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Oct 28, 2025 Nabeel and Fraser delve into the transformative power of tool use in AI, discussing how startups can thrive in a fast-paced market. They highlight Notion's innovative API strategy and explore the cognitive toll of managing multiple AI agents. The duo analyzes the new blend of coding, browsing, and reasoning in applications and the significance of visible reasoning traces for users. They also offer insights for founders on navigating VC relationships and the importance of controlling their narrative in competitive landscapes.
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Tool Use Is The New Inflection Point
- Tool use in models has crossed a Rubicon and is reshaping product possibilities.
- Combining code execution, browsing, and chain-of-thought reasoning creates new open-world agentic apps.
Code + Web + Reasoning Power Workflows
- Writing and executing code plus web browsing plus explicit reasoning is driving recent AI breakthroughs.
- Those intersecting capabilities let models fetch data, synthesize it, and actually perform tasks end-to-end.
Require Plans Before Execution
- Use "plan mode" UX to capture assumptions before models run long tasks.
- Ask for directions and confirm a project plan to steer agentic behavior and reduce costly mistakes.