This week on The AI Report, Liam Lawson talks with Nick Jain, former IdeaScale CEO and founder of Content Hurricane, about how he used AI to completely replace traditional marketing and scale his funnel 50x.
Nick shares how a $25 AI agent outperformed his in-house team, created content that outranked McKinsey on Google, and helped him build one of the most efficient B2B funnels in SaaS. He breaks down how he did it, why most marketers are missing the shift, and what the future looks like when AI runs most of your company’s creative output.
Also in this episode:
• Building a 90% AI-powered inbound funnel
• Why content teams will be replaced, not reskilled
• The new role of product managers in an AI-led org
• How Content Hurricane scales enterprise-quality assets with no human input
• The future of education, work, and intellectual leverage
This is not a “how to write prompts” episode. It’s a front-row view into what happens when a founder goes all in on AI and doesn’t look back.
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Chapters:
(00:00) Why Content Marketing Is On Its Way Out
(01:14) A $25 Agent vs a Whole Marketing Team
(02:26) Nick’s Moment of Clarity in Amsterdam
(03:28) Scaling Content With ChatGPT in 30 Minutes
(05:21) Running Mandatory AI Training at IdeaScale
(06:45) Who Actually Adopted the Tech
(08:17) From Harvard MBA to Startup CEO
(09:00) Inside a 90% Automated Marketing Funnel
(10:00) What Good Content Actually Means for SEO
(12:31) Why Algorithms Are Not the Point
(14:13) Tracking True ROI Across All Content
(16:13) The Channels That Still Work
(17:08) Nick’s Favorite Prompt Strategy
(18:34) The End of the Content Marketing Role
(20:21) CEO Ethics in the AI Age
(22:04) Why Sales and Product Still Matter
(24:03) The Future of Product Management
(25:31) Why Generalists Have the Edge Now
(27:05) What Happens to Traditional Education
(28:10) The Chips Are Coming: Post-Human Thinking
(30:13) How Content Hurricane Operates
(32:01) Awareness to Action With AI
(33:36) The Simplicity Advantage in UX
(35:09) Prompting for Depth, Not Generic Output
(36:03) Product With Purpose
(36:22) Massive Growth Metrics From the Funnel
(38:12) Why Nick Keeps Building
(39:05) How to Connect With Him
