212,000 Layoffs in 2025: Why You Need to Build an AI Business Now

The numbers don't lie:

🔴 UPS: 48,000 employees
🔴 Amazon: 30,000 employees
🔴 Intel: 24,000 employees
🔴 Nestle: 16,000 employees
🔴 Microsoft: 7,000 employees
🔴 Salesforce: 4,000 employees

212,000+ people laid off. And counting.

I watched a video from The Today Show that just asked: "Is AI coming for your job?"

Wrong question.

The RIGHT question is: "Are you building an AI business fast enough?"

I opened my inbox today to an email from HubSpot, one of the most respected names in the internet business space.

The subject line? "Turn AI into Your Income Engine: 200+ AI-Powered Income Ideas"

HubSpot. A billion-dollar company. Telling people to build AI businesses.

This isn't fringe anymore. This is MAINSTREAM.

When the giants start shouting what I've been teaching for a year, you know the shift is real. But here's the thing about that HubSpot guide (and I read it, all 200+ ideas):

It's a list.

A really good list of possibilities. Ideas. Opportunities. But zero blueprints. Zero implementation guides. Zero "here's how you actually START this business and make money in 30 days."

And that's fine. We need ideation. We need people to understand what's possible.

But you need more than ideas. You need EXECUTION.

That's where I'm different. That's why I wrote The AI Entrepreneur Playbook: 25 Proven AI Business Models
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Lists inspire. Blueprints build businesses.

I saw this one year ago. That's why I wrote my book. That's why I've been testing these models myself. And now, as 212,000+ people are scrambling for what's next, it's time for me to double down.

Alex Hormozi asks a powerful question: "If I could only do ONE thing for my business this year, what would it be?"

For me, the answer crystallized this week:

1. Teaching individuals how to build AI businesses.
2. Teaching the beauty industry how to utilize and optimize AI to grow their businesses.

Two focuses. Two communities. Two brands.

That's why I'm splitting AI Huddle Lab into two entities:

🔷 AI HUDDLE LAB
Where we build real AI businesses from scratch.
This is for ANYONE who wants to turn AI into income, whether you're laid off, job-scared, employed but building on the side, or ready to go all-in.

What you'll get:

🔷 GLAM HUDDLE (Launching Next Week)
Where beauty industry entrepreneurs learn to implement AI into their EXISTING businesses.
This is for salon owners, suite owners, stylists, estheticians, lash artists—anyone in beauty who wants the competitive edge.

What you'll get:

Both are vital. Both are separate. Both are non-negotiable if you want to survive what's coming.

Here's something I haven't shared publicly yet: I ran a 60-day experiment on LinkedIn.

I created AI Huddle Lab Boston and AI Huddle Lab NYC as public groups to test a hypothesis: What if AI business building was community-based and location-specific?

The results? 2K—5K views every week. Real engagement. Real connections. People wanted to know what AI businesses were being built in their city. They wanted local case studies, local events, and local partnerships.

No one else is covering AI at the city level. Everyone's going global or niche-vertical. But I saw something different: AI is local. AI is a community. AI is "who in Boston is doing this so I can learn from them?"

From that experiment, I learned what worked and what didn't. And I've restructured it.

Starting next week:
AI Huddle Lab is launching as a closed, private Skool community with city-based channels: Boston, NYC, LA, Chicago, Atlanta, Houston, Miami, and more cities as we grow.

Why Skool? Because it's built for community learning, not just content consumption. It's where you'll get:

This isn't another course platform. This is a BUILDER community.

You know what's happening right now as I write this?

My AI agents are working.

This week, my AI agents are:

I'm not just TEACHING AI business building. I'm DOCUMENTING my own AI business building in real-time.

Every tool I test, I'll share how I'm implementing it. Every workflow I optimize, I'll break down for you. Every win and every failure, documented.

I'm my own case study first.

Because here's the truth: AI is moving FAST. What worked 6 months ago… even 3 months ago, has changed. The tools are different. The strategies evolved. The opportunities shifted.

