I’ve been called crazy before…
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The speaker acknowledges skepticism about AGI and outlines the goal of getting fence-sitters to be more open-minded about the AI operating systems opportunity and the upside of embracing this shift.
Skeptics should consider the AI operating systems hype seriously—Liam Ottley argues his no-code/Claude-code playbook unlocked massive business upside for everyday entrepreneurs.
Summary
Liam Ottley addresses the natural pushback around his bold claim that AGI and AI operating systems will redefine how we run businesses. He revisits his contrarian bet from 2023, when he predicted a wave of AI-enabled automation would unlock enormous value for non-technical founders. Ottley recalls launching Morningside AI, moving from Upwork-based custom code to no-code/low-code solutions, and ultimately teaching thousands how to leverage AI to start their own agencies. He cites real-world traction: multi-figure contracts, Fortune 500 collaborations, and students who launched successful AI ventures like Omnifusion AI after watching his videos. He stresses that skeptics helped him refine his message, and he invites viewers to join a two-hour webinar unveiling his AIOS (AI Operating System) framework and a Telegram-based workflow that lets him work from his phone. The goal is to show that 60–90% of everyday business tasks can be automated with Claude-code and related tools, enabling an entrepreneur to work from anywhere. Ottley frames the opportunity as a choose-your-path moment: stay pessimistic and miss out, or adopt an optimistic, action-oriented stance and build a dream life. He teases a full webinar and ongoing content aimed at helping both new startups and established businesses implement these tools for scalable impact.
Key Takeaways
- Ottley once believed no-code/low-code could unlock a massive market; he credits this contrarian bet with spawning the AI automation agency model and real client contracts.
- From a boutique Upwork outfit, he shifted to no-code/low-code delivery, then reintroduced custom coding as needs evolved, showing a flexible, scalable approach at Morningside AI.
- Two pivotal outcomes cited: seven years of business experience and three years running AI ventures, used to validate his methods and grow credibility with large clients.
- His accelerator program helped Omnifusion AI and other students start high-velocity AI ventures; these ventures achieved rapid domain-specific traction and revenue.
- Ottley emphasizes a concrete automation claim: the potential to automate 60–70–80–90% of core tasks with AIOS and Claude-code, enabling work-from-anywhere efficiency.
- He promotes a two-hour webinar detailing his system, modules, and implementation steps, plus a Telegram-based workflow to run his business on mobile.
- Viewers are urged to choose optimism and action; pessimists are framed as smart-sounding but financially risk-averse in the long run.
Who Is This For?
Entrepreneurs, small business owners, and developers curious about no-code/low-code AI adoption and AGI-ready operating systems. Anyone skeptical of AI’s business viability will benefit from Ottley’s concrete examples, framework, and demo plans.
Notable Quotes
"I've been called crazy before. If you are a skeptic, you should take a closer look and maybe dip your feet in a bit."
—Sets the framing for addressing skepticism and introducing contrarian thinking.
"I coined the term AI automation agency in May of 2023, and I started pushing videos on it."
—Marks the origin of his business model and public messaging.
"Two types of people who watch this: pessimists who sound smart, optimists who make money."
—Juxtaposes mindset outcomes and frames the video’s call to action.
"I built an AIOS system to automate a significant part of my business and run it from my phone using Telegram."
—Describes the core system and its mobile workflow advantage.
"There are millions of people who now have access to these tools because we used no code/low code platforms."
—Cites the democratization effect of the approach.
Questions This Video Answers
- How did Liam Ottley’s AI automation agency model start and evolve?
- What is an AI operating system (AIOS) and how can it automate business tasks with Claude-code?
- Can you run a business entirely from a phone using Telegram-based AI tools?
- What evidence supports the claim that no-code/low-code accelerates AI adoption in enterprises?
- What steps are involved in Liam Ottley’s two-hour AIOS webinar and implementation plan?
AI Operating SystemAGINo-code/Low-codeAI Agency ModelClaude CodeTelegram workflowMorningside AIAutomation in businessFortune 500 collaborationAI education/programs
Full Transcript
All right, guys. Uh, I wanted to come on here and address some of the very natural skepticism to my AGI is here YouTube video. I put that out and of course I did expect some push back naturally. But this video I'm really making for those of you who are on the fence who don't know if they like can believe me or trust me or not. Maybe you're you're an outright skeptic and you're here to here to get in the comment section regardless. But I just wanted to draw a few parallels to what we're seeing now and what I experienced three years ago and why you should really just be a little bit more open-minded and hear me out on this one and maybe dip your feet in a bit because there's so much upside for you if you choose to believe.
