✅ AI Agents Are Fixing the Biggest Office Time-Waster

AI has moved beyond assisting. It’s now executing. Autonomous agents handle tasks and make decisions, while AI knowledge assistants eliminate wasted time.

This issue breaks down how to use both to stay ahead.👇

Top 3 AI Power Moves This Week

1. ServiceNow's Acquires Moveworks for $2.85 Billion

ServiceNow’s biggest acquisition yet. Buying Moveworks to enhance AI-powered business automation. This move strengthens AI assistants for employees, accelerating workplace efficiency.

• Takeaway: AI-powered automation is scaling fast. Companies should explore AI assistants to streamline operations and cut costs.

2. AvatarOS Raises $7M to Expand AI Avatar Market

AvatarOS, backed by M13 and Andreessen Horowitz, is using AI to cut animation costs and expand digital avatars for gaming, social media, and brand partnerships.

• Takeaway: AI-generated avatars unlock new revenue and engagement strategies. Businesses should explore digital AI-driven branding.

3. Celestial AI Secures $250M to Speed AI Compute

Silicon Valley’s Celestial AI is developing photonics tech to dramatically speed AI chip performance, challenging Nvidia’s NVLink.

• Takeaway: AI infrastructure breakthroughs drive performance gains. Companies should monitor and invest in this shift.

AI-ducation

The Rise of Autonomous AI Agents: What Every Business Needs to Know

AI has moved beyond assisting. It’s now executing.

What’s Happening?

Autonomous AI agents are moving beyond chatbots, now handling entire business processes with minimal human oversight.

• Manus AI (China) → Sorts résumés, analyzes stock trends, and builds websites—fully autonomously.

• OpenAI, Microsoft, and Google → Deploying next-gen AI agents that complete complex workflows in finance, legal, and enterprise operations.

• ServiceNow’s $2.85B Moveworks acquisition → A direct bet on AI handling real business decisions, not just answering questions.

This shift isn’t theoretical. It’s happening now. AI isn’t just a tool anymore; it’s a worker.

Why It Matters:

• Massive Efficiency Gains – AI agents automate entire workflows, reducing costs and decision-making time.

• Early Adopters Will Win – Businesses integrating AI agents now will scale faster and develop self-improving workflows.

• But There Are Risks – AI governance is critical to prevent bad automation, compliance issues, and biased decision-making.

TAIN Playbook – How to Apply This Today:

✅ 1. Identify AI-First Workflows

• Automate rule-based, repetitive, but high-value tasks (customer service, financial analysis, workflow approvals).

• Evaluate AI agent platforms like OpenAI Operator, Anthropic’s Computer Use API, Manus AI, and CustomGPT.ai.

✅ 2. Deploy AI Agents That Take Action, Not Just Assist

• In finance: AI monitors trends & autonomously executes trades (test first!).

• In legal: AI scans & flags contract risks without manual review.

• In operations: AI approves routine expenses, automates reports, & escalates high-risk cases.

✅ 3. Implement AI Governance Before Scaling

• Define which decisions AI can make autonomously vs. requiring human sign-off.

• Set up AI monitoring dashboards to track AI agent decisions & compliance.

Which AI Agent Platform Is Right for You?

Choosing the right AI agent depends on your business needs:

👉 Looking to build an AI agent trained on your company’s data? Explore CustomGPT.ai (partner links)

✅ Bottom Line: 

Companies deploying AI agents today will scale effortlessly. Those waiting will be outpaced.

Are you integrating AI agents, or waiting to compete with those who are?

AI Advantage

AI Knowledge Assistants: Create a 24/7 Expert for Your Business

The Problem: Studies show that knowledge workers spend 2.5 hours per day—nearly 30% of their workweek—searching for company policies, reports, and key information. (Source: IDC & McKinsey)

This inefficiency slows execution and creates bottlenecks.

The AI Solution: AI-powered knowledge assistants instantly retrieve internal information, summarize key documents, and surface insights.

So your team spends less time searching and more time executing.

How to Do It (In <10 Minutes):

🛑 No coding required. Use one of these simple tools:

1️⃣ Upload Key Company Documents to an AI-Powered Search System

Choose a platform that ingests company knowledge so AI can retrieve answers instantly.

• Glean AI – Connects to Google Drive, Slack, Notion, Confluence, and Microsoft 365.

• Notion AI – Upload directly into Notion for AI-powered document search.

• Perplexity AI Pro Search – Upload PDFs and internal docs for AI-driven Q&A.

2️⃣ Deploy AI Inside Slack & Teams

• Glean AI → Employees can search directly from Slack or Microsoft Teams.

• Notion AI → Retrieve and summarize company info with Notion’s AI assistant.

3️⃣ Use AI for Instant Answers & Insights

Employees can now ask AI for policies, reports, or key decisions without manual searching.

• Example: “What’s our latest travel reimbursement policy?”

• Example: “Summarize our last three investor updates.”

Best tool for you?

• Glean AI (for large teams)

• Notion AI (for Notion users)

• Perplexity AI Pro (for research + internal search).

Why This Works:

✅ Boosts Productivity → Eliminates 30% of wasted time searching for answers.
✅ Scales Institutional Knowledge → AI provides consistent answers across teams.
✅ Reduces Onboarding Time → New hires get up to speed faster with instant AI guidance.

🚀 Try It Today:

Pick a tool, upload 10 key company documents, and test how AI can surface answers instantly.

Your team will feel the impact immediately.

Thanks for reading The AI Newsroom!

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See you next Tuesday. Keep building! 🧩
—Jason