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@marshallhaas

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@marshallhaas I just used Perplexity Computer to invest $500k. Here’s the story. Comment “Computer” and I’ll show you how else I use it in my life & business. #Perplexitypartner #investing #entrepreneurship #AI

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Performance

Views
1.5M
Likes
28.7K
Comments
4.3K
Engagement
2.2%
Outlier
6.7×
Length · 15 Mar 2026
1:25

Video #21426 · Vlog

Voiceover vlog demonstrating AI toolfrom @marshallhaas

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Overview

The creator shares a personal story about selling his business and needing to invest the profits, using this narrative to seamlessly transition into a demonstration of Perplexity AI. He walks viewers through a specific $500,000 real estate investment opportunity, using screen recordings to show how he used the AI tool to analyze documents, stress-test assumptions, and build financial models before making his decision, ending with a call-to-action to comment for more use cases.

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Simple outline

  1. 1Hook with high-stakes action
  2. 2Introduce risky opportunity
  3. 3Frame goal as finding flaws
  4. 4Demonstrate tool solving problem
  5. 5Reveal massive time saved
  6. 6Call to action for more

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Related videos

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Classification

Format
Concepts
Case Study BreakdownProduct Promo
Elements
Screen RecordingB-Roll CutawayDM / Comment-for-Info CTADynamic Word-by-Word Captions

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Hook analysis

What stops the scroll in the first 3 seconds

Title hook · 45%

After selling life-changing

Verbal hook · 40%

Better selling my business for life changing money, I had a new problem.

Visual hook · 15%

A cinematic tracking shot of a man walking through a luxurious, well-lit home interior, establishing high status and wealth immediately to capture aspirational interest.

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Hook template

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After [major life win], I had a new [unexpected problem].

  • — After paying off all my debt, I had a new money problem.
  • — After losing 40 pounds, I had a new identity problem.
  • — After going viral, I had a new audience problem.

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Hook and payoff

The promise the opener makes, and how the video pays it back

Hook

Establish immense credibility and stakes immediately, followed by the specific, massive action taken using the featured tool to create an irresistible open loop.

Payoff

The final decision is made with absolute confidence based purely on the tool's output, seamlessly transitioning into a comment-based lead-generation CTA.

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Narrative framework

The structural pattern this video runs on

Framework

The High-Stakes Validation Framework

Leveraging a high-stakes, relatable problem to demonstrate a tool's extreme competence, framing the creator as a skeptical evaluator rather than a salesperson to build ultimate trust.

  1. 1

    The Baseline & The Bait

    Contextualize the creator's normal, safe state and introduce the inciting incident: a highly tempting but inherently risky opportunity.

  2. 2

    The Skeptic's Pivot

    Reframe the narrative goal from 'finding a reason to say yes' to 'finding a reason to say no'. This instantly disarms the viewer and builds immense trust.

  3. 3

    The Objective Gauntlet

    Introduce the product or tool as the unbiased judge, feeding it the complex problem to see if it can handle the heavy lifting.

  4. 4

    The Escalating Capabilities

    Showcase distinct, increasingly impressive features of the tool applied directly to the specific problem, moving from basic analysis to complex, interactive modeling.

  5. 5

    The Paradigm Shift

    Compare the tool's effortless output to a traditional, expensive, or time-consuming alternative to anchor its true value.

Themes

  • Wealth management
  • Artificial Intelligence utility
  • Smart decision making
  • Entrepreneurial lifestyle

Techniques

  • Screen recording integration
  • Dynamic text overlays
  • Cinematic tracking shots
  • Voiceover storytelling

Trends

  • AI use cases
  • Transparent investing
  • Comment-to-DM funnels

Post caption

I just used Perplexity Computer to invest $500k. Here’s the story. Comment “Computer” and I’ll show you how else I use it in my life & business. #Perplexitypartner #investing #entrepreneurship #AI

Text overlays

  • title · beginning

    After selling life-changing

  • branding · beginning

    Perplexity Computer

  • title · beginning

    Here's the story.

  • informational · middle

    Target return 27.37%

  • call-to-action · end

    comment "Computer"

Transcript

Better selling my business for life changing money, I had a new problem. How to invest the money worse. I just yes perplexity computer to invest half $1,000,000 in a single deal. Here's the tier. Most of my portfolio is in conservative index funds, but I keep a small chunk for big opportunities to juice my overall returns. Friend sent me a deal and one line jumped out. Target better, 27% per year. I like the sound of that which is exactly why I got nervous. On paper, it looked great. That's when people get greedy and make mistakes. My job wasn't to find a reason to best. It was to find a reason to rank away. So I opened Perplexity Computer, dropped in the investment document, and said break down every assumption, show me what has to go right for this deal to work, stress test it. What happens if tenants leave, interest rates rise, or the property sells for less than expected? Because Perplexity Computer reads the entire document, it actually understood the deal, the leverage, the fees, all the assumptions behind that 27% return. Then I had bad build me an interactive model for all the what could go wrong scenarios. I could see how any scenario would impact financials in a beautiful dashboard. After that, I gave my portfolio and asked, does this actually improve my portfolio or am I just adding more risk? It mapped the deal right into my portfolio no I could see exactly how it changed my exposure. After pushing on it for a while, the deal held up. The risks were clear and $500,000 portfolio. Perplexity Computer made it feel like I had a team of analysts pressure testing the deal over a week, except I got there in an afternoon, so I invested. If you're curious how else I yes Perplexity Computer in my life and business, comment computer.

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