This week on Work Less, we’re talking about $180 million in fresh funding for n8n and what it means for the automation wars - can they really take on Zapier, Make, and the old-school RPA giants? Then we test drive OpenAI’s brand new browser “Atlas by ChatGPT” (spoiler: it’s… not great), and unpack what makes AI browsers like Daya and Perplexity different, or at least less terrifying for your passwords. Finally, we get philosophical (and a little doomsday-y) about “AI slop” — the growing mess ...
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This week on Work Less, we’re talking about $180 million in fresh funding for n8n and what it means for the automation wars - can they really take on Zapier, Make, and the old-school RPA giants? Then we test drive OpenAI’s brand new browser “Atlas by ChatGPT” (spoiler: it’s… not great), and unpack what makes AI browsers like Daya and Perplexity different, or at least less terrifying for your passwords. Finally, we get philosophical (and a little doomsday-y) about “AI slop” — the growing mess ...
Did OpenAI Just Kill Zapier? (Spoiler: Not Even Close)
Work Less: AI at Work
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3 weeks ago
Did OpenAI Just Kill Zapier? (Spoiler: Not Even Close)
This week, Justin and Tom unpack the chaos around OpenAI’s new Agent Builder, the so-called “Zapier killer.” Spoiler: it’s not killing anything yet (except maybe developer patience). We break down what Agent Builder actually does, how it leans on the MCP protocol, and why it’s nowhere near replacing tools like Zapier, Make, or Lindi for real-world, multi-user automations. Then, we shift gears to talk about Retool’s quiet domination of the agent-building space, their slick new AI + workflow fe...
Work Less: AI at Work
This week on Work Less, we’re talking about $180 million in fresh funding for n8n and what it means for the automation wars - can they really take on Zapier, Make, and the old-school RPA giants? Then we test drive OpenAI’s brand new browser “Atlas by ChatGPT” (spoiler: it’s… not great), and unpack what makes AI browsers like Daya and Perplexity different, or at least less terrifying for your passwords. Finally, we get philosophical (and a little doomsday-y) about “AI slop” — the growing mess ...