Another week, another shift.

Week 28.

Another week, another shift.
This is your curated recap of the week — fully generated with AI.

Let’s go! The world’s moving too fast, so I summed it up.

Apple should buy Perplexity, says Dan Ives

What it says Analyst Dan Ives believes Apple must acquire Perplexity to stay in the AI race. Siri just can’t keep up on her own.

What it means AI is no longer a nice-to-have — it’s the new platform layer. Interfaces, search, assistants, experiences… it’s all getting rewritten in real time.

🔗 Read the article


The rise of AI-native employees — by Elena Verna

What it says Elena Verna outlines a new type of employee: someone who works with AI every day — not to outsource, but to upgrade themselves.

What it means This isn’t “early adopter” energy anymore. The edge now belongs to people who make AI part of their daily workflow — not just their toolstack.

🔗 Read the article


Prioritization isn’t choosing between “urgent” and “important”

What it says Jason Cohen argues that most prioritization fails because it’s detached from real context. His fix: define what you’re trying to learn, achieve, and avoid.

What it means Stop ranking tasks. Start framing bets. Good growth teams don’t just ask what, they ask why now.

🔗 Read the article


Perplexity launches Comet, a browser that thinks with you

What it says Perplexity dropped an AI-native browser that summarizes content, compares sources, and auto-manages your tabs.

What it means Browsing becomes a co-pilot experience. Your content better speak fluent AI — or it disappears behind someone else’s summary.

🔗 Read the article


Quick hits

  • Substack > Traditional Media Substack now outperforms WSJ and CBS News. Newsletters are winning the attention war. 🔗 Read
  • Jack Dorsey vibe-codes Bitchat Built an offline messaging app with AI in 48h. Fully Bluetooth. No servers. Just vibes. 🔗 Read
  • Vibe-coding: hype or trap? Prompt-based coding is hot, but so is the technical debt. Choose your chaos wisely. 🔗 Read

🧃 Wrap-up

Okay. Let’s break it down:

📬 Newsletters now beat legacy media.

🧠 AI-native employees are outproducing your entire roadmap.

📡 Jack Dorsey coded an offline app using Bluetooth and pure main character energy.

🚀 And vibe-coding is either the future or a nightmare — possibly both.

So, if you made it to the bottom:

👏 You’re now officially smarter than when you started.

Now let’s get real:

If you say “AI-first” three times in front of a mirror, you don’t summon a demon — you summon a 200-slide backlog and a Notion doc no one’s touched since Q1.

Don’t ask for clarity.

Ship the test. Run the retro. Move on.

Welcome to growth in 2025.

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