💯 Digest: You're not "bad at AI"

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👋 Hey, it's Max

Quick humble brag before we dive in: Zapier just dropped their Best AI Newsletters of 2025 list and… we made it! We're literally listed next to newsletters I've been fanboying over for years.

You read this. You reply. You forward. You take the challenges. Thank you ❤️ (And shoutout to Maddy for curating such an epic list).

Speaking of reading, I've been reading your emails.

The ones where you signed up for our 30 Days of AI Challenge and then actually told me what's driving you crazy about AI. And holy sh*t... we're all living the same nightmare(s).

I asked what's frustrating you about AI. You didn't hold back. Here's a glimpse of what landed in my inbox:

• Zaynab wrote: "So much AI everywhere, it's difficult to know what to focus on, what tools to try, what news is important."

• Vladan confessed: "Can't crack the code on how to prompt for HIGH QUALITY outputs. I feel stuck with mediocre outputs that I have to tweak A LOT."

• Sophie asked the question we're all thinking: "How can I trust it when I don't know better? I've had times when it comes back with utter nonsense."

• Miracle said: “I am tired of teaching the same tone to the same AI model over and over again.”

Does any of those sound familiar to you? Because I think we’re all stuck in this awkward messy middle with AI. So I counted. 44% of you are dealing with these same three problems:

1. Too many tools: you’re overwhelmed and don’t know which ones to use

2. Prompting: you can't get AI to understand what you actually want

3. Building with AI: when you try to build your ideas with AI, everything breaks

So yeah you're not behind or "bad at AI." You're just human trying to work with technology that updates as you’re using it.

We're All Living in the Grey Zone

Found this in a leadership book a while ago and couldn't stop thinking about it:

The "grey zone" they're talking about is where we all live now with AI. Not quite the old way of working, not fully in the AI-powered future. Just... stuck in this weird middle ground. As a founder, I feel this daily. One minute I'm blown away by what AI can do for our business. The next, I'm manually copy-pasting context for the 30th time because the AI forgot everything we just discussed. We're all explorers in uncharted territory, figuring it out together.

What We're Doing About It

Based on your emails, here's how we're actually building for the September 18th launch of the 30 Days of AI Challenge:

Week 1: Learn AI Fundamentals
Week 2: Prompt like a Pro 
Week 3: Build AI Agents 
Week 4: Ship Your Ideas

If you're signed up to the challenge already, don’t miss the official kickoff event on the 17th where professionals like you are coming together to launch their AI transformation journey as a community.

Speaking of community, here are some of your posts that made my week:

Max 👋

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