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Hey fam 👋 Luis & Rui here with your Thursday AI coffee break.
OpenAI‘s newest GPT-6 models just showed up on Google Cloud, and Anthropic launched Claude Duet, an agent app that brings you what needs your attention before you ask.
Grab your coffee!
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AI News around the world 🌍
🤝 OpenAI’s GPT-6 Astra, GPT-6.1 Sol and GPT-6 Luna are rolling out on Google Cloud. (continue reading)
🎻 Anthropic opened a waitlist for Claude Duet, a proactive agent app using 6,000+ connectors like Gmail and QuickBooks, for US Pro and Max users. (continue reading)
🚨 AI from OpenAI and Google’s Wiz found critical flaws in PHP, which powers roughly 70% of websites, prompting an NSA warning to patch now. (continue reading)
🛒 Walmart launched Agent Gateway so approved AI agents can shop for customers, shortly after Amazon began blocking agents. (continue reading)
🔓 Researchers easily found 6,800 shared Meta Muse chats, so Meta paused sharing. (continue reading)
Trending AI Tools 🛠
🧪 Preuve AI: Checks your startup idea before you build it by scanning 60+ live sources like Crunchbase, Reddit and G2, with a free viability scan in about 60 seconds.
📣 Autoadify: An AI social media manager that writes, designs and schedules posts across ten platforms.
💬 Hintly: A Chrome extension for Google Meet that explains terms, acronyms and names in real time during calls.
🧑💻 AgenticReview: Connects to GitHub and scores how well your team steers coding agents like Claude Code, Cursor and Codex against similar companies.
Tutorials 📝
Career & Capital 💼
AI Job Board
🏦 Middlesex Savings: Director of Enterprise Automation, AI & Analytics (Westborough, MA) – $137,316 to $250,608 (view job)
🛡️ Noblis: R&D Project Manager and Cyber/AI Technology Analyst (Washington, DC) – $78,900 to $123,300 (view job)
🏗️ JB Poindexter & Co: Senior AI Architect (Houston, TX) (view job)
Investments in AI
⚖️ Legora, review and draft legal work, raised a $550M Series E at an $8.8B valuation led by Atreides Management. (link)
🤖 Eka Robotics, which builds general-purpose robots that work safely alongside people, raised a $150M Series A co-led by a16z and F-Prime. (link)
☁️ Daytona, which runs cloud sandboxes where AI agents can safely run code, raised a $60M Series B at a $1B valuation led by FirstMark. (link)
Prompt of the Week 🧠
Account Expansion Plan → Win a bigger share of your best clients’ 2027 budgets before they lock.
Many of your clients are writing their 2027 budgets right now, and once those numbers are signed off, you are pitching against money that is already spent.
Run this to find which accounts have room to grow, what to offer each one, and how to start the 2027 conversation before the budget locks.
Prompt:
You are a key account manager and growth strategist. I want to grow revenue from the clients I already have in 2027, and I want our next phase of work to be in their plans before their budgets are signed off. Here is my context: - My business: [what you sell, typical deal size, B2B or B2C] - My offer menu: [everything a client can buy from me today with prices, plus anything new I plan to launch in 2027] - My top accounts: [for each one: client, what they buy now, yearly spend, how long they have been a client, main contact and who signs off on budget, how happy they seem, results we delivered this year] - Signals I have noticed: [new hires, funding, a new product or location, a new leader, requests we turned down, work they gave to another vendor, complaints] - Their budget timing: [when each client sets next year's budget, or "unknown"] - My capacity: [how much extra work my team can take on in 2027] - My goal: [for example "add a set amount of revenue from existing clients by the end of Q2 2027"] Do the following: 1. Account map: Score every account from 1 to 5 on room to grow, relationship strength and budget timing, then sort them into 3 groups (expand now, nurture first, keep steady). Tell me the 5 to talk to before the end of November and why. 2. Growth gaps: For each top account, list what they buy from me, what they still handle in-house or with another vendor, and the one problem I could solve next. Base this only on what I gave you and mark anything that is a guess. 3. The offer: For each of the top 5, suggest one expansion offer (more volume, a new service, a higher tier, a retainer or a longer contract), why it fits that client, and a price range based on my offer menu. 4. The opener: For each of the top 5, write a short email that asks for a 2027 planning call, not a sale. Open with a specific result we delivered this year, keep it under 120 words and give 2 subject line options. 5. The planning call: Write an agenda for a 30-minute call: questions to uncover their 2027 goals, budget timing and who signs off, the moment to bring up the offer, and replies for "we have no budget for that", "I need to check with finance" and "we are happy with things as they are". 6. Follow-through: Give me a week-by-week plan from now to mid December (who to contact, what to send, when to follow up) and a one-page proposal outline to send within 48 hours of each call. Ask me for any missing information before you start.
Where to use it: Run it this week, while your clients are still writing their 2027 plans, and leave with a ranked account list, openers you can send today, and a plan for every call.
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