{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Build With AI","title":"# 173 The $5K AI offer that costs $9 to fulfill (how to build and sell it)","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2753,"description":"LIMITED bonus from Hyperagent: First 1,000 people get $1,000 in free Hyperagent credits. Claim yours: https://www.hyperagent.com/coreyI brought on Alex McDonnell from HyperAgent, which is the new agentic platform built by the team at Airtable, and we walked through a full business model for selling AI services to local brick-and-mortar businesses. The play is simple: use agents to find businesses with great reviews but terrible or nonexistent websites, have HyperAgent build them a new site automatically, then lead with that as a free tripwire offer. We go deep on the real upsell, which is revenue-driving systems like speed to quote tools for landscapers and mechanics that close deals faster. By the end of this episode, you'll have a complete offer structure you can take to any local business owner this week.Join our AI Operator Academy Community where we help entrepreneurs start and scale a profitable AI services business: https://www.skool.com/aioperatoracademy/aboutTimestamps 00:00 – Intro00:43 – What HyperAgent is and the business model concept02:19 – Why this outreach wasn't possible before AI agents05:16 – The command center for managing agent-built prospects07:59 – Website before and after: Veslo Family Restaurant10:36 – How HyperAgent judges website quality on its own15:10 – Speed to quote system for a landscaping business19:53 – Why zero landscapers in your city have this yet22:55 – Pricing the offer: $5-10K setup plus monthly retainer26:14 – Live build: speed to quote for CS Automotive27:35 – Plan mode vs execute mode in HyperAgent30:39 – Running agents on a Kanban board in Airtable33:30 – Selling the agent itself as the product37:03 – Agent marketplace and the compute markup model38:05 – Live result: the CS Automotive quote tool finishes42:20 – Static artifacts as lead gen, always-on agents as the upsellKey PointsThe tripwire offer model works because agents can now build a full website for a local business in under an hour for about nine dollars in...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/fPP_LXbA6Rbv7hw4e1qgK-hy_oKL684f8rf7EF5X7TI/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8zYWVm/NTk5YjU3OTk3NzAy/YzBlZDkzNzA0ZDIz/MjVjNC5qcGVn.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}