Sterling AI x Brad Stevens
A cinematic showcase of what happens when you give an AI agent full access to your business and tell it to operate as your COO.
| Duration | 1:52 |
| Resolution | 1920x1080 (Full HD) |
| Avatar | HeyGen Brad v4 (light gray shirt) |
| Brad Voice | ElevenLabs PVC v2 Clone |
| Narrator Voice | ElevenLabs "Charlie" (deep, cinematic) |
| Title Cards | 5 custom PIL-generated 1080p cards |
| Composite | FFmpeg 8.1.1 (12-part concat) |
[Black screen. Cursor blinks. "hello" appears.]
NARRATOR: "One word. One message. That's all it took to start something no one saw coming."
[Clean office. Mac Mini unboxing feel.]
BRAD: "At the end of April 2026, I gave an AI agent full access to my business. My email. My calendar. My CRM. My team communications across 280 Google Chat spaces. I told it one thing... operate as my Chief Operating Officer."
NARRATOR: "Most people ask AI to write an email. Brad Stevens handed it the keys to a 500-person company."
[Numbers cascading with impact.]
NARRATOR: "Eighty days. One hundred eighty projects. Eighty-five live websites. Eleven custom applications. Twenty-four dashboards. One hundred thirty-two client intelligence files."
BRAD: "Sterling built things in eight minutes that would cost ten thousand dollars and take a team weeks. A full baseball recruiting app... eight minutes. A client proposal system with dynamic dashboards... done before my coffee got cold."
NARRATOR: "Fifteen specialized AI agents. Forty connected tools. Running twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week. While Brad coached his kids' baseball games and played guitar by the campfire."
[Stats slam onto screen with bass hits.]
NARRATOR: "Total estimated value of everything built... Monthly cost..."
[$226 appears. Dramatic pause.]
BRAD: "Two hundred and twenty-six dollars a month. Less than a single hour of most consultants' time. And it replaced three-quarters of a million dollars in development, consulting, and operational labor."
[Ecosystem map expanding outward.]
BRAD: "This isn't about replacing people. I run a five-hundred-person outsourcing company. I believe in people more than anyone. This is about augmenting one person's capacity to operate at the level of a fully-staffed executive team. Every client interaction is more informed. Every decision is more data-driven. Every process runs while I sleep."
[Cursor from opening. "80 days later: an entire operating system."]
NARRATOR: "One entrepreneur. One AI. Eighty days. This is what happens when you stop asking AI to do tasks... and start asking it to run your business."
[Automate and Delegate brand. Book launches August 30, 2026.]
Individual demonstrations of each creative tool in Sterling's production arsenal.
Brad's digital twin delivering a scripted message with natural gestures and lip sync. Avatar IV engine, 1080p, imported ElevenLabs PVC voice.
Brad's PVC v2 voice clone and "Charlie" cinematic narrator. Two voices alternating for documentary-style narration. Multilingual v2 model.
5 cinematic title cards generated with Python PIL. Stats impact cards, cost reveal, split-screen comparison, and branded closing card. 1920x1080.
12-part video assembly with normalized codecs (H.264, AAC 192kbps, 25fps). Includes landscape 1080p and vertical 9:16 versions for Reels/Shorts.
AI-generated B-roll clips: code streaming, dashboard populating, API network visualization, autonomous night office. Gemini Veo 3.1 engine.
Google Imagen 4 for photorealistic image generation. Available for thumbnails, social graphics, and presentation visuals.
End-to-end video production architecture from script to multi-platform delivery.
