{{first_name | Leader}}, welcome back. Today’s updates:
Secure logins with WorkOS AuthKit’s hosted SSO, MFA, and password-reset UI*
OpenAI to pursue an IPO soon
Anthropic gives Claude a five-year memory
Nano Banana now has a rival
Practical tools + must-read resources. Dive in ⬇️
Authentication isn't just login. It's building secure flows, managing sessions, handling tokens, supporting SSO, and protecting user data.
AuthKit gives you a fully hosted, customizable UI for sign-up, MFA, password resets, and seamless SSO. Production-ready from day one.
But authentication alone doesn’t stop abuse. WorkOS Radar adds real-time threat prevention: blocking bots, stopping brute force attempts, and catching free trial abuse. Built-in defenses activate instantly without custom scripts or logic.
OpenAI to Pursue an IPO Soon
OpenAI and Microsoft have a tentative deal to reshape their partnership, clearing the way for an IPO of OpenAI’s for-profit arm. The plan lets employees cash out while Microsoft keeps preferred access to future models, and the nonprofit parent retains majority control plus an AI-safety veto.
A public listing could supercharge OpenAI’s chip and data-center spending; finance teams should audit license clauses tied to ownership or roadmap shifts.
Anthropic Gives Claude a Five-Year Memory
Claude now stores consumer chats for up to five years, unless users opt out, to fuel richer long-context answers. Anthropic admits the feature could expose sensitive data if teams forget to disable it.
Run an immediate audit of shadow Claude accounts. Issue a company-wide opt-out playbook and update vendor questionnaires to catch similar default shifts.
ByteDance debuts “SeeDream 4.0” to Rival Nano Banana
TikTok’s parent unveiled SeeDream 4.0, a multilingual model that powers real-time video search inside Douyin and a coming enterprise API. Performance on Chinese benchmarks tops Google’s latest Nano Banana release.
The rise of a China-based frontier model adds supply-chain and compliance angles. Ask procurement to model latency, cost, and export-control risk before experimenting with SeeDream APIs.
Productivity Tools
Jace – Autopilots your inbox: drafts on-brand replies, sorts mail, schedules meetings.*
Cursor – Smart code editor autocompletes functions, explains snippets, and debugs in real time.
Texta – Press one button to spin long-form, SEO-ready articles minus plagiarism worries.
Rezi – Fills résumé gaps with quantified wins and formats for ATS scanners automatically.
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Useful Resources
Compare OpenAI vs Anthropic growth curves in SaaStr’s penetration deep-dive (link)
Write sharper product-market-fit surveys with ready-to-use question set (link)
Apply consulting frameworks that turn AI pilots into long-term P&L impact (link)
Learn Webflow’s five AI adoption lessons in Zapier’s CEO fireside recap (link)
Check Claude’s new feature and the hidden data-exposure risks (link)
AI “clones” are suddenly everywhere. What are your views about it?
💰 Funding
Pixverse raised $60M Series B to democratize AI video creation worldwide.
Aurva closed $2.2M seed to deliver real-time AI data-monitoring dashboards.
💼 Who’s Hiring in AI
🐦 Learn AI: The Smart Way
The smartest way to learn AI in 2025 is to follow the right people.
Start here.
— #Aadit Sheth (#@aaditsh)
3:08 PM • Sep 10, 2025
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You are a pro product-UX optimizer hired to tighten [PRODUCT_AREA] for a [ORG_CONTEXT]. Review the pasted [INPUT_EVIDENCE] and identify the top frictions that block activation. Return only a 4-column table: Step | Pain Signal | One-Sentence Fix | Expected Lift. Prioritize quick wins that move activation or day-7 retention fastest.
Organization Context: [Insert here]
Product Area: [Insert here]
Input Evidence: [Insert here]Sample Output
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Q: Will AI study assistants like ChatGPT’s new Study Mode replace human tutors in the next 5 years?
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