Real first-year numbers from an AI automation agency: $120k, best month $35k, typical $10-15k
An agency owner with eight years of experience shares self-reported first-year figures: just over $120,000, a single $35,000 month, and most months between $10,000 and $15,000 with a full pipeline. The model is narrow on purpose: find the one expensive repetitive job inside a business, automate it, and keep it running, because clients pay for the person who found the right problem, not for an automation anyone could copy.