{{first_name | Leader}}, welcome back. Today’s updates:
Why Most Enterprise AI Projects Fail and the Patterns That Actually Work*
Apple Gives IT Control Over ChatGPT
Meta + Midjourney Team Up on Image & Video Models
OpenAI Splits Apps From Research
Practical tools + must-read resources. Dive in ⬇️
IN PARTNERSHIP
Most AI apps never make it past the prototype phase because of compliance gaps, security issues, and weak infrastructure. This guide outlines how successful teams move quickly from idea to launch.
WorkOS gives you the APIs and enterprise features—SSO, SCIM, RBAC, and Audit Logs—so your team can go from prototype to production, and fast.
NEWS UPDATES
Apple Gives IT Control Over ChatGPT
Apple will ship enterprise configuration options that let admins choose which ChatGPT model employees see, set data-retention windows, and disable uploads. Rollout begins with the next macOS and iOS releases.
CFOs can stop paying double for third-party wrappers, CISOs can finally whitelist ChatGPT on-device. Book a 30-day pilot in the highest-compliance division, measure productivity lift vs. privacy risk, then decide scale.
Meta + Midjourney Team Up on Image & Video Models
Meta is licensing Midjourney’s generation tech and co-developing new image- and video-first models for future consumer and business tools. Expect faster creative automation inside ads, Reels, and Workplace. Budget time for brand-safety reviews and asset-workflow updates.
Ad-unit creative will iterate in seconds, not days. Lock an experimental budget line for AI-native Reels and test CPM vs. traditional video. Brief legal on style-transfer IP before brand assets enter Meta’s pipeline.
OpenAI Splits Apps From Research
Fidji Simo takes charge of ChatGPT and other consumer products while Sam Altman focuses on long-term models and compute deals. The new structure is live immediately.
Expect more SKU splits (e.g., ChatGPT Teams, Assistants marketplace). Update your renewal checklist: uptime, rate-limit tiers, and cost-per-active-seat. Run a quarterly scorecard across OpenAI, Anthropic, and Cohere to keep leveraging.
BEST LINKS
Productivity Tools
🖼️ Getty Images – Generate rights-cleared custom visuals from text prompts for campaigns and decks.
📧 Hopy Copy – Draft, test, and optimize email sequences at scale; auto-tunes tone and length.
🎥 MeetGeek – Record, transcribe, and share AI summaries plus action items after every meeting.
📅 FeedHive – Plan, write, and schedule multi-channel posts with AI suggesting hooks and hashtags.
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Useful Resources
Fix poor Facebook-ad conversions with a forensic checklist (link)
Boost SEO reach using this step-by-step Google Web Guide (link)
Speed-read reports with ready-made book-review templates (link)
Skill up teams via Anthropic’s free, enterprise-ready AI courses (link)
Model cash-flow scenarios fast using ClickUp’s projection sheets (link)
STRATEGIC AI DECISION
Which of today's moves will shape your 2025 roadmap the most?
MARKET
💰 Funding
Functionize snagged a $41M Series B round to expand its autonomous software-testing agents.
Zed raised $32M Series B to scale collaborative AI coding for dev teams.
💼 Who’s Hiring in AI
Lead AI Engineer at Sherlock (US)
Senior ML Engineer, Offboard Models at Latitude AI (Remote)
🐦 Masterclass: On Business and Investing
Warren Buffett literally gave a free 1-hour masterclass on business and investing
— #Aadit Sheth (#@aaditsh)
9:02 AM • Aug 22, 2025
PROMPT TUTORIAL
Designing a Budget Allocation Optimization Blueprint
You are a pro budget-allocation strategist tasked with rebalancing spend to maximize outcomes. Evaluate current spending across [SPEND_AREAS] against the north star [SUCCESS_TARGET] and real constraints, then stack-rank initiatives by ROI and risk. Apply zero-based thinking for a [ORG_CONTEXT], recommending precise cuts, increases, and a 30-day test budget with guardrails. Specify success metrics, owner accountability, and review cadence, and highlight tradeoffs to watch.
Spend Areas: [Insert here]
Success Target: [Insert here]
Org Context: [Insert here]
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Stay curious, {{first_name | leaders}}
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