AI News & Strategy Daily with Nate B. Jones

Full post: https://natesnewsletter.substack.com/p/ai-agent-cost-worth-it?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=ai-agent-cost-worth-it-launch&utm_content=show-notesWhat is an AI agent’s work actually worth?An agent’s serving cost and the value it creates are different questions. In this episode, Nate looks at how to find work worth paying for: the meeting nobody can resolve, the report everyone inherits, and the internal idea that needs a small working prototype.The practical test is whether your agent creates clarity, saves meaningful effort, and produces a result you can point to. Include your own checking time and the full cost of the tools, then decide where more time or money makes sense.Subscribe for daily AI strategy and news.Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Full post: https://natesnewsletter.substack.com/p/zuckerberg-muse-lessons?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=zuckerberg-muse-lessons-launch&utm_content=show-notesWhat can the rest of us learn from Zuckerberg’s next big bet?The common story is that Meta’s resources explain Muse. But the useful lessons are about the people behind the product, the details that make an assistant feel dependable, and the willingness to try again after a very public failure.In this episode, I look at:Finding the right people and giving them room to build.Why the bathroom tells you more than the entrance about care.The status details that make an AI assistant easier to trust.How AI changes the cost of trying without eliminating embarrassment.Subscribe for daily AI strategy and news.Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

For deeper playbooks and analysis: https://natesnewsletter.substack.com/Why would Salesforce help Microsoft's agents, and why would Oracle bring its applications into ChatGPT? Nate examines the competition to coordinate work across the software a business already owns.How agent platforms change the relationship between enterprise software vendors.Why connecting data is different from establishing its business meaning.What an agentic control plane does, and who gets to define its rules.How teams and individual employees can advocate for interoperability when choosing AI tools.For leaders, builders, and people influencing AI purchases, today's tool decisions help determine who controls tomorrow's workflows.Subscribe for daily AI strategy and news.Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

For deeper playbooks and analysis: https://natesnewsletter.substack.com/What's really happening as AI agents try to act on our behalf across the internet?The common story is that smarter assistants will do everything for us — but the reality is that websites and businesses are deciding which agents can enter and what they can do.In this video, I share the inside scoop on the trust problem shaping the agentic internet.Why useful personal assistants still get stopped at booking pages.How prompt injection and uncertain authorization complicate access.What open protocols and trusted intermediaries could make possible.Where agents already deliver practical value today.For builders and operators, the opportunity is to make agent access safe and understandable for both businesses and the people who delegate to them.Subscribe for daily AI strategy and news.Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

For deeper playbooks and analysis: https://natesnewsletter.substack.com/What does Anthropic’s S-1 reveal about the market for intelligence after a company starts using AI?Nate examines the gap between winning a customer and becoming important to that customer. The filing offers evidence of expansion while leaving major questions about deployment costs, workflow complexity, and future growth.Why a Fortune 500 logo can still represent a small deployment.How falling task costs can expand demand for intelligence.What distribution channels and deployment work mean for growth.What the filing answers—and does not answer—about five questions raised in June.For operators and builders, the practical question is how useful AI becomes in recurring work, beyond the initial purchase of a toolSubscribe for daily AI strategy and news.Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.