{{first_name | Leader}}, welcome back.
We’ve seen three clear signals for enterprises: agents getting closer to daily workflows, investors backing ambitious new players, and big tech preparing its next interface shift.
Turn every meeting into a clear summary and action list with Granola*
Claude Code integrates into Slack for agentic coding
Unconventional AI raises $475 million seed round
Google prepares 2026 launch of new AI glasses
Tools, resources, and a prompt to turn a new idea, shift, or decision into a clear internal memo that aligns everyone. ⬇️
If your meetings still end with messy notes or long transcripts, you’re missing a chance to keep everyone aligned.
Granola fixes that by doing more than just recording what was said. It gives you a place to type your own notes and mark what really matters during the call.
When the meeting ends, Granola turns everything into a clear summary and action list. It helps sales teams stay aligned, follow up faster, and keep deals moving.
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Claude Code comes to Slack
Anthropic is bringing Claude Code into Slack, and it’s a big shift. Engineers can now turn bug reports or feature requests into full coding actions right inside a thread. The agent picks the repo, drafts fixes, posts updates, and drops review links without anyone having to leave Slack. Coding help is moving out of the IDE and into the place where teams already talk.
This points to where agentic development is heading. You’ll still need to think about permissions and code security, but the upside is obvious: faster cycles, fewer handoffs, and development that lives inside your collaboration layer.
Unconventional AI raises $475 million
Naveen Rao’s new company just confirmed a $475 million seed round to build an energy-efficient AI computer, with room to scale the raise toward one billion. The pitch is bold: match biological efficiency and rethink how we build compute for frontier models.
Hardware cost is the beating heart of every AI budget. Any credible alternative to today’s GPU-heavy stack could reshape cost curves, availability, and vendor leverage in the next few years.
Google’s AI glasses coming in 2026
Google is preparing to launch AI glasses next year, including a lightweight audio-first version and another with in-lens displays for captions and navigation.
These build on earlier partnerships with Gentle Monster and Warby Parker, and the company may scale investment if early milestones are hit.
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Strategy Memo Generator
When to use this? When you need to turn a new idea, shift, or decision into a clear internal memo that aligns everyone.
You are my executive communications lead.
Turn the note I’ll share below into a 1-page strategy memo for internal circulation.
Include:
What’s changing (the decision or direction)
Why now (context and reasoning)
Expected impact (for teams or customers)
Next steps (what happens next and by when)
Keep tone confident, concise, and leader-to-leader — under 250 words.Correct Input Style:
We’ve decided to consolidate three AI vendors into one platform next quarter. This will reduce redundancy, improve data privacy, and save 20% in costs. Teams are concerned about migration timelines, so we need clear communication.
P.S. Get more such prompts in the Prompting Playbook (free for you)
Q. Do you think AI will create more jobs than it eliminates by 2030?
Stay curious, {{first_name | leaders}}
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