<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>AI Savings Lab</title><description>Evidence-based guides for freelancers, solopreneurs and small businesses: what you pay for, whether AI can replace it, how to set it up, and the net savings after AI costs, setup time and oversight.</description><link>https://aisavingslab.com/</link><language>en-us</language><item><title>How Grok Bot replaced my $154/month bookkeeper</title><link>https://aisavingslab.com/projects/replace-bookkeeping-service-with-grok-bot/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://aisavingslab.com/projects/replace-bookkeeping-service-with-grok-bot/</guid><description>A real, owner-documented case study by Jason Reed, PharmD: he canceled Verity Bookkeeping ($154/month) in September 2026 and now has Grok Bot do the monthly categorizing and reconciling in QuickBooks Online. $154/month (~$1,848/year) saved before AI cost today, at least ~$54/month even if the whole $100 Grok Bot plan is counted, with a planned QuickBooks downgrade from January 2027.</description><pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Starter checklist: saving money with AI agents, the careful way</title><link>https://aisavingslab.com/articles/ai-savings-starter-checklist/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://aisavingslab.com/articles/ai-savings-starter-checklist/</guid><description>A simple, printable checklist for your first AI money-saving project: find what you&apos;re paying for, check whether AI can really do it, count the true costs, keep a human in the loop, and only cancel once it works.</description><pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>How to audit your subscriptions (and negotiate bills) with an AI agent</title><link>https://aisavingslab.com/articles/audit-and-cut-subscriptions-with-an-ai-agent/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://aisavingslab.com/articles/audit-and-cut-subscriptions-with-an-ai-agent/</guid><description>A step-by-step guide to using an AI assistant to find recurring charges, decide what to keep, and draft cancellation or negotiation messages, while you stay in charge of every account and every decision.</description><pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Tutorial: set up Grok Bot for small-business bookkeeping</title><link>https://aisavingslab.com/articles/bookkeeping-with-grok-bot-tutorial/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://aisavingslab.com/articles/bookkeeping-with-grok-bot-tutorial/</guid><description>Step-by-step tutorial based on Jason Reed&apos;s owner-documented bookkeeping case study: Grok Bot in QuickBooks Online, bank feeds, a monthly check, a quarterly CPA review, and a planned QuickBooks downgrade.</description><pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>How to hand your bookkeeping busywork to an AI agent (without losing control of your books)</title><link>https://aisavingslab.com/articles/hand-off-bookkeeping-busywork-to-an-ai-agent/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://aisavingslab.com/articles/hand-off-bookkeeping-busywork-to-an-ai-agent/</guid><description>A plain-English guide for freelancers and very small businesses: which bookkeeping chores an AI agent can take over, what should stay with you and your accountant, and how to work out whether it really saves money.</description><pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>