After 18 Months Selling AI Agents, Here's What Nobody Tells You
NailComprehensive314 · reddit · 2026-10-22
A Reddit user who has run an AI automation agency for about 18 months pushes back on the "get rich building agents" hype. Building is no longer the hard part — delivery and operations are:
- Trust barrier: Non-technical business owners hesitate to hand API keys and logins to a stranger; getting access provisioned drags on for ages
- Ongoing maintenance: Agents break, clients want changes — what clients actually pay for is managed outcomes, not the agent itself
- His advice: Pick one or two specific agents, sell the management and the result, because clients care about outcomes happening without their involvement, not the tool
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