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Ken Yeung

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Author of "The AI Economy," a newsletter about AI's impact on business, tech, work, and society • Past: VentureBeat, Flipboard, The Next Web http://theaieconomy.news | https://thelettertwo.com | Signal: kenyeung.888

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Ken Yeung @thekenyeung.bsky.social · Apr 22

I’ve been writing more about AI! My newsletter, The AI Economy, explores how it’s transforming business, work, society, and tech—plus a weekly roundup of news you might’ve missed. I’m looking to tell creative stories about the people and startups shaping the AI era.

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The AI Economy | Ken Yeung | Substack

Exploring AI’s impact on business, work, society, and technology with original reporting and curated news. Click to read The AI Economy, by Ken Yeung, a Substack publication with hundreds of subscribe...

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Ken Yeung @thekenyeung.bsky.social · 22h

Lattice HR is marking its new era by reshaping how employees work—putting habits and smarter AI agents at the core of its platform. The goal: help people focus on what really matters each day.
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Ken Yeung @thekenyeung.bsky.social · 7d

Marc Benioff is well-media trained. When asked to comment on reports that Salesforce would invest in Black Forest Labs, he says he didn't know, that he first heard about it through Sleeping Beauty. 😂🤦🏻‍♂️🤷🏻‍♂️

Ken Yeung @thekenyeung.bsky.social · 7d

This is what Marc Benioff had to say about the National Guard issue...or what he didn't say

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Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff Asked About National Guard Comment at Dreamforce

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Ken Yeung @thekenyeung.bsky.social · 7d

Marc Benioff asked during media Q&A by reporter from Fortune about National Guard remarks with the New York Times. Benioff brushes it off saying he wants to focus on Agentforce (some folks applaud) right now, but says he's all about trust and safety.

Ken Yeung @thekenyeung.bsky.social · 9d

Agentforce 360 is designed to unite humans, agents, apps, and data to help transform organizations into "agentic enterprises." Notably, Slack plays a big role in this initiative, part of a trend to reimagine how software is used at work.

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Salesforce’s Agentforce 360 Takes Aim at AI Pilot Purgatory

The company unveils a major upgrade to its agentic development platform, designed to help enterprises move from prototypes to production-ready AI at scale

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Ken Yeung @thekenyeung.bsky.social · 9d

Salesforce just dropped Agentforce 360 — its biggest push yet to make AI actually useful inside enterprises. The goal? Help companies escape “AI pilot purgatory” and turn prototypes into production-ready agents.

Ken Yeung @thekenyeung.bsky.social · 11d

Marc Benioff will give his "agentic enterprise" keynote on Tuesday with customers, celebrities, and likely SF Mayor Daniel Lurie in the audience (Mayor London Breed was there in 2024). I'd wager Benioff will make brief mention of this but thank SF govt.

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Marc Benioff Says Trump Should Send Guard Troops to San Francisco

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Ken Yeung @thekenyeung.bsky.social · 11d

This is wild:
"At the end of the interview, [Benioff] turned to a public relations executive. He could be heard asking why her mouth was wide open and if he had said anything he shouldn’t have."

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Marc Benioff Says Trump Should Send Guard Troops to San Francisco

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Ken Yeung @thekenyeung.bsky.social · 11d

Benioff prev. threatened to pull Dreamforce from SF, citing crime, but then praised then-Mayor Breed and recommitted to the city. Now, he wants National Guard brought in, saying there aren't enough police—he shouldn't have to pay for them, he says.

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Marc Benioff Says Trump Should Send Guard Troops to San Francisco

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Ken Yeung @thekenyeung.bsky.social · 13d

Fantastic: Checked the weather for SF next week and #Dreamforce could be largely indoors. The Howard Street events (a.k.a. Salesforce Park) could be rained out. Packing should be fun! 😂😖🤷🏻‍♂️ #DF25

Ken Yeung @thekenyeung.bsky.social · 15d

SAP is reframing Joule as being a network of specialized AI agents aimed at tackling end-to-end workflow automation. It has unveiled 15 new bots spanning its entire product lineup. #SAPConnect

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SAP Pushes Joule Into the Future With 15 New AI Agents

At its inaugural SAP Connect event, the company unveiled a sweeping expansion of its Joule platform, embedding AI across supply chain, finance, HR, and more

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Ken Yeung @thekenyeung.bsky.social · 16d

SAP has announced Engagement Cloud, a new app giving orgs a comprehensive view of marketing, sales, service, and commerce to provide customers with personalized experiences. And it's powered by its Joule AI agents. This is a Salesforce Customer 360 rival.

