages with AI dubbing that keeps the speaker's own voice. One video can reach a new audience in every language it's dubbed into.
It fits you if you speak two languages and can check that the dub sounds natural.
What it pays: a fee per video or per minute. On Upwork, translators typically charge $15 to $25 an hour, and the median is $20 (Upwork).
Watch: ElevenLabs translates a video into 90+ languages with its dubbing.
Tools: ElevenLabs dubs in the speaker's voice, and Descript helps with the edit.
Mistakes to avoid:
- Publishing a dub nobody fluent has checked puts mistakes in front of the new audience.
- Cloning a voice without the speaker's permission can get you sued.
Start: a little money · Time: under 5 hours a week · On camera: no · From anywhere: yes · Experience: some helps · Paid: weekly on Upwork, 10 days after each work week · Age: 18+ on Upwork
21. Create an AI influencer
You create a virtual person with AI and grow an audience around them on Instagram or TikTok. The money comes the same way it does for any creator: brand deals, creator programs and your own products.
It fits you if you can tell a consistent story and post every day.
What it pays: brand deals, platform creator programs and subscriptions.
Watch: Digital Income Project grows an AI influencer on Instagram to test what works.
Tools: Pykaso keeps the face the same in every photo, Higgsfield makes video, and ElevenLabs gives the character a voice.
Mistakes to avoid:
- Hiding that the influencer is AI breaks platform rules and the audience's trust.
- Copying a real person's face can get the account removed.
Start: a little money · Time: 5 to 15 hours a week · On camera: no · From anywhere: yes · Experience: some helps · Paid: monthly from platforms, and when brands pay
22. Post short videos made with AI
You post short videos on TikTok, Reels and YouTube Shorts, with AI helping with ideas, scripts and edits. You earn from creator programs, brand deals and affiliate links once you grow.
It fits you if you can post every day and learn from what gets watched.
What it pays: creator programs where you qualify, brand deals and affiliate links. TikTok's Creator Rewards Program pays for videos of at least 1 minute once you have 10,000 followers and 100,000 views in 30 days (TikTok), and YouTube pays 45% of your share of Shorts ads (YouTube).
Example: Jeff Rose made $42,035 from Facebook and Instagram payouts for his posts and reels in June 2026, and his video shows how he uses Claude for them.
Watch: Buzz on monetizing a faceless TikTok in seven days.
Tools: edit in CapCut, add captions with Submagic, and cut shorts from long videos with OpusClip. See what views pay with the TikTok money calculator.
Mistakes to avoid:
- Copying trends without a topic gets views but no audience.
- Relying on one platform's program puts all your income in its hands.
Start: free · Time: 5 to 15 hours a week · On camera: optional · From anywhere: yes · Experience: none needed · Paid: monthly on the 15th on TikTok, once you pass $50 · Age: 18+ for TikTok's rewards
Create for clients with AI
These seven ways sell creative work that AI speeds up: images, logos, thumbnails, words, translations and music. Clients still pay for taste, so the AI does the drafts and you make the calls.
23. Make AI images for brands
You make product photos, social posts and ad images for brands with AI, in their style and with their products. A photo shoot that took days becomes an afternoon of prompting and editing.
It fits you if you have an eye for style and like getting details right.
What it pays: a fee per image set or a monthly package. AI image generation and editing grew 95% on Upwork in 2025, by freelancer earnings (Upwork). On Upwork, graphic designers typically charge $15 to $35 an hour, and the median is $25 (Upwork).
Watch: Kevin Stratvert on making images with Google's Nano Banana.
Tools: I make images with ChatGPT and sharpen them with Magnific. Midjourney is another option, and Canva finishes the layout.
Mistakes to avoid:
- Changing a product's look in the image misleads buyers and gets returns.
- Skipping a final check misses odd hands, text and logos.
