appreciate how you put this! i’ve been saying we avoid obvious ideas for the last few months, for this exact reason (we do pre-seed so probably even more true than at seed).
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Cognition Labs Windsurf Strategy Praised by Community
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gotta admit my regard for @cognition_labs has gone up a lot based on how they've handled this windsurf thing. genius play.
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Partnership to Democratize Local AI Access for Everyone
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hyped to partner with Ramin and his team at @liquidai to bring powerful local AI access to even more people
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AI Call Agent Handles Tasks for You
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Meet Pine AI: Your AI-powered personal call agent.
— God of Prompt (@godofprompt) 17 juillet 2025
It sounds like a real human, makes actual phone calls, and handles tasks for you.
→ Cancels subscriptions
→ Asks for refunds
→ Files complaints
→ Negotiates bills
Try it here: https://t.co/tLphqu23Ff pic.twitter.com/JO7uT7xDTPMeet Pine AI: Your AI-powered personal call agent. It sounds like a real human, makes actual phone calls, and handles tasks for you. → Cancels subscriptions
→ Asks for refunds
→ Files complaints
→ Negotiates bills Try it here: https://
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India AI Innovation Challenge: 30 Shortlisted Transformative Solutions
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The India AI Innovation Challenge – Meet the shortlisted solutions!
— IndiaAI (@OfficialINDIAai) 17 juillet 2025
Launched under the India AI Application Development Initiative, the contest has shortlisted 30 transformative AI solutions across key themes:
•Healthcare
•Agriculture
•Climate Change
•Governance
•Assistive… pic.twitter.com/k1mywgBdgfThe India AI Innovation Challenge – Meet the shortlisted solutions! Launched under the India AI Application Development Initiative, the contest has shortlisted 30 transformative AI solutions across key themes:
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•Agriculture
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Rork Agent Margins Improve With Mobile App Launch
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This basically becomes a forcing function for Rork to become the best agent in the space. The better the agent gets, the better their margins get 🙂 Plus they launched a lot of other cool stuff, including a mobile app that builds mobile apps! Scroll the thread to see.
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Rork launches free AI agent error correction standard
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Rork is the first agent to implement a new standard: when your AI agent makes a mistake, it's free to fix it!
— Matt Shumer (@mattshumer_) 17 juillet 2025
This is really powerful for two reasons:
1. Users worry less about wasting $ on failed outputs
2. Rork now has an insane incentive to improve their agent! https://t.co/Keurdkb7qzRork is the first agent to implement a new standard: when your AI agent makes a mistake, it's free to fix it! This is really powerful for two reasons: 1. Users worry less about wasting $ on failed outputs
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Claude’s AI Onboarding Tool Success
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Tested this with a SaaS onboarding tool. Claude gave me messaging, a cold email sequence and a LinkedIn plan in one pass.
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Perplexity Partners Airtel for 360M Free Pro Subscriptions
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Perplexity just partnered with Indian telecom company Airtel to offer its Pro subscription for free The move gives 360M Indians instant access to Perplexity Pro for a year It will be a big boost for Perplexity's user base
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Lightricks AI generates full 60-second videos, latest tech news
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AI NEWS: Lightricks just dropped an AI that generates FULL 60-second videos, streaming content second-by-second Plus, more news from Google, Perplexity, Microsoft, AWS, and MiniMax Here's everything you need to know: