What's actually happening in AI.

Editorial commentary on AI launches, conferences, and tools, plus what PMs, marketers, founders, and operators should do about them. No hype. No fluff. Just the moves worth making.

• Agents11 min23 May 2026

  AI Agents Just Crossed the Adoption Tipping Point: A 2026 Field Guide

  AI agents went from demo to actual tool in 2026 — OpenAI Operator, Claude agents, and the Universal Commerce Protocol changed the game. Here's what's real, what's still hype, and the concrete moves PMs, marketers, and founders should make.

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• Search & SEO9 min23 May 2026

  Google's Generative Search Guide (May 2026): What It Actually Says and What to Do Tomorrow

  Google's May 15, 2026 documentation is the closest thing to an official rulebook for the AI search era. Here's what it actually says — and the concrete moves PMs, marketers, and founders should make this week.

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• AI Launches10 min23 May 2026

  Google I/O 2026 Decoded: 5 AI Announcements PMs Cannot Ignore

  Google's 2026 keynote reshuffled the AI roadmap for every product team. Here's the 5 announcements that actually matter — and the specific moves PMs, marketers, and founders should make this quarter.

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• Tooling10 min23 May 2026

  The 2026 PM Tool Stack: What Changed When AI Got Embedded Everywhere

  Linear AI, Cursor, NotebookLM, Notion AI, Granola, Loom AI — the PM toolkit reshuffled in 2026. Here's what's actually worth paying for, what's hype, and the stack we'd build today.

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• Tooling9 min23 May 2026

  Vibe Coding is Real: How Non-Engineer PMs Are Shipping Solo in 2026

  Claude Code, Cursor, Replit Agent, Bolt — the AI-assisted build stack matured in 2026, and a wave of non-engineers (and engineers without frontend experience) are shipping real products solo. Here's what the workflow actually looks like, what works, and what breaks.

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