Start: a little money · Time: under 5 hours a week · On camera: no · From anywhere: yes · Experience: none needed · Paid: per set, or monthly
24. Design logos and brand kits with AI
You design logos, colors and brand kits for new businesses, with AI exploring dozens of directions before you refine the best one. Small businesses pay for a brand that looks professional on day one.
It fits you if you have an eye for design and can explain your choices.
What it pays: a fee per logo or brand kit. On Upwork, logo designers typically charge $15 to $30 an hour (Upwork).
Watch: Will Paterson on the AI tools used day to day as a brand designer.
Tools: explore ideas in Ideogram and Recraft, refine in Figma, and build the kit in Canva.
Mistakes to avoid:
- Delivering an AI logo without checking trademarks can land the client in a dispute.
- Handing over only a flat image leaves the client without files they can use.
Start: free · Time: under 5 hours a week · On camera: no · From anywhere: yes · Experience: some helps · Paid: weekly on Upwork, 10 days after each work week · Age: 18+ on Upwork
25. Design thumbnails with AI
You design YouTube thumbnails, the image that decides whether people click. AI makes the scenes and faces faster, and you bring the idea that makes someone curious.
It fits you if you watch a lot of YouTube and notice what makes you click.
What it pays: a fee per thumbnail or a monthly package. Searches for YouTube thumbnails grew 52% on Fiverr in the six months to April 2026 (Fiverr). On Upwork, graphic designers typically charge $15 to $35 an hour, and the median is $25 (Upwork).
Watch: Wes McDowell's new way to make YouTube thumbnails in minutes.
Tools: I make mine with ChatGPT and Higgsfield, and Canva adds the text.
Mistakes to avoid:
- Promising something the video doesn't deliver gets clicks but hurts the channel.
- Cramming in too much text makes thumbnails unreadable on a phone.
Start: free · Time: under 5 hours a week · On camera: no · From anywhere: yes · Experience: none needed · Paid: weekly on Upwork, 10 days after each work week · Age: 18+ on Upwork
26. Write for businesses with AI
You write blog posts, emails and social posts with AI, then edit them until they sound human and fit the brand. Businesses want more content than they can write, and they pay for drafts they can publish.
It fits you if you can make AI drafts sound like a real person.
What it pays: fees per piece or a monthly retainer. On Upwork, content writers typically charge $15 to $40 an hour, and the median is $25 (Upwork).
Watch: Sandeep Swadia on fixing writing that reads like AI.
Tools: draft with Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini or Grok, polish with Grammarly, and catch robotic phrasing with the AI slop checker.
Mistakes to avoid:
- Handing over unedited AI text gets you replaced by the AI.
- Charging per word rewards length instead of quality.
Start: free · Time: 5 to 15 hours a week · On camera: no · From anywhere: yes · Experience: some helps · Paid: weekly on Upwork, 10 days after each work week · Age: 18+ on Upwork
27. Translate and localize with AI
AI drafts the translation, and you make it right for the market: the tone, the idioms and the details a machine misses. Businesses selling abroad pay for words that sound local.
It fits you if you're fluent in two languages and know both cultures.
What it pays: a fee per word or per project. On Upwork, translators typically charge $15 to $25 an hour, and the median is $20 (Upwork). Employed interpreters and translators in the US earn a median of $60,170 a year (BLS, May 2025).
Tools: Gemini, ChatGPT, Claude or Grok for drafts, then Upwork and Fiverr for clients.
Mistakes to avoid:
- Delivering machine drafts as final work puts errors in front of your client's customers.
- Taking subjects you don't know, like legal or medical texts, risks costly mistakes.
Start: free · Time: under 5 hours a week · On camera: no · From anywhere: yes · Experience: some helps · Paid: weekly on Upwork, 10 days after each work week · Age: 18+ on Upwork
28. Write resumes with AI
You rewrite resumes and LinkedIn profiles for job seekers, with AI helping you match each one to the jobs they want. Each client is a short project, and happy clients send their friends.
