Loading…
What actually works in AI and automation.
The practitioner brief for operators of 5-to-200-person businesses. Tested in production and published here before the newsletter: what changed, what to do about it on Monday, and the proof behind it.
2,500+ automations shipped15+ years in the field20,000+ operators reading
This week
Everything lands here first. Saturday it reaches the inbox.
ArticleWhy AI tools fail without clean processes: 4 readiness stagesAI readiness has four stages: standardization, digitization, automation, then AI. A 3-question audit shows which stage your business is stuck on.ArticleHow to connect AI to your CRM in 30 minutes, without codeMCP lets Claude Desktop read your live CRM data directly, with no n8n workflow in between. Setup takes five steps and about 30 minutes, with no code.ArticleThe Lever Hierarchy: why hiring first costs you the mostNaval Ravikant names four levers: labor, capital, code and media. The Lever Hierarchy is how I build the code lever: systems, then automation, then AI.
Free tools
Run the numbers on your own business. Results stay on the page.
Automation & AI ROI CalculatorOpen the tool You put inOne task: who does it, how often, how long it takes, what it costs.You get backStay human, automate, run on AI, or an AI Sandwich, with the money saved, the payback, and the growth upside.AI Reality CheckOpen the tool You put inTwenty questions across standardization, data, automation, and AI.You get backThe one stage that is blocking the rest, and the one thing to do about it.
I am Yuri Vonchitzki, operator, builder, and co-founder of Ninjabot, an AI and automation agency in Prague. Everything on FutureBrief comes from production work: 2,500+ automations built over 15+ years. If it did not survive a client, it does not ship.