u/Neat_Elk_6006 — reddlx

Is AI Acquisition by Jordan Lee really worth it?

Recently came across Jordan Lee and had a call w/ one of his executives at AI Acquisition about using their systems for my service business. I just don’t know if this is actually worth it??

He seems to have a lot of testimonials and case studies (and I’ve seen people mention the community and in person meetups too) , but I’m just not sure if it’s good marketing or if there is real substance behind it.

From what I understand, they help with lead gen, outreach, workflows, etc, and making parts of the business less manual. That sounds useful in theory, but obvio these things can sound a lot better on calls than they are in practice if I really start implementing it

I’m thinking about going ahead …. but I want to hear from someone who’s actually worked with them or been inside AI Acquisition for a while to see if this is really the way to go.

Has anyone here worked with them? What was your experience?

Was it actually useful, or is it mostly just marketing? some real examples or case studies might work too! To take my decision

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u/Neat_Elk_6006 — 1 day ago

▲ 1 r/AiAutomations

I finally self-hosted Hermes Agent on a VPS this weekend - here is the honest setup experience and what it actually cost

Been meaning to do this for weeks and finally pulled the trigger. For anyone who has been watching Hermes climb the rankings (it passed OpenClaw on OpenRouter usage this month) and wondering if it is worth the setup hassle, here is my honest writeup.

What it is, quickly: Hermes Agent is the self-improving agent from Nous Research. The pitch that got me is that it does not just run static skills, it turns successful workflows into reusable skills and gets more useful the longer it runs. It connects to Telegram, Discord, Slack, etc., and you bring your own model (I used Sonnet 4.6 as primary).

The setup reality:

- Minimum viable box is 1 vCPU / 2 GB RAM. I would honestly go 4 GB so you are not babysitting memory.

- Docker is the way. If you do it manually expect to deal with containers, networking, and a reverse proxy yourself.

- The part that surprised me: the one-click Docker templates some hosts ship now genuinely remove most of that pain. I used Hostinger's Hermes template and it spun up the container plus supporting services automatically, then I just dropped in my LLM API key.

- Total running cost landed around 5 to 7 dollars a month for the VPS, plus whatever your model API burns (mine was a few dollars in light use).

What I would tell my past self: start with OpenRouter as your provider so you can swap models without redoing config, and do not skip setting up SSL on your domain.

Full disclosure: Hostinger sponsors this sub and there is a code below if you want to try their VPS. But honestly any VPS with Docker works for this, so do not let that stop you from experimenting.

What is everyone else running their agents on, and has anyone got the self-improving skills loop doing something genuinely useful yet? Curious what skills have actually stuck for people.

Partnered with them to get the community 10% off.
Use code AIAUT_REDDIT at checkout.

🔗 https://www.hostinger.com/vps/docker/hermes-agent

u/Neat_Elk_6006 — 9 days ago

▲ 2 r/AiAutomations

One of the most common questions in this sub is how to keep agents running reliably without leaving your laptop on or dealing with flaky free tiers.

Hostinger's OpenClaw is a cleaner solution. It deploys a personal AI agent in 60 seconds, runs 24/7 on managed infrastructure, and connects directly to WhatsApp or Telegram. No API keys to set up, no manual updates, AI credits come pre-installed. There's also a VPS plan if you prefer full root access and want to configure everything yourself.

Real use cases relevant to this community: automating lead qualification, running code review agents, handling support tickets, scheduling social posts from a drafts folder.

Partnered with them to get the community 10% off. Use code AIAUT_REDDIT at checkout.

🔗 https://www.hostinger.com/openclaw

u/Neat_Elk_6006 — 2 months ago