My AI consulting experience was not what I thought it would be

Recently, I started freelancing as an AI consultant. I’ve built a lot of AI projects and have a good understanding of how to apply AI in a business context.

Maybe that’s why I was able to land two consulting jobs on Upwork. The pay wasn’t that great, but the experience taught me a lot about what the market actually needs.

People often think AI is everywhere, but I’ve noticed that small to medium-sized businesses are still running on very outdated systems. Forget AI—many haven’t even started using modern tech to make their work easier.

But this isn’t a rant. The real power of AI shows up when you first study how a business is currently running. Sales pipelines, lead generation, data management—you name it. These processes can be made so much more efficient with just a little AI and automation.

One of my recent consulting jobs was for a food delivery app. They wanted to improve their operations.

After going through their process, I suggested solutions for different tricky situations. They were honestly surprised to learn that most of the tools I mentioned already exist in the market.

It just shows how much of a difference even simple solutions can make.

I’m still learning and improving, but sometimes consulting turns into implementation. Clients often feel that since I understand both their problems and the solutions so well, I’m the best person to execute them too.

For example, a client recently asked me for a solution to build an AI-powered book generation tool. It had issues like limited context window and hallucinations. I spent a lot of time reading research papers and came up with a simple and clear solution. Now, the client wants me to build the entire thing.

This is fine, but it’s hard to scale when it keeps happening.

If your business makes more than $5k per month and you’re looking for ways to make your operations more efficient with AI, feel free to DM me to book a consultation call.