It fits you if you know what hiring managers look for.
What it pays: a fee per resume or per package. On Upwork, resume writers typically charge $25 to $65 an hour, and the median is $42 (Upwork).
Watch: Teal on making a resume that stands out in 2026.
Tools: Claude for drafts, Grammarly to polish and Canva for the layout.
Mistakes to avoid:
- Using one template for everyone makes your clients look like every other applicant.
- Promising interviews sets you up for refunds, so promise a stronger resume instead.
Start: free · Time: under 5 hours a week · On camera: no · From anywhere: yes · Experience: none needed · Paid: weekly on Upwork, 10 days after each work week · Age: 18+ on Upwork
29. Make music with AI
AI music tools make full songs from your lyrics and a prompt. People pay for custom songs for birthdays and weddings, and businesses pay for background music.
It fits you if you write lyrics and have an ear.
What it pays: licensing, streaming and custom songs. On Upwork, music producers typically charge $30 to $65 an hour, and the median is $35 (Upwork).
Watch: MoneOnDaBeat's beginner tutorial for Suno.
Tools: Suno makes the songs. Read its terms for selling what it makes before you start.
Mistakes to avoid:
- Uploading raw AI songs to streaming services fills your profile with unfinished work.
- Ignoring each tool's commercial terms can cost you the rights to your songs.
Start: a little money · Time: under 5 hours a week · On camera: no · From anywhere: yes · Experience: none needed · Paid: per song for custom work
Build your own AI products
These ten ways build something you own and sell again and again. They start slower than client work, and the best ones can grow past any hourly rate.
30. Vibe code your own apps and tools
Vibe coding means building software by describing what you want in plain English, then letting an AI agent write, run and fix the code. You build a small app or tool that solves one problem for one kind of user, then charge a subscription, sell it once, or give it away to bring visitors to your business.
It fits you if you can stick with one product for a year.
What it pays: subscriptions or one-time sales of what you build, or the visitors and email sign-ups a free tool brings in. Across more than 115,000 subscription apps, the median new app made about $72 a month a year after launch, the top 10% made $2,500 or more, and 17.3% reached $1,000 a month within two years (RevenueCat).
Example: the 700+ free tools on this site are my own builds, vibe coded with Claude Code and Codex. Pieter Levels vibe coded fly.pieter.com, a flight game that runs in the browser, in February 2025, and he says it reached $1 million in annual recurring revenue in 17 days (levels.io).
Watch: Starter Story on how Connor Burd, 23, vibe coded an app in 14 days that makes $20,000 a month.
Tools: I build with Claude Code and Codex. Lovable, Bolt, Replit, Base44 and Vibecode build apps from a prompt, and Google AI Studio does it with Gemini. Take payments with Stripe.
Mistakes to avoid:
- Building every feature before launch delays the first sale by months.
- Launching to no one means no users, so build an audience while you build.
- Pasting API keys into a page's code lets anyone who opens the page copy them, so keep keys on the server.
Start: a little money · Time: more than 15 hours a week · On camera: no · From anywhere: yes · Experience: none needed · Paid: every business day through Stripe · Age: 13+ on Stripe, with an adult on the account under 18
31. Build browser extensions with AI
You build small Chrome extensions that fix one annoyance, then sell them once or monthly. AI coding tools make small extensions quick to build and update.
It fits you if you can build small tools and notice what bugs people.
What it pays: one-time sales or subscriptions. On Upwork, Chrome extension developers typically charge $25 to $41 an hour, and the median is $30 (Upwork).
Watch: Paul J Lipsky builds Chrome extensions with Claude, no coding needed.
Tools: Claude Code to build it, and Stripe to charge.
Mistakes to avoid:
- Asking for too many permissions scares users away at install.
- Giving everything away for free leaves no reason to upgrade.
