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The Sequoia AI Ascent That Changed Industry Perspectives

Key insights from Sequoia Capital's private AI Ascent 2025 revealing how outcome-based pricing and vertical AI agents will dominate the next phase of artificial intelligence

The third Sequoia Capital AI Ascent just wrapped up in San Francisco. After watching all the available footage on YouTube, it’s clear there were some game-changing insights—essential reading for any AI founder or industry professional. 1. The Shift in Revenue Logic: Selling Outcomes, Not Tools …

Reverse Engineering Google Stitch's Design Prompts

Tips about Google Stitch prompts

In the ever-evolving world of AI-driven design tools, understanding how systems like Google Stitch generate their outputs can provide valuable insights for designers and developers. Recently, I successfully reverse-engineered Stitch’s design prompts using methods inspired by online …

Just Plugging in an AI Like DeepSeek Isn’t Enough

Most companies fail at AI adoption because they treat it as a standalone tool. Feishu’s new Knowledge Q&A feature shows what seamless, workflow-native AI looks like.

The Hard Truth About AI in the Workplace Slapping a chatbot into your company Slack isn’t “AI adoption.” Too many businesses make these mistakes: AI becomes just another tab employees forget to open. Models improve, but answers stay generic — no deep alignment with actual work. …

Alibaba Qwen 3 Launches

How Open Source Became China’s Best AI Strategy

Alibaba just unveiled Qwen 3, its latest open-source large language model (LLM), and its flagship Qwen3-235B-A22B now rivals DeepSeek R1, Grok-3, and Gemini-2.5-Pro in benchmarks. With hybrid inference and enhanced Agent capabilities, Qwen 3 signals a shift — open source is China’s key to global AI …

OpenAI Scientist Yao Shunyu: O3 Release and RL’s New Paradigm – AI Enters the Second Half

This blog summarizes a speech by OpenAI Agent Researcher Yao Shunyu at CS 224N and Columbia University.

We delve into the transformative ideas presented by OpenAI Agent Researcher Yao Shunyu during his discussions at CS 224N and Columbia University. We Stand at the Midpoint of AI For decades, the crux of AI has revolved around developing innovative training methods and models. This trajectory has …

Dify.ai Tips and Tricks

Tips to Keep Your Wallet Happy

You’ve also jumped on the Dify.ai bandwagon? Smart move! It’s a seriously cool platform for building AI apps. But, like any powerful tool, it can get a little… expensive if you’re not careful. I’ve been playing around with it for a while now, and I’ve picked up a …

2024 Product Hunt Awards

AI stole the show at this year's Product Hunt Awards. Check out the winners and why they are so great.

This year’s Product Hunt Golden Kitty Awards are a love letter to AI—and developers are eating good. From code assistants to synthetic video wizards, tools that blend human creativity with machine speed dominated the rankings. Let’s break down the winners (and why your workflow needs …

AI Website Builders

Check out the best AI-powered website builders and how they work.

AI-powered website creation platforms are revolutionizing how products are built. Tools like Bolt, Lovable, and v0 are capturing the attention of both technical and non-technical users alike. Public data reveals that Bolt has already hit an annualized revenue of 20 million, while Lovable reached 10 …

Deploy Ollama DeepSeek + RAGFlow Locally

Here's how to deploy Ollama DeepSeek and RAGFlow locally to build your own RAG system.

Deploying Ollama DeepSeek and RAGFlow locally allows you to run powerful natural language processing (NLP) models in your own environment, enabling more efficient data processing and knowledge retrieval. Let’s get started. 1. Environment Preparation First, ensure your local machine meets the …

DeepSeek Prompt Tips

Learn how to use DeepSeek to its full potential with these useful prompts to get the best out of it.

Most people are using DeepSeek wrong. After burning the midnight oil testing this thing (and drinking enough coffee to power a small nation), I’ve cracked the code. Forget everything you know about ChatGPT – this is a whole different beast. 1. The Biggest Secret: Ditch the Prompt Templates …