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Big Tech
Torch This: Can AWS Finally Bridge NVIDIA's CUDA Moat?
AWS is trying to move hardware choice one layer below PyTorch. If developers can write normal PyTorch and swap accelerators with less pain, CUDA’s software lock-in becomes less absolute.
Nick Wentz · OCT 20, 2026
Agents
How to Set Up Your Personal AI Assistant to Anticipate Your Needs
A practical guide to giving your assistant the context, access, and instructions to prepare you for what’s next.
Nick Wentz · OCT 20, 2026
Frontier Pass
You can use AI to edit videos for you, here's how
A professional editor’s guide to “vibe editing”—how to hand AI the busywork, direct it in plain English, and keep your creative taste in charge.
Brian Knepprath · OCT 16, 2026
Future Of Work
Everyone Is Lying to You About AI Creativity
The agents are here! They are all revolutionary. And they will disrupt your entire way of being.
Shane Hegde · OCT 14, 2026
Agents
Amazon Just Showed Everyone Where It's Most Vulnerable
Amazon's decision to block independent shopping agents reveals a much bigger threat to its business, and a major opportunity for startups.
Nick Wentz · OCT 13, 2026
Agents
Why Every AI Company Wants to Be Your Assistant
OpenAI, Google, Microsoft, Anthropic, Meta, and Grok Bot are competing to become your new front door to work.
Nick Wentz · OCT 9, 2026
Future Of Work
The Build vs Buy Trap: Why Your AI Strategy Should Look More Like R&D
How enterprises can turn AI from a purchased tool into a compounding competitive advantage.
David Weinstein · OCT 8, 2026
Future Of Work
The New Power User Is a Manager of AI Workers
It’s not enough to simply use AI anymore. The next power users are running entire teams of AI agents.
Nick Wentz · OCT 4, 2026
Startups
Six Takeaways From OpenAI’s Big DevDay
OpenAI’s latest announcements signal a shift toward AI agents, reshaping how we work, use software and interact with our digital lives.
Alex Salkever · OCT 2, 2026
Future Of Work
Vibe CAD Engineering with GPT-6 “Astra”
How GPT-6 Astra is bringing vibe coding to hardware engineering, automating PCB design, component placement, and routing.
Aleksandar Kostovic · OCT 1, 2026
Future Of Work
Why My Agent Punched the Monkey
Agentic commerce could wreck the advertising machine that made Google, Meta and Amazon fabulously profitable. What replaces it may not look like advertising at all.
Alex Salkever · SEP 30, 2026
Original
AI Headphones Have a 50mm Problem
How smaller solid-state speakers could unlock lighter, smarter, more capable AI headphones.
Jonathan Chien · SEP 23, 2026