How to Use AI to Build a business

Ai will not replace you , the people using it will

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Alias Jibril
July 24, 2025

How to Use AI to Build a Business

I won’t lie — when AI first came out, it caught me completely off guard.

At first, I was scared.

I knew it would replace some people.

I knew certain products would become obsolete.

I even thought learning itself might become useless.

Because suddenly, we had access to almost every piece of information we could ever need.

So, I decided to step back and observe for 6 months — to understand how this thing really works and how to use it wisely.

And here’s what I realized:

AI won’t replace me — it will help me.

AI helps me learn faster.

AI helps me build faster.

But here’s the catch: Not everyone will start a business just because they have access to AI.

We all had Google — but not everyone used it to build something meaningful.

So unless you’re truly ready to build, AI won’t magically do anything for you.

The best way to use AI in your business is to let it handle the parts you don’t enjoy — the ones slowing you down.

In my YouTube business, I love being on camera. I love talking and teaching. That’s my thing.

But editing? Writing full scripts? That’s where I lose momentum.

So I use AI to handle that part.

I give it my rough thoughts, my bullet points, or even a messy voice note — and it transforms that into a structured script or video editing guide. It saves me hours. And more importantly, it saves me from procrastinating on the parts I don’t enjoy.

That’s how you build with AI: you keep your human touch on what matters most to you, and you delegate the rest to the machine.

Another example: in my newsletter business, I love writing. But I don’t enjoy formatting emails, designing headers, or repurposing content for Instagram.

So I trained AI on my tone and style, and now it drafts tweets, carousels, and captions that feel like me. All I do is tweak and approve.

Here’s what you need to understand:

AI won’t give you a shortcut to your dream. But it will remove the things that slow you down. It’s a tool for leverage — not a substitute for discipline.

The businesses that will win in this AI era won’t be the ones that automate everything. They’ll be the ones that know what not to automate — and focus their energy on the things only humans do best: storytelling, connection, vision.

So if you’re asking how to use AI to build a business, here’s the real answer:

Use AI to get out of your own way. Start with what slows you down. Delegate the boring. Double down on what makes you come alive.

That’s how you build — faster, freer, and with way more fun.