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Issue #72 ⏱ 5-min read
Hello AI Enthusiasts,
AI costs are falling. The practical question is whether your results are improving.
This week: McKinsey on making AI investments worthwhile, three remote roles and a receipt-scanning app you can build yourself.
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📊 The Big Picture
AI is getting cheaper. Creating value takes more work.
McKinsey’s post shifts the question from what AI can do to whether the economics work: where value comes from, how costs grow with adoption and whether returns exceed investment.
Your move: Pick one AI workflow. Track the cost, time saved and corrections needed. A cheaper tool is useful only if the whole process improves.
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💼 Remote Career Picks
Software Engineer I, Fullstack — Search | Affirm
U.S. remote · Seeks frontend and backend work or internship experience. Base $130K–$180K in CA, WA, NY, NJ and CT; $115K–$165K elsewhere in the U.S. View the role →Consumer Lending AI Evaluation Expert | OpenTrain AI listing
Listed as worldwide remote · Contract · $100/hour, 20+ hours weekly. Requires two years of consumer-lending experience; prior AI experience is not required. View the listing →Senior Product Manager | Recidiviz
U.S. remote · $155K · Requires 5+ years of product experience and 10–25% domestic travel. No visa sponsorship. View the role →
Listings can change. Check location eligibility and full requirements before applying.
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📘 From The AI Entrepreneurs
Build an app that reads your receipts
Upload a receipt photo, check the details and track monthly spending. Our Google AI Studio guide includes the exact build prompt, real-receipt tests and fixes for common problems.
🧠 Builder Signal
Try a video remix challenge
Dreamina invites creators to reinterpret its sample video with a new scene, style or concept. Its announcement offers Dreamina credits to five selected creators.
Follow @dreamina_ai and quote the challenge post with your remix video. Check the full post for entry conditions.
🏆 Hackathons
Build an agent that does real work — Vultr Agent Rush
Online build: November 3–8 · $9,000 cash plus $5,000 in Vultr creditsBuild an agent that runs code or operates a browser inside an isolated environment on Vultr. Selected participants can present in Salt Lake City on November 8; travel and accommodation are not covered.
Build with Kiro — Kiroween 2026
Online · $100,000 cash prize pool · Deadline: December 4, 2 PM Pacific / 5 PM EasternCreate a new project using Kiro. Categories include reviving older technology, combining unexpected technologies and building a polished interface. Only projects started during the October 30–December 4 submission window qualify.
Age and location limits apply.
📅 Events to Watch
Google Cloud: Gemini 4 Launch Webinar
November 4 · Online · 11–11:45 AM Eastern
Join a briefing for startup technical leaders, with demonstrations and Q&A. See registration details →AI in Accounting 101: Build Your First AI Agent
November 4 · Online · 12–2 PM Eastern
A hands-on session for accountants on Copilot tools, automation, analytics and AI agents, led by Uttam Pai, CPA. Offers 2 CPE credits. See registration details →AI Engineer Code Summit
November 10–12 · San Francisco
Explore agentic coding workflows with experienced practitioners. Attendance is by application. See the summit →
🎓 Pick One Skill to Practice
Teach Claude a task you repeat
Claude Academy’s Introduction to Agent Skills covers creating, configuring and sharing reusable instructions in Claude Code. Six lessons, about one hour. Start the course →
Make an AI agent check its answer
DeepLearning.AI’s Loop Engineering with LangChain Deep Agents explores agent loops and verification against explicit requirements. Explore the course →
🤝 The Human Advantage
What still needs a human?
Stanford psychologist Jamil Zaki explores why empathy, trust and psychological safety matter as AI becomes more capable.
Try this week: Ask your team, “What concerns haven’t we talked about?” Then make room for the answer.
✨ Final Note
Pick one role. Read its requirements. Build one small example of the work.
What would help your next career move most?
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