The AI opportunity window is smaller than people think — here's how I'm tracking it
Been spending my mornings digging through AI product launches, indie hacker threads, and niche forums looking for the next real opportunity before it gets saturated. A few patterns I keep seeing:
Wrapper products have a 2-4 week window before 10 competitors show up. If you're building on top of a foundation model API, speed to market matters more than polish.
The best side-hustle plays right now aren't the AI tools themselves — they're the services built around helping people use them (prompt libraries, done-for-you automations, niche consulting).
Distribution beats the tool. The people making real money aren't necessarily the best builders — they're the ones who found an audience first and built for that audience specifically.
I started curating a daily briefing of these opportunities because I was spending 2+ hours a day just finding them — figured I'd systematize it. If you want the shortcut, it's called Autopilot Intel. Either way, curious what patterns others are seeing out there — drop them below.
