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moneyAI Side Hustles · Nov 13, 2026

Julia McCoy's First Movers AI builds AI clones of entrepreneurs, about $250K a month

Julia McCoy spent ten years building Express Writers, a content agency with 100 staff, and sold it in 2021. In November 2024 she started First Movers AI, which builds AI clones of entrepreneurs running on Claude, and says it reached about $250,000 a month roughly 21 months after founding, with about 15 people on the team. The figure is self-reported; the model needs a team and a large existing audience, not a solo copy.

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