You need someone who's IN IT, testing daily, failing forward, and sharing what actually works right now.

That's me. That's AI Huddle Lab. That's this newsletter.

Let me be clear about something: I'm not against jobs. I'm against the ILLUSION of job security.

Those 212,000 people thought they were safe at Fortune 500 companies. They weren't.

HubSpot is telling people to build AI income streams. They see it too.

The old playbook is dead:

❌ Get a degree
❌ Get a job
❌ Work 40 years
❌ Get a gold watch
❌ Retire

The new playbook:

✅ Build skills
✅ Build businesses
✅ Build AI-powered income
✅ Build community
✅ Build assets that can't be "right-sized"

You know what AI can't lay off? A business owner.
You know what AI can't fire? Someone who OWNS the AI tools.

Starting next Monday, here's what AI Huddle Lab delivers:

📬 EVERY MONDAY: The AI Money Map
Your weekly roadmap to building AI businesses.

What you get:

No theory. No "someday." No outdated information.

Just profitable AI businesses you can launch THIS MONTH, with the tools and strategies that work RIGHT NOW.

First edition next week:
"The Zero-Touch Revenue Blueprint: 3 AI Business Models That Make Money While You Sleep"

(Spoiler: One of them is the Character Economy I talked about two weeks ago. The other two? Even better. And yes, one involves the AI agents I'm using this week.)

There's a lot of noise in the AI space right now.

AI consultants teaching "whatever." Coaches selling courses on tools that'll be obsolete in 3 months. Gurus promising "$10K months" with zero proof.

I'm not playing that game.

I'm documenting my journey. I'm sharing my actual businesses. I'm showing you the tools I'm actually using. I'm building in public because:

There are massive changes happening in AI for:

I'm capturing it all. Testing it all. And sharing what truly moves the needle.

Those 212,000 layoffs aren't a tragedy. They're a WAKE-UP CALL.

HubSpot sending emails about AI income isn't random. It's validation.

Me splitting AI Huddle Lab into two focused brands isn't dilution. It's CLARITY.

The old world rewarded loyalty to companies.
The new world rewards loyalty to YOURSELF.

You have two choices:

And I don’t wait for permission.

Here at AI Huddle Lab we spot opportunities, move fast, and build businesses while everyone else is reading headlines and collecting "ideas" without blueprints.

Seriously. I know this was a long newsletter.

Thank you for riding this journey with me.

AI Huddle Lab is evolving. Glam Huddle is launching. The community is forming. The content is leveling up.

And you're here for it.

Next week, you'll see the new format. New links to the Skool community. New city-based chapters. New case studies from my own AI implementations.

Watch this space.

And more importantly: BUILD with me.

Here's my ask: Reply to this email and tell me:

1. Are you building an AI business, or are you thinking about it?
2. What's the #1 thing stopping you from starting?
3. Which focus speaks to you more: General AI businesses (AI Huddle Lab) or Beauty industry AI (The Glam Huddle)?

I read every response. And your feedback directly shapes what I create next.

Because this isn't just MY journey. It's OURS.

Let's build something they can't fire us from,

Tashema Lindsey
Founder, AI Huddle Lab & The Glam Huddle

P.S. If you're still thinking "I'll wait and see what happens," remember: 212,000 people waited. 212,000 people are now scrambling. Don't be 212,001.

Join. Start building. Today.

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P.P.S. Haven't grabbed the free downloads from Week 2, I released at the National Salon Suites Conference?

(The 3 Revenue Streams Blueprint + AI Implementation Masterclass) → [Get them here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/13LlvtXFQyWXMSeZw9Her0bvnqoLDsbM-?usp=sharing]. These are the exact systems salon suite owners are using to add $8K-$21K/month. The models work for ANY service business.

COMING NEXT MONDAY:
The Zero-Touch Revenue Blueprint: 3 AI Business Models That Make Money While You Sleep

See you then. 👑