Work Smarter with Ai
There are two types of leaders right now.
The first type is waiting.
Waiting for Ai to "mature."
Waiting for their industry to figure it out.
Waiting for someone to hand them a playbook.
The second type is experimenting.
Breaking things.
Testing tools on a Tuesday afternoon and rebuilding a workflow by Thursday.
They don't have all the answers - but they're learning faster than everyone around them.
If you're reading this, I'm betting you're the second type.
I'm Umar.
I've spent over 10 years in accounting, finance, and tech startups.
I've helped businesses adopt Ai.
I've built products myself. And I've watched - up close - as the gap between companies that experiment with Ai and companies that wait for permission gets wider every single week.
Prime Ai is the newsletter I wish existed when I started.
In 12 months, every job description will assume AI fluency.
The question is whether you're building that fluency now or scrambling to catch up later!
Here’s what you’ll get every week in under 5 minutes:
The stuff I'm actually seeing, using, and building with - not recycled headlines you've already seen on LinkedIn.
That means:
Prompts you can copy and paste.
Not theory. Not "here's what prompt engineering is."
Actual prompts I've tested, with context on when and why they work.Workflows and automations you can steal.
The real setups I use to save hours every week - broken down so you can steal them.Templates that save you time.
Email frameworks, analysis prompts, reporting shortcuts.
Things that take me 2 minutes to share and save you 2 hours to figure out on your own.The signal in the noise.
Emerging tools, roles, skills, and opportunities - with my honest take on what's worth your attention and what isn't.
The through-line is always the same:
The Ai gap isn't about technology.
It's about leaders who experiment versus those who wait for permission.
What Prime Ai is NOT:
It's not a news aggregator.
You don't need another feed of headlines.
It's not a hype machine.
I'll tell you when something is overhyped just as fast as I'll tell you when something is underrated.
It's not long. If I can't say it in 5 minutes, I'll say it in two issues.
Here’s what I ask of you:
If an issue hits, forward it to one person who needs to see it.
That's it.
That's how this grows - one forwarded email at a time.
If you want to go beyond the weekly email, I run an AI for Finance Leaders course and work directly with companies on Ai adoption.
But that's not what this email is about.
This email is about giving you one useful thing every week for free.
First real issue drops this week.
Let's go.
- Umar
P.S. Hit reply and tell me:
What you're working on or what you're struggling with on Ai.
I read every one and the best questions become future issues 😀
