Jun 30, 2026 · 29 min · 15 segments
Building Ai Apps for Creators Will make you RICH in 2026 (Full Tutorial) Futurist covering new business opportunities, trends and technologies. Brett wants to help you make it. Brett Malinowski…
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If I was in college or starting a new business from scratch, this is what I'd do.
I would pick a specific niche and look for educational creators in that space.
Sebastian was in e-commerce, but you could find a finance YouTuber and build them a budgeting app.
Just pick a niche that interests you and send creators a simple message like, "Hey, I'd be down to build you a custom VFX marketplace.
I'm a software developer and would be happy to build it in exchange for equity.
It'd just be worth a quick chat." And by the way, creators do actually see your DMs.
People think that if someone has a huge audience, they'll never actually read your message.
As a creator myself with over five hundred thousand subscribers on YouTube, I maybe get five DMs a day, maybe.
I have hired a lot of people from cold DMs, and if I don't, it's simply because I probably just don't need what that person is offering, not because I didn't see it.
One, large creators see your DMs, and two, there's really no one offering to build them their own apps.
Option one is a monthly build fee, maybe anywhere from two to six thousand dollars per month, depending on your skill level, the scope of the project, and how much proof you have.
If you really believe in the creator or the idea, then you can just build it in exchange for ownership.
And then option three, which is probably my favorite, and that's a hybrid, a smaller monthly fee plus upside in the app.
That way, you're not broke while you're building, but you still have exposure if the app really works.
If I was in college or starting a new business from scratch, this is what I'd do.
I would pick a specific niche and look for educational creators in that space.
Sebastian was in e-commerce, but you could find a finance YouTuber and build them a budgeting app.
Just pick a niche that interests you and send creators a simple message like, "Hey, I'd be down to build you a custom VFX marketplace.
I'm a software developer and would be happy to build it in exchange for equity.
It'd just be worth a quick chat." And by the way, creators do actually see your DMs.
People think that if someone has a huge audience, they'll never actually read your message.
As a creator myself with over five hundred thousand subscribers on YouTube, I maybe get five DMs a day, maybe.
I have hired a lot of people from cold DMs, and if I don't, it's simply because I probably just don't need what that person is offering, not because I didn't see it.
One, large creators see your DMs, and two, there's really no one offering to build them their own apps.
Option one is a monthly build fee, maybe anywhere from two to six thousand dollars per month, depending on your skill level, the scope of the project, and how much proof you have.
If you really believe in the creator or the idea, then you can just build it in exchange for ownership.
And then option three, which is probably my favorite, and that's a hybrid, a smaller monthly fee plus upside in the app.
That way, you're not broke while you're building, but you still have exposure if the app really works.
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