In today’s time, the way of doing business has completely changed. Earlier, when someone started a business alone, he had to do everything himself – working till late night, handling every task himself and working very hard. But now everything has become easy with the help of Artificial Intelligence (AI).
AI tools have now become cheap and easily available to everyone. With its help, small businessmen and solopreneurs are also able to compete with big businesses. Now it has become easier to work smarter than hard.
According to a report, the use of AI in small businesses has increased rapidly. While 39% of people were using AI in 2024, this number has increased to 55% in 2025. That is, there has been an increase of 41% in it. Not only this, 78% of companies around the world are using AI in at least one task. The special thing is that more than 75% of small businesses have already invested in AI technology.
The AI Revolution for Solo Entrepreneurs
Nowadays, the number of solopreneurs is increasing very rapidly. Millions of people around the world are running their business without any team. But it is not easy to do so. They have to fulfill many responsibilities simultaneously – sometimes becoming a CEO, sometimes handling marketing, sometimes looking at accounts, and sometimes talking to customers. In such a situation, fatigue and stress are common.
But now AI i.e. Artificial Intelligence has made this work easier. According to experts, about 70% of people working alone will resort to AI for more than half of their work in the coming time. AI not only automates the work, but it also gives smart suggestions, understands the customer’s choice in advance and helps in handling the entire business – such as creating content, running social media, planning money and helping customers.
According to a report, 93% of small business owners believe that AI tools are cheap and beneficial. This not only saves money, but also saves time. Nearly 62% of professionals said that with the help of AI they are able to save 4 or more hours every week – which is more than a month of time every year.
Essential Content Creation and Writing Tools
1. ChatGPT
ChatGPT is a very useful AI tool that helps you create content. With this, you can create blogs, social media posts, emails and new ideas. Its free version also works very well, but if you take the Plus Plan of $20/month, then you get its advanced features like GPT-4, file upload facility and quick access during busy times.
2. Jasper AI
Jasper AI is specially designed for writing marketing related content and long articles. Its plan starts from around $39/month. It has more than 50 AI templates, SEO improving tools and the facility to set your brand language. This makes professional and effective content quick and easy.
3. Copy.ai
Copy.ai is great for those who have to create many types of content but need a cheap tool. Its free plan comes with a small word limit, and paid plans start at around $36/month. It offers features like team collaboration and automatic content creation, which makes work easier and faster.
4. Grammarly
Grammarly is not just a tool to correct spelling or grammar. It understands your writing and gives suggestions to improve tone, clarity and make the reader feel engaged. Its free version does basic editing, while the premium version for $12/month also allows you to improve style and catch plagiarized content.
Design and Visual Content Solutions
1. Canva
Canva is a tool that has made designing very easy, especially for those who are not designers. Its AI feature “Magic Design” creates beautiful graphics, social media posts and presentations just by typing text. Its free version offers thousands of templates. But if you buy Canva Pro (around ₹1,000 or $13/month), you also get brand kit, background removal feature and advanced AI tools. Now Canva has also been integrated with ChatGPT, which has made it even more powerful. Its usage has increased by a whopping 375%.
2. Midjourney
Midjourney is an AI tool that creates beautiful and unique images from your written words. It costs $10/month and is very beneficial for those who want to create unique and attractive images for their business, website or social media.
Video Production and Editing
Video content has become very important in today’s time. More than 80% of the traffic on the Internet comes from videos. Now with the help of AI, anyone can create professional videos without much technical skills.
1. Pictory
Pictory is an AI tool that creates videos from your written content. It automatically adds video clips related to the script, adds captions and prepares the video for social media. Its price starts from $19/month. This is a great tool for converting blogs into videos. It can reduce the cost of creating videos by up to 80%, and so far more than 10 million videos have been created with it.
2. Descript
Descript changes the way of video editing. In this, you can edit videos like you edit text in Word. It has features like automatic transcription, voice cloning and removing unnecessary words like “uh”, “um”. Its price starts from $24/month. This tool is especially beneficial for those who do not know technical editing.
Marketing and Social Media Management
1. Buffer
Buffer is a tool that makes posting on social media easier. With the help of AI, you get ideas for posts and posts are also ready quickly. Its free plan supports 3 social media accounts. Buffer‘s AI-created posts get 22% more engagement (likes, comments, shares). If you take its paid plan, you also get the facility of analytics and advanced scheduling.
2. SurferSEO
SurferSEO is an SEO tool that makes your content better for Google. It tells what is lacking in your content, which topics should be added and how to write it correctly so that it is good for Google and AI tools like ChatGPT. Its plan starts from $89/month, in which you get keyword suggestions, suggestions to improve content and analysis of competitors.
Customer Service and Communication
Now with the help of AI, customer service has also become easier and faster. According to a report, 95% of small businesses that are using AI said that the quality of their answers has improved and 92% said that now they are able to answer quickly.
1. Tidio
Tidio is a tool in which AI chatbots answer customer questions 24×7. Its feature called Lyro AI answers up to 70% of the questions on its own, that too without any human help. It is low priced and different plans are available for different businesses.
2. Otter.ai
Otter.ai is a tool that records your meetings and automatically prepares written notes and summaries. This saves you from having to remember anything again after the meeting. The free plan offers basic transcription, and the paid plan (about $10/month) also offers unlimited recordings and AI-made Action Items.
Productivity and Project Management
1. Notion AI
Notion is a popular work management tool, and now work has become even easier with the help of AI in it. This tool automatically writes meeting notes, summarizes documents and manages data well. It costs around $8–10 per user per month. Teams that use Notion in combination with ChatGPT are saving about 40% of their time. This is a tool where you can manage your entire business work in one place.
2. Motion
Motion is an AI tool that automatically sets your day’s timetable and tasks. It prioritizes tasks, schedules meetings and also changes the plan if needed. It costs around $19/month. It is best for those who need to plan their time properly and who keep thinking “What should I do first?” again and again.
Financial Management and Analytics
1. QuickBooks
QuickBooks is a very reliable accounting tool, which now also has AI facility added. It automatically categorizes transactions, estimates cash flow and makes tax preparation easy. It costs around $30–35/month. This tool also gives you financial advice by understanding your spending habits, which makes it easier to manage money.
2. Wave
Wave is a free tool especially for those who are running a business alone and have a low budget. Invoice creation, receipt scanning and basic accounting facilities are available for free. Its AI feature does the accounts work automatically and also gives you a complete financial report, that too at no cost.
How to setup your business with the help of AI
If you want to use AI tools properly in your business, then it is better to start wisely rather than buying tools without thinking. Most successful businesses start with 2-3 essential tools first and then gradually add other tools as per the need.
1. Start with content
Many businesses first start with content writing tools like ChatGPT because every business needs blogs, social media posts or emails. These tools reduce your writing effort and give quick results.
2. Now add design tools
When creating content becomes easy, then you can add design tools like Canva. With this, you can create professional looking posters, banners or social media graphics without the help of a designer.
3. Automate talking to customers
With the help of AI chatbots and email automation tools, you can automate the work of talking to your customers. This will save your time and you will be able to focus on the bigger planning of the business.
4. Understand data and performance
With tools like SurferSEO or Google Analytics, you can improve the results of your content and website according to the data. This gives you accurate information instead of guessing.
Important thing: Instead of adopting many tools at once, add tools slowly and wisely. Research says that people who adopt AI tools one by one, their productivity increases by 30%.