The weekly playbook for actually using AI in your business.
AI is moving too fast, and most content makes it feel worse.
Every week, I show you how I am using AI inside real businesses, so you know where to start, what to ignore, and how to build your own version.
Built from real AI builds, not news feeds.
Two ways to keep up with AI.
You can chase every new tool.
Or you can learn how people are actually using AI in real businesses.
What you get
thebraindump.ai
- A weekly playbook from real AI builds
- How I actually use AI in my business
- What I would use again
- Clear next steps, not another rabbit hole
- Real business owner stuff
- Written by someone doing the work
What you avoid
Most AI newsletters
- 10 new tools every week
- No time to stick with one
- Model release summaries you forget
- Fancy terms with no clear next step
- Creator hype that makes you feel behind
- More tabs open, nothing actually done
Oliver Merrick
Founder of Mez Studios
Writer at theBraindump.ai
A short note from me
Hey, it's Oliver here.
I started The Brain Dump because every business owner I speak to says the same thing:
AI is moving too fast. New model, new agent, new workflow. New creator telling you the thing you learned last week is already dead.
It is a lot.
And most AI content makes it worse. It gives you 10 more tools, 10 more tabs, 10 more reasons to feel behind.
That is not what I want this to be. I want this to give you clarity.
The people I have seen get the most out of AI are not the ones trying every tool. They are the ones who know how to actually use it.
They know where AI fits. They know what to ignore. They have context, systems, reps.
That is the state I try to stay in. I wake up knowing what I need to do. I am not sitting there trying to catch up. I am attacking it.
That is what I want to bring to your inbox. A weekly playbook from the way I am actually using AI.
Real business work, real client problems. Notion, Claude, content systems, internal MezCorp builds.
The stuff that actually works and provides real value to real businesses.
Not flashy stuff. Not another AI news recap. Not another list of tools you will never open.
If something is useful, I will show you how I used it. If something is noise, I will tell you. If I am still figuring it out, I will show that too.
That is the whole game.
If that sounds useful, drop your email above.
Mez
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