“The secret of getting ahead is getting started.”
Everyone Is Prompting AI: I’m Building Real Products
By now, I may sound like a broken record — but hear me out.
The AI bubble is going to burst.
Maybe not today.
Maybe not this year.
But it's coming.
You want proof?
Allbirds, a minimalist sneaker brand announced they're dropping shoes altogether.
They're becoming an 'AI compute and cloud services company.
They rebranded as NewBird AI.
Their stock jumped over 800% in a single day.
Let that sink in.
A shoe company's stock jumps 800% because they put "AI" in the name.
Get this...
Back in the day, you could write an eBook, price it at $7, and build a real funnel off of it.
Low ticket item, then upsell into coaching or a course. It worked.
Now? That digital product you spent weeks on?
Someone generates the same thing in 20 minutes with ChatGPT.
Amazon had to restrict how many books one author can upload and update per day.
AI content is flooding the marketplace with Low-content books.
Garbage wrapped in a cover, priced at $1, running ads to thousands of buyers.
Nobody cares. It's a numbers game to them.
Here's the thing though...
That's exactly why I'm not panicking.
That's why I'm doubling down on something different.
I've been saying this for a while: the people who win in this next chapter won't be the ones who prompt the hardest.
They'll be the ones who build things that can't easily be copied.
Things that are tangible.
Things that take skill, craftsmanship, and a human behind them.
My patent-pending "secondhand smoke device" prototype is almost done.
Physical product. Real problem. Real solution.
Yes, AI research helped me build it faster.
But it can't replace the engineering, the iteration, the late night 3D printing.
But wait, there's more...
Meet TEPA.
The desk companion that feels alive.
TEPA sits on your desk, reacts to your music, turns toward your voice, and quietly keeps you in flow. Not an app. Not a notification. A presence.
I'm coding it, designing the body, and printing it on my machine. The software will live on GitHub — free and open source.
Because giving away real value pays dividends. YouTube taught me that.
Here's the three-pillar model I'm building around it:
Pillar 1 — Open Source: The code lives on GitHub. Free. Use it, build on it, contribute to it. That's the front door.
Pillar 2 — Community: Want the 3D print files to make your own TEPA? Come join my Skool community. That's where the real assets live and that's where the people who know, like, and trust me gather.
Pillar 3 — Done-for-You Kits: Don't want to print anything? Don't want to dig into code? I'll have 25–40 kits ready to ship. Everything included. You learn by doing, not just by watching.
This is how I'm building my brand(s).
Distribution. Community...Things that are real.
Remember this…
During the gold rush, it wasn't the miners who got rich.
It was the ones who built and sold the tools.
AI is your tool. Use it to build something real.
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❤ Rudy
💡 TP’s Marketing Lesson
Selling Digital Products is DEAD - Do THIS instead!
Tim Luong argues that traditional digital product sales are outdated due to AI and market skepticism. To succeed in 2026, he recommends five principles:
Start High-Ticket: Build hands-on, premium offers first to gain deep customer insights.
Prioritize Results: Move beyond selling information to focus on implementation and access.
Compound Content: Bridge paid and organic traffic via an email list.
Engineer Micro-Wins: Build early successes into your product to create immediate social proof.
Niche Down: Target specific audiences to stand out.
🎨 TP’s Inspired AI Art
PROMPT: an aerial land art composition where soil, grass, and terrain contours form a monumental human face
Organic Face - Leonardo.ai
🤖 TP’s AI Tool of the Week
AI News: Huge Updates From Anthropic, OpenAI and Google
Matt breaks down the biggest AI drops of the week. OpenAI upgraded Codex into a more powerful agentic app. Anthropic dropped Claude Opus 4.7 (built for coding). Google expanded Gemini to Windows and Mac and launched a new text-to-speech model. Perplexity revealed its own personal computer. And Alibaba and MiniMax both released new open-source models. The race is moving fast.
Thank you for taking the time to read today's TechPreneur Newsletter. I hope the information was helpful and inspiring. As always, I'm here to support you in your business journey, so please don't hesitate to reach out to me via all my links. Keep striving for success!
Until next time!
~Rudy
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