Innovation Snapshot

“When a system is far from equilibrium, small islands of coherence can shift the entire system.”

— Charles Leadbeater, British author and former advisor to Tony Blair.

In today's lineup:

Robots

• Top Bites: Latest tech headlines

• What lies beyond chatbots and autonomous systems?

• Real companies thriving with AI

• Claude 3.7 Sonnet & Marketing Intelligence tools

People

• Alex Osterwalder on business model innovation

Love

• Book rec: Smart Brevity

Reading time: 5 min.

Top Bites ⚡

Musk, DOGE, and the AI-fueled plan to fire everybody

Tencent releases new AI model, says replies faster than DeepSeek-R1

Microsoft launches next-gen Phi AI models

Mark Zuckerberg's Meta in talks for new $200 billion artificial intelligence data centre

Microsoft Copilot offers Voice and o1-powered Think Deeper for free

What lies beyond chatbots and autonomous systems?

Today we're working with chatbots and generative tools, Agentic AI is fundamentally changing how organizations operate. These autonomous systems take initiative, make decisions, and execute complex tasks across traditional boundaries.

What does this mean for you?

• Organizational silos disappear as agents see end-to-end processes, not departments

• Scale becomes transformational with NVIDIA's CEO predicting "50,000 employees and 100 million agents in two years"

• Leadership shifts from command to coordination of human-AI ecosystems

While Bill Gates believes agentic AI will "upend the software industry," implementation faces significant hurdles. Though 93% of enterprise IT leaders plan to deploy AI agents within two years, most organizations struggle to connect even a third of their applications.

Market proof points

The global AI agent market is forecast to grow from $5.1 billion in 2024 to $47.1 billion by 2030. Deloitte predicts that by 2027, half of companies using generative AI will have launched agentic AI pilots.

The winners of the next decade will master the orchestration of human-agent ecosystems. Is your organization ready?

Help me name my new book

I'm racing against the clock! My next book needs its ISBN registered today, and I need your help picking the best title.

The book has evolved during writing—it's now much more focused on unlocking real-world 100x differences (whether that's 99% optimization or 100x ROI). The results we're seeing are mind-blowing: we recently achieved nearly 200,000% ROI for one client, and applications that would typically take 100 days to build are now possible in just 1 day.

Gen AI in action 🌊

Here are 3 ways AI is benefiting humans today:

• MSCI uses AI to help clients assess climate risks across 1M asset locations.

• CME Group's AI-powered trading platform delivers deeper insights without disrupting workflows.

• UPS's digital twin gives real-time package visibility to workers and customers.

Tool Spotlight 🔧

Your weekly dose of AI-powered tools delivering real results.

Anthropic released their most intelligent AI yet

Claude 3.7 Sonnet is a hybrid AI that reveals its step-by-step thinking process. It comes with Claude Code. It's a new terminal tool for delegating complex development tasks.

Available on all plans with same pricing as previous versions. Try it here.

Top AI tools: Marketing intelligence

Brand24: Protects your online reputation across all platforms with enterprise-level monitoring

Lifesight: Measure marketing impact, optimize spend, and maximize ROI

Usermaven: Complete website analytics with zero developer dependency

Alex Osterwalder on business model innovation

Ranked among the top 10 management thinkers globally, Osterwalder revolutionized corporate innovation with his Business Model Canvas. In a recent interview, he challenges executives to think beyond technology, "Innovation equals technology? You're narrowing opportunities."

His approach enables organizations to visualize entire business models on a single page, creating shared language across silos and integrating financial considerations from day one. "We need to prototype finance immediately. I've seen too many senior leaders focus on small ideas because they don't play through the numbers."

Learn more in his conversation with Bill Fischer here.

Help us make Lighthouse better

Two quick questions that will transform Lighthouse into exactly what you need.

The Innovation Bookshelf 📚

One book, handpicked from my conversations with friends, industry leaders, and tech innovators.

A masterclass in saying more with less from the Axios co-founders who revolutionized how we consume information. This book will teach you how to create impact through brevity. Strip away unnecessary words to amplify your core message.

Perfect for: Leaders drowning in information overload who need their communications to cut through the noise.

In Culture 🤌

Here's something to laugh about this week.

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