@conductor_build's acquisition raises one big question, with one big implication.
if conductor had a great outcome, what did meta pay for? how valuable was the data conductor had?
the acquisition is interesting because
1) most of conductor's usage was local, which you can't monetize
2) they had a ton of usage. conductor was probably second only to devin (not counting labs)
3) they're winding down, so nerfing distribution
4) the product itself (ADE) is approaching commoditization.
the valuation that conductor got was probably team + a function of their data.
and if that number was relatively high, the implication is that you could monetize a coding agent company through traces instead of inference.
starting to see phone-use become a reality.
here's the use cases I've found.
> access phone-only apps like beli, hinge, volo
> scrolling tiktok to warm up social media accounts
> testing phone apps / qa
> auto-collect elixir in clash of clans
> keep the DUO LINGO streak going
there's also niche industry apps for truckers etc. that only have a mobile version
imo the only valuable use case is to access apps that are confined to the phone.
we're launching puffle, the company agent.
if you're considering internal agents for your company, you should try puffle
1) easy to setup
2) multiplayer
3) insanely capable
you can use puffle like you would use a set of hermes agents for your company
https://t.co/bu4mtW1ExL
Introducing grapevine
We added Jev to @mvanhorn's /last30days
/last30days is a skill that lets your agent to search through social media, and its VERY good.
but one issue with /last30days is it isn't exhaustive. for eg. if you ask it how many sandbox launches took place last week, it only counts 5 out of the 13.
social media has sparse signal. you can't search sandbox then have your LLM read through every post - its simply too expensive...
until jev. Jev can go through a 10 times more posts while keeping costs affordable. our patch finds 10 of the 13 sandboxes.
Social media sites gate tons of valuable information that your agents should be able to access.