{{first_name | Leader}}, welcome back. Today’s updates:
Ship secure, enterprise-ready agent workflows with WorkOS*
Google rolls out AI-Powered Business Calling
Cursor buys Koala to challenge GitHub Copilot
Netflix begins using GenAI for shows and films
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- Scoped access to limit what agents can touch
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- Secure handling of secrets and credentials
- Detection of unusual or risky activity
Designed for fast-moving AI teams, WorkOS gives you the building blocks to ship secure, enterprise-ready agent workflows without building auth from scratch.
NEWS UPDATES
Google rolls out AI-Powered Business Calling with Gemini 2.5 Pro
Google’s new “Business Call Assist” lets Gemini answer, transcribe, and summarise customer calls, then log the action items inside Workspace. Early pilots halved average call time and cut missed follow-ups.
Think about your support or inside-sales desks: AI call routing and automatic CRM notes could free agents for higher-value work and raise CSAT without extra headcount.
Cursor buys Koala to challenge GitHub Copilot
AI-coding startup Cursor snapped up Koala, an enterprise code-assistant that already runs inside regulated banks. The combined toolset will offer on-prem installs, air-gap options, and SOC 2 logs—features Copilot lacks.
If strict compliance keeps you from using Copilot, watch Cursor’s pricing. A secure, behind-the-firewall coding agent could slash review cycles and unblock sensitive repos.
Netflix begins using GenAI for shows and films
Netflix confirmed it now deploys large models to draft storyboards, localise dialogue, and generate marketing clips. A GenAI sandbox lets showrunners preview effects in minutes instead of days.
Expect studios to squeeze post-production timelines; your ad team will face higher content velocity and shorter approval windows. Prepare your review workflows now.
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Productivity Tools
📊 Guidde – Turn any workflow into a shareable video tutorial instantly*
🌱 Hocoos – Spin up a great-looking business site in seconds
🌐 Arc – Organise tabs by project so work, study, and hobbies stay separate
🎞️ Waymark – Make polished video ads in a few clicks
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Useful Resources
Prepare your teams for AI’s next big workforce shake-up (link)
Install an AI-agent plugin and start automating everyday tasks (link)
Learn how autonomous agents differ from basic text generators (link)
Create short promo videos instantly with a new text-to-video tool (link)
Practice chain-of-thought prompting with a lightweight Python toolkit (link)
STRATEGIC AI DECISION
Google’s AI call assist most immediately helps you:
MARKET
💰 Funding
GigaIO raised $21M to scale AI inferencing hardware.
Backstroke landed $2.8M for a GenAI email-marketing platform.
💼 Who’s Hiring in AI
Director of Engineering, ML & Simulations at Upstart (Remote)
ML Engineer at SmartAsset (US)
🐦 Automate Everyday Tasks
This guy literally automated everyday tasks using AI agents in 15 mins
— #Aadit Sheth (#@aaditsh)
11:03 PM • Jul 18, 2025
PROMPT TUTORIAL
Developing a Market Expansion Strategy
You are a pro market-expansion strategist hired to craft a scalable growth playbook.
Spotlight the highest-potential opportunity within [EXPANSION_VECTOR] and argue why it’s the next logical bet. Shape your roadmap for a BUSINESS_PROFILE], noting constraints like runway, regulatory friction, or entrenched rivals. Recommend one bold yet testable move, outline the first milestone, and model the upside in [SUCCESS_METRIC].
Expansion Vector: [Insert here]
Business Profile: [Insert here]
Success Metric: [Insert here]
P.S. You can still get the Prompting Playbook (free for you)
Stay curious, {{first_name | leaders}}
PS. If you missed yesterday’s issue, you can find it here.