Tai Durden // AI Ventures

The Process

AI Venture Pipeline

The pipeline is designed for throughput, clarity, and measurable iteration. Each phase emits artifacts that feed the next phase, with live ventures as proof points.

Step 1

Intake

Ideas surface from daily ideation, market research, and Tyler's network. Each gets logged with category and source.

Step 2

Vetting

Kill or build within 24 hours. Score on market size, competition, monetization clarity, domain availability, content potential, cross-venture synergy, build effort, and AI advantage. 7+/9 = BUILD.

Step 3

Building

Same-day ship. AI agents build the full MVP in 2-4 hours: repo, CLAUDE.md spec, autonomous build + test, domain + DNS, deploy to Vercel, self-validate.

Step 4

Optimization

Days 3-7. Launch playbook: GSC verified, analytics installed, 10+ seed pages, affiliate/payment integration, email capture, cross-linked across portfolio.

Step 5

Scaling

Fully autonomous daily ops: content refresh, broken link checks, GSC metrics, competitor monitoring, cross-venture link optimization. Weekly revenue reconciliation.

Step 6

Sunset

Ventures showing <$100/mo after 6 months with no growth trajectory get archived. Content stays ranked. Domain redirects to highest-performing related venture.

Toolchain

Next.js 15/16VercelClaude Code / CodexAgent Swarm (parallel coding)SupabaseSEO AutomationProgrammatic Content Ops