Look, ma! I'm now on @geekwire.com! My first post is on the WTIA's new whitepaper pitching #Seattle as a global AI hub. Civic and tech leaders gathered at a roundtable to debate how to move forward. Lots of ideas, but many want the state to lead the way. www.geekwire.com/2026/washing...

Happy to announce that @clawbeat.bsky.social is now an #ATProto-native publisher with a subscribable feed available on the decentralized social web!

Have I shared how much fun I've been having vibe coding with Claude Code? Building out some new content pieces for ClawBeat.co that I thought would help tell the story about #openclaw and the other Claw families. Trying to showcase what curation and journalism can do.

Didn’t think this would excite me, but as a freelancer/creator, @Adobe's Firefly Custom Models could actually keep the creative flow going without all the tedious AI fine-tuning. Here's how brands and creatives can benefit: theaieconomy.substack.com/p/adobe-fire...

AWS wants to capture the attn of devs much earlier. It launched Kiro Students, giving college kids free access to its vibe coding tool for a year + 1k monthly credits (normally a $20/mth offering). But only students in 11 select uni can enroll today. theaieconomy.substack.com/p/kiro-stude...

Expanded my ClawBeat.co site with an AI-generated guide to @nvidia's #NemoClaw: clawbeat.co/guide/nemocl... I'm also now curating NemoClaw repos on GitHub. Fun times in AI and playing with vibe coding. clawbeat.co/guide/nemocl...

I think I would like to write more about AI models.

Another milestone for my site, ClawBeat.co: It's now an #OpenClaw skill on @steipete's ClawHub.ai. Have your agent query all the latest news, papers, events, repos, and daily briefings around the agentic framework. clawhub.ai/thekenyeung/...

Moving Build to June makes it convenient for those who want to attend both Build and Google I/O. There have been bad scheduling conflicts in the past. Google has scheduled its dev conference for 5/19. www.theverge.com/news/888004/...

Fort Mason, eh? Nice venue but not super convenient to hotels. More intimate is good. Plus, opp to bring in more AI ecosystem partners to speak and MSF to flex its scale. www.theverge.com/news/888004/...

Which Beehiiv and/or Substack newsletters do you follow to learn about #OpenClaw? Looking for more sources.

tfw you ask Claude Code to commit and push changes to GitHub for you, and it hits its limit. NOOO!!

Ellison's Skydance Paramount wins Warner Bros Discovery as Netflix bows out. www.cnbc.com/2026/02/26/w...

Block eliminating nearly HALF of its workers...that's wild. www.cnbc.com/2026/02/26/b...

Something new that I've added to ClawBeat.co is an events calendar. Like the site, it's an experiment, but is a feature I hope helps make ClawBeat a good destination for all things OpenClaw-related. clawbeat.co/events-calen...

The past couple of days have been a whirlwind of dev work on ClawBeat. Really stoked for what I'm doing--things I've not done before tbh. My app is evolving and I'm using GitHub, Supabase, VS Code, and other tools more and more. Fascinating times...lol.

When I built ClawBeat, I tried to do it as low-cost as possible, using Google Gemini to vibe code it. Very scrappy and MacGuyver-like. But I got increasingly frustrated for various reasons. This week, I bit the bullet and signed up for Claude and hooked up Claude Code to VS Code.

After enough screaming at Google Gemini, I decided to subscribe to Claude and install Claude Code. Basically this is me when using it in VS Code... youtube.com/clip/UgkxwoW...

Meet ClawBeat, a project to track OpenClaw news, videos, research, and projects. It's my first vibe-coded app. Building it has taught me quite a bit about process, dependencies, and how to use AI to be a co-developer. Check it out: www.clawbeat.co

Spotify is rolling out its AI-powered Prompted Playlist feature to Premium users in the U.S. and Canada. The aim: Less genre-hopping and more intention. You describe the moment, and Spotify's algorithm builds the playlist. theaieconomy.substack.com/p/prompted-p...

Adobe is making a bold bet on the future of PDFs. New Acrobat AI features turn documents into presentations and audio podcasts, signaling a shift from static files to dynamic content. theaieconomy.substack.com/p/adobe-acro...

Thanks to @chrispirillo.bsky.social, I'm over my startup paralysis when it comes to vibe coding. I'm feeling better about using the tool to build apps to improve my workflows. I even posted app (best used on computer) to my @github.com repository—another first! ➡️ kenyeung.github.io/grand-theft-...

This is an incredibly frustrating sentence: "we've decided to move forward with candidates whose experience more closely aligns with the specific needs of the role at this time."

If you're in #Seattle and are curious about vibe coding, @chrispirillo.bsky.social is hosting a free two-hour workshop on Saturday (1/17). No lecturing, just collaboration. Use your own tool to build something. The goal: get comfortable with AI. theaieconomy.substack.com/p/vibe-codin...

I wish @NotebookLM would tell you how long before you can generate new artifacts again. Telling me I've reached my daily limit is vague...how long until the limits are lifted?

Reluctantly canceled my subscription to @NYTimes.

