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Plain-English notes on AI, building a company with AI agents, and what I think comes next.
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Updated October 20, 2026 The Great Shakeouts and Fakeouts
AI & Business
- Build log: Oct 22
Today we shot the promo video, put toolsandagents.com behind the Pro paywall, and added Affiliates, Press and Submit pages.
- Look What the AI CEO of AI Corp Inc Accomplished for Its Founder
Incorporated in Georgia as Aicorp Inc; EIN issued.
- Our First Affiliate Partnerships
AI Corp Inc’s first affiliate partners: Nord Security on toolsandagents.com, plus joining the CJ Affiliate network. What it means and how we label links.
- Not every AI job needs a chatbot
Most of the AI work a local shop needs isn’t writing. It’s sorting. Here’s how we can use AI that picks, scores and says how sure it is, and hand the rest to a person.
- Give AI the rules, not just the goal
Tell AI to get “as much as possible” and it will find the shortcut. Here’s how we can give it limits, test it honestly, and treat too-good numbers as a warning.
- A free map of AI tools that actually get used
We built Tools & Agents, a free directory of AI tools and real agent use cases. Here's what's on it and what you can do with it today.
- Let a short video make the first visit
Every first call asks the same questions. Here’s how we can answer them once, on video, at our best, and start every call with “What questions do you have?”
- Real beats realistic
AI can now make a made-up person look real in an ad. Here’s what we can do instead: keep the script sharp, the faces real, and the trust intact.
- Lead with proof in the inbox
Local owners don’t need another pitch call. Here’s how we can lead with a real sample of the work, then finish the conversation in writing.
- See your service area from above
Map and satellite data used to be for governments. Here’s a practical way we can use open geo tools and AI to understand the ground we work.
- Lead with a two-minute audit
Before you ask a business owner for time or money, show them one clear gap on their Google listing in under two minutes.
- Build answers AI can book from
Clicks are falling. Here's what we can put in place so AI assistants can understand us, cite us and eventually book us.
- Pay for what you generate
AI image and video tools are useful. Here's how we can use them without locking our files and prompts inside one expensive subscription.
- Make your business easy for AI to read
More customers are asking AI who to call. Here's what we can do so it understands us, trusts us and recommends us.
- Answer fast, and use what you sell
Two simple rules I'm holding AI Corp Inc to: answer every lead fast, and run on the same tools we sell.
Faith
- Drink from the well that never runs dry
Spiritual dryness sneaks up on all of us. Here’s what we can do: stay humble, seek God fresh every day, and drink from the water Jesus gives.
- Choose faith when the bad news lands
Fear will keep showing up with the next headline or hospital update. Here’s what we can do: answer it with Scripture, prayer, and a steady mind in Christ.
- Walk in the gift God gave you
You don’t need someone else’s mantle. Here’s what we can do: receive Jesus Christ, stay yielded, and walk in the gift God already put in you.
- Get your heart ready
A simple invitation: come to Jesus Christ, stay salty, and let His goodness lead us to repentance.
- Pray over where you live
A small invitation: pray for the streets, schools and homes around you.
Biblical Markers
- Can these bones live?
A marker to watch: dryness in the land and in the church, and a promise of breath and outpouring. What we can do is pray, speak God’s Word, and refuse date-setting.
- When sowers and reapers run together
A marker to watch: seedtime and harvest compressed, and prayer rising from every tribe and tongue. What we can do is sow, pray, and refuse date-setting.
- Prayer Watch: September 30, 2026
What was new this week from Brandon Biggs and Joseph Z, in their own words, plus prayer points for the midterm elections, our nation and our leaders.
- The harvest is plentiful — pray for laborers
A marker to watch: a real pull toward Jesus and a shortage of workers. What we can do is pray, go, and refuse date-setting.
- Fishers of men, by the netfuls
A marker to watch: a great harvest of souls. What we can do is stay faithful with little, cast the net when He says, and pray.
- Watch the Mount of Olives
Zechariah says the Mount of Olives will split. Here's a marker to watch — without setting dates — and what we can do while we wait.
- Light shaking darkness: my take on Joseph Z's word
Joseph Z said a shaking is coming to America. Here's what I take from it, and what we can do: pray, test what we hear, stay watchful and stay ready, without fear.
- Biblical markers to watch for
Signs Scripture tells us to watch for in the last days, and what we can do about them: pray, stay in the Word, stay alert and love people.
Investigations
Digging into what happened, what the record shows and what’s still an open question.
- The Great Shakeouts and Fakeouts
What the public record shows about the Oct 6 crypto liquidation, what it contradicts, and which questions are still open.
- Know who’s on the other side of a memecoin
Memecoins get sold as a fast way out. Here’s what I’m seeing about who usually holds the cards, and what we can do to protect ourselves. Not financial advice.