Start: free · Time: 5 to 15 hours a week · On camera: no · From anywhere: yes · Experience: some helps · Paid: every business day through Stripe · Age: 13+ on Stripe, with an adult on the account under 18
32. Build mobile apps with AI
You build mobile apps for clients, or your own with subscriptions, with AI writing most of the code. A simple app can now be ready to test much sooner.
It fits you if you can build, with AI's help, and you're patient with app store reviews.
What it pays: client fees, or subscriptions and in-app purchases. On Upwork, mobile app developers typically charge $18 to $39 an hour, and the median is $27 (Upwork).
Watch: Tech With Tim's full Claude Code tutorial for beginners.
Tools: Claude Code, Cursor and Replit, and Vibecode builds mobile apps from a prompt.
Mistakes to avoid:
- Adding too many features delays the launch and confuses users.
- Skipping an upkeep plan leaves the app broken after the next phone update.
Start: a little money · Time: more than 15 hours a week · On camera: no · From anywhere: yes · Experience: some helps · Paid: weekly on Upwork, 10 days after each work week · Age: 18+ on Upwork
33. Build an AI tools directory
A directory lists and reviews the AI tools in one niche, so people find the right tool fast. It earns from tools paying to be featured, from sponsors and from affiliate commissions on the tools you list.
It fits you if you try new tools all the time and like organizing information.
What it pays: featured listings, sponsors and affiliate commissions from the tools you list.
Example: my own AI tools hub reviews 267 AI tools.
Watch: Frey Chu on five young directory sites that already make money.
Tools: build it with Claude Code, and find each tool's program with the affiliate program finder.
Mistakes to avoid:
- Listing tools you've never tried makes the directory one more copy of the others.
- Letting paid listings outrank honest reviews costs you the readers' trust.
Start: free · Time: 5 to 15 hours a week · On camera: no · From anywhere: yes · Experience: some helps · Paid: monthly from affiliate programs and sponsors
34. Sell digital products made with AI
You make templates, guides, planners, photo presets or video LUTs once with AI's help, and sell them again and again. There's nothing to ship, so each extra sale costs you almost nothing.
It fits you if you can save people time on something they do often.
What it pays: one-time sales on your site or a marketplace. Gumroad keeps 10% plus $0.50 of each sale you bring in yourself, and 30% of sales from its own marketplace (Gumroad).
Example: Maria Wendt makes about $1 million a month from her digital products, in 2026.
Watch: Yale Jeannette's full masterclass on selling digital products on Etsy.
Tools: sell on ThriveCart, which I used for years, or on Stan Store, Eden, Whop, Gumroad or Lemon Squeezy. Find what to make with the digital product idea generator.
Mistakes to avoid:
- Building a big product first delays your first sale by months.
- Launching with no audience means no one sees it, so build a small list first.
Start: free · Time: under 5 hours a week · On camera: no · From anywhere: yes · Experience: some helps · Paid: every business day through Stripe · Age: 13+ on Stripe, with an adult on the account under 18
35. Sell Notion templates built with AI
You build Notion templates for one job, like planning content or running a small business, with AI helping you design and write them. People pay for a system they can use the same day.
It fits you if you've built a Notion system you use every day.
What it pays: a price per template that you set. Gumroad keeps 10% plus $0.50 of each sale you bring in yourself (Gumroad).
Watch: Money With Mak makes Notion templates with Claude and sells them on Etsy.
Tools: build in Notion with Claude to help, and sell on Gumroad or Lemon Squeezy.
Mistakes to avoid:
- A template that tries to do everything overwhelms buyers.
- Skipping the setup guide brings refund requests.
Start: free · Time: under 5 hours a week · On camera: no · From anywhere: yes · Experience: some helps · Paid: every business day through Stripe · Age: 13+ on Stripe, with an adult on the account under 18
36. Sell printables made with AI
You make printable planners, worksheets and wall art with AI and sell them as downloads on Etsy. They sell again and again, with nothing to ship.
It fits you if you like simple design and can find what buyers search for.
