OpenAI Front-runs a Big Week of AI Keynotes

Hello, and happy Sunday! It’s model release season. OpenAI’s end-of-week drop of its new coding agent, Codex, was the prelude: Next week, Microsoft, Google, and Anthropic are all hosting day-long or multi-day events to share their latest AI releases. Every’s Dan Shipper and Alex Duffy will be on site and sharing what you need to know from each. Look out for our coverage all next week.—Kate Lee

Was this newsletter forwarded to you? Sign up to get it in your inbox.

---

Knowledge base

🎧 🖥 “Vibe Check: Codex—OpenAI’s New Coding Agent” by Dan Shipper/Chain of Thought: Ever wanted a team of AI engineers at your beck and call? OpenAI's new Codex might be just that—if you're already a senior developer. Dan and Cora's general manager Kieran Klaassen took this autonomous coding agent for a test drive, and found it's built not to replace senior engineers but to supercharge them. 🎧 🖥 Watch on X or YouTube, or listen on Spotify or Apple Podcasts.

"How We Built a 7-figure AI Consulting Business in Less Than a Year" by Brandon Gell/Every: Every's team stumbled upon a seven-figure business by building AI tools for ourselves first, documenting our failures publicly, and then helping others when SOS emails started flooding in. Our approach cuts through the paralysis that plagues most organizations. Read this for four battle-tested lessons on making AI adoption stick.

🎧 🖥 "At This $10 Billion Hedge Fund, Using AI Just Became Mandatory" by Rhea Purohit/AI & I: Walleye Capital CEO Will England believes AI instantly makes his team 20 percent smarter and, in turn, is transforming his entire $10 billion hedge fund around this premise. In this episode of AI & I, Dan interviews England about leading an AI revolution from the top, including how he uses LLMs to write memos in minutes instead of hours and his vision for turning the firm's knowledge into a searchable intelligence system (which he calls "Borg," because of course he does). 🎧 🖥 Watch on X or YouTube, or listen on Spotify or Apple Podcasts.

"Is Your AI Idea Any Good? A 5-question Stress Test From a Serial Founder" by Stella Garber/Every: Everyone and their venture capitalist is launching an AI startup these days, but how do you know if your idea is any good? Serial founder and angel investor Stella Garber offers a brutally practical five-part framework to stress-test your AI business concept before you burn through time and capital. Read this if you're considering an AI venture, or want to understand why some AI startups thrive while others face-plant spectacularly.