AI Agents

Zoe comparing AI agent platforms on her laptop

Agentforce vs Copilot vs Google: AI Agent Picks for Solo Builders

🎧 Prefer to listen? Your browser does not support the audio element. If you’re comparing Agentforce vs Microsoft Copilot, you’ve probably hit the same wall I did: every comparison reads like it was written for a company with 500 employees and a dedicated IT admin. I build things solo. I needed to know which AI agent actually works for one person (or five) without a procurement process. So I spent a month testing all three: Salesforce’s Agentforce-powered Slackbot, Microsoft Copilot, and Google Gemini for Workspace. ...

Zoe impressed by AI agent workflow running on her laptop

Hiring an AI Agent as Your Next Employee

🎧 Prefer to listen? Your browser does not support the audio element. Last month I watched a solo founder demo his “team” to me. He had five employees — none of them human. One monitored his Stripe payments and flagged anomalies. Another triaged his inbox and drafted replies. A third scheduled his social media. A fourth tracked competitor pricing. A fifth onboards new customers. He manages all five through a single dashboard. His total cost: about $200/month. His competitors are hiring humans for the same roles at $50K+ each. That gap is going to break some industries. ...

Zoe at her laptop discovering Claude Cowork agent working on local files

Anthropic's Cowork: A Claude Agent for Your Files, No Code Needed

🎧 Prefer to listen? Your browser does not support the audio element. I’ve spent months testing AI agents, and nearly all of them assume you’re comfortable in a terminal. Anthropic just released something for everyone else. It’s called Cowork, it runs inside the Claude desktop app, and it can read, edit, and create files on your computer based on instructions you type in plain English. ...

Zoe discovering Asana's AI agent builder on her laptop

Asana Acquires No-Code AI Agent Builder StackAI

I’ve watched a dozen project management tools promise “AI-powered” workflows over the past two years. Most just added a chatbot that summarizes tasks. Asana’s acquisition of StackAI for $75 million is different — they bought the actual machinery to let you build AI agents that do work across your entire software stack. If you’ve ever wanted your task manager to stop being a passive list and start acting like a teammate who updates Salesforce, pings Slack, and files tickets without you lifting a finger, this is the deal to pay attention to. ...