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Anthropic, Blackstone, and Goldman Sachs officially launched Ode today. A $1.5 billion AI services firm.
Forward deployed engineers embed inside enterprise companies, map their operations, and build custom AI systems on top.
Read that again.
That's essentially what we do at Boom, and what so many operators in this space are doing successfully right now.
Map the workflows first. Consolidate everything into one operating system and layer. Layer AI on top of a foundation that actually works. After 87+ clients, it's the only approach I've seen hold up.
Now the smartest money on the planet put $1.5 billion behind the same playbook.
And to be clear about what this actually means. It doesn't mean the opportunity just closed.
Ode is a boutique firm. Their own executives admit demand for these engineering teams far outstrips supply. Their pipeline comes from PE portfolio companies. They're built to serve a few hundred clients, max.
There are hundreds of thousands of companies (In the USA along) doing $2M to $50M a year. Drowning in manual work. Running on 20 disconnected tools. Full access to the best AI ever built and zero idea how to apply it.
Ode will never call them. Somebody has to.
Blackstone doesn't make $1.5 billion bets on maybes. Neither does Goldman. They ran the numbers and concluded the biggest business in AI is implementation.
Walking into a company, mapping how it actually runs, and building the systems that change it.
They just published the playbook.
Every company on the planet is going to hire an AI services firm. The only open question is whose.
People will read this news, nod, and go back to waiting for a sign.
This was the sign. Go build.
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Quietly, but steadily, OpenAI is advancing the state of the art in AI. Can you see this? The o3 model is amazing. And we just got it, what, seven weeks ago? Itโs become my right hand really. It doesnโt take over. I donโt delegate. But itโs the productive engine that provides structure, content, fodder, knowledge, options. ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ถ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐๐ต๐ผ๐๐ด๐ต, ๐ถ๐โ๐ ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐น๐ฒ. Introducing โo3-pro.โ
Last week OpenAI quietly flicked a switch that ChatGPT powerโusers immediately noticed: "o1-pro" was gone. In its place? A new model called โo3โpro.โ Itโs the same โreasoning-firstโ architecture as o3, but you get a lot more compute under the hood, a lot more intelligence. Hereโs the catch: ๐๐ฎ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐บ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐น๐ถ๐ธ๐ฒ โ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฏ ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ณ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฒโ ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น๐ฒ.
Why the longer wait? o3 is given a lot more compute per query. It can pause, back-track, verify its steps. And it comes with the expected menu of capabilities; live web search, Python execution, file analysis, image understanding, longโterm memory recall. In complex prompts it might be calling these tools hundreds of times, a far cry from the halcyon days of GPT 3.5! In head-to-head testing it beats o3 and o1-pro on math, science, programming, business writing and general QA.
Quick highlights:
โข ๐ฅ๐ผ๐น๐น๐ผ๐๐: Pro and Team get first crack, Enterprise and API access following in days
โข ๐๐ผ๐บ๐ฝ๐๐๐ฒ: Extra cycles per query give it time to backโtrack, verify its thinking
โข ๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐: Outscores o3 and o1โpro across code, math, science, business writing
โข ๐ง๐ผ๐ผ๐น๐: Ships with web search, Python, file & image analysis, longโterm memory
โข ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ป๐ด: Sits atโฏ$20โฏ/โฏ$80 per million tokens, standard o3 dropped to $2โฏ/โฏ$8
โข ๐ฆ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฑ: Responses can take minutes; itโs built for depth, not banter
โข ๐๐ผ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐
๐: Loves complex prompts, treat it like a consultant, not a chat buddy
โข ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ต๐บ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ธ๐: Hits new highs on math, science and coding leaderboards
โข ๐ฆ๐๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐๐: Ideal for any task where correctness trumps latency
โข ๐๐ถ๐บ๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐: No image gen yet, Canvas is absent, temporary chats disabled
So, there you have it. o3-pro is basically saying, โSure Iโm slow, but Iโm good!โ Iโll take it! I needed that coffee anyway!
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Itโs all connected. It may not seem like it is. But it is. The AI news pops every day and weโre seeing it all in a blur; blockbuster deals, huge funding, shiny new apps, tools. But the deeper story is there hiding in plain sight.