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SAP Engagement Cloud Unites AI, Data, and CX in a Single Platform

The new platform unifies marketing, sales, service, and commerce workflows, offering real-time insights and personalized experiences at scale

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Ken Yeung @thekenyeung.bsky.social · 16d

Salesforce has launched Agentforce Vibes, a vibe coding platform for anyone to build enterprise apps powered by their CRM data. It even has a AI agent to help called Vibe Codey. Will this be a new mascot Salesforce parades around next week at Dreamforce?
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Salesforce's Agentforce Vibes Turns Ideas into Apps

With AI-powered coding and the Vibe Codey agent, anyone can generate, test, and deploy apps—no coding experience needed

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Ken Yeung @thekenyeung.bsky.social · 17d

Lattice, the HR tech platform, is ready for its "refounding" moment. CEO Sarah Franklin tells me the company will soon become AI-first, helping employees tackle habitual tasks, not cyclical ones. It aims to enhance employee conversations within orgs.

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Lattice’s Refounding Moment

CEO Sarah Franklin is steering the HR tech startup into the AI era, reimagining how companies develop people and scale human potential

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Ken Yeung @thekenyeung.bsky.social · 20d

How is this film not about Kirk Herbstreit's goldens, Beau and Peter?

darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 20d

nerdist please do not spoil the magic of movies

Nerdist @nerdist.bsky.social · 20d

Air Bud Returns cast two dogs to play Buddy nerdist.com/article/air-bud...

Ken Yeung @thekenyeung.bsky.social · 20d

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Ken Yeung @thekenyeung.bsky.social · 20d

Nonprofit AI lab Ai2 is adding to its Asta framework with the launch of Asta DataVoyager. It's a tool to make complex data analysis more accessible for scientists and researchers. The Cancer AI Alliance is one of the first to pilot this offering.

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Ai2’s Asta DataVoyager Makes Complex Data Analysis Effortless

Scientists can now ask questions in plain language and get reproducible insights—no coding required

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Ken Yeung @thekenyeung.bsky.social · 20d

Slack has launched a real-time search API and an MCP server. These tools are designed to help developers build more secure and context-aware AI agents for the enterprise.

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Slack Gives AI Agents Access to Team Conversations

With a real-time search API, MCP server, and new developer tools, Slack is enabling smarter, context-aware AI for the enterprise

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Ken Yeung @thekenyeung.bsky.social · 20d

I've received at least two pitches for execs to be on future episodes of what I assume is "The AI Economy." The problem is that it's a newsletter, not a show. Should I pivot to doing a podcast instead?

Ken Yeung @thekenyeung.bsky.social · 26d

Glean's AI Assistant gets an upgrade with the aim of being an "end-to-end" helper for workers. The company also launched a vibe coding-style agent builder, new agent actions, improved APIs and SDKs, and more.

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Glean Assistant 3.0 Turns AI Into an End-to-End Workflow Partner

The upgraded assistant adds agentic AI, a vibe coding builder, and developer tools to help enterprises automate complex tasks.

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Ken Yeung @thekenyeung.bsky.social · 26d

Asana has debuted AI Teammates 2.0, proactive agents that collaborate and act like teammates for entire departments, not just individuals. It's currently in public beta, but is expected to be generally available in 2026.

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Asana’s Next-Gen AI Teammates Are Built for Teams, Not Just Individuals

The company’s latest update introduces shared AI collaborators designed to support entire cross-functional teams, from product managers to marketers

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Ken Yeung @thekenyeung.bsky.social · 26d

Okta has new security tools to help orgs better govern and secure against rogue AI agents. It's also revealed new backers of its Cross App Access open protocol--Automation Anywhere, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Boomi, Box, Glean, Grammarly, Miro, and Writer

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Okta Takes on AI Agent Risks with New Security Tools

As AI agents proliferate in the enterprise, Okta introduces governance and monitoring features to prevent data breaches and rogue bots

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Ken Yeung @thekenyeung.bsky.social · 26d

Wow, Salesforce has a trust problem now following a series of cyberattacks. Now, the company faces dozens of lawsuits from customers that could become a class-action. And Dreamforce, its customer conference, is right around the corner.

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Battered by cyberattacks, Salesforce faces a trust problem - and a potential class action lawsuit

It's been a brutal year for Salesforce customers. ZDNET research reveals the CRM giant could be doing more to secure the parts of its platform exploited in recent attacks.

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Ken Yeung @thekenyeung.bsky.social · Sep 18

Luma has released its Ray3 video model. It can generate 16-bit HDR videos of up to 10 seconds and promises fewer hallucinations. The only places you can try it are via Dream Machine or Adobe Firefly—Adobe's the exclusive launch partner.

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Ken Yeung @thekenyeung.bsky.social · Sep 17

Zoom is pledging $10 million over three years to support AI education. The first recipients of these grant-based investments are Code.org and Data.org.

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