Just saw this roundup of the top voices in AI and Automation and our guy Nate Herkelman is RIGHT THERE with the heavy hitters. If you're not following these people yet, you're missing out on some seriously good content. These are the builders and creators actually pushing automation forward right now. Here's the lineup: n8n – YouTube: https://lnkd.in/gMjJC8zT Nate Herkelman – YouTube: https://lnkd.in/g8JdHnEi 👑 congrats @Nate Herk you are killing it! Jack Roberts – YouTube: https://lnkd.in/g3qHT7GP Aemal Sayer – YouTube: https://lnkd.in/gsdmKW8S Alexandra Spalato – YouTube: https://lnkd.in/gEtgiBex Prakarsh Gupta (Small AI) – YouTube: https://lnkd.in/gXa4EHhk Yashica Jain – YouTube: https://lnkd.in/g8m6WJfK Nadia Privalikhina – YouTube: https://lnkd.in/g2VgtpFY Manthan Patel – YouTube: https://lnkd.in/gfwmJc-Z Oskar Kramarz – YouTube: https://lnkd.in/gcb2tVjz The AI Automators – YouTube: https://lnkd.in/gnjej6_S Devin Kearns – YouTube: https://lnkd.in/gHfUu2uE Cole Medin – YouTube: https://lnkd.in/gxxBCrUx Milan Tahliani – YouTube: https://lnkd.in/gMnV7DA6 Oumnya Benhassou – YouTube: https://lnkd.in/gJAwNNGu Robin van Veen – YouTube: https://lnkd.in/gwipk25i Simon Coton (Simon Scrapes) – YouTube: https://lnkd.in/gD6dN4pm Ryan Doser – YouTube: https://lnkd.in/gBhUjYFQ Solomon Christ AI – YouTube: https://lnkd.in/gVyfsf_7 Who are you already following? Anyone we should add to this list?

Nathan Benaich just released the State of AI 2025 report with data from 1,200 AI practitioners, and the numbers reveal something most people are completely missing. 76% of professionals are paying for AI tools out of their own pockets. Not waiting for company approval. Not asking for permission. They're spending $200+ per month because they understand something critical. The barrier to winning with AI isn't the technology. It's knowing exactly what to do with it. When surveyed about what stops them from scaling AI, the top answer was simple: the upfront time to configure systems and make them work reliably. Translation? People know it's powerful but don't know how to actually use it effectively. That's your opening. That's where you win. Let me show you the 20% that matters. The Speed Reality AI task completion capabilities are doubling every 5 to 7 months. Not years. Months. This isn't a projection. MITRE research confirmed it across general domains. One researcher found it's actually every 5 months. What this means: The AI that feels pretty good today will be twice as capable by summer. While you're figuring out if you should start, someone in your field is already six months ahead. And that gap compounds. Here's what's actually happening. One person with zero coding ability just sold their AI-built company for $100 million. Chess grandmasters are learning brand new strategies from AI that improve their gameplay. Scientists are using AI agents to discover novel gene candidates for diseases. The people winning aren't AI engineers. They're using AI as an expert team, research assistant, and strategic advisor all in one. Why Most People Are Stuck at 20% Capacity The survey revealed the most frequent enterprise use cases: coding, content generation, and documentation. Basic stuff. That's where 95% of daily AI users stop. But here's what top performers figured out. They use AI for three things that create exponential advantages: One. Compressing expertise acquisition from months into hours.