Hello there,
Welcome to AI Unplugged. Here are today’s updates:
NVIDIA pushes deeper into open-source AI
Zoom leads an AI reasoning benchmark
World broadens its proof-of-human super app
Plus tools, resources, and a practical prompt to identify real drivers before reacting or making changes. ⬇️
NEWS ALERTS
NVIDIA doubles down on open AI models — NVIDIA is pushing harder into open-source AI with new models, tools, and acquisitions aimed at developers and enterprises, betting that flexibility and customization matter more as open models mature. This isn’t altruism; it’s a defensive move to reduce dependence on closed models while keeping everything tightly coupled to NVIDIA GPUs. The message is clear: you can swap models, but the infrastructure still belongs to NVIDIA.
Zoom quietly becomes an AI platform — Zoom’s AI team topped a major reasoning benchmark using a federated approach that stitches together multiple models rather than relying on a single monolith, but the benchmark itself is not the point. Zoom is repositioning as an AI layer embedded in daily work, using meetings as a data and distribution surface for automation, summaries, and decision support. If it works, Zoom stops being a video app and starts being a workflow intelligence company.
World expands its proof-of-human app — World added secure messaging, global payments, and third-party mini apps to its proof-of-human system, aiming to fuse identity, communication, and money into a single global platform now operating in over 100 countries. This is more a strategic signal than a proven product: digital identity at this scale is plausible, but success hinges on regulation, trust, and real-world incentives, not feature lists or geographic reach.
PRODUCTIVITY TOOLS
🧭 Questas — AI-powered market and competitive intelligence for GTM teams that need live signals, not backward-looking reports.
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AI MARKET
💰 Funding Rounds
Solve Intelligence secured $40M to scale its AI-driven patent drafting and legal workflow automation, targeting faster and cheaper IP production.
Outset raised $30M to grow its AI-led qualitative research platform, pushing deeper automation and insights for product and research teams.
💼 AI Hiring
PROMPT GUIDE
What’s Really Behind This Metric?
Purpose: Use this when a number shifts and you need to identify true causes before making decisions or knee-jerk changes.
Prompt:
You are my business performance analyst. Using the metric and context below, clearly explain:
The top three most plausible drivers of the change
Which movements are signal versus noise
What should not trigger a reaction
One high-leverage action to test before committing to larger moves
Keep the output tight, decisive, and ready for leadership review.
Input: Metric plus 3–5 lines of relevant context.Until next time,
AI Unplugged