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The idea of a weekly or monthly Ben and Ari show

A user suggested the pair make a regular show, calling what they read “chaotic and interesting and fun.”

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Apple's walled garden in the AI era

Stratechery's author says Apple's protections, once welcome, now feel like limitations with AI.

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Agents, Meta Connect and Meta Enterprise Platform

Stratechery lists “One More Note on Agents,” “Meta Connect” and “Meta Enterprise Platform” in a September 29, 2026, post.

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The case for agents as tech’s ultimate aggregators

Stratechery argues that agents reveal apps as a means rather than an end.

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Ben Thompson argues AI agents need their own computers to become useful, and calls custom software the “infinite app”

Ben Thompson argues that AI agents only become broadly usable when they have access to their own computers, and he points to a Muse-made recipe box app as an early example of software created on demand for one person.

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Pacing the frontier and AI’s digital limits

Stratechery says its September 14, 2026 paid update also covers “AI Commissars.”

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Benioff announces Slackforce for Slack and Claudeforce for Cowork

Benioff describes Slackforce as a live Salesforce interface powered by Claude, spanning Sales, Service, Marketing, Tableau, Data 360 and Slack, with governed access in the flow of work.