AI News & Strategy Daily | Nate B Jones

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Clear, actionable AI strategy for builders & execs. Frameworks, workflows, and playbooks that deliver results. I'm Nate B. Jones. 20-year product leader, AI strategist, and your guide through the noise. Most AI content is hype or generic advice. I cut through both with frameworks and workflows you can use immediately. Whether you're an executive making AI decisions or a builder implementing solutions, you'll get practical playbooks tested in real organizations. What you'll find here: • Weekly AI strategy breakdowns (no buzzwords) • Coding & prompting workflows and automation guides • Future-of-work insights for decision-makers • Frameworks from real AI implementations New videos every day Deeper analysis + exclusive playbooks → natesnewsletter.substack.com/ Ready to move past AI hype? Subscribe and let's build something real.

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Cursor Hit $1B With 150 People. The Workforce Mistake That Will Cost Companies Millions by Q3.

Cursor Hit $1B With 150 People. The Workforce Mistake That Will Cost Companies Millions by Q3. AI News & Strategy Daily | Nate B Jones

17.2K views - 3 hours ago

Why $650 Billion in AI Spending ISN'T Enough. The 4 Skills that Survive and What This Means for You.

Why $650 Billion in AI Spending ISN'T Enough. The 4 Skills that Survive and What This Means for You. AI News & Strategy Daily | Nate B Jones

80.7K views - 1 day ago

I Just Did a Full Day of Analyst Work in 10 Minutes. The $120K Job Description Just Changed Forever.

I Just Did a Full Day of Analyst Work in 10 Minutes. The $120K Job Description Just Changed Forever. AI News & Strategy Daily | Nate B Jones

80.8K views - 2 days ago

OpenClaw: 160,000 Developers Are Building Something OpenAI & Google Can't Stop. Where Do You Stand?

OpenClaw: 160,000 Developers Are Building Something OpenAI & Google Can't Stop. Where Do You Stand? AI News & Strategy Daily | Nate B Jones

193.6K views - 3 days ago

Claude Opus 4.6: The Biggest AI Jump I've Covered--It's Not Close. (Here's What You Need to Know)

Claude Opus 4.6: The Biggest AI Jump I've Covered--It's Not Close. (Here's What You Need to Know) AI News & Strategy Daily | Nate B Jones

275.7K views - 4 days ago

The $285 Billion Crash Wall Street Won't Explain Honestly. Here's What Everyone Missed.

The $285 Billion Crash Wall Street Won't Explain Honestly. Here's What Everyone Missed. AI News & Strategy Daily | Nate B Jones

289K views - 5 days ago

Going Slower Feels Safer, But Your Domain Expertise Won't Save You Anymore. Here's What Will.

Going Slower Feels Safer, But Your Domain Expertise Won't Save You Anymore. Here's What Will. AI News & Strategy Daily | Nate B Jones

123.5K views - 6 days ago

Why the Smartest AI Teams Are Panic-Buying Compute: The 36-Month AI Infrastructure Crisis Is Here

Why the Smartest AI Teams Are Panic-Buying Compute: The 36-Month AI Infrastructure Crisis Is Here AI News & Strategy Daily | Nate B Jones

69.8K views - 1 week ago

90% of People Fail at Vibe Coding. Here's the Actual Reason: You're Skipping the Hard Part.

90% of People Fail at Vibe Coding. Here's the Actual Reason: You're Skipping the Hard Part. AI News & Strategy Daily | Nate B Jones

94.3K views - 1 week ago

Anthropic's CEO Bet the Company on This Philosophy. The Data Says He Was Right.

Anthropic's CEO Bet the Company on This Philosophy. The Data Says He Was Right. AI News & Strategy Daily | Nate B Jones

69.5K views - 1 week ago

90% of AI Users Are Getting Mediocre Output. Don't Be One of Them (Stop Prompting, Do THIS Instead)

90% of AI Users Are Getting Mediocre Output. Don't Be One of Them (Stop Prompting, Do THIS Instead) AI News & Strategy Daily | Nate B Jones

71.6K views - 1 week ago

OpenAI Is Slowing Hiring. Anthropic's Engineers Stopped Writing Code. Here's Why You Should Care.

OpenAI Is Slowing Hiring. Anthropic's Engineers Stopped Writing Code. Here's Why You Should Care. AI News & Strategy Daily | Nate B Jones

181.2K views - 1 week ago

OpenClaw Agents Are Hiring Each Other. Transferring Crypto. Building Societies. This Is Real.

