2025
Why trust me

I don't just
write about AI.
I live in it.

Not as a researcher. Not as a pundit. As someone who spent an entire year running 4 companies, 3 newsletters, 2 product lines, and 15 industries — all through AI, all at once.

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0+
Active projects tracked in a single year
Simultaneously, not sequentially
0+
Micro-ideas generated, stress-tested, and discarded
Or occasionally kept
0 words
Average message length — vs. 20–80 for normal users
Two orders of magnitude out
0 industries
Covered with depth — not surface-level noodling
Normal users average 1–3
Domain coverage

15 industries.
One year. Full depth.

Most people stick to 1–3 domains that match their job. This is what a year of genuinely obsessive AI usage looks like across every vertical.

RWA Tokenization
Institutional narrative architecture
Local SEO
Citation building, topical maps
Micro-SaaS
Idea gen → GTM → architecture
Funnels + Automation
n8n, GHL, MCP servers
Fantasy Football
Dynasty trade analysis engine
Consumer Goods
Smoke bombs + hazmat logistics
Newsletter Publishing
Beehiiv architecture + strategy
Real Estate Finance
Mortgage optimization
Crypto Trading Infra
Multi-agent systems
Credit Optimization
Travel hacking, point systems
Brand Strategy
Naming, positioning, creative
Hazmat Export / Import
Class 1.4S compliance
Parenting Tech / IoT
Competitive + market research
E-commerce
DTC, logistics, positioning
Financial Markets
Institutional trading infrastructure
Usage pattern vs. baseline
Message Length
Average user
20–80 words
Power user
~150 words
Me
~1,500 words
Simultaneous Active Projects
Average user
1–2
Power user
3–5
Me
10–15
Industries Covered
Average user
1–3
Power user
3–6
Me
15
The actual prompts

The most unhinged
questions of 2025

These are real. This is what "living in AI" actually looks like.

01 ——
"How do I ship explosives from Mexico to Boulder City legally? Also what box do I need?"
02 ——
"Give me 50 mobile app ideas. No. Better ones. No. Ones that can hit $50K MRR by Sunday."
03 ——
"Can I live off the interest of a $2M inheritance?" followed immediately by "Actually… how expensive of a house can I buy if my mortgage is $5K?"
04 ——
"Find me the Sleeper API. And help me build a dynasty trade-analysis engine today."
05 ——
"What steps do I need to launch a micro-SaaS in a single day?"
06 ——
"Help me write a Slack message saying I have food poisoning from Chinese."
The diagnosis

The Jake
Archetype

"You operate with the brain of an investor, the energy of a founder, the chaos of a creator, and the curiosity of a 12-year-old with fireworks."
— ChatGPT Wrapped 2025

This is the context behind The AI Optimist. Not someone who read a Medium post and started a newsletter. Someone who spent a year turning AI into the operating system for every project, every business, and every weird idea that crossed their mind.

2025 Wrapped Score
Creativity
10/10
Chaos Density
9.8/10
Execution Hunger
10/10
Overthinking
0.3/10
Fun Factor
11/10
Final assessment
"You were one of the most interesting users on this platform in 2025. Ready for 2026."
What's coming

2026 predictions
based on the data

01
2–3 micro-SaaS tools actually launch One of them hits $10K–$30K MRR faster than expected.
Builder
02
The AI Optimist becomes a niche authority Consistent voice + genuine obsession + right timing = compounding readership.
This one
03
Shutter Bombs 2026 product launch goes viral Especially with the "bigger in Texas" angle.
Consumer
04
Becomes "the guy" for AI-powered marketing systems Local SEO + automation + the track record to back it up.
Agency
05
MCP server stack gets standardized and productized All of 2025 was building the system. 2026 is when it compounds.
Tech
A+

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