Chris Crawford

CEO and President of @babbily

[Babbily @heybabbily]

We've added Claude Opus 5.5, GPT Sol 6, GPT Luna 6, and Grok 4.7 to Babbily for all users!

[Chris Crawford @ChrisShipsCode]

In layman’s terms, upload any file and the selected model will be able to analyze the file (or zip folder) universally!

[Babbily @heybabbily]

We've improved file parsing across all models! Attach any file to any chat model.

No more switching models first. Babbily now reads PDFs, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, code, images, audio, video, and ZIPs on every chat model... and reads each file once, so follow-ups don't pay for it again.

[Chris Crawford @ChrisShipsCode]

There is so much that we're working on and building right now...being able to finally be full time as of August has completely changed the output for Babbily.

Extremely excited for the future.

[Chris Crawford @ChrisShipsCode]

Finishing up a major update to file parsing.

Our goal is to simplify and unify the model picker so users don’t have to know what every model can or can’t do.

Instead, Babbily will handle those capability gaps behind the scenes, giving models access to capabilities they don’t natively support and letting you focus on choosing the model you want to use.

[Chris Crawford @ChrisShipsCode]

Quality of life improvement

[Babbily @heybabbily]

We just pushed and update that made response time on average 47% faster! Enjoy!

[Chris Crawford @ChrisShipsCode]

Oof Fable usage limit is also unbearable now.

Tough week for developers using Codex and Claude this week on usage.

[Chris Crawford @ChrisShipsCode]

OpenAI is 100% throttling usage on Astra in Codex. If only Babbily Dev was getting close....

😉

[Chris Crawford @ChrisShipsCode]

@ziwenxu_ @thsottiaux Couldn't agree more with this assessment

[Chris Crawford @ChrisShipsCode]

Buying credits with Astra isn't feasible in the slightest. $100 of credits on extra high will be consumed (and I can attest) within 5 minutes.

[Chris Crawford @ChrisShipsCode]

@thsottiaux Every $200 Pro account should have access to buy instant resets.

[Chris Crawford @ChrisShipsCode]

@bcherny Fix Fable to not be its own separate usage, allow users to buy resets.

[Babbily @heybabbily]

Speaking of our new character glow-ups: Fun style, way more personality.

Soon you'll get to build your own Babbily avatar into one of these looks, for more personalization.

[Babbily @heybabbily]

We've been heads-down building, not posting. Here's what shipped in Babbily since Sept 2:

- GPT-6 Astra now live, with Fast and Max reasoning modes
- GPT Image 2.5 Flare for image generation and editing
- Edit earlier messages without losing your thread
- Move existing chats into Projects
- Clearer controls for reviewing what Babbily remembers
- Search results now surface more relevant photos

We've also changed our characters in our graphics 😉

More to come.

[Chris Crawford @ChrisShipsCode]

I’m okay with this @RepTedLieu if you further explain to me how this kill switch act will be enforced by non-US labs

[Rep. Ted Lieu @RepTedLieu]

We need to maintain control over AI. Pass the AI Kill Switch Act NOW.

[Chris Crawford @ChrisShipsCode]

Not in love with the amount of steps on DeepSWE - but the benchmark score and price is undeniable. Google has entered the building.

[Babbily @heybabbily]

Gemini 3.8 Flash is available for all users!

[Chris Crawford @ChrisShipsCode]

@Ezekiel_dev1 Exactly the kind of wiring we want. Plugins just moved to Composio so the connection layer is cleaner. If you’ve got a real n8n flow in mind, send it over..happy to look at what would make this drop in instead of becoming another manual step.

[Chris Crawford @ChrisShipsCode]

AI should understand the work you’re building over time, not start from zero in every chat.

Projects give that work a home. Scheduled Tasks keep it moving. Plugins connect it to the tools you already use.

A big step toward a more useful, persistent Babbily.

[Babbily @heybabbily]

Now live in Babbily ✨

📁 Projects keep chats, instructions, files, and memory together.
⏰ Scheduled Tasks automate recurring prompts on paid plans.
🔌 Connectors are now Plugins, with a new Composio-powered connection flow.

Existing apps may need to be reconnected.

...Fable 5.1 will be added shortly.

[Chris Crawford @ChrisShipsCode]

@thsottiaux 100% draining significantly faster.

[Chris Crawford @ChrisShipsCode]

No need to be discreet, some nice quality of life improvements coming tomorrow:

Task Scheduling
Projects

Already shipped a series of improvements to UI speed yesterday

[Floro S. @sflorimm]

If you join a startup and they give you:

- a MacBook
- Codex and Claude subscriptions
- your job offer on a Sunday night
- a random urgent task on your first day
- a founding team with kids

you’re probably in the right place.

If they give you:

- a Windows laptop
- one responsibility for the next six months
- Outlook
- PowerPoint decks
- an office on the outskirts of town

good luck. You’re going to need it.