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Hey fam 👋 Luis & Rui here with your Thursday AI coffee break.
Anthropic and OpenAI dropped new flagship models 90 minutes apart this week, and both came in way cheaper than what they replace.
Meanwhile, 950 Claude agents found a brand new CRISPR-like enzyme, and Google made HD AI video free for everyone.
Grab your coffee!
(3-minute coffee break ☕)
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AI News around the world 🌍
🧠 Anthropic released Claude Opus 5.5, cutting prices by about 40% while writing 30% faster and topping agentic coding and computer use benchmarks. (continue reading)
⚡ Ninety minutes later, OpenAI launched GPT-6 Sol and Luna at half the API price of GPT-5.6, with Sol making about half as many mistakes. (continue reading)
🧬 Around 950 Claude agents searched a massive DNA database for 21 hours and found a new CRISPR-like enzyme system. (continue reading)
🎬 Google Vids now lets anyone with a Google account generate free 1080p AI video clips, powered by the new Gemini Omni 1.1 model. (continue reading)
📱 Qualcomm’s new Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 runs AI models of up to 30 billion parameters directly on your phone, up from 4 billion. (continue reading)
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Investments in AI
🔐 Cyera raised a $400 million Series G extension from Goldman Sachs Alternatives at a valuation above $12 billion to control what data AI agents can access. (link)
☁️ Verda raised a $189 million Series B, becoming Europe’s newest AI unicorn with renewable-powered GPU clouds in Finland and Iceland. (link)
🔬 Basecamp Research raised a $140 million Series C led by S32, with Nvidia and NATO joining, to scale its EDEN model for designing DNA-editing therapies. (link)
Prompt of the Week 🧠
Price Increase Rollout → Raise your prices in January without losing the customers who matter.
Most teams know they’re undercharging but keep putting off the increase because they’re afraid of the customer emails.
Prompt:
You are a pricing and customer communications strategist. I am planning a price increase and I want to roll it out without losing the customers who matter most. Here is my context: - What I sell: [product/service] - Current pricing: [plans and prices] - New pricing I'm considering: [plans and prices, or "help me decide"] - Customer base: [number of customers, rough split by plan, typical tenure] - Why I'm raising prices: [costs, new features, undercharged vs competitors, etc.] - Competitor pricing: [2-3 competitors and what they charge] - When I want the new price to take effect: [date] Do the following: 1. Sanity check: Tell me if the increase is too small to matter, about right, or likely to trigger churn. Explain your reasoning in 3 bullets. 2. Segment plan: Split my customers into 3-4 segments (for example: long-time loyal, high-value accounts, price-sensitive, recently joined). For each segment, recommend how to treat them: full increase, grandfathered for X months, locked annual rate, or a one-time upgrade offer. 3. Timeline: Give me a week-by-week rollout from announcement to go-live, including how much notice to give and when to send reminders. 4. Announcement email: Write the main customer email. Lead with what they get, explain the change in plain language, state the new price and date clearly, and include an option to lock in the current rate by committing early. Keep it under 200 words and don't apologize. 5. Objection replies: Write short, friendly replies to the 5 most likely responses ("this is too expensive", "I'm going to cancel", "can I keep my old price?", "why now?", "what am I getting for more money?"). 6. Watch list: Tell me the 3 metrics to track in the 60 days after go-live and the warning sign for each that means I should adjust. Ask me for any missing information before you start.
Where to use it: Paste in your pricing and customer mix, then use the output as your Q4 announcement plan and ready-to-send email.
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