My hope is that I can break the beliefs of a few of you so that you can benefit in the incredible upside that I believe this new AI operating systems or AGI opportunity presents for us. So I want to start out by framing this up by using a Peter Teal quote that's very famous. Now, Peter Teal, if you don't know, one of the most successful investors in the world, one of the founders of PayPal, now also a founder of Palanteer, one of the most valuable companies in the world. And what he said, and it's a very important lesson in business, is what do you believe to be true that very few others do?
And this is called a contrarian take. And in business, that's where the money is. That's why he asks the people that he's investing in. He asks people generally on interviews, what is something that you believe to be true that very few others agree with you on? And within one of these contrarian takes is an incredible amount of money to be made. And I point this out because I had a very contrarian take back in 2023 when I first got into AI at the start of 2023. I'd seen the Chat GBT moment and I'd gone, "Holy moly, this is clearly the next big thing.
I don't know how I'm going to make money in it. I don't know where the business model is going to appear, but I'm going to jump in and create a YouTube channel and try to figure it out." And my YouTube content at the start was just me exploring this how to make money with Chat GPT angle. And I was the first person to discover this AI agency or AI automation agency model which was I mean it might seem obvious now but it was was not obvious back then. There was people doing prompt selling and copywriting services but it was me and my team at Morningside AI who we started off as an AI development company doing traditional AI development with code and using the GPT3 APIs.
But what we realized is that if we used no code or low code platforms to help deliver things cheaper and faster, not only could we deliver faster and cheaper solutions to our clients, but the aha moment was that okay now millions and millions of people now have access to this. If you have fingers, two eyes and a and a working brain, then you'll be able to learn these tools also and tap into this AI transition that is going to flood trillions and trillions of dollars into the economy. And that was my contrarian bet. That is what I identified before anyone else and created the AI automation agency or AAA model in May of 2023 was when I actually coined the term started pushing out videos on it uh based off what we were doing at Morningside AI.
And sure enough uh the skeptics arrived in full force telling me things like oh no you'll never be able to sell this stuff to a business. They will never pay for no code. A nontechnical person will never be able to do this. Yada yada yada just like I got so much of it. It was a bit of a shock to me and I just come on here. I was trying to put people on and share what I was doing at my agency. And that was my contrarian bet that this no code low code thing would open up a massive market for millions and millions of people to get into AI to use it as an on-ramp into AI business.
And I think it's safe to say that I was right. I was right in a major way and a lot of my financial success has come from being right in a major way. Also, at Morningside AI, we've been able to go from a very, very small boutique AI agency using Upwork developers to do this custom code stuff and then eventually going into no code to then pulling all the way back to going custom code again, adding on consulting, education, and development, working with Fortune 500 companies, working with an MBA team, working with an NRL team, working with publicly traded companies as well, doing multi6figure contracts from a team of us who were not PhDs in AI.
I do not have an AI or an engineering degree. In fact, my business partner and I are both like high school graduates. We didn't even have have a degree at all. And so that was the proof of concept Morningside AI of yes, we can get into this. We can use it as an on-ramp. And we showed you guys where it would go. We showed you how to take it to the highest level. And I think there's still a long way to go with the stuff that I'm talking about right here and how far an AI agency model can go.
But I guys, I made a contrarian bet back in 2023 that this was the future of people wanting to get into AI inside a business. and the entire AI no code AI automation AI automation agency industry downstream of that has all popped up and I will say it as a direct result of me making those videos in 2023 and I don't say that to brag but I'm incredibly proud of me being able to get that message out to being thrown had rocks thrown at me non-stop by people but I knew it was the truth and I was able to make a lot of money off it and many people who listened to me at that time also made a lot of money and that's the point of this video what I'm saying is that I have been called crazy before.
If you are a skeptic, if you're like, "Huh, who's this kid? Who does he think he is?" Do a little bit of research on me. I've told you the story of me coming into AI with no AI experience building an agency. We now work with huge companies, multi6figure contracts. I've also taught hundreds of thousands of people, if not millions of people, how to learn no code automation and use it for whatever they want. And say tens of thousands of AI businesses have started up as a direct result of my teaching. And what I'm hoping this video does is to take some of you guys who are naturally pessimistic or skeptical of this stuff and just get you to be a little bit more open-minded about this AGI thing being real and that this AI operating systems for businesses and that I can actually automate 60 70 80 90% of my current tasks using clawed code and the ways that I've talked about here on the channel and the ways I'm going to be sharing in my full webinar breaking down how I've used this AIOS system to automate a significant part of my business and how it's going to continue to compound to the point where I literally will be struggling to find things to do.