What it pays: a price per download that you set, minus Etsy's $0.20 listing fee, 6.5% of each sale and payment processing (Etsy).
Watch: Lauren Keys tries selling printable planners made with ChatGPT.
Tools: design in Canva with images from Ideogram, and sell on Etsy. See what you keep with the Etsy fee calculator.
Mistakes to avoid:
- Copying another shop's designs gets listings removed.
- Listing one product and waiting gives Etsy too little to show buyers.
Start: free · Time: under 5 hours a week · On camera: no · From anywhere: yes · Experience: none needed · Paid: weekly on Etsy by default · Age: 18+ on Etsy, or 13 to 17 through a parent's account
37. Publish coloring books and journals with AI
You publish coloring books, journals and planners on Amazon KDP, with AI making the illustrations and prompts. Amazon prints and ships each copy, and you earn a royalty on every sale.
It fits you if you like simple design and can find niches buyers search for.
What it pays: royalties on each copy. Amazon KDP pays 60% of a paperback's list price at $9.99 or more, minus the printing cost: a $15 book that costs $5 to print earns $4 (Amazon KDP). Royalties arrive about 60 days after the end of the month of the sale (Amazon KDP).
Example: John Lee Dumas made $3,411 from The Freedom Journal and his other journals in January 2024.
Watch: Rachel Harrison-Sund on five bestselling low-content books on Amazon KDP.
Tools: illustrate with Midjourney, lay it out in Canva, and publish on Amazon KDP. Check your royalty with the KDP royalty calculator.
Mistakes to avoid:
- Copying other books' covers can get your account closed.
- Publishing one title only gives you one chance to sell.
Start: free · Time: under 5 hours a week · On camera: no · From anywhere: yes · Experience: none needed · Paid: monthly, about 60 days after each month on KDP
38. Write and publish books with AI
You write nonfiction or fiction books with AI helping with research, outlines and first drafts, then publish them on Amazon. Your voice and your edits are what make readers come back for the next book.
It fits you if you have something to teach or a story to tell.
What it pays: royalties from each copy sold. Amazon KDP pays 35% or 70% of an ebook's price (Amazon KDP) and 60% of a paperback's list price at $9.99 or more, minus printing (Amazon KDP).
Watch: Bookfox on the hard truths of publishing a first book.
Tools: outline and draft with Claude, edit with Grammarly, and publish on Amazon KDP. See what each copy pays with the book royalty calculator.
Mistakes to avoid:
- Publishing unedited AI text earns bad reviews that sink the book.
- Skipping Amazon's AI disclosure question when you publish breaks its rules.
Start: free · Time: 5 to 15 hours a week · On camera: no · From anywhere: yes · Experience: none needed · Paid: monthly, about 60 days after each month on KDP
39. Sell AI art prints and merch
You create art with AI and sell it as prints, posters and products, with print-on-demand companies making and shipping each order. Your style is the product, so pick one and stick with it.
It fits you if you have a strong sense of style.
What it pays: sales of prints, products and design packs. AI image generation and editing grew 95% on Upwork in 2025 (Upwork). On Upwork, illustrators typically charge $15 to $30 an hour, and the median is $25 (Upwork).
Watch: Roboverse on how to start selling AI art.
Tools: create in Midjourney or Ideogram, upscale with Magnific, and print with Printful. Check your margin with the print on demand profit calculator.
Mistakes to avoid:
- Using artists' names in prompts to copy their style invites complaints and takedowns.
- Printing without upscaling shows every flaw on paper.
Start: free · Time: under 5 hours a week · On camera: no · From anywhere: yes · Experience: none needed · Paid: weekly on Etsy by default · Age: 18+ on Etsy, or 13 to 17 through a parent's account
Teach and grow an audience with AI
These five ways build an audience that pays you again and again. AI does the research, drafts and edits, and you bring the voice people come back for.