OpenClaw Agents Are Hiring Each Other. Transferring Crypto. Building Societies. This Is Real. AI News & Strategy Daily | Nate B Jones

56.4K views - 1 week ago

Clawdbot to Moltbot to OpenClaw: The 72 Hours That Broke Everything (The Full Breakdown)

Clawdbot to Moltbot to OpenClaw: The 72 Hours That Broke Everything (The Full Breakdown) AI News & Strategy Daily | Nate B Jones

258.4K views - 1 week ago

Why the Smartest AI Bet Right Now Has Nothing to Do With AI (It's Not What You Think)

Why the Smartest AI Bet Right Now Has Nothing to Do With AI (It's Not What You Think) AI News & Strategy Daily | Nate B Jones

66.8K views - 2 weeks ago

Meta Up 10%, Microsoft Down 10%, Tesla Killing Cars. This Week Broke Something.

Meta Up 10%, Microsoft Down 10%, Tesla Killing Cars. This Week Broke Something. AI News & Strategy Daily | Nate B Jones

68.1K views - 2 weeks ago

the $125 Billion Secret: Amazon Told Wall Street One Thing and Employees Another. Here's the Truth.

the $125 Billion Secret: Amazon Told Wall Street One Thing and Employees Another. Here's the Truth. AI News & Strategy Daily | Nate B Jones

306.6K views - 2 weeks ago

Why Every Cold Application You Send Is a Waste of Time (And What Actually Works)

Why Every Cold Application You Send Is a Waste of Time (And What Actually Works) AI News & Strategy Daily | Nate B Jones

26.2K views - 2 weeks ago

The Ticking Time Bomb in Every Codebase Over 18 Months Old (How to Fix It Before It's Too Late)

The Ticking Time Bomb in Every Codebase Over 18 Months Old (How to Fix It Before It's Too Late) AI News & Strategy Daily | Nate B Jones

37.1K views - 2 weeks ago

I Built an 11-Tab Financial Model in 10 Minutes. The $20/Month Tool That's About Change How We Work.

I Built an 11-Tab Financial Model in 10 Minutes. The $20/Month Tool That's About Change How We Work. AI News & Strategy Daily | Nate B Jones

155.5K views - 2 weeks ago

Google Just Proved More Agents Can Make Things WORSE -- Here's What Actually Does Work

Google Just Proved More Agents Can Make Things WORSE -- Here's What Actually Does Work AI News & Strategy Daily | Nate B Jones

25K views - 2 weeks ago

Why Your Best Employees Quit Using AI After 3 Weeks (And the 6 Skills That Would Have Saved Them)

Why Your Best Employees Quit Using AI After 3 Weeks (And the 6 Skills That Would Have Saved Them) AI News & Strategy Daily | Nate B Jones

140.5K views - 3 weeks ago

Apple Took Years to Catch Up. Kilo Code Took 6 Weeks--and It's Coming for Lovable, Cursor, Replit

Apple Took Years to Catch Up. Kilo Code Took 6 Weeks--and It's Coming for Lovable, Cursor, Replit AI News & Strategy Daily | Nate B Jones

49K views - 3 weeks ago

The Builders Who Figure This Out First Will Be Impossible to Catch. Why You Need an Identity Shift.

The Builders Who Figure This Out First Will Be Impossible to Catch. Why You Need an Identity Shift. AI News & Strategy Daily | Nate B Jones

46.1K views - 3 weeks ago

The People Getting Promoted All Have This One Thing in Common (AI Is Supercharging this Mindset)

The People Getting Promoted All Have This One Thing in Common (AI Is Supercharging this Mindset) AI News & Strategy Daily | Nate B Jones

57.5K views - 3 weeks ago

The Skill That Separates AI Power Users From Everyone Else (Why "Clear" Specs Produce Broken Output)

The Skill That Separates AI Power Users From Everyone Else (Why "Clear" Specs Produce Broken Output) AI News & Strategy Daily | Nate B Jones

41.9K views - 3 weeks ago

Disposable Software: The Trend 90% of People are Getting Wrong--The Hidden Costs We Need to Consider

Disposable Software: The Trend 90% of People are Getting Wrong--The Hidden Costs We Need to Consider AI News & Strategy Daily | Nate B Jones

