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Beyond the product announcements. Analysis of how AI is restructuring enterprise workflows, editorial operations, and the economics of content at scale.
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Slack’s GM Predicts Agents Will Soon Outnumber Humans on the Platform
Slack is about to become a place where most of its users don’t need it — at least not in any human sense. The platform has long been where work happens. That’s been the pitch since day one. But spend time with General Manager Rob Seaman and you start to wonder whether the work happening […]
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AWS Cuts the Setup Tax on Agent Development With New Agentcore Tools
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is moving to eliminate one of the biggest time sinks in AI agent development. On Tuesday, the company introduced a managed agent harness within Amazon Bedrock AgentCore, a prebuilt infrastructure layer that handles orchestration, compute, tool connections, and session state, so developers can test agent logic without building backend plumbing first. […]
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OpenAI’s Chronicle Looks a Lot Like Microsoft’s Recall. Will It Face the Same Scrutiny?
OpenAI wants to give its Codex coding agent a better memory. On Tuesday, the company rolled out an “experiment” feature called Chronicle that runs background agents to capture your screen, extract context from those images, and build persistent memories so Codex understands what you’re working on without you having to re-explain it every session. OpenAI says […]
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This Adobe Sneak Uses AI to Rethink the Personalized Web
Cookies have long been the default tool brands reach for when personalizing the web. For over 30 years, small text files stored in browsers have given companies a window into how users move across the web—and a way to tailor ads and content accordingly. But privacy regulations such as GDPR and CCPA, restrictions in browsers […]
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Adobe Must Defend Its Creative Advantage as AI Transforms Design Tools
Adobe kicks off its annual Summit in Las Vegas this week with more to prove than usual. The company that once defined the creative software market is now navigating an AI shift that threatens to make its tools less essential—and its premium pricing harder to justify. Not only that, but it’s navigating these waters without […]
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Can Seattle Become America’s Next AI Capital?
IN THIS ISSUE: Seattle has long been one of America’s most consequential technology cities—and the evidence suggests it may be more ready for the AI era than its national reputation reflects. This week’s column makes the case for Seattle as a serious AI capital, drawing on its unique concentration of cloud infrastructure, renewable-energy advantages, aerospace […]
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Canva Was a Design Platform With AI Tools. Now It’s an AI Platform With Design Tools.
When Melanie Perkins, Cameron Adams, and Cliff Obrecht launched Canva 13 years ago, the goal was to make design accessible to everyone. Back then, it was a territory reserved for specialists. Adobe’s suite was the industry standard—powerful, but complex and expensive enough to keep most people out. Creating a polished presentation or a simple marketing […]
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Adobe Launches Firefly AI Assistant to Unite Its Creative Suite Under One Conversational Interface
For decades, learning Adobe meant learning its tools — the shortcuts, the workflows, the muscle memory of navigating a suite built around precision controls. On Wednesday, the company argued that shouldn’t be a prerequisite anymore, unveiling Firefly AI Assistant, a creative agent that consolidates the power of Photoshop, Premiere, Lightroom, Illustrator, Express, and more, all […]
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Microsoft Has a Faster, Cheaper Version of Its Best Image Model
Microsoft isn’t slowing down in its push to develop its own lineup of homegrown AI models. On Tuesday, the company announced a variation of its text-to-image model called MAI-Image-2-Efficient. While both provide photorealistic and expressive images with reliable in-image text, the new model is designed to be 22 percent faster and four times more efficient. […]
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HubSpot Launches an AEO Tool to Help Marketers Show Up in ChatGPT, Gemini, and Perplexity
HubSpot is releasing a slate of tools designed to help businesses improve awareness, grow revenue, and scale customer support. It’s part of the company’s annual Spring Spotlight event. And while there are more than 100 announcements to parse through, the one that may impact HubSpot’s customers the most is the launch of HubSpot AEO. It’s […]
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What is The AI Economy?
A newsletter covering consumer and enterprise AI, platform strategy, and the companies reshaping how work gets done. Reported, not aggregated — written by a technology journalist who has covered the space since before generative AI was a mainstream phrase.
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How often does it publish?
No fixed schedule—just coverage when something worth your attention happens. Plus, there's a Friday news roundup that's published exclusively on LinkedIn.
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Is it free?
Yes. Every issue is free. Subscribe on Substack and it arrives in your inbox. No paywall, no premium tier. If that changes, subscribers will be notified well in advance.
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How is this different from other AI newsletters?
Most AI newsletters cover product announcements and funding rounds. The AI Economy focuses on the downstream effects: how enterprise teams are actually deploying AI, where the editorial and operational models are breaking down, and what platform-level shifts mean for practitioners making decisions this quarter. It is written for people doing the work, not watching it from the outside.
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Where can I read past issues?
The full archive is listed above on this page. All issues are also available on Substack. The plan is to host the canonical archive here on thelettertwo.com as the publication grows — independent of any platform.
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Can I republish or cite content from the newsletter?
Yes, with attribution. Short excerpts with a link back to the original issue are fine. For longer republication or syndication, reach out via LinkedIn.
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