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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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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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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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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. 😂🤦🏻‍♂️🤷🏻‍♂️
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.
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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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.
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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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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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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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
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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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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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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How is this film not about Kirk Herbstreit's goldens, Beau and Peter?
nerdist please do not spoil the magic of movies
Air Bud Returns cast two dogs to play Buddy nerdist.com/article/air-bud...
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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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?
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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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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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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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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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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