Howdy from the dorky new guy 👋 · A.I. Royalty Rockstars

Jay Beckham

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Howdy from the dorky new guy 👋

That's me. 10,103 feet up a mountain. In a snow storm.

My wife snapped the pic while I was “pausing to take in the view” (read: wheezing, trying not to die).

She's contractually obligated to think I'm manly and cool. 😂

Now…

If I were doing this intro by the book…I'd list off my resume and try REAL hard to make a good first impression.

But…

I'm not really a "by the book" kinda guy.

So instead I'll just be straight with you:

"Hi, I'm Jay Beckham. I'm from Texas, I've got a wife and two perpetually-hungry kiddos, and I ride the dork bus."

If it's cool with you…

over the next few days I'd like to pull up (in my big dork bus) and get to know y'all a little better.

FIRST confession:

I am a full-blown BBQ nerd. 🤓

Not "I own a grill" nerd. I'm talking 16-hour brisket smokes, trimming the fat cap like a surgeon, watching muscle fibers relax so I know the exact second to pull it.

It's half art, half science, and 100% an excuse to stand outside poking a fire all day.

Here's the dorky part though…

A brisket takes 12 to 16 HOURS.

That's a long time to just stare at smoke.

So I figured out how to make money WHILE I'm out there poking the fire.

I build little AI agents. Tools that do the work I used to chain myself to a desk for.

While I'm babysitting the smoker like it’s my 3rd kid…

one of my agents is out finding partners.

Another's replying to leads and booking coffee dates.

Another one's running a BEAMer campaign.

I'm out back with a beer and a meat thermometer, and my phone buzzes: another sale. 😂

It got kinda ridiculous this week, honestly.

We're up hiking in Rocky Mountain National Park right now (again).

And while I'm out on the trail with the fam…

I've got my AI tools building AI tools back home (the kind that help me lock up MORE deals).

I check my phone between switchbacks, nudge the project along, keep hiking.

By the time we're back at the cabin, the thing's basically built.

That's the part nobody tells you about this AI stuff:

the whole POINT of it isn't to keep you glued to the keyboard.

It's to get you OUT back at the smoker. Up on the mountain. At the dinner table with the hungry kids.

The money keeps moving while you go live your actual life.

(I've got receipts on this, by the way. One little tool I built did $19K to a tiny beta list. An auction tool I made helped run an auction that did $99K in three hours. Another one's pulling 59–67% positive replies on full autopilot. But I'll save those dork confessions for another day.)

Right now…

I wanna hear about YOU.

👉 First, and most important: have you ever had REAL Texas BBQ? (Wrong answers will be gently judged. 😆)

👉👉 Second, what are you actually trying to BUILD right now?

Drop it in the comments. Purty please. 🙏

I'm genuinely excited to get to know this room!

Let’s go,

- Jay

P.S. If you don't have time for both, at least don't leave me hanging on the BBQ question. A Texan's gotta know. 😂

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Howdy from the dorky new guy 👋