Most AI agencies will be dead in 12 months.
Simply because they're competing on the one thing that becomes free every 6 months: the TOOLS.
"We set up ChatGPT for your team."
"We build Zapier automations."
"We connect your apps."
You've just minimized everything you do into a weekend project, not a business.
The agencies that survive sell architecture:
→ Workflow mapping before any build
→ A central operating system, not scattered automations
→ ROI calculations that justify 5-6 figure contracts
→ Systems designed to last 3+ years
Your client REALLY doesn't care which AI model you use. They care that their ops team got 20 hours back per week.
Tools are commodities. The ability to think and run a process is not.
If your entire value proposition can be replaced by a YouTube tutorial, you don't have a business..