the workspace architect

building the self-organizing operating system since i can't build my mental health

[Big Brain AI @realBigBrainAI]

Perplexity co-founder and CEO Aravind Srinivas explains what it takes to keep building after surviving the startup Squid Games with Google and OpenAI as your final opponents:

When Perplexity started, there were other startups trying to do the same thing.

One by one, they disappeared. Some sold. Some pivoted. Perplexity kept going.

@AravSrinivas describes it simply:

"You keep surviving, surviving, surviving. It's like Squid Games."

But surviving every round doesn't mean the game gets easier. It means the final arena gets more intimidating.

"Finally you're ending up in a scenario where it's just Google, OpenAI, and yourself."

The funding gap alone tells the story.

Perplexity has raised $1 billion. OpenAI has raised close to $70 to 80 billion. Google sits on $100 billion in cash and generates $200 to $300 billion in revenue every year.

And still, the build continues.

From the outside, the voices are constant. Sell to Apple. Sell to Meta. The game is over. People are screaming that the company will go to nothing in a couple of years, with some willing to bet their entire savings on Perplexity's failure.

Aravind has to read all of it and keep going anyway.

But it is not just about his own conviction. It is about everyone who has placed their trust in the company:

"Those who take equity in our company, they're basically trusting the leadership and the company to deliver."

Investors. Employees. People with real stakes in the outcome.

That responsibility becomes the fuel.

So when asked directly what he tells himself after reading those comments?

"Tell myself that I'll prove you wrong."

[the workspace architect @theaiworkspace]

@Hesamation That's me!
Funny they did it earlier today before GPT-5.6 was announced

[the workspace architect @theaiworkspace]

@dickiebush couldn't agree more, Amodei mess it big time for Claude

[the workspace architect @theaiworkspace]

my good taste to identify what looks good, what works and what doesn't

[Prajwal @0xPrajwal_]

Serious question:

if AI is building everything for you,
what value do you bring to the table?

[the workspace architect @theaiworkspace]

@dev_maims making some money already, got a landing page where people can request a website for their business, I deliver it within a week, getting 3-4 a month, a few extra cookies for the cookie jar

[the workspace architect @theaiworkspace]

@Yuchenj_UW ngl, I'm loving the AI race

[the workspace architect @theaiworkspace]

Some say that with AI, you don’t need to learn anything. But in reality, there’s no better time to learn everything.

[Prompt Logic Lab @promptlogic_lab]

I tested Gemini vs ChatGPT image generation with the same sunset photo prompt.

The prompt asked for a happy couple hugging at the beach, looking at the camera, with the image feeling like it was taken on an iPhone 17 Pro Max.

Gemini gave me the prettier scene: wide beach, dramatic sky, more cinematic composition.

ChatGPT followed the phone-photo brief better: closer framing, clearer faces, more natural couple detail, and more of that “someone actually took this on a phone” feel.

Verdict: Gemini won on scenery. ChatGPT won on prompt accuracy and realism.

[Daily Income Gains @dailyincomegain]

$IREN +25% after the reported Nvidia partnership.

The message from the market is pretty clear: AI infrastructure names still have momentum when the story includes GPUs, power, and deployment capacity.

This is no longer just a chip trade.

[the workspace architect @theaiworkspace]

@icanvardar People call it slow because the models still have obvious flaws, but deployment speed is a different story. The integration layer is moving incredibly fast.

[the workspace architect @theaiworkspace]

@VraserX Feels true. AI is forcing a bigger conversation than employment: what people do when productivity, income, and meaning stop being tied to the same structure.

[the workspace architect @theaiworkspace]

AI may change the job market, but the bigger question is how much of identity, schedule, and status still needs to be built around work.

[VraserX e/acc @VraserX]

AI is not coming for your job.

It is coming for the idea that your life was supposed to revolve around one.

[Perplexity @perplexity_ai]

Today we're launching Perplexity Computer for Professional Finance.

Finance teams can bring licensed data from providers like Morningstar, PitchBook, Daloopa, and Carbon Arc into Computer.

We’ve also added 35 dedicated finance workflows for the work analysts repeat every week.

[the workspace architect @theaiworkspace]

Have we finally reached AGI? We just built a market research agent with Claude that started hallucinating data and making up URLs when it could not find real information.

I realized this is exactly what a former colleague used to do.

Making things up when you do not know the answer is the true sign of human-level intelligence.

[the workspace architect @theaiworkspace]

@GaryMarcus the backlash is justified, private entities are capturing 100% of the financial upside while externalizing the social and environmental costs to the rest of us

[the workspace architect @theaiworkspace]

@Tazerface16 the output tricks us, under the hood, there is no intent or reason, just advanced probability predicting the next best word

[the workspace architect @theaiworkspace]

@itsolelehmann if an agent can just monitor health metrics 24/7 and handle the daily medication reminders, the peace of mind alone will be priceless

[the workspace architect @theaiworkspace]

@sahill_og AI didn’t actually raise the ceiling of human intelligence, it just completely paved over the floor 😂

[the workspace architect @theaiworkspace]

@trikcode If the AI is going to do the job, write the resume, and conduct the interview, we might as well just log off and go to the beach full-time, lol

[the workspace architect @theaiworkspace]

Adobe is officially stepping into the AI agent space. They just announced new tools designed to completely automate marketing and customer engagement tasks. It looks like they are feeling the pressure from all the new AI-native startups popping up and are making a big move to defend their turf.

It makes sense that the established giants are fighting back to keep their spot in our workflows. Are you guys sticking with the classic Adobe ecosystem as they add these features, or are you migrating to newer AI platforms?