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<!-- ============ TOOOL OF THE WEEK ============ -->
<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" style="mso-table-lspace:0pt;mso-table-rspace:0pt;border-spacing:0px;width:100%" role="none"> <tbody> <tr> <td align="left" style="Margin:0;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:20px;padding-left:0"> <p style="Margin:0;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;font-family:arial, 'helvetica neue', helvetica, sans-serif;line-height:21px;letter-spacing:0;color:#333333;font-size:14px"><img width="24" align="left" src="https://ik.imagekit.io/gua3dld9n/newsletter/ic-toooloftheweek.png" alt="Section Icon" title="Section Icon" style="display:block;font-size:14px;border:0;outline:none;text-decoration:none;margin:0"><span style="color:#7b788c;line-height:24.7px;font-family:Inter, sans-serif;font-size:13px"> TOOOL OF THE WEEK</span></p> </td> </tr> </tbody>
</table> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" bgcolor="#fafafe" style="mso-table-lspace:0pt;mso-table-rspace:0pt;border-spacing:0px;border-radius:28px 28px 0 0;background-color:#fafafe;width:100%" role="none"> <tbody> <tr> <td align="left" style="padding:20px 20px 0 20px;Margin:0"> <a target="_blank" href="https://paper.design/" style="mso-line-height-rule:exactly;text-decoration:underline;color:#1376C8;font-size:14px"><img src="https://ik.imagekit.io/gua3dld9n/newsletter/issue-1/paper-design-tool-screen.jpg" alt="Tool image" width="100%" title="Tool image" style="display:block;font-size:14px;border:0;outline:none;text-decoration:none;margin:0;border-radius:12px;max-width:544px"></a> </td> </tr> </tbody>
</table> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" bgcolor="#fafafe" style="mso-table-lspace:0pt;mso-table-rspace:0pt;border-spacing:0px;background-color:#fafafe;width:100%" role="none"> <tbody> <tr> <td align="left" style="padding:24px 22px 0 22px;Margin:0"> <p style="Margin:0;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;font-family:Inter, sans-serif;line-height:21.6px;letter-spacing:0;color:#0a0523;font-size:18px;padding-bottom:6px"><strong style="font-weight:700 !important"><a target="_blank" href="https://paper.design/" style="mso-line-height-rule:exactly;text-decoration:underline;color:#0a0523;font-size:18px;line-height:21.6px;font-family:Inter, sans-serif">Paper</a></strong></p> </td> </tr> </tbody>
</table> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" bgcolor="#fafafe" style="mso-table-lspace:0pt;mso-table-rspace:0pt;border-spacing:0px;background-color:#fafafe;border-radius:0 0 28px 28px;width:100%" role="none"> <tbody> <tr> <td align="left" style="padding:0 22px 24px 22px;Margin:0"> <p style="Margin:0;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;font-family:Inter, sans-serif;line-height:18.2px;letter-spacing:0;color:#59566d;font-size:14px">Paper rethinks the design workflow from scratch. Everything lives on a single canvas that connects directly to your apps, agents, and repos. What you design is actual code, so there is no handoff step because there is nothing to hand off. AI agents can read from and write to the canvas through a built-in MCP server, and live data connectors pull real content in while you work. A genuinely different way to go from idea to shipped interface.</p> </td> </tr> </tbody>
</table> <!-- ============ ALSO ON THE RADAR ============ -->
<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" style="mso-table-lspace:0pt;mso-table-rspace:0pt;border-spacing:0px;width:100%" role="none"> <tbody> <tr> <td align="left" style="Margin:0;padding-top:80px;padding-bottom:40px;padding-right:0;padding-left:0"> <p style="Margin:0;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;font-family:arial, 'helvetica neue', helvetica, sans-serif;line-height:21px;letter-spacing:0;color:#333333;font-size:14px"><img align="left" src="https://ik.imagekit.io/gua3dld9n/newsletter/ic-ontheradar.png" width="24" alt="Section Icon" title="Section Icon" style="display:block;font-size:14px;border:0;outline:none;text-decoration:none;margin:0"><span style="line-height:24.7px;font-family:Inter, sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:#6f6d7f"> ALSO ON THE RADAR</span></p> </td> </tr> </tbody>
