Good morning ☀️, leader of the next generation.

I believe this: Technology, when used with intention, doesn’t distract us — it awakens us.

It shows us who we are. What we can build. How far we can go. It strips away the noise and gives us tools that let our natural genius come through.

That we stop waiting for the world to hand us permission — and we start using the tools already in our hands to create, to express, to become.

This is not about keeping up. It’s about breaking through.

🔍 Strategic Shifts

Windsurf’s CEO Joins Google as OpenAI Acquisition Collapses

OpenAI loses key acquisition to a savvy Google move.

OpenAI’s $3B deal to buy Windsurf crumbled under partner pressure. Google swooped in with a $2.4B reverse-acquihire—nabbing Windsurf’s CEO, top researchers, and tech via licensing, without triggering regulatory alarms.

📦 The Rise of Reverse-Acquihires

Google avoids antitrust heat by acquiring talent and IP, not the whole company. It gains elite AI coders while Windsurf continues to operate—though leaderless. A smart move with minimal integration pain.

⚔️ OpenAI vs Microsoft Tension

OpenAI’s move clashed with its IP-sharing deal with Microsoft—who stood to benefit without paying. When the exclusivity window closed, Google acted fast. Timing and strategy won the game.

👨‍💻 Why AI Coding Is a Power Play

With Windsurf’s ARR hitting $100M fast, AI coding tools have become a battleground. Google now competes head-on with OpenAI’s Codex and Anthropic’s Claude Code to power how the world writes software.

📉 Windsurf’s Uncertain Future

Interim CEO Jeff Wang leads a slimmer team of 250. But history says losing your founders to a rival rarely ends well. The AI talent arms race leaves startups vulnerable to strategic disarmament.

🏗️ Long-Term Impacts

Reverse-acquihires may reshape the AI ecosystem. Startups build breakthroughs; tech giants poach them piecemeal. The Windsurf saga shows how talent flow now drives competitive advantage in AI.

🛰️ Robotics & Vision

RealSense Spins Out of Intel to Scale Its Stereoscopic Imaging Technology

Intel’s 3D vision unit becomes a standalone company

RealSense, Intel’s stereoscopic imaging division, has raised $50M and become an independent company to meet growing demand for depth-sensing cameras in robotics and automation.

RealSense’s tech is already used in autonomous vehicles, fish farms, and Chipotle kitchens. CEO Nadav Orbach, a long-time Intel exec, says the spinout will help scale their reach and invest in safety-focused AI upgrades.

The company plans to use the Series A to build a go-to-market team and expand industrial applications.

⚡ More AI Bites

1. ☁️🤖 AWS is launching an AI agent marketplace next week with Anthropic as a partner. Cloud giant opens store!
2. 📞🤔 Grok 4 seems to consult Elon Musk to answer controversial questions. AI chatbot phones a friend!
3. 💼🧠 Sarah Smith launches $16M fund, says AI can unlock so much for solo GPs like herself. Solo VC embraces algorithmic advantage!
4. 🎭🛠️ Hugging Face's new robot is the Seinfeld of AI devices. Nothing happens, but hilariously!
5. 👨‍💻📉 AI coding tools may not speed up every developer, study shows. Robot programmers hit reality check!
6. ⏳🔒 OpenAI delays the release of its open model again. Transparency gets postponed!

What if your story was your sales strategy?

This week, I sat down with Maury Rogow, Hollywood producer and branding mastermind behind $2.5B in brand growth.

We talked about why the brands that feel effortless aren’t the loudest — they’re just the most aligned.

⚡ Trends for the Future

Goldman Sachs Is Testing Viral AI Agent Devin as a 'New Employee'

Goldman Sachs begins enterprise rollout of Devin AI

The details:

Goldman Sachs is deploying hundreds of Devin AI coding agents—calling them “new employees”—in one of the boldest enterprise moves yet for autonomous software tools.

While the tool stirred controversy for its early flaws, its latest update claims major improvements in handling large codebases—enough to convince Goldman to scale the pilot.

CIO Marco Argenti stresses that this isn’t about replacing developers, but creating a hybrid workforce where AI boosts speed and humans provide strategy and oversight.

What makes this crucial: If Devin proves effective at Goldman, it could trigger a wave of AI agent adoption across Wall Street—redefining how code gets written at scale.

⚡ You’re Smart. Strategic. Intentional. So Let’s Be Real:
Where Are You Holding Back— On Purpose?

Every smart operator has something they’re intentionally avoiding.

Not because they’re lazy — but because it’s risky, unknown, or just... a bit *uncomfortable*.

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That one decision, move, or experiment you know would push you forward — but you’ve been choosing not to do it.

Tell us — and we’ll share a tactical POV or tool to help you rethink it.
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