Hereโs a flurry of events that transpired in just the last 24 hours:
โข IBM bought Seek AI and opened a Watsonx lab for data queries
โข Microsoft added free Sora video generation to Bing mobile
โข Character.AI launched AvatarFX video and social sharing
โข Meta targeted fully automated AI ad creation by 2026
โข Creatify AI raised $15.5M for AI-made social video ads
โข Console netted $6.2M for an AI Slack help-desk bot
โข Google ships AI Edge Gallery and puts it on device
โข Snowflake acquired Crunchy Data to blend Postgres and AI
โข Muskโs xAI chases a $113B valuation in new funding
โข Neuralink secures $650M, begins human brain-computer trials
Just another AI day in 2025 right? Are there consistent through-lines? Perhaps.
Theme 1: AI is embedding itself in the tools we already use
Bing, Slack, Instagram, Snowflake, Android, Neuralink, none of these were โAI products,โ but each one now has a intelligence under the hood. The common thread? Convenience: bring the intelligence to the workflow. The idea? Make the AI feel like a natural extension, not a separate destination.
Theme 2: Generative tech is pushing the limits on modality
Video clips from Sora, animated avatars from Character.AI, polished ads from Creatify, even signals straight from a neural implantโฆ Every story shows AI crossing modalities. Why is this significant? The addressable surface for creativity becomes accessible to everyone.
Theme 3: The distance between data, compute, and model is collapsing
IBM snaps up a query engine, Snowflake folds in Postgres, Google packs models on-device. This convergence matters. Why? When inference happens next to the bits, product output feels immediate, and immediacy breeds trust. The wall between โdatabaseโ and โAI engineโ is crumbling fast.
Theme 4: Mundane tasks are migrating from humans to machines
Ad copy, campaign targeting, database wranglingโฆ jobs once carried out by humans are now being shifted to AI. It's not about firing people; itโs about raising the floor of what counts as baseline productivity. Humans are getting moved up the stack, towards judgment, relationship, oversight.
Theme 5: Capital is pouring into โintelligenceโ conduits that promise scale
The numbers are stunning. $113Bfor xAI, $650M for Neuralink. But the logicโs obvious. If youโve got the data, the talent, the compute, you can raise the capital. Investors canโt risk missing out so theyโre investing in optionality. โMoney flows downhillโ โฆ towards the momentum.
Iโm sure thereโs a dozen other memes, themes, but the bottom line is, โintelligenceโ is now becoming democratized.
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There are moments in time that are pivots, doors that open, ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐โ๐ ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ด๐ฒ๐ ๐ฎ ๐ด๐น๐ถ๐บ๐ฝ๐๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ณ๐๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ, innovation that changes the way we live, the way we move ahead, the way we think and operate. This was true in 1977. Sure, there were other โpersonal computersโ that were around at the time. Radio Shack was pitching the TRS-80 and there was the Commodore PET and of course, the Atari 2600, all popular in their own way.
And then there was the Apple II which debuted 48 years ago today. Now, it was priced dramatically higher than all of those above and yet it outsold them by a wide margin. One version with a whopping 48K of RAM sold for $2,638 ($๐ญ๐ฐ,๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐ฑ๐ผ๐น๐น๐ฎ๐ฟ๐), and if you needed a 143K floppy drive you had to fork over another $495.
How did Steve Jobs put it? โ๐ช๐ฒโ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐ฝ๐๐ ๐ฎ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ป๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ฒ. ๐ข๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ ๐ฒ๐น๐๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ป ๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ?โ Dent it they did. It wasnโt long before this interesting software #VisiCalc came along, a โvisual calculatorโ (known to you as a spreadsheet). And then #WordStar for word processing and #dBase for databases.
Suddenly, unbelievably, small businesses could perform financial analysis and create written documents and track customers in ways never before possible. They found it easily worth the investment. Somewhere between 5 and 6 million Apple II series computers would be sold before its end of life in 1993.
What is todayโs Apple II?
