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Insights on workflow automation, integrations, and building with General Input.
General Input joins the Microsoft AI Cloud Partner Program
General Input is now a member of the Microsoft AI Cloud Partner Program with 1-click connect for Outlook, Teams, OneDrive, SharePoint, Excel, Planner, and To Do.
Don't build your workflows inside a single lab's application
Imagine signing a 24-month enterprise AI agreement today, locked to one lab. Then GPT-5.5 and DeepSeek V4 Pro drop inside 48 hours. Workflows built inside a model provider's application are locked to their roadmap and their pricing. Not the priorities of your business.
The agent fabric has to reach the systems most of the economy actually runs on
Most agent-builder platforms assume everyone runs on Google, Notion, and HubSpot. Most of the economy runs on something else. Why we shipped Bullhorn Recruiting and LeadMagic this week.
The Agent Operator: The Million-Job Role Aaron Levie Sees Coming
Box founder Aaron Levie says agent operator will be a million-job role in five years. Here's what the job actually looks like inside a regulated enterprise, and why the hard part isn't the model.
One-Click Integrations for the Whole Stack: Microsoft, Google, HubSpot, Salesforce, Reddit, and More
The biggest piece of feedback from early users was that connecting tools took too long. In the last week, General Input shipped one-click integrations for dozens of providers -- the full Microsoft Suite, the full Google Suite, HubSpot, Salesforce, Reddit, and more.
The AI Infrastructure Gap: What Ramp's Glass Reveals About Why Adoption Stalls
Ramp built an internal AI suite because 99% adoption didn't translate to productivity. Most companies face the same problem but can't build internally. Here's what the infrastructure gap looks like and how to close it.
BYO Model Deployment: AI Agents That Never Phone Home
Local models aren't frontier yet, but the gap shrinks every quarter. BYO model deployment lets you point AI agents at your own infrastructure today and your own laptop when they catch up.
How to Build a Self-Maintaining CRM with Cal.com, Attio, and Granola
79% of sales meeting data never enters the CRM. Here's how three workflows wire Cal.com, Attio, and Granola into a system that adds enriched leads on booking, briefs the rep before the call, and logs meeting notes after.
I Understand Why Leaders Are Nervous About Hooking Their Business Data Into AI
Most AI tools store your API keys in plain text. This week LiteLLM was hacked and every key was stolen. Here's why the fear is justified and what an architecture where your keys never touch the AI actually looks like.
Build Your Own Revenue Agent: What Zuckerberg's AI Assistant Means for Ops Teams
Mark Zuckerberg built an AI agent to skip the layers of people between him and data. Most operators face the same problem with layers of tools. Here's how to build your own.
How to Automate Meeting Prep When Your Customer Data Lives in 5 Different Systems
Founders spend 15 minutes before every customer call pulling context from CRM, billing, email, docs, and product databases. Here's how to automate the entire ritual.
You Don't Need to Be Technical to Win With AI Agents Anymore
Jason Lemkin says we've hit the phase where 'mere ordinarily smart generalists' can make AI agents do magical things. Here's why that matters for operations teams.
How to Use Google Ratings as a Sales Prospecting Signal for Local Businesses
Low Google ratings reveal operational problems that your software can solve. Here's how to turn review data into a qualified prospect list automatically.
Introducing General Input: Workflow Automation Written by AI
We built an automation platform from the ground up for workflows to be written by AI, then reviewed and modified by humans. Here's why and how it works.
