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Nate Herk (@nateherk)

Education / community · last checked 15 Oct 2026

AI automation consultancy + AI Automation Society

● ClaimedMonthly revenue

TL;DR

  • Figure: $100K+/month (consultancy) (Monthly revenue · Aug 2026 · founder X post)
  • Proof level: Claimed. Self-reported on X and Skool; one figure is secondary (Liam Ottley) and the "$3M/yr" wording could not be confirmed from the post body.
  • Our verdict (4/10, opinion): The YouTube → free community → paid community/agency funnel is repeatable, but figures shift across posts and mix agency, community and education revenue.

Reported figure

$100K+/month (consultancy)

Proof level

Claimed

Agentic-ness (opinion)

4/5

Replicability (opinion)

4/10

The story

Nate Herk built an AI automation consultancy and a paid community off a YouTube audience (Skool page). Start date: Research in progress.

  1. 29 Sep 2025 — "$300k/mo" combined — Liam Ottley's post about him (secondary)
  2. 1 May 2026 — A "$3M/yr business" claim was attributed to this post, but its body is only a link, so the wording could not be confirmed
  3. 11 Aug 2026 — Consultancy "scaled to over $100k/mo" — founder post on X
  4. As of 15 Oct 2026 — Agency "from zero to over $1 million per year" — Skool about page

⚠ Figures drift across posts and mix agency, community and education revenue.

Business model

  • What it sells: AI automation consulting and a paid community (AIS+).
  • To whom: businesses (agency) and learners (community).
  • Pricing: AIS+ $129/month (~3.4k members); agency clients $5k–$20k/month (Skool page).
  • Acquisition: YouTube tutorials → free Skool community → paid community and agency.

AI stack

ToolRoleMonthly cost
Claude CodeRuns/builds his business systems (per his content)Unknown
n8n-style automationClient automations (per his content)Unknown

Specifics vary by project; exact setup: Research in progress.

Proof

Sources:

Why "Claimed": self-reported on X and Skool; one figure is secondary (Liam Ottley) and the "$3M/yr" wording could not be confirmed from the post body.

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Agent blueprint

Our suggestion — not how the founder did it

  1. Step 1

    Content agent

    Drafts tutorial scripts from real client builds

  2. Step 2

    Sales agent

    Qualifies inbound agency leads

  3. Step 3

    Builder agent

    Builds client automations with Claude Code / n8n

  4. Step 4

    Community agent

    Supports paid community members

Human in charge

A person approves money, public posts and key decisions. We don't estimate how much human work this saves.

Agentic-ness today (our estimate): 4/5 · Difficulty: Medium

Our take (opinion)

  1. Build automations for a few real clients.
  2. Record tutorials of those builds on YouTube.
  3. Run a free community, then a paid tier.
  4. Sell done-for-you projects to inbound leads.
  • Skills: Automation building, YouTube, sales
  • Audience needed: Helpful; YouTube builds it

Risks & limits

  • Education-heavy revenue mix.
  • Figures vary across posts.
  • Platform dependency (YouTube, Skool).

Our verdict

Editorial opinion

4/10

Replicability today: 4/10. The YouTube → free community → paid community/agency funnel is repeatable, but figures shift across posts and mix agency, community and education revenue. (Editorial opinion.)

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Figures as reported by the cited sources on the dates shown. Verdict, ratings and blueprint are editorial opinion. Not financial advice. No income guarantees.