PAID
PAID is for builders applying AI in products and workflows.
Teardown
How this community works
- Pricing
- $9 a monthAround the ai & tech median of $9.
- Size
- 1,266 membersBigger than 59% of the ai & tech communities indexed here.
- Revenue ceiling
- $11,394 a monthIf every member paid the listed price. Free tiers, discounts and churn are not visible from outside.
- Platform
- Skool
- Category
- AI & Tech
- Last verified
- 25 September 2026
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About PAID
PAID is for builders applying AI in products and workflows.
Why you should join: Public price is $9 a month. Get peer support, practical playbooks and live rooms inside Skool.
Notes
Teardown notes
The one-liner
A founder-priced AI cinematic image and video school aimed at landing a first client.
What they actually sell
PAID is Josh Hoole's membership for mastering AI cinematic images and videos, then getting paid for the work. The public offer is $9 a month while founding seats remain, with a planned jump to $49 after a member cap. Inside sit step-by-step courses, personal 1:1 feedback, character consistency training, daily-ish post replies, viral video editing, expert prompting, sound design walkthroughs, personal brand help, and weekly cash-prize challenges. No formal trial is spelled out.
Who pays and why
Creators drowning in AI tools who want client-ready cinematic work, not plastic-looking generations. The fear is never knowing how to sell the skill. They pay for a filmmaker's eye plus feedback on real posts.
Where the members come from
Josh points to Instagram, YouTube and joshhoole.com. The community is the paid classroom behind a production portfolio that names major sportswear brands. Exact follower counts stay off the about page.
What's holding it back
Personal feedback at $9 cannot scale past the current founding rush. When the price jumps, the same 1:1 promise may break unless an upgrade tier appears.
Steal this
Sell AI cinematic craft at a founder fee with cash challenges, then raise the gate once the room fills so early members feel locked in.
Would this work in another niche?
Yes for other billable AI craft lanes such as AI product photography or AI motion for ads. Weak for prompt-only communities with no path to a first client.
Written 25 September 2026
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