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Youโve heard of Vibe Coding right? ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ฉ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐ช๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด? I decided to ask ChatGPT to create an image to describe โVibe Codingโ and hereโs what it generated. Looks like a neon mind-map of sorts: blocks of color radiating from a bold โVibe Coding ร AIโ core. Each block sketches a different way that machines tune themselves, that they โvibeโ with your human emotional texture.
Then I asked it to write bullets for each item and here's what it came up with:
โข ๐๐ณ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐บ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ป๐ด connects output to the userโs emotional state
โข ๐ฃ๐๐๐ฐ๐ต๐ผ๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐๐ถ๐๐๐ถ๐ฐ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป adjusts vocabulary, aligns with cognitive norms
โข ๐๐๐ต๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฎ๐น๐ถ๐ด๐ป๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ด๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ถ๐น๐ keep the tone persuasive without slipping into bias
โข ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐บ๐ฝ๐น๐ถ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฒ๐ป๐ด๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐ remix prompts, sparks novelty not repetition
โข ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐-๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ๐ฝ๐๐ evolve based on feedback loops from the audience
โข ๐ง๐ฟ๐๐๐ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐บ๐ฒ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ quantify how believable each response feels
โข ๐๐บ๐ผ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐น๐ผ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ inject affective cues into vector representations
โข ๐ ๐๐น๐๐ถ๐บ๐ผ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ป๐ฎ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ merge text, audio, visuals into felt impressions
โข ๐ฃ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐น๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐
๐ผ๐ป๐ผ๐บ๐ groups user segments by emotional style
โข ๐๐๐ป๐ฎ๐บ๐ถ๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ฒ๐๐๐ต๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ฐ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ keeps fonts, palettes synchronized with the mood
โข ๐๐น๐ฒ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐ฒ๐
๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐พ๐๐ฎ๐น๐ถ๐๐ turning functional flows into satisfying moments
โข ๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐น๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ฝ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป as people stick with tools that feel intuitively โfor themโ
โข ๐๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ต๐๐บ๐ฎ๐ป-๐๐ ๐๐๐บ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ผ๐๐ถ๐ moves interactions to be collaborative
โข ๐ฆ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป๐ด๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ผ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ through consistent emotional contour across channels
โข ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ด๐ป๐ถ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป by matching wording to the userโs mental model
โข ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ป๐๐ผ๐๐ ๐ถ๐บ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ via data-driven evaluation of vibe performance
โข ๐จ๐ป๐น๐ผ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ด๐ป๐ถ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ป ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐๐ต๐๐ฎ๐๐ that blend UX heuristics with affective science
Finally, I asked it, โWhy does this matter?โ
Why it matters? Because software that senses and mirrors our vibe lowers the cognitive cost of every interaction. When an AI greets you in the tone you need, compliance rises, churn falls, and trust snowballs. Companies used to chase milliseconds of latency; now theyโre chasing milliseconds of empathy. Get those milliseconds right and the restโloyalty, revenue, and ethical alignmentโarrive almost automatically.
So there you have it, for all you writers out there: ๐ฉ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐ช๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด.
#discoverthefuture
Your Best Ideas! Actually, your best ideas arenโt always whatโs needed. Sure, good ideas areโฆ good. But sometimes success comes from just doing the work. ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ช๐ผ๐ฟ๐ธ. Your ideas, your ingenuity, your values, your heart, might just come out, might just surprise everyone, including yourself.
For example, take one Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. Asked to compose a work to memorialize Russiaโs victory over Napoleon, Tchaikovsky didnโt feel much enthusiasm for the work, probably only agreeing to do it for the lucrative commission. ๐๐๐, ๐ต๐ฒ ๐ท๐๐๐ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ธ. Only spending six weeks on the effort, he wasnโt extremely proud of it, calling it โvery loud and noisy.โ
Noisy indeed. Featuring pealing church bells and exploding cannons, the public immediately loved it and its popularity has never waned.
134 years ago today in fact, Tchaikovsky conducted the work himself in a command performance for the opening of the brand new Carnegie Hall. And today the 1812 Overture is standard fare at most celebrations of American Independence. It's never been more popular in fact. ๐ก๐ผ๐ ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ท๐๐๐ ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ธ.
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