Hey friends,
Well, it's been a couple months since this last newsletter. The reality is:
This newsletter is different than other AI newsletters.
If you're subscribed to this newsletter, I wouldn't be surprised if you're also subscribed to tons of other AI newsletters. There are so many amazing newsletters that will share all the latest news and what you need to stay ahead.
But, this is different. My day-to-day is not as a newsletter writer. My whole day is spent building an AI company.
Because of that, this newsletter is intended to share not just the latest news in AI, but how you should think about it. What are the opportunities you should take advantage of? How do you actually adopt AI in your work in a meaningful way?
So, if you're not familiar, I'm Justin, CEO of Cassidy, and big news today:
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🚀 Cassidy raises $3.7M in funding
LLMs have created a new era of automation. While previous workflow automation platforms could only handle basic if/then logic, LLMs have unlocked complex reasoning in natural language.
However, the quality of LLM outputs and decisions heavily depends on the specific context they're given. Insufficient, disorganized, or outdated data can cause AI to respond inconsistently (or even hallucinate), making it unreliable for business automation.
Enter: Cassidy.
Cassidy is a more intelligent automation platform that makes every decision with full context on your business.
How it works: Cassidy's knowledge base connects to your company's existing knowledge tools (Slack, Notion, Drive, etc.) and automatically cleans, prepares, and keeps your business's data up-to-date. It removes the concept of "one-size-fits-all" logic and instead allows your team to reliably build powerful AI workflows that make complex, human-level decisions, all with a nuanced understanding of your company.
Cassidy was built for both non-technical and technical users, making effective AI automations accessible to teams of all shapes and sizes. Today, we're thrilled to announce our $3.7 million funding led by The General Partnership, Neo, Comma Capital, Spacecadet Ventures, Ride Ventures, and angels like Erik Goldman (Co-founder of Vanta), Jason Dorfman (CEO of Orum), and Zach Sims (CEO of Codecademy).
Watch a Demo of Cassidy:
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🚂 Use Case of the Week: Automate Your RFPs
One of my favorite use cases for Cassidy is RFP Automation. Most business people out there are fully aware of the concept: Request for Proposal.
Companies receive hundreds of RFPs from potential clients who are evaluating them as a potential business partner. These RFPs often include extremely long lists of questions about the company, their offerings, the team, and more. It's questions the company has answered time and time again, in hundreds of RFPs, scattered across their SharePoint, Google Drive, Slack, etc.
Well, this is a perfect use case for Cassidy…
Since Cassidy has the full context of your business, it excels at automating all your RFP, RFI, and security questionnaire processes.
Check it out
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💻 If I wasn’t building an AI company, here’s what I would be doing…
Well, it would still be an AI company. Just a different one. I really believe one of the greatest opportunities for most people right now is to build an AI consultancy.
This recent article came out about AI consultants. Now, of course this refers to Bain, PwC, McKinsey and others. But, for all the companies beyond the F500s that can't afford 1M dollars for a pitch deck, there's a massive demand for businesses wanting to use AI in their company. Go into companies, identify the AI low hanging fruit, implement the tools to automate them. Stay on retainer, with each new AI tool and model release, keep automating. I really believe this is what most agencies and consultancies need to be leaning into. Checkout my LinkedIn post for a full explanation.
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🧠 “Think Before” ChatGPT Prompt
"Think before" is a killer ChatGPT prompt that I use all the time…and it’s totally changed the game. By asking the model to articulate its thought process before providing a final answer, you get more thoughtful and accurate responses. Even simple prompts benefit from this, enhancing both the quality of the output and understanding of the model's reasoning. Check out my video to see it in action and try it out for yourself and see the magic happen!
⭐ AI Quick Hits
- Surprise! OpenAI's ChatGPT-4o just got an update [Read More]
- Despite claims to the contrary, next generation AI models are still hallucinating...a lot [Read here]
- Google rolls out Gemini Live to compete with ChatGPT's Voice Mode [Read here]
- Time to hang up your lab coat - SakanaAI's new AI Scientists aims to automate scientific discovery end-to-end [Read here]
- xAI's Grok-2 is here, and its image generation capabilities are crazy [Read here]
Stay tuned for more next week...
Thanks for reading,
Justin
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