32.7K views - 3 weeks ago

They Ignored My Tool Stack and Built Something Better--The 4 Patterns That Work

They Ignored My Tool Stack and Built Something Better--The 4 Patterns That Work AI News & Strategy Daily | Nate B Jones

49K views - 3 weeks ago

Stop Treating Image Generation Like a Design Tool--The Hidden Bottleneck Limiting Your AI ROI

Stop Treating Image Generation Like a Design Tool--The Hidden Bottleneck Limiting Your AI ROI AI News & Strategy Daily | Nate B Jones

23K views - 4 weeks ago

LeCun Said LLMs Are a Dead End—Then Revealed Meta Fudged Their Benchmarks. Both Matter - Here's Why.

LeCun Said LLMs Are a Dead End—Then Revealed Meta Fudged Their Benchmarks. Both Matter - Here's Why. AI News & Strategy Daily | Nate B Jones

44.9K views - 4 weeks ago

Stop Competing With 400 Applicants. Build This in One Weekend (Yes, there's a no code option too!)

Stop Competing With 400 Applicants. Build This in One Weekend (Yes, there's a no code option too!) AI News & Strategy Daily | Nate B Jones

116.2K views - 4 weeks ago

THIS is Why You're Still Slow Even With AI (The Bottleneck Moved--Here's What to Do About It)

THIS is Why You're Still Slow Even With AI (The Bottleneck Moved--Here's What to Do About It) AI News & Strategy Daily | Nate B Jones

82.4K views - 1 month ago

Task Queues Are Replacing Chat Interfaces. Here's Why (plus a Claude Cowork Demo)

Task Queues Are Replacing Chat Interfaces. Here's Why (plus a Claude Cowork Demo) AI News & Strategy Daily | Nate B Jones

188.3K views - 1 month ago

Shopify's AI Memo Changed Hiring Forever—And Why Google, Meta & Nvidia Are Copying It

Shopify's AI Memo Changed Hiring Forever—And Why Google, Meta & Nvidia Are Copying It AI News & Strategy Daily | Nate B Jones

29.6K views - 1 month ago

What Sam Altman and Dario Amodei Disagree About (And Why It Matters for You)

What Sam Altman and Dario Amodei Disagree About (And Why It Matters for You) AI News & Strategy Daily | Nate B Jones

32.9K views - 1 month ago

The 3-Layer Framework That Predicts Which Jobs AI Will (and Won't) Replace

The 3-Layer Framework That Predicts Which Jobs AI Will (and Won't) Replace AI News & Strategy Daily | Nate B Jones

44.4K views - 1 month ago

OpenAI, Google, and Anthropic Agree on One Thing (Finally) - This Week's Biggest AI Stories

OpenAI, Google, and Anthropic Agree on One Thing (Finally) - This Week's Biggest AI Stories AI News & Strategy Daily | Nate B Jones

70.5K views - 1 month ago

Why 2026 Is the Year to Build a Second Brain (And Why You NEED One)

Why 2026 Is the Year to Build a Second Brain (And Why You NEED One) AI News & Strategy Daily | Nate B Jones

149.8K views - 1 month ago

NVIDIA told us exactly where AI is going — and almost everyone heard it wrong

NVIDIA told us exactly where AI is going — and almost everyone heard it wrong AI News & Strategy Daily | Nate B Jones

67.7K views - 1 month ago

Why "Pretty Good on First Pass" Is Costing You Thousands--How To Fix It TODAY

Why "Pretty Good on First Pass" Is Costing You Thousands--How To Fix It TODAY AI News & Strategy Daily | Nate B Jones

13.1K views - 1 month ago

The Manus Acquisition Explained: Why Meta Paid $2B for a "Wrapper"

The Manus Acquisition Explained: Why Meta Paid $2B for a "Wrapper" AI News & Strategy Daily | Nate B Jones

17.7K views - 1 month ago

Most People Want Validation, Not Perspective (Why This Matters Now)

Most People Want Validation, Not Perspective (Why This Matters Now) AI News & Strategy Daily | Nate B Jones

9.6K views - 1 month ago

Why Andrej Karpathy Feels "Behind" (And What It Means for Your Career)

Why Andrej Karpathy Feels "Behind" (And What It Means for Your Career) AI News & Strategy Daily | Nate B Jones