40. Sell a course about AI
You teach people how to use AI for one result, like automating a job or making videos, and sell it as a course. A course turns what you know into a product you sell again and again.
It fits you if you've used AI to get a result others want.
What it pays: course sales, bundles and payment plans.
Example: Justin Welsh made $1.6 million from The Creator MBA in its first six days, in January 2024 (his breakdown). My own course, Virtual Summit Mastery, made well over $1 million before I sold it.
Watch: Danie Jay on creating an online course that sells.
Tools: host and sell it with ThriveCart, record with Riverside, and read my guide on how to create an online course.
Mistakes to avoid:
- Teaching tools instead of a result dates the course within months.
- Recording the course before anyone buys risks months on something no one wants.
Start: a little money · Time: 5 to 15 hours a week · On camera: optional · From anywhere: yes · Experience: real expertise · Paid: every business day through Stripe · Age: 13+ on Stripe, with an adult on the account under 18
41. Write an AI newsletter
You write one email a week about AI for one kind of reader, like marketers or teachers, and earn from sponsors, paid subscriptions and your own products. Your email list is an audience no platform can take away.
It fits you if you try new AI tools every week and can explain what matters.
What it pays: sponsors, paid subscriptions, affiliate links and your own products. On Substack, writers keep 90% of paid subscriptions, minus card fees (Substack).
Example: Justin Welsh made $795,000 from sponsors in his weekly newsletter since 2019 (his breakdown).
Watch: Chris Koerner on the easiest way to build a local newsletter.
Tools: send with Kit or beehiiv, and research each issue with Perplexity and Claude.
Mistakes to avoid:
- Summarizing the same AI news as everyone else gives readers no reason to stay.
- Selling sponsors before readers trust you can shrink the list.
Start: free · Time: under 5 hours a week · On camera: no · From anywhere: yes · Experience: none needed · Paid: through Stripe for paid subscriptions · Age: 13+ on Stripe, with an adult on the account under 18
42. Blog with AI
You write posts that answer what people search for, with AI helping you research and draft, and earn from ads, affiliate links and your own products. Posts that rank can bring readers for years.
It fits you if you like writing and research.
What it pays: display ads, affiliate links, sponsored posts and your own products.
My business started with a blog in 2013, and I write with RightBlogger now.
Watch: She Dreams All Day on starting a blog in 2026, and whether it's too late.
Tools: RightBlogger and Ahrefs, and my guides on how to start a blog and how to make money blogging.
Mistakes to avoid:
- Publishing AI posts with nothing of your own in them gives Google and readers no reason to pick yours.
- Skipping an email list leaves you with readers you can't reach again.
Start: a little money · Time: 5 to 15 hours a week · On camera: no · From anywhere: yes · Experience: none needed · Paid: monthly, by each ad network and affiliate program
43. Earn commissions on AI tools
You review and recommend the AI tools you use, and earn a commission when people sign up through your link. Many AI tools pay a share of each subscription for as long as the customer stays.
It fits you if you try new tools all the time and can say honestly which ones are worth it.
What it pays: a commission per sale or sign-up. Amazon Associates pays up to 10% of each sale, depending on the category (Amazon), about 60 days after the end of the month (Amazon). My biggest affiliate month came from a course, not Amazon: around $40,000 as Ramit Sethi's #1 affiliate for Zero to Launch.
Example: Maria Wendt makes $11,000 a month from affiliate links, in 2026.
Watch: Greg Gottfried's beginner tutorial for Amazon affiliate marketing.
Tools: find programs with the affiliate program finder, and work out what a promotion pays with the affiliate commission calculator.
Mistakes to avoid:
- Promoting tools you haven't tried costs you your readers' trust.
- Hiding commissions breaks the FTC's disclosure rules (FTC).
Start: free · Time: under 5 hours a week · On camera: no · From anywhere: yes · Experience: none needed · Paid: monthly, about 60 days after each month on Amazon
44. Start a podcast with AI tools
You start a podcast and let AI handle the slow parts: show notes, clips, titles and cleanup. You earn from sponsors, listener support and your own offers as the show grows.
