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Hey folks,

The new website is not quite ready yet - we’re testing! So you still have time to save links to tutorials you haven’t finished yet (the new version is😍) - all the content will still be available on the new site, so don’t worry about that.

it’s true that the last 5% of a website takes 95% of the time 😅

We have a really interesting session coming up very soon on how enterprise SaaS companies use AI.

TLDR; inside today’s newsletter

• Let AI peek into your data

• ICYMI: new tutorials and blogs for successful product launches and career development

• snack n skill - learn to automate personalized email campaigns with AI

• 5 of the best new AI tools

• 5 interesting reads on AI adoption and business impact

• to-do’s

Alright, let’s get to it!

 🔎 Trends & news

• The top trend last weekend was connecting AI models to your data. Anthropic started it off by announcing that Claude can now use content from your Google Docs. Yesterday, it shared an open standard, Model Context Protocol (MCP) for broader coverage of “AI + data” connections.

• Instead of creating custom integrations for each data source, developers can now use MCP as a universal connector between AI assistants and tools/databases. It’s only local on your machine for now. Feels a little like GPT actions from OpenAI. But I’ll be interested to see if this could turn into as big of a deal as it could be (ai tools spin up mini tools in minutes, connect to anywhere with an api…)

• Training complex AI models and running inference workloads requires powerful GPU compute. Accelerate your AI to market with IREN AI Cloud™ and access NVIDIA H100 and H200 GPU clusters configured for performance with lightning-fast InfiniBand networking. Reserve your cluster today.*

• Also, Gemini Advanced seems to have gotten a new option to upload a Code Folder in chat. Click on the + icon and choose “Upload Code Folder”.
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👀 ICYMI: New stuff we’ve launched

• Master product launches and GTM strategy with AI.

• Create a custom AI image generator site.

• Create personalized career development paths.

🍽️ Snack ‘n’ skill

Learn how to create AI-powered email campaigns that convert

Writing personalized emails at scale is time-consuming and often feels robotic. But what if AI could craft engaging sequences while you focus on closing deals? This tutorial shows how to automate personalized email campaigns that adapt to each recipient.

Step 1. Set up your automation foundation

Start by adding Lindy AI's lead outreacher template to your workspace and connecting it with your email (Gmail/Outlook) and leads source (Google Sheets/Salesforce). This creates the backbone of your automated outreach system.

Step 2. Build your email sequence

• Configure AI prompts to write personalized first-touch emails based on lead data

• Create follow-up message templates that maintain conversation flow

• Set custom wait times between emails in your sequence

• Add response detection to prevent sending to engaged leads

• Set up Slack notifications for when leads respond to your campaigns

• Test your sequence with sample data before going live

Tip: When writing AI prompts for emails, include specific placeholders for company details and industry goals. This helps the AI create highly personalized messages while maintaining your brand voice.

This walkthrough is a condensed version of this tutorial. It's part of our "Automating prospecting and outreach" course. Check it out to build a complete lead generation and nurturing system.

⚙️ Top new tools

• Nume - The AI CFO every startup founder needs.*

• Humanloop - The LLM evals platform for enterprises, now generally available.

• Agentforce in Slack - Make AI agents your teammates.

• HumanLayer - Human-in-the-loop infra for AI agents.

• Frames by Runway - An image generation model with precise stylistic control.

More tools here →
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 📜 Interesting posts

• Getting started with AI: Good enough prompting.

• AI eats the world - 2025 presentation by Benedict Evans.

• Archetypes of LLM apps - What businesses are actually doing with AI.

• 82% of 'young leaders' are already using AI tools in their work.

• Amazon to invest another $4B in Anthropic.

📌 To-dos

1. Let us know if you have any tutorials or courses you want us to create—we’re always open to ideas.

That wraps things up for today! See you again on Thursday. 👋

Ben