58.5K views - 1 month ago

The Fork Most Leaders Don’t See: Visibility vs. Execution

The Fork Most Leaders Don’t See: Visibility vs. Execution AI News & Strategy Daily | Nate B Jones

12.7K views - 1 month ago

The AI Failure Mode Nobody Warned You About (And how to prevent it from happening)

The AI Failure Mode Nobody Warned You About (And how to prevent it from happening) AI News & Strategy Daily | Nate B Jones

17.4K views - 1 month ago

The Compounding Gap That Makes 2026 the Last Chance to Catch Up

The Compounding Gap That Makes 2026 the Last Chance to Catch Up AI News & Strategy Daily | Nate B Jones

62.6K views - 1 month ago

The $500K Mistake: 8 Engineers Doing Implementation, 0 Doing Governance

The $500K Mistake: 8 Engineers Doing Implementation, 0 Doing Governance AI News & Strategy Daily | Nate B Jones

35.7K views - 1 month ago

The Skill Gap That Will Separate AI Winners from Everyone Else

The Skill Gap That Will Separate AI Winners from Everyone Else AI News & Strategy Daily | Nate B Jones

54.4K views - 1 month ago

The "Human Throttle" Problem That's Killing Enterprise AI Agent ROI

The "Human Throttle" Problem That's Killing Enterprise AI Agent ROI AI News & Strategy Daily | Nate B Jones

12K views - 1 month ago

Anthropic's New Benchmark Changes Everything—Most People Will Miss Why

Anthropic's New Benchmark Changes Everything—Most People Will Miss Why AI News & Strategy Daily | Nate B Jones

41.8K views - 1 month ago

The Nvidia-Groq Deal Is WAY Bigger Than Reported (3 Things the Headlines Missed)

The Nvidia-Groq Deal Is WAY Bigger Than Reported (3 Things the Headlines Missed) AI News & Strategy Daily | Nate B Jones

116.3K views - 1 month ago

3 Startups Deep in 30 Days: How Nano Banana Pro Just Triggered a Billion-Dollar Chain Reaction

3 Startups Deep in 30 Days: How Nano Banana Pro Just Triggered a Billion-Dollar Chain Reaction AI News & Strategy Daily | Nate B Jones

30.2K views - 1 month ago

I Tracked Every AI Win & Failure in 2025. Here's What Actually Worked (9 Surprises)

I Tracked Every AI Win & Failure in 2025. Here's What Actually Worked (9 Surprises) AI News & Strategy Daily | Nate B Jones

12.2K views - 1 month ago

Why Flash Models, Not Frontier Models, Will Win in 2026

Why Flash Models, Not Frontier Models, Will Win in 2026 AI News & Strategy Daily | Nate B Jones

14.4K views - 1 month ago

If This Can Happen to an Ex-DeepMind Leader, It Can Happen to You

If This Can Happen to an Ex-DeepMind Leader, It Can Happen to You AI News & Strategy Daily | Nate B Jones

52.7K views - 1 month ago

Claude Code Snuck in 7 Updates in 2 Weeks—Here's What You Need to Know in 10 Minutes

Claude Code Snuck in 7 Updates in 2 Weeks—Here's What You Need to Know in 10 Minutes AI News & Strategy Daily | Nate B Jones

35.2K views - 1 month ago

Is OpenAI a Bubble? Here's the 2026 Test (Unit Economics + Compute + Enterprise Proof)

Is OpenAI a Bubble? Here's the 2026 Test (Unit Economics + Compute + Enterprise Proof) AI News & Strategy Daily | Nate B Jones

24.8K views - 1 month ago

Amazon Fired Their AI Chief. Here's Why It Took So Long (Plus 5 Newsworthy Moments in AI This Week)

Amazon Fired Their AI Chief. Here's Why It Took So Long (Plus 5 Newsworthy Moments in AI This Week) AI News & Strategy Daily | Nate B Jones

30.1K views - 1 month ago

The 4 AI Agents Non-Technical People Actually Need (And How to Use Them Today)

The 4 AI Agents Non-Technical People Actually Need (And How to Use Them Today) AI News & Strategy Daily | Nate B Jones

34.3K views - 1 month ago

Codex 5.2 Launch Revealed: How OpenAI Got Non-Engineers Shipping Real Code

Codex 5.2 Launch Revealed: How OpenAI Got Non-Engineers Shipping Real Code AI News & Strategy Daily | Nate B Jones

8.9K views - 1 month ago