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2026 has been the year of AI agents. OpenAI, Anthropic, and Cursor are all racing to build the same thing. Who's winning?
In this video, Ras Mic and I break down every major AI agent update from the past four months. From Codex and Claude Code to OpenClaw and Cursor's recent acquisition deal. We cover who's winning the Super App race, how to actually use agents in your workflow, and why knowledge work is about to get completely disrupted.
00:00 Intro
01:35 Q1 Shipping Frenzy
03:02 Opus 4.5 Inflection
08:42 Codex vs Claude UX War
12:53 Cursor's Bet
14:27 SpaceX Acquisition Deal with Cursor
21:45 OpenClaw and the Agentic Personal Computer
28:57 Reactive vs Proactive Work
30:30 Keep Agents Narrow
33:12 Memory Layer Matters
36:23 Computer Use Gets Fast
39:28 Who Wins the Super App
41:06 The Problem With Google
45:17 Prompting and Skills That Scale
56:56 Integrations Beat Prompts
59:39 All the Muxes
01:02:04 Bold Predictions
01:06:38 Agent Commerce
01:18:19 Permission To Build Now
The AI Super App Wars (Full Breakdown)
Part 1: The State of the Race
-Q1 Shipping Frenzy
-Opus 4.5 Inflection Point
-Anthropic vs OpenAI UX War
-Codex vs Claude Cowork
-Why Anthropic Went Too Broad
Part 2: Cursor, OpenClaw & the Agentic PC
-SpaceX/XAI Acquisition Deal
-Open Claw Workflows
-Orchestrator & Subagents
-Memory Layer & Super Memory
-Computer Use Gets Fast
Part 3: Who Wins the Super App
-Reactive vs Proactive Tools
-Employee-Like Agency
-Keep Agents Narrow
-The Problem with Google
-Manus, Cursor & First Mover Advantage
Part 4: Skills, Prompting & Knowledge Work
-Why Your Words Matter More Than You Think
-Giving Unnecessary Context
-Integrations Beat Prompts
-Agent Commerce
Part 5: Bold Predictions & Permission to Build
-Knowledge Work Disruption
-Agents as Customers
-The Future of Content Creation
-Why Now is the Best Time to Start
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