You have two choices and there are really two types of people who are going to watch this video and watch my content. And there's a quote that sums up the outcomes of these two types of people. It's called pessimists sound smart. Optimists make money. Go back to 2023. I have these two guys sitting right in there. Emil and Tada. You guys may know him from them from my channel or from my AAA accelerator program. They saw a YouTube video of mine. It was why AI automation agencies are clearly the next big thing. and they watched that said Daha in the middle of 2023 screenshotted it sent it to a meal and sent him the link to the video and said yo watch this he watched the video said yeah let's do this let's start this business right now they started Omnifusion AI they registered the domain that day and they went on to be some of the most successful students in my entire accelerator program and building the best AI appointment setting system for coaches that you'll find anywhere in the market I've seen the results I've seen the backends these guys who heard my message when I put it out the first time and took immediate action have completely changed their lives now live their dream life making hundreds of thousands of dollars and better yet because of all that experience of running the AI agency model are now in a point where they are at the tip of the spear of this AI operating systems and this claude code revolution and AGI stuff that we are seeing right in front of us and so I want to point that out as an example of like you guys have an option you have a choice here you can be the skeptic or the pessimist in the comments the one saying oh no no way man this is kept there's no way or you can be a little bit more open-minded be a little bit more optimistic and say you know maybe this this guy's right once before.
Maybe it's worth even just considering it, looking into it. And that's what I've created a full webinar for you guys. If you are skeptical or pessimistic or you want to know a little bit more before you decide to bet your career or bet the next few months on it, I'm doing a full webinar. The link to register is going to be the first link in the description. I'll be showing you the entire system that I've been able to build already in the space of 3 weeks that allows me to run my business from my phone using Telegram.
Now, I still work on my computer when I'm at home, of course, but when I'm out and about, I have the same abilities as if I was at home and on my computer. And that just completely changes the dynamic as an entrepreneur. I've got a vlog coming up that you guys are going to see me really pushing that to the limits and seeing how far I can take this Telegram based Claude code setup and basically try to take the day off but still get all of my work done while I'm on the go. And guys, there's so much upside to learning how to build these AI operating systems, whether you're starting a business.
I'm going to make some content about how to get a business off the ground using this. There's some incredible methods that I'm testing in my accelerator program right now for people to be able to do it as a oneperson business and start an AI agency with much less work and much faster than ever before. If you're a business owner who is already up and running, you have the most to gain from this. You have the most and savings to benefit from implementing these AI systems throughout each of the different parts of your business. So, I don't want this to drag on, guys, but I've been right before.
I understand the skepticism the first time around. I understand that I was some kid on the internet. I looked like I was about 12 years old. I I I understand the skepticism there, but I was right then. Now I have seven years of business experience. I have three years of running AI businesses. Maybe it's worth just being a little bit more open-minded and giving this a shot and it might just change your life. And I do this out of a place of love and hope that you guys can have the experience that I've seen from so many people who have taken the this AI opportunity and freaking run with it and built their dream life off the back of it.
And I want that for you guys. And that's really the whole point of this channel is to teach you guys the AI skills to build a business with it and for you guys to be able to build your dream life just as I have been able to. So to my longtime viewers who have been there from the start and know where we came from and know how hard it was to get people to believe uh the reality that we now live in, thank you for your support. And to the skeptics and the pessimists, thank you also for for poking holes in my arguments, making me think deeper and want to bring more information and more clarity to you guys so that you guys can also jump into this as well.
But that is all for the video, guys. This is the next contrarian bet. This is the next opportunity to make ridiculous amounts of money if you move fast on it. If you want to watch my video breaking down my plan to automate 60 to 70% of my business over the next 30 days and a little bit more information on how I actually plan to do that, that'll be linked up here. Also, if you haven't already and you want to attend my webinar, I'm going to be breaking down over two hours everything in my current system, how I've set it up, the different modules, and how you can set it up for yourself, that'll be linked in the description as well.
I'll see you guys in the next one.
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