Welcome Back Everyone! It’s Saturday, June 28th. (& I’m exciteddd)

Do You Know?

Meta Offers Multi-Million Packages for AI Talent

Meta is paying researchers low-eight-figure packages, though not the rumoured $100M signing bonuses, to staff its new super-intelligence unit. You might not match that cash, but you can keep key builders by doubling down on purpose-driven projects, internal fellowships and fresh equity grants.

On that note, Here is today’s menu:

1. AI Spotlight: AI Startups are Solving Problems Nobody Asked For 🤯

2. Tool Talk: 11ai from ElevenLabs 🪄

3. Prompting Curiosity: Remember Anything Using Investigator Mode 📝

AI Startups are Solving Problems Nobody Asked For 🤯

Link: Future of Work with AI Agents | Stanford University​

Why it matters:
​Do you ever feel like there's an overwhelming amount of AI tools out there, but none of them fix the actual problems you have?

If so, don't worry! You're not alone.

A new Stanford-led study just revealed something AI startups might not want to hear: many of the problems they are trying to solve aren’t really problems at all.

Researchers asked 1,500 U.S. workers which tasks they actually want automated, then compared that to what current AI tools are designed to do.

The big finding is clear: workers want help with repetitive, low-value tasks like data entry and paperwork, and nearly half of all work tasks fall into this category.

The problem is that 41 percent of AI startup efforts are focused on something completely different. Many companies are targeting creative work, strategic thinking, and other areas that people want to keep doing themselves.

This is a classic case of misaligned priorities.

Most users want AI to handle the boring stuff, but companies are building tools that interfere with the parts of work people value most. The result is wasted time, money, and effort.

If you are deciding whether to use AI for yourself, your team, or your company, here's the big takeaway: you do not have to use AI for everything.

Vote with your wallet. Choose tools that are genuinely helpful, and skip the ones solving imaginary problems.

How we use AI today will help shape what gets built tomorrow. Let’s make that future one we actually want.

Tool Talk: 11ai from ElevenLabs 🪄

Use Case: Voice Assistant That Takes Action

Link: 11ai (Free for Now, Not Sponsored!)​

Why you should care:
​ElevenLabs just released 11ai, a voice assistant designed to do more than just answer your questions: it actually uses tools to execute tasks across your favorite apps!

11ai is built on top of ElevenLabs' Conversational AI platform, and it integrates seamlessly with popular platforms like Perplexity, Linear, and Slack. You can even connect your own MCP servers to further customize your voice assistant.

Best of all, it's completely free to try right now!

Here's how to use 11ai:

1. Visit 11.ai and sign up for free.

2. Select your voice from over 5,000 available.

3. Use the Integrations button in the top right to connect the tools you use daily. (Or even set up your own MCP integrations!)

4. Start speaking your tasks and watch 11ai go to work.

This is an experimental release from ElevenLabs and will only be free for an undisclosed, limited time, so go try it out while it costs you nothing!

Prompting Curiosity: Remember Anything Using Investigator Mode 📝

Prompt:
​I’m trying to identify or remember something, and I’d like you to help me play investigator. I’ll give you everything I can remember about it, even if it’s vague or weird. Ask follow-up questions to narrow things down. Then, based on what I share, try to figure out what it might be—offering your best guess plus a few other strong possibilities. If you can, include pictures or descriptions so I can confirm visually.

Start by saying something like: “Alright, I’m in investigator mode. Tell me everything you remember.”

Quick Description:
​Use this prompt when you’re trying to recall something from memory, whether it’s a quote, a book, a game, a commercial, a person, or anything else on the tip of your tongue. It works especially well with models like o3 that have access to web search and can spend more time considering different options.

How to Use:

1. Copy the above prompt.

2. Send it to ChatGPT. (Or your preferred LLM!)

3. Describe the thing you’re trying to figure out. Include every memory, detail, or odd association you’ve got.

4. Answer ChatGPT's follow-up questions.

5. Review the guesses it gives you and follow up to narrow it down further if needed.

P.S. You can still get The BEST ChatGPT Prompting Cheat Sheet For Beginners 2025 (no email opt-in).

That's all for this week folks…

Stay Curious, Hustlers!

See you next Friday.Much Love, Vasu