Father of six in the Florida Keys. Shipped eight apps to two app stores in one season — with AI as his co-pilot.
Rick Jenkins is the founder of AI Revenue Forge, Inc., a family business built from the Lower Florida Keys. In a single season, working with AI as a development co-pilot, he shipped eight applications to the Microsoft Store and Google Play — a restaurant inspection-score lookup, a scam-fighting casting-call board, a local business-opportunity radar, an AI copywriting tool, and more — each solving a problem his own family actually had.
The model is help-first: the core tools are free, and the business follows where it follows. Alongside the software, Rick and his wife Kayla run Vibrations for a Higher Life, a mobile sound bath practice and handmade gemstone shop serving the Keys, and teach the business frameworks behind it all through The Living Web and the Multi-Dimensional Entrepreneur program.
Story Angles
WHAT AI-ERA BUILDING ACTUALLY LOOKS LIKEThe real process behind eight shipped apps: certification rejections, same-day fixes, exact tooling — a concrete solo-founder story, not hype. (Business, tech, entrepreneurship shows)
THE SCAM ECONOMY AROUND NEW ACTORSRick's kids wanted to audition; the search results were a minefield of pay-to-audition traps. He built a free board that only lists official sources. (Acting, parenting, consumer shows)
CHECK THE SCORE BEFORE YOU EATFlorida publishes every restaurant's inspection history — almost nobody looks. A free tool makes it a 10-second habit. (Consumer, food, local TV/radio)
BUSINESS THROUGH A DIFFERENT LENSEntrepreneurship meets the metaphysical: sound and frequency work, energy practices, holistic living, and why "your expense list is your business plan." (Wellness, spirituality, alternative-lifestyle shows)
RAISING SIX KIDS WHILE SHIPPING SOFTWAREMarkets on weekends, school runs on weekdays, launches in between — the family-first operating system behind the whole thing. (Parenting, lifestyle, side-hustle shows)
Fast Facts
WHORick Jenkins, founder, AI Revenue Forge, Inc.
WHERELower Florida Keys (Sugarloaf Key area) — in-studio in the Keys, or remote with a decent mic
THE EIGHT APPSFoodCodeScout, OpsScout, TalentScout, SalesForge, The Living Web, Multi-Dimensional Entrepreneur, The Forge Marketplace, Vibrations for a Higher Life
STORESLive on the Microsoft Store; rolling out on Google Play
BOOKING & PRESS CONTACT
Email: support@airevenueforge.org · Phone: (877) 640-3761 Flexible schedule. Remote-ready. Can be in a Keys studio on short notice.