</table> <!-- Radar Tool 1 -->
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="mso-table-lspace:0pt;mso-table-rspace:0pt;border-spacing:0px;width:100%" role="none"> <tbody> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding:0;Margin:0;width:104px"> <a target="_blank" href="https://efecto.app/" style="mso-line-height-rule:exactly;text-decoration:underline;color:#1376C8;font-size:14px"><img src="https://ik.imagekit.io/gua3dld9n/newsletter/issue-1/efecto-ai-design-tool.jpg" width="80" alt="Tool icon" title="Tool icon" style="display:block;font-size:14px;border:0;outline:none;text-decoration:none;margin:0;border-radius:14px"></a> </td> <td valign="top" style="padding:0;Margin:0"> <p style="Margin:0;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;font-family:Inter, sans-serif;line-height:27px;letter-spacing:0;color:#0a0523;font-size:18px;padding-bottom:6px"><strong style="font-weight:700 !important"><a href="https://efecto.app/" target="_blank" style="mso-line-height-rule:exactly;text-decoration:underline;color:#0a0523;font-size:18px;font-family:Inter, sans-serif"><u>Efecto</u></a></strong></p> <p style="Margin:0;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;font-family:Inter, sans-serif;line-height:18.2px;letter-spacing:0;color:#59566d;font-size:14px">An AI-native design tool from Pablo Stanley where humans and AI agents collaborate on real, shippable interfaces, side by side.</p> </td> </tr> </tbody>
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<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="mso-table-lspace:0pt;mso-table-rspace:0pt;border-spacing:0px;width:100%" role="none"><tbody><tr><td style="padding:0;Margin:0;height:40px;font-size:0;line-height:0"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <!-- Radar Tool 2 -->
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="mso-table-lspace:0pt;mso-table-rspace:0pt;border-spacing:0px;width:100%" role="none"> <tbody> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding:0;Margin:0;width:104px"> <a target="_blank" href="https://tesserapatterns.com/" style="mso-line-height-rule:exactly;text-decoration:underline;color:#1376C8;font-size:14px"><img src="https://ik.imagekit.io/gua3dld9n/newsletter/issue-1/tessera-pattern-generator.jpg" width="80" alt="Tool icon" title="Tool icon" style="display:block;font-size:14px;border:0;outline:none;text-decoration:none;margin:0;border-radius:14px"></a> </td> <td valign="top" style="padding:0;Margin:0"> <p style="Margin:0;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;font-family:Inter, sans-serif;line-height:27px;letter-spacing:0;color:#0a0523;font-size:18px;padding-bottom:6px"><strong style="font-weight:700 !important"><a target="_blank" href="https://tesserapatterns.com/" style="mso-line-height-rule:exactly;text-decoration:underline;color:#0a0523;font-size:18px;font-family:Inter, sans-serif"><u>Tessera</u></a></strong></p> <p style="Margin:0;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;font-family:Inter, sans-serif;line-height:18.2px;letter-spacing:0;color:#59566d;font-size:14px">A macOS and iPad app that turns shapes, images, and text into seamless repeating tile patterns with collision-aware placement.</p> </td> </tr> </tbody>
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<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="mso-table-lspace:0pt;mso-table-rspace:0pt;border-spacing:0px;width:100%" role="none"><tbody><tr><td style="padding:0;Margin:0;height:40px;font-size:0;line-height:0"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <!-- Radar Tool 3 -->
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="mso-table-lspace:0pt;mso-table-rspace:0pt;border-spacing:0px;width:100%" role="none"> <tbody> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding:0;Margin:0;width:104px"> <a target="_blank" href="https://www.onlook.com/" style="mso-line-height-rule:exactly;text-decoration:underline;color:#1376C8;font-size:14px"><img src="https://ik.imagekit.io/gua3dld9n/newsletter/issue-1/onlook-visual-code-editor.jpg" width="80" alt="Tool icon" title="Tool icon" style="display:block;font-size:14px;border:0;outline:none;text-decoