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Hey fam 👋 Luis & Rui here with your Monday AI coffee break.
OpenAI just dropped GPT-5.4 with a 1M-token context window and computer use built in, and it’s already landing inside Excel.
Meanwhile, Anthropic is turning Claude Code into a background worker with scheduled tasks, and Google is making fast AI even cheaper with Gemini Flash-Lite at $0.25 per million tokens.
Grab your coffee!
(3-minute coffee break ☕)
AI News around the world 🌍
🚀 OpenAI launched GPT-5.4, its most capable frontier model yet, featuring a 1M-token context window, built-in computer use, and state-of-the-art coding performance. (continue reading)
📊 ChatGPT is now available inside Excel via a GPT-5.4-powered add-in, letting teams build spreadsheet models and analyze financial data in plain language. (continue reading)
🤖 Anthropic turned Claude Code into a background worker with local scheduled tasks, enabling developers to automate recurring jobs like nightly code audits and dependency updates. (continue reading)
⚡ Google released Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite, its fastest and most affordable model yet at $0.25 per million input tokens, delivering 2.5x faster response times for developers. (continue reading)
🏭 Red Hat and NVIDIA announced a joint AI Factory and new enterprise AI suite aimed at bringing production-ready AI infrastructure to large organizations. (continue reading)
Trending AI Tools 🛠
📊 Matik: Auto-generates personalized presentations and reports from your CRM and data warehouse, no manual effort needed.
🎙️ Granola: AI notepad that auto-summarizes meetings and pulls action items straight from your calendar.
🎧 Castmagic: Turns podcasts and recorded calls into blog posts, social content, and newsletters instantly.
🎬 DittoDub: Dubs your videos into 60+ languages with voice cloning that preserves your original tone.
Tutorials 📝
Career & Capital 💼
AI Job Board
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💼 OpenAI: Research Engineer, Applied AI Engineering | San Francisco, CA – $250,000 to $550,000 (view job)
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💼 DoorDash: Machine Learning Engineer, Forecast Platform | San Francisco / NYC / Seattle – $127,000 to $200,000 (view job)
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💼 DoorDash: Machine Learning Engineer, Conversation AI | Remote – $127,000 to $200,000 (view job)
Investments in AI
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💰 Lio raised a $30M Series A led by Andreessen Horowitz to automate enterprise procurement end-to-end, cutting weeks-long workflows down to minutes. (link)
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💰 BigBear.ai acquired Ask Sage for ~$250M, a generative AI platform purpose-built for government and defense, expanding its national security capabilities. (link)
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💰 Harvey acquired YC-backed Lume AI in a talent deal designed to accelerate customer integrations and forward-deployed engineering, strengthening its legal AI lead. (link)
Prompt of the Week 🧠
Job Description Optimizer → Rewrite job postings to attract better candidates faster.
Most job descriptions are copy-pasted from old templates, packed with jargon, and optimized for HR compliance rather than candidate appeal. A well-structured, compelling JD can cut time-to-hire and surface stronger applicants before your competitors do.
Prompt:
You are a talent branding expert who specializes in writing job descriptions that attract high-quality candidates. I'm going to give you a rough or existing job description, and you will rewrite it to be compelling, clear, and candidate-focused. Here is the job description I want you to improve: [PASTE JOB DESCRIPTION HERE] Rewrite it following these rules: 1. Open with a 2-3 sentence "why this role matters" hook — make the candidate feel the impact they'll have, not just the tasks they'll do 2. Replace vague phrases like "fast-paced environment" or "self-starter" with specific, concrete descriptions of how the team works and what success looks like in 90 days 3. Restructure the requirements into two sections: "Must Have" (true blockers only, max 5) and "Nice to Have" (everything else) 4. Add a "What You'll Actually Do in Your First 30 Days" section with 3-4 specific bullets 5. Close with a 2-sentence company culture statement that sounds human, not corporate 6. Flag any language that may unintentionally deter qualified candidates (e.g., overly gendered words, unnecessary degree requirements) After the rewrite, give me a 3-bullet summary of the biggest changes you made and why.
Where to use it: Ideal for founders, HR managers, and operations leads actively hiring, especially useful before posting a role on LinkedIn, Indeed, or your careers page to maximize application quality from day one.
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