176. She Built 150 AI Employees and Never Fired a Human — Then Made $19,500,000 with Callan Faulkner

What if AI didn’t replace humans—but gave us more time and capacity to actually be human? In this episode, Kate sits down with AI expert Callan Faulkner, who has trained more than 13,000 business owners to become AI architects. Callan shares the extraordinary story behind a launch she expected to generate $4 million that ultimately crossed $19.5 million—and the financial and nervous system work she did in the months leading up to that expansion. They unpack Callan’s money story, from growing up with an underlying feeling that there was never enough to learning how to make increasing amounts of money without necessarily knowing how to manage it. She shares how preparing for greater wealth before it arrived helped her body feel safe receiving it, and why having the systems, team, and financial plan in place mattered just as much as setting a bigger goal. Then they dive into AI: what it could mean for the future of work, the environmental concerns surrounding it, whether it’s making us less intelligent, and how businesses can use it without losing the human element. Callan explains how she’s built more than 150 “AI employees” while never firing a human because of AI—instead using the technology to move her team away from repetitive work and into more strategic, creative roles. Ultimately, this conversation is about far more than technology. It’s about using AI as leverage to create more time, possibility, abundance, creativity, and space for the parts of life that only humans can experience. “I have not fired one person because of AI. I have only elevated their role.”   - Callan Faulkner 🎤 Let’s Dive into the Good Stuff on Plenty 🎤 00:00 The Opportunity of AI 02:27 Callan’s Money Story 05:02 Making Money but Avoiding It 08:16 Expanding Her Capacity 10:11 The $19.5M Launch 13:13 Preparing for More Money 18:00 Success, Friendship & Belonging 25:00 The Environmental Cost of AI 31:39 What AI Makes Possible 34:00 AI Without Firing Humans 38:03 Can AI Increase Creativity? 38:47 Six Years of Work in Two Hours 43:00 AI, Privacy & Financial Data 49:00 Does AI Make Us Dumber? 53:00 Building 150 AI Employees 55:54 The AI Employee Boot Camp 56:19 The Future Callan Is Building Links and Resources: Kate's Instagram AI Employee Bootcamp Connect with Callan Faulkner: Website Instagram ✨ What If You Could Build an AI Team That Actually Gives You Your Time Back? AI isn’t just about getting more done faster. Used well, it can create more space for the work that actually needs you. In the AI Employee Boot Camp, you’ll join AI expert Callan Faulkner for 3 live sessions, where she’ll take you behind the scenes of the 150+ AI employees she’s built and show you how they’re being used across real businesses. Through live demos, you’ll see how AI can support everything from financial dashboards to launch management and everyday workflows, so you can start identifying what could be automated, streamlined, or taken off your plate. The goal isn’t to become less human. It’s to spend less time doing work a machine can do — and more time using the creativity, strategy, and gifts only you can bring. 👉 Join the AI Employee Boot Camp at katenorthrup.com/automate Less busywork. More leverage. More room to do what you’re actually here to do. ✨