I love reading @nytimes.com, but the annual subscription is starting to hurt. The publication is raising its price to $250 from this year's $225. I may have to sacrifice it bc of budgeting.

Ai2 has released Molmo 2, its new vision-language model that now supports multiple images and videos. But it doesn't just see video—it understands it thanks to pointing and tracking. It outperforms models like Qwen 3, GPT-5, and Gemini 2.5 Pro. theaieconomy.substack.com/p/ai2-molmo-...

Adobe is doubling down on AI video. Firefly just picked up new video editing tools, camera-motion controls, video upscaling, and support for the FLUX.2 model—plus unlimited generations for subscribers through Jan. 15. theaieconomy.substack.com/p/adobe-fire...

The TNW brand has been saved from deletion by Tekpon, which acquired it from the FT. thenextweb.com/news/tekpon-...

Exclusive: Zendesk CEO Tom Eggeimeier tells me the company will see AI ARR reach up to $500M by the end of 2026. That's a 150% 🔺 from this year ($200M). Not bad since it was $0 in 2024. He says Zendesk is now the disruptor, not the disrupted. theaieconomy.substack.com/p/zendesk-ai...

Zendesk's evolution into an AI-first firm is paying off. The company projects AI ARR in 2026 will be $400M-$500M, a 150% jump from this year's $200M. CEO Tom Eggemeier warns Zendesk is "going to be the disruptor…not the disrupted." theaieconomy.substack.com/p/zendesk-ai...

Seeing a fun AI trend popping up where people are using NotebookLM to turn their resumes into infographics. It's a nice visual way to help explain your career path, especially if you've been out of work for some time 🙋‍♂️

I think I'm done writing for now. Gonna shift focus...

ServiceNow is among the first to plug its AI stack — AI Control Tower, AI Experience, and Now Assist — into Microsoft’s new Agent 365 platform, tightening the link between the two companies’ approaches to enterprise AI. #MSIgnite 🔗 Read more: theaieconomy.substack.com/p/servicenow...

Microsoft is pushing Windows deeper into the AI era, adding system-level agent support, new Copilot integrations, on-device AI tools, and more — a major shift in how the OS handles automation and everyday workflows. #MSIgnite 🔗 Read more: theaieconomy.substack.com/p/microsoft-...

Microsoft unveils Agent 365, a platform that gives every AI agent its own identity, security layer, and management controls — essentially treating bots like virtual employees. First up: a fully autonomous Sales Development Agent. #MSIgnite 🔗 Read more: theaieconomy.substack.com/p/microsoft-...

Canva is taking aim at the “Creative Operating System.” The company unveiled its first Design Foundation Model and a new AI assistant, “Ask @Canva,” to bring intelligence into every part of the design process. Plus, Affinity is now free for everybody. theaieconomy.substack.com/p/canva-crea...

🚀 Google Labs and DeepMind just launched Pomelli, an AI marketing tool that helps SMBs create on-brand social media campaigns in minutes. #AI #SMB #MarketingTech theaieconomy.substack.com/p/pomelli-go...

🚀 ServiceNow and Nvidia unveil Apriel 2.0, a 15B-parameter compact AI model for regulated industries. It offers multimodal reasoning, low latency, and single-GPU efficiency—an evolution of Apriel Nemotron. theaieconomy.substack.com/p/servicenow...

Microsoft 365 Copilot just got smarter. Employees can use two new agents to build custom apps and automate workflows. Microsoft has also unveiled a lightweight version of Copilot Studio. #Microsoft #AI #Copilot theaieconomy.substack.com/p/microsoft-...

Adobe just unveiled Firefly 5 — a 4MP AI image model that gives creators control over every pixel via new layered prompt editing. It also promises more photorealistic results and humans looking more human-like. #adobemax theaieconomy.substack.com/p/adobe-fire...

SAP is challenging the enterprise software status quo, promoting “best-of-breed as a suite” in AI. I spoke with exec Muhammad Alam about how this approach unifies apps, harmonizes data, and delivers high-value AI w/o creating walled gardens of the past. theaieconomy.substack.com/p/sap-integr...

I've hit a wall

Lattice HR is marking its new era by reshaping how employees work—putting habits and smarter AI agents at the core of its platform. The goal: help people focus on what really matters each day. theaieconomy.substack.com/p/lattice-wo...

Marc Benioff is well-media trained. When asked to comment on reports that Salesforce would invest in Black Forest Labs, he says he didn't know, that he first heard about it through Sleeping Beauty. 😂🤦🏻‍♂️🤷🏻‍♂️

Marc Benioff asked during media Q&A by reporter from Fortune about National Guard remarks with the New York Times. Benioff brushes it off saying he wants to focus on Agentforce (some folks applaud) right now, but says he's all about trust and safety.

Salesforce just dropped Agentforce 360 — its biggest push yet to make AI actually useful inside enterprises. The goal? Help companies escape “AI pilot purgatory” and turn prototypes into production-ready agents.

Benioff prev. threatened to pull Dreamforce from SF, citing crime, but then praised then-Mayor Breed and recommitted to the city. Now, he wants National Guard brought in, saying there aren't enough police—he shouldn't have to pay for them, he says. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...