This newsletter caters to the technically curious, providing updates, tool reviews, and insights from an enthusiastic founder turned investor and lifelong tinkerer.
Hello everyone,
Prism by OpenAI is a LaTeX editor designed for researchers to draft and collaborate on academic papers with the aid of AI. It is free for ChatGPT users and offers unlimited projects and collaborators. The platform features a dual-editor, allowing both you and GPT-5.2 to contribute, along with a preview that renders your LaTeX input. Learn more on their blog. Interestingly, Prism’s founder took it from concept to OpenAI in less than 16 months.
Two insights on this:
Last year, OpenAI’s first product was Operator—a web browsing agent. We anticipate that this year will see a surge of document editors emerge.
For OpenAI, the challenge of AI for developers is already well addressed. Their new focus appears to be on scientists, aiming to create an AI researcher intern expected by September 2026.
— Keshav
In related news, OpenAI’s CFO, Sarah Friar, recently discussed the potential for licensing OpenAI models to companies. If these companies contribute to discoveries, OpenAI would receive a share of the benefits. (More details here)
Gemini 3 Flash now has the ability to strategize image analysis and utilize tools for zooming and annotating, enhancing visual comprehension. It boasts an improvement in performance on visual benchmarks by 5-10%. Google refers to this capability as “Agentic Vision,” a feature that OpenAI’s models have been equipped with since o3.
Chrome is evolving into an AI browser. The Gemini integration now includes a sidebar with functionalities for image generation, access to various Google tools, and auto-browsing, though this is currently available only in the U.S.
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Momo – Eliminate the need for progress update requests by integrating all your work tools and creating team memory.
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Ami Browser – Launch a feature, and your agent will test the web application and resolve bugs.
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Manus Skills – Transform a session into a skill or import skills from others.
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o11 – Your essential copilot for all Microsoft 365 applications.
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Shortcut – The Excel AI agent that stands out from the crowd, outperforming Claude, Copilot, and others. (See a demo on 4 real tasks)
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Variant – Input an idea and scroll through an endless array of (beautiful) designs. (Learn more)
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Flapping Airplanes has established a new foundational lab with $180M in seed funding aimed at enhancing data efficiency for AI model training. Kate from WSJ has provided a write-up on this company and the emerging field of neolabs.
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Anduril is hosting an autonomous drone racing competition offering $500,000 in prizes and job opportunities at Anduril.
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Snap has decided to make Specs (its AI glasses division) a separate subsidiary.
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Several team members from Cline have joined Codex.
That wraps it up for today. Please feel free to share your comments and thoughts. 👋
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