I Trusted AI Agency Mastermind with $19,997 — Here's What I Got

I took the plunge and invested in the AI Agency Mastermind initiative back in March 2025, dropping a hefty $19,997 after their slick promotional webinar caught my attention. Their promises of daily coaching and comprehensive support seemed worth the investment, so I put it on my business credit card, wincing a bit at the amount but reassuring myself this would be transformative for my business. Boy, was I wrong.

The silence was deafening. Between April and September 2025, I must have sent 17 increasingly desperate emails to their support address and fired off 23 direct messages to Wyatt and Carson on Discord. Nothing. Not even an automated response. Sitting at my desk late at night, staring at that unanswered message thread while the monthly credit card payment notification popped up on my phone was a special kind of frustration.

Those “daily coaching calls“ they'd highlighted in bold, exciting text during the webinar? Nearly mythical. Throughout my six-month membership from March to September, I'd mark the scheduled calls on my calendar, rearrange client meetings to accommodate them, only to find they were cancelled without notice or hastily rescheduled. May 2025 was particularly disappointing—just three actual calls materialized, and they were disorganized rambling sessions without any structure or takeaways.

The Discord community felt like a ghost town with mannequins. Despite claims of hundreds of members, most profiles had that cookie-cutter feel, and interactions seemed superficial at best. I posted detailed technical questions about AI workflow implementation on April 7th, May 12th, and again on June 23rd. My questions just sat there, gathering digital dust—not a single response from members or the supposedly hands-on initiative leaders.

After shelling out nearly twenty grand, discovering that most training materials were just repackaged basics was a punch to the gut. Their “proprietary“ prompt engineering module looked suspiciously similar to free YouTube tutorials. I literally had both open in different browser tabs one afternoon, comparing them side by side and shaking my head at the similarities. Their “advanced strategies“ were nothing more than basic ChatGPT instructions you could find in public documentation.

In July 2025, I tried one last time to hold them accountable, sending meticulously detailed messages with screenshots of cancelled calls and missing materials. My inbox remained empty. Not even a courtesy “we're looking into it“ response.

By August, I discovered they'd disappeared from payment platforms like Whop.com and Stripe. When I reached out to these processors hoping to claw back my $19,997, I was informed the initiative was no longer active on their services. The refund path was completely blocked.

The financial strain of that $19,997 investment in March 2025 continues to impact my business. What I received in return fell dramatically short of what was promised in terms of value, support, and community. Every aspect of this experience has been both financially draining and professionally disappointing.