Dan Shipper is the CEO and cofounder of Every. Every week he explores the frontiers of AI in his column, Chain of Thought, and on his podcast, ‘AI & I.’
A four-step engineering process for software teams that don’t write code
AGI is intelligence too valuable to shut off
Faster than GPT-5 Codex, smarter and more steerable than Opus 4.1
The blueprint for AI systems that are reliable at scale
Nate Berkopec tunes himself like a server—in a surprisingly human way
OpenAI’s latest model trades speed for occasional brilliance—when nothing else works, it might
But it’s not perfect—it failed our editing test
It feels less like learning something new than a browser that has caught up to how we already want to work with AI
Nathan and Dan talk to Brian McCullough, host of the Techmeme Ride Home podcast, about how the ad deal in last week’s Bundle Digest came abo
An MIT PhD reveals his process for researching the future of programming
The host of NYT's ‘Hard Fork’ podcast shows me how they help him with everything from parenting advice to ‘fit’ checks
The future arrived faster than I expected
Dan and Nathan discuss one of many recent takes on Substack, and try to offer a counterpoint to the idea that newsletter writers need to mak
Think in sequences, not essences
How much would you pay for a dream come true?
Harnessing the power of surprise to build writing that spreads
Organize your files automatically—with AI
Learn to get AI to write like your favorite writer, from start to finish
Watch the writer, educator, and podcaster use AI to surface anecdotes, read old books, and understand himself
It launches today—here’s our day-zero vibe check
After giving Nathan proper credit for getting him to finally listen to—and enjoy—podcasts, Dan takes a pressing question from a recent one t
Highlights of what we published and shipped over the past 12 months
Using AI for self-discovery and making great work
Language models handle the repetition—people decide what matters