MFM hosts discuss Cool AI Tools
The hosts of My First Million discuss some of the AI tools and agents they found highly productive.
This is a last-minute post. I stumbled across My First Million podcast hosts talking about AI agents and it was such a fascinating discussion that I realized I have to include at least a couple of the unique Use Cases.
Do Anything (doanything.com)
Shaan Puri found it fascinating because it operates on the premise of "tell me what to do, I'll go do it," effectively functioning as a to-do list that completes itself.
Capabilities: Shaan demonstrated the tool by asking it to analyze his YouTube channel ("My First Million") without providing a login or password. The AI successfully located the channel and provided a "State of the Union" report, critiquing their "vanity metrics" and noting a lag between their subscriber count and average views.
Strategic Output: Beyond analysis, the tool autonomously generated strategic recommendations, such as doubling down on "contrarian wisdom" and making thumbnails look more like business documentaries. It even produced a full one-month content plan with specific video titles (e.g., "Why your 9-to-5 is actually your biggest financial risk") and offered to script them.
Bio to Notion
This use case is a custom workflow created by host Sam to solve the difficulties of reading dense business biographies. He designed it to transform 400-500 page books into a highly usable, personalized "business Wikipedia" inside the Notion app. Here is how the tool functions and why the hosts found it compelling:
The Problem It Solves Sam noted that while reading biographies is valuable, it has three major friction points:
. Timeline Confusion: Readers lose track of the subject's chronology over hundreds of pages.
2. Inflation Context: It is difficult to understand the scale of success when books use outdated monetary figures (e.g., spending $50,000 in the 1930s).
3. Applicability: It is hard to sift through general facts to find lessons specifically relevant to a modern entrepreneur's current struggles.
How It Works
1. Input: Sam uploads one to five digital copies (PDF, EPUB, etc.) of biographies about a single subject (e.g., Ted Turner) into his custom website.
2. Processing: He utilizes Claude (specifically the "Project" or "Cowork" feature) to analyze the text
3. Output: The AI generates a structured Notion page that serves as a "Founder's Playbook".
Key Features of the Output•
Inflation-Adjusted Financials: The tool creates a financial summary of the subject's life, converting all historical figures into "2025 money." For example, it calculated that when Ted Turner was 24, his company was worth the modern equivalent of $10 million. It even infers net worth based on context, such as ownership stakes, when the book doesn't explicitly state the number.
The "Founders Playbook": This is the most advanced feature. Sam uploads context about his own business, including his strengths, weaknesses, and current problems. The AI then filters the biography to find specific lessons that apply to Sam's current situation.
Visual Timeline: It attempts to find relevant photos from the era to create a visual timeline of the subject's life.
The "Founder Therapy" Insight The hosts discussed how this tool acts as "founder therapy". By seeing the extreme difficulties successful people faced (like Ted Turner having to interview a dog or wear a bag over his head to get ratings for CNN), it helps Sam put his own modern business anxieties into perspective.