It fits you if you like conversations and can publish on a schedule.
What it pays: sponsors, listener support, premium episodes and your own offers. Spotify's Partner Program pays 50% of the ad revenue from its ads in your episodes, once your show reaches 2,000 hours listened and 1,000 listeners in 30 days (Spotify).
Watch: Think Media on what they'd do if they started a podcast in 2026.
Tools: I record in Riverside and edit in Descript, and OpusClip cuts the clips. Read my guide on how to make money podcasting.
Mistakes to avoid:
- Quitting after a few episodes stops the show before it can find listeners.
- Skipping clips leaves your best moments where nobody finds them.
Start: a little money · Time: 5 to 15 hours a week · On camera: optional · From anywhere: yes · Experience: none needed · Paid: when sponsors pay
Get paid to train AI
AI companies pay people to teach their models: writing answers, checking responses and grading what the AI gets wrong.
45. Train AI models
You review and write responses that teach AI models to answer better, on platforms that pay by the hour. Experts in coding, math, law or medicine earn the most.
It fits you if you write carefully and know a subject well.
What it pays: pay per hour. DataAnnotation lists $25 to $50 an hour for generalists and $40 to $150+ an hour for coders and other experts (DataAnnotation). Demand is real: freelancer earnings from AI data annotation and labeling grew 154% on Upwork in 2025 (Upwork).
Watch: Justin Bryant checks whether DataAnnotation's AI jobs are legit.
Tools: the platforms themselves, and the remote jobs finder for more openings.
Mistakes to avoid:
- Paying a fee to "unlock" AI training work is a scam sign, because legit platforms don't charge you to join.
- Rushing tasks gets you removed from projects.
Start: free · Time: under 5 hours a week · On camera: no · From anywhere: yes · Experience: some helps
Can AI make you passive income?
AI can help you build things that keep paying, like digital products, templates, books and content, but the AI doesn't make the income passive. You still build the product, find the buyers and keep it up to date.
The ways in this guide that come closest are the products and the content: you do the work once, and it can pay for a long time. My guide to 40 passive income ideas rates how passive each one really is.
The AI tools I use myself
These are the AI tools I use in my own business, with my rating for each:
Claude Code- What I use it for
- I build my apps, my AI OS and the 700+ free tools on this site with it
- My rating
- 5 out of 5
Claude- What I use it for
- Writing, research and thinking through plans
- My rating
- 4.5 out of 5
ChatGPT- What I use it for
- Images and quick answers
- My rating
- 4.5 out of 5
Gemini- What I use it for
- NotebookLM and Google's image and video models
- My rating
- 4.5 out of 5
Notion- What I use it for
- Organizing ideas and projects
- My rating
- 4.8 out of 5
ElevenLabs- What I use it for
- My cloned voice
- My rating
- 4.8 out of 5
Canva- What I use it for
- Graphics and templates
- My rating
- 4.5 out of 5
Riverside- What I use it for
- Recording interviews
- My rating
- 4.5 out of 5
Descript- What I use it for
- Editing my recordings
- My rating
- 4 out of 5
RightBlogger- What I use it for
- SEO-friendly blog posts
- My rating
- 4.5 out of 5
Every tool here has a full review in my AI tools hub, and my 10 biggest AI lessons cover the mindset behind using them.
How to start making money with AI this week
Here's the plan I'd follow if I were starting today:
AI money scams to avoid
AI is the new favorite word in money scams:
The FTC banned the owner of FBA Machine, formerly Passive Scaling, from selling business opportunities after it falsely guaranteed income from online stores using AI-powered software (FTC, July 2025). Walk away from any of these:
- An "AI income system" that promises money for no work is selling you the system, not the income.
- A "done-for-you" AI store or channel that you pay someone else to run puts your money at their mercy.
