Value-First AI Daily: Your Collaborative Intelligence Report

On Friday I said this was a huge tease until Gmail connects, and that maybe we take a break until it does. Today there is a path, and it runs straight through a screen telling you not to take it. Seven days ago I started standing up youspot on air, one connection at a time. Where it actually stands this morning, read off its own summary page: Connected — HubSpot, my LinkedIn sync, the Chrome extension, and the full LinkedIn archive import: 6,481 connections, 1,274 invitations, 45,146 messages. SMS has a number on file that has not been verified. Not connected — Gmail, Google Calendar, X, Slack, Obsidian. Gmail is today’s attempt. Its integration page now carries a note that the Google app is still unverified, so connecting means clicking through Advanced, then Continue, past the warning. I am going to try it live. It may not take, and if it does not you will watch that happen too. Today is one week to the day before UNBOUND in Boston, where I will be in the building. Dharmesh Shah said in public on August 31 that he would "get you something that’s at least borderline useful (but probably not magical) by UNBOUND." This is the midpoint, and I am showing my half of it without spin. Then the sealed Top 3 — three AI stories neither Nico nor I have seen. We open them on air and read them cold. First show since Friday, so there is a backlog behind that seal. If you are weighing whether to hand an AI tool your inbox and your calendar, watching someone do it live, warning screen and all, is worth more than a launch video. 12:15 PM CT with Nico Lafakis: valuefirststudios.com/media/vf-ai-daily