OpenAI’s Everything App Trap

When Everything Apps Work and When the Don't

Show Notes

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This week, on AppStories, we return to a topic that’s an old favorite: the Everything App in honor of OpenAI’s announcement that they are building a Super App.

On AppStories+, Federico consolidates the tools and services he uses.

Also available on YouTube here.

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Links and Show Notes

The Everything App Trap

• OpenAI raises $122 billion to accelerate the next phase of AI
  • OpenAI Bets Big on Building an Everything App
  • Daring Fireball

AppStories+ Post-Show:

• Federico’s AI Tool Consolidation
  • Services and Apps Discussed:
    • Claude
    • Claude Code
    • ChatGPT
    • Perplexity
    • Google Gemini
    • Telegram
    • Firecrawl
    • SerpAPI
    • Parallel.ai
    • Feedbin
    • Obsidian

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