Alternating narrator + Brad avatar segments
Done5 parallel agents
DoneH.264, 25fps, AAC 192k
DoneFFmpeg concat + encode
Done1080p + Vertical
Done| Agent | Tool | Output | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Narrator Audio | ElevenLabs | 6 MP3 clips | Done |
| Avatar Video | HeyGen V3 | 4 MP4 clips | Done |
| Title Cards | Python PIL | 5 PNG images | Done |
| B-Roll | Gemini Veo | 4 video clips | Testing |
| Website | HTML/CSS/JS | Showcase site | Done |
| # | Segment | Source | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cold Open | Title + Narrator | 7.5s |
| 2 | The Decision | HeyGen Avatar | 12.7s |
| 3 | Narrator Button | Title + Narrator | 7.5s |
| 4 | Stats Cascade | Title + Narrator | 13.5s |
| 5 | 8 Minutes | HeyGen Avatar | 10.1s |
| 6 | Agents Running | Title + Narrator | 14.5s |
| 7 | Value Reveal | Title + Narrator | 5.0s |
| 8 | Cost Reveal | Title Card | 3.0s |
| 9 | $226/mo | HeyGen Avatar | 8.0s |
| 10 | Philosophy | HeyGen Avatar | 15.6s |
| 11 | Closing | Title + Narrator | 11.0s |
| 12 | End Card | Title Card | 4.0s |
| TOTAL | 1:52 |
Every video, audio, image, and content generation tool in Sterling's arsenal.
| Tool | Category | Status | Key Capability |
|---|---|---|---|
| HeyGen | Avatar Video | Connected | Digital twin avatar, lip sync, V3 API, $44.45 balance |
| Gemini Veo 3.1 | AI Video Gen | Connected | Text-to-video, B-roll generation, 16:9 and 9:16 |
| FFmpeg 8.1.1 | Video Processing | Connected | Compositing, encoding, format conversion, multi-platform output |
| VidIQ | YouTube Analytics | Connected | Keyword research, competitor analysis, thumbnail scoring |
| CapCut | Video Editing | Pending | Professional editing, effects, templates (Apple ID fix needed) |
| Captions.ai | Auto Captions | Pending | AI captions, eye contact correction, background removal |
| Tool | Category | Status | Key Capability |
|---|---|---|---|
| ElevenLabs | Voice Synthesis | Connected | Brad PVC v2 clone + 30+ stock voices, 300K chars/mo |
| Groq | Transcription | Connected | Free audio-to-text transcription (Whisper v3) |
| Skywork | Music Generation | Connected | AI music tracks, background scores |
| Tool | Category | Status | Key Capability |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gemini Imagen 4 | Image Generation | Connected | Photorealistic image generation (Standard, Ultra, Fast) |
| Python PIL | Image Processing | Connected | Title cards, text overlays, image manipulation |
| Canva | Design Platform | Connected | Templates, social graphics, presentations (MCP available) |
| Nano Banana | Gemini Image Gen | Connected | Alternative image generation via Gemini |
| Tool | Category | Status | Key Capability |
|---|---|---|---|
| YouTube API | Video Upload | Connected | Direct API uploads, metadata, thumbnails, playlists |
| Vimeo | Video Hosting | Connected | Professional hosting, 1,349 videos, embed codes |
| Metricool | Social Scheduling | Connected | Multi-platform scheduling (FB, IG, LinkedIn, YouTube) |
| Gamma | Presentations | Connected | AI-powered slide decks and presentations |
Output format requirements for each distribution platform.
| Platform | Resolution | Aspect | Max Duration | Max Size | Format |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1080p | 16:9 | 240 min | 10 GB | H.264, AAC | |
| Instagram Reels | 1080x1920 | 9:16 | 90 sec | 650 MB | H.264, AAC |
| YouTube | 4K+ | 16:9 | 12 hr | 256 GB | H.264/VP9 |
| YouTube Shorts | 1080x1920 | 9:16 | 60 sec | 256 GB | H.264 |
| 1080p | 16:9 | 15 min | 5 GB | H.264, AAC | |
| TikTok | 1080x1920 | 9:16 | 10 min | 287 MB | H.264, AAC |
| Version | Resolution | Size | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| Landscape (1080p) | 1920x1080 | 22 MB | 1:52 |
| Vertical (Reels) | 1080x1920 | 29 MB | 1:52 |
| Codec | H.264 (libx264) |
| Preset | slow (quality priority) |
| CRF | 18 (visually lossless) |
| Audio | AAC 192kbps, 44.1kHz stereo |
| Framerate | 25 fps |
| Faststart | Enabled (progressive playback) |