Been building AI-powered income streams for a while now and I keep seeing people chase the wrong things. Quick breakdown of what's actually working right now:

✅ WORKING:

• AI-assisted content production (repurposing long-form into 20 clips/posts) — agencies are paying $500-2k/mo for this as a service

• Micro-SaaS wrappers around a single AI use case (one job, done well, priced $9-49/mo)

• Done-for-you automation setups (n8n/Zapier + AI) for local businesses — $300-1000 per build

❌ NOT WORKING (anymore):

• Generic 'AI writes your blog' tools — market is flooded, margins are gone

• Reselling ChatGPT wrappers with no real workflow behind them

• Prompt PDFs / 'prompt packs' as standalone products — people expect these free now

The pattern: the winners wrap AI around a specific, painful workflow for a specific buyer. The losers sell 'AI' as the whole product.

If you're starting from zero, pick ONE narrow workflow, find 5 people who'd pay for it solved, and build for them first — not the market.