Maybe I suffer from software brain, but I think that eventually this will include everything. It might take more than a couple of haircuts but I think humanity will shave that head eventually.

Any business process that looks like code talking to a database in a repetitive way is up for grabs. That’s why Anthropic has been so relentlessly focused on enterprise customers, and it’s why OpenAI is now pivoting to business use. There’s real value in introducing AI to business, because so much of modern business is already software: collecting data, analyzing it, and taking action on it over and over again in a loop. Businesses also control their data, and they can demand that all their databases work together.

Meet the Slate Truck, a sub-$20,000 (after federal incentives) electric vehicle that enters production next year. It only seats two yet has a bed big enough to hold a sheet of plywood. It only does 150 miles on a charge, only comes in gray, and the only way to listen to music while driving is if you bring along your phone and a Bluetooth speaker. It is the bare minimum of what a modern car can be, and yet it’s taken three years of development to get to this point.

But this is more than bargain-basement motoring. Slate is presenting its truck as minimalist design with DIY purpose, an attempt to not just go cheap but to create a new category of vehicle with a huge focus on personalization. That design also enables a low-cost approach to manufacturing

Using Kagi feels a lot like using Google a decade ago, and I mean that in a good way. You type in a search, and it returns a page full of links. It has image search, video search, maps, news, and even a podcast-specific tab I’ve found very useful. Search for something topical, and you’ll get a few links followed by a side-scrolling carousel of news stories. Search for a person, and Kagi virtually always starts with a short excerpt of their Wikipedia page.