- A trading bot that promises steady AI profits can lose your money faster than any market.
- A course that's mostly a pitch for the next, more expensive course earns money for the seller, not you.
If an AI money offer asks you to pay before you see real results from people you can check, walk away.
FAQs about making money with AI
Answers to the questions people ask most about making money with AI.
Yes, people make money with AI every day, mostly by selling AI skills to businesses or by building products and content with AI's help.
On Upwork, freelancer earnings for AI video grew 329% in 2025, and for AI integration 178%.
The AI doesn't earn for you, so you still need buyers, a skill and steady work.
The easiest start is selling a skill you already have, done faster with AI, like writing, design or editing.
AI image packs, AI clips and simple chatbots also start free and need little experience.
Start with one small paid project before you build anything bigger.
AI building pays the most per hour: on Upwork, AI developers charge a median of $90 an hour, and AI engineers $50.
AI consulting, AI agents and AI automations also pay well, because they save businesses real money.
AI video is the fastest-growing AI skill on Upwork, up 329% in freelancer earnings in 2025.
You don't need to be a coder.
Tools like Claude Code, n8n, Canva and HeyGen do most of the technical work from plain-English instructions.
What you need is judgment: knowing what a business needs and checking that the AI got it right.
It depends on the way you pick and the hours you put in.
On Upwork, business consultants charge a median of $55 an hour and chatbot developers $45, while products and content can grow past any hourly rate.
Bankrate found the median side hustle brings in $200 a month, so plan to start small and grow.
AI can help you build things that keep paying, like digital products, templates, books and content.
The income isn't passive at the start, because you still build the product and find the buyers.
My guide to 40 passive income ideas rates how passive each one really is.
Most ways need one AI assistant, like Claude or ChatGPT, plus one tool for the work itself, like Canva for design or HeyGen for avatars.
Many start free, so you can test a way before you pay for anything.
My AI tools hub reviews 267 tools if you want to compare them.
AI is changing what clients pay for, not replacing the people who use it well.
Upwork found that 77% of business leaders say AI increases their need for specialized, fractional talent.
Freelancers who use AI to deliver faster and better are the ones winning the work.
Start with people you know, then post samples where your buyers already are, like LinkedIn, Upwork or Fiverr.
Searches for Claude Code specialists grew 938% on Fiverr in six months, so the demand is there.
A free audit or a working demo makes the first sale easier.
Some are, and the warning signs are promises of income for no work, done-for-you stores and trading bots.
The FTC banned the owner of FBA Machine from selling business opportunities after it falsely guaranteed income from AI-powered stores.
Check real results from people you can verify before you pay for anything.
In most places you can sell what you make with AI, but each tool's terms decide your rights to the output.
Amazon KDP asks you to disclose AI-generated content, and ad platforms have their own labeling rules.
Never use someone's face, voice or brand without written permission.
Yes, I update this guide as AI tools and the ways to earn with them change.
Every figure has its source, and each way's video and examples are from the last two years.
Bookmark it and check back.
Final thoughts on making money with AI
There are 45 ways to make money with AI in this guide, and the best one is the one that builds on what you already know. AI makes the work faster, but it still takes your judgment, your taste and your effort to get paid.
Pick one way, use AI to do it well for yourself first, and then sell it. That's how I've used AI in my own business, and it's the fastest path I know.
Keep reading:
- 108 ways to make money online
- 50 best online side hustles
- 40 passive income ideas
- How to build an AI operating system
- How to build an AI voice agent
Your next step: pick one way from this list and make your first sample this week. And if this guide helped, DM me on X or Instagram and tell me which way you picked.
Navid Moazzez
AI business strategist
Navid Moazzez helps creators and founders master AI and build their own AI Operating System (AI OS) to automate their business and life.
Navid.me is reader-supported. When you buy through links on this site, I may earn an affiliate commission. Read the affiliate disclaimer.
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