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Alexandre Kantjas

This is definitely one I didn't have on my bingo card this year: Meta just bought Manus AI for $2B. Thoughts:

While everyone's still talking about who has the best model, Zuck bets on another field: the application layer where the real value gets created (and captured).

The AI stack is splitting into two battles:
→ 𝘔𝘰𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘴: OpenAI, Anthropic, Google competing on foundation models
→ 𝘈𝘱𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴: Where AI actually does work people pay for

Meta struggled with models this year. They know it.

By doing this, Zuck doesn't panic buy: he repositions.

Manus already has:
→ Over $125M revenue run rate
→ Millions of active users
→ A general AI agent that actually executes tasks
→ Proof the application layer is where money flows

Meta didn't buy Manus because they're behind.

They bought it because they're ahead.

If you can't win the infrastructure battle, own the consumer experience.

Thoughts?

Kaboom! Anthropic just launched Cowork and made Claude Code accessible to non-developers. 

Yesterday, Anthropic launched Cowork as a research preview - a simplified version of Claude Code designed for business users who don't write code.

This is a big deal.

Claude Code has been the hottest AI tool since its release. Developers used it for coding. Then for everything else. Then business users started playing with it.

The problem: most business users found it too intimidating to adopt.

Cowork should fix that.

Here's what I'm expecting from it:

𝟭. 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝘆'𝗹𝗹 𝗻𝗮𝗶𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗼𝗻𝗯𝗼𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴
Claude Code is powerful but complex. Cowork simplifies the interface specifically for non-technical users. Anthropic knows that business adoption requires lowering the barrier to entry - and they're betting big on making this accessible.

𝟮. 𝗜𝘁 𝘄𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝗯𝗲 𝗮𝘀 𝗽𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗳𝘂𝗹 𝗮𝘀 𝗖𝗹𝗮𝘂𝗱𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗱𝗲
Cowork comes with restrictions by design. I'm curious to understand what trade-offs Anthropic made - and whether those limitations actually help or hurt adoption for typical business use cases.

𝟯. 𝗦𝗲𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗶𝘀 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗱
Enterprise buyers need controlled environments. If Cowork delivers better security guardrails while maintaining usefulness, it becomes the tool you can roll out to every employee.

Anthropic is executing on business AI better than anyone right now.

While other providers focus on developer tools or basic chat, Anthropic is building a complete stack for enterprise adoption - from power users (Claude Code) to everyday business users (Cowork).

If your company is still on the fence regarding which AI provider to standardize on: Anthropic is making the strongest case right now.

AI transformation isn't a 𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 problem. It's a 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘭 one.

The bottleneck isn't technical skills. 

It's organizational structure.

These three 𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘻𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘳𝘰𝘭𝘦𝘴 are a must to bring AI across the entire organization:

𝐀𝐈 𝐄𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐬 
Without this role, your AI pilots never get the resources to scale. Evangelists make AI a strategic priority, not a side project:
- Sell the vision from the top. 
- Get executive buy-in.
- Secure budget. 

👤 𝘞𝘩𝘰: Founders, C-levels, VPs 
✨ 𝘒𝘦𝘺 𝘴𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘴: vision, storytelling, strategic thinking, stakeholder management 
📊 𝘔𝘦𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘴: Budget secured, initiatives launched, board approval
--

𝐀𝐈 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬
Without this role, your AI strategy stays a PowerPoint deck. Champions bridge strategy to execution and drive adoption:
- Lead by example
- Drive change management
- Train teams and communicate wins

👤 𝘞𝘩𝘰: Middle management, AI Transformation Leads, Department heads, Regional heads 
✨ 𝘒𝘦𝘺 𝘴𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘴: Leading by example, change management, training & communication 
📊 𝘔𝘦𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘴: Pilot success rate, user adoption, training completion, cross-team usage
--

𝐀𝐈 𝐆𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐬
Without this role, your AI initiatives become legal nightmares. Guardians keep AI safe, legal, and ethical:
- Manage AI ethics and governance
- Navigate regulatory requirements
- Assess and mitigate risks

👤 𝘞𝘩𝘰: Legal counsel, Risk managers, IT security officers 
✨ 𝘒𝘦𝘺 𝘴𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘴: AI ethics & governance, regulatory knowledge, risk assessment 📊 𝘔𝘦𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘴: Incidents prevented, compliance rate, audit pass rate, policy adoption
--

You can have the best AI Operators, Builders, and Engineers in the world. 

But without Evangelists to fund it, Champions to drive it, and Guardians to protect it, you're building on sand.

Nick Roco

Morningside AI

Building a new type of AI consulting shop.

Interested in working with us? Send me a note nick@morningside.ai

Managing Director of AI Consulting

StellarStream AI

StellarStream AI is a full-service AI automation agency that specializes in building custom AI tools that help businesses grow faster and more efficiently.

We help businesses save time & money, and accelerate growth through the power of AI automation.

If you're wondering how you can integrate AI into your business, let's chat!

Founder & CEO

Dataminr

Senior Manager, Partner Strategy & Operations

Wrike

Wrike helps people do the best work of their lives.

Acquired by Citrix (NASDAQ: CTXS) in January 2021 for $2.25B.

https://techcrunch.com/2021/01/19/citrix-is-acquiring-wrike-from-vista-for-2-25b/

Manager, Strategy & Operations

Associate, Strategy & Operations

Reforge

Participant in the Reforge Growth Series F21 cohort.

Accepting 25% of applicants globally (at time of my enrollment), the Reforge Growth Series is an intensive 6-week career accelerator program focused on tech-specific growth strategies and concepts, taught by top tech industry leaders from Hubspot, Uber, Pinterest, Instacart, LinkedIn, a16z and more. Each week includes content focused on teaching professionals principles and frameworks for sustainable growth in their respective tech companies.

https://www.reforge.com/

Growth Series

Deloitte

Strategic Transformation and Business Process Improvement - Technology, Media, and Telecom

Leadership Experience and Firm Distinction:
- Consistently ranked among top 5% of consultants within functional group each year with the firm
- Named Deloitte Greenhouse Labs - Rookie of the Year (2019)
- Applause Award received for outstanding performance (2018)

Senior Consultant

Consultant

J.P. Morgan Securities

•	Supported financial advisor in providing investment consulting services to J.P. Morgan’s high net worth clientele
•	Assisted in capital market securities research and analytics using financial models and Bloomberg terminals for real-time market data
•	Participated in firm-wide leadership activities including development of asset allocation projects for a variety of client investment profiles

Private Wealth Management Analyst

Hi, I'm Nick, from Morningside AI.

We're a completely done-for-you AI workflow automation agency.

Where we help you:

→ Transform your business into an operational machine
→ Turn AI into a tool, not just a toy
→ Ultimately save time, headaches, and money

We do this by working with you 1-on-1 to find the biggest bottlenecks in your business today, and help you solve them with AI and automation.

Here’s how we do it:

1. Audit your current workflows.
2. Identify bottlenecks, inefficiencies, and repetitive tasks.
3. Verify if they can be outsourced to AI or automation.
4. Break down the task into steps.
5. Build custom AI automation tools to streamline.
6. Launch.

Simple as that.

What you get when you work with us:

→ Built-for-you AI and automation solutions
→ A full top-to-bottom AI Automation Business Review
→ Expert guidance on integrating AI into your business for maximum impact

Past clients have received:

→ An efficient AI System for customer support + lead generation.
→ Completely automated client onboarding system.
→ Infinite AI-enabled content creation.
→ Strategies focused on tangible outcomes (time savings, reduced overhead, and increased revenue).
→ Much more sleep.

Here's what 2 of our clients have had to say:

"Nick has taken out a lot of those pain points and a lot of those tedious day-to-day tasks that would feel very overwhelming... I can always count on him when it comes to anything AI and really automating anything" - Ryan, Marketing Manager @ Aragon

"We've been working together with Nick trying to figure out how we can integrate automation in making our workflow much more efficient... Not only did he help us figure out what to do with our workflow to make it more efficient, he also helped us develop what we have to make it better" - Syra, Marketing Project Manager @ Adcrate

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If any of this resonates, let's have a genuine conversation about your most annoying challenges.

Reach out to me directly, and let's explore how AI and automation can be a part of your success story.

I respond promptly and am here to help.

Or go here for a Free 16-page E-Guide on Ways to Use AI in your Business: https://tally.so/r/wMElKg

See ya soon.

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Hot take: the most successful AI consultants I know are not building custom agents. They are running audits. Lots of them.

This is the pattern we’ve seen across 50+ real engagements at Morningside, and what we see inside our community of 3,000+ AI consultancies/agencies:

The consultants closing deals are leading with a structured AI audit - not a pitch for a 6-month transformation (hint: this becomes glaringly obvious later, but not right away).

The ones struggling right now are trying to sell the destination before the client even knows where they're starting.

An audit is the most beautiful, exploratory, non-committal thing you can offer.

It lets the client:

→ See their current state clearly (no assumptions)
→ Get a prioritized list of opportunities (not a 50-page wishlist)
→ Make a confident decision about what's next (with real data)

And it lets you (the expert advisor):

→ Build trust before asking for a big commitment
→ Surface the actual problems (not the ones they think they have)
→ Position yourself as the obvious choice for the follow-on work

Our business completely changed when we started offering these at scale in January 2025.

Revenue became more predictable. Sales cycles shortened. Client satisfaction went up because we weren't guessing - we were diagnosing.

In other words:

Audit → Clear roadmap → Scoped build → Measurable ROI

Skip the audit → Misaligned expectations → Scope creep → Everyone frustrated

If you're in AI consulting and not leading with audits, you're making it harder on yourself.

Mark my words: 2026 is the year of AI audits.

AI strategy consulting without the overhype and 6-month timelines | Managing Director @ Morningside AI | Ex-Deloitte

Why AI Audits Win Over Custom Agents

Almost every team I talk to is deciding between a few “promising” AI ideas.
And almost every time, only one of them is actually worth building.

Let’s say - Your team is evaluating three AI projects. Generally, two out of three will waste months and budget. But… one could transform your business.

How do you pick the right one?

Start by drawing a Venn diagram.

Step 1) Draw the left circle - "What AI can do"

This is the feasibility circle. You need AI experts in the room to fill it out.

They assess: Can AI systems meet the performance requirements? Can a computer vision model REALLY accomplish that? Will GenAI be able to handle that analysis, or is this a better machine learning use case? How much data is required? What's the engineering timeline?

Without this expertise, you end up chasing projects that sound good but are technically impossible or prohibitively expensive.

Step 2) Draw the right circle - "What's valuable for your business"

This is the business impact circle. You need domain experts who understand your operations.

They assess: Does this lower costs, increase revenue, or enable a new product? What do the spreadsheet economics look like?

Without this expertise, you end up building technically impressive solutions that add zero business value.

Step 3) Find the intersection

The overlap between feasible and valuable is your target zone. Everything else is either impossible or irrelevant.

Most companies that I speak to skip this process, or ignore it entirely. They let one team drive the decision alone. Then they wonder why their AI projects fail or never go anywhere.

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