I'm changing how I invest my money because of AI

About this video

Martell says AI has changed how he invests, presenting a playbook built around creation over preservation. He claims he was voted number one angel investor in Canada and has invested in dozens of companies. He argues money should be deployed to work rather than protected by penny-pinching, and that AI helps find second- and third-degree opportunities others miss. He gives two prompts: map second and third-degree winners and losers, suppliers and disrupted companies in an industry, and analyse recent trends and market signals around those names. He describes asking AI to review seven research papers, find common trends, and correlate them with his own thesis. Next he advocates red-teaming every deal with a prompt asking for the worst case and 10 reasons he would lose all his money, running it across two or three models. He then recommends having AI build a monitoring dashboard for all investments, with health flags and alerts, and reviewing it weekly, citing his daily cash email. Finally he urges sticking to what you know, using three filters: do I know it and have an information advantage, will I pay attention to it, and will it be true in the future. He recounts losing on Detroit homes bought for about $100,000 and cites a recent investment in Hark Labs as passing all three filters.

Key takeaways

• Martell frames wealth creation as preferable to wealth preservation, saying deployed dollars should work to make more money
• Use AI prompts to map second and third-degree winners and losers, suppliers, adjacent industries and disrupted companies, instead of only obvious names
• Red-team investments by asking AI for a worst-case scenario and 10 brutal reasons you could lose all your money, and run the prompt on multiple models
• Have AI build one live dashboard for all investments with red, green and yellow health signals and movement alerts, and review it on a set day
• Apply three filters before investing: know it and have an information advantage, will pay attention to it, and will it be true in the future over a 10-year horizon

Episode details: published July 9, 2026 · 10:53 long. Summary written by Self Growth Videos from the episode itself. Business results and any income figures mentioned are Dan Martell’s own claims, shared for education — they are not typical or guaranteed.

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