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#528 What are companies building with AI? An Applied AI Deep Dive

We went looking for what companies are actually building with AI. The answer was not more chatbots. It was drones carrying diagnostic samples, driverless Frito-Lay trucks, AI-guided flight paths, repair copilots, and rugged GPU laptops in Ukraine. We reviewed 136 use cases from the last 20 days. The biggest surprise: only 38 included a reported outcome....

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#528 What are companies building with AI? An Applied AI Deep Dive
We went looking for what companies are actually building with AI. The answer was not more chatbots. It was drones carrying diagnostic samples, driverless Frito-Lay trucks, AI-guided flight paths, repair copilots, and rugged GPU laptops in Ukraine. We reviewed 136 use cases from the last 20 days. The biggest surprise: only 38 included a reported outcome....
2026-09-01
#527 Schools are choosing opposite futures for AI
#525 Nvidia may buy into Perplexity above $30B before Wednesday's earnings
#524 What AI models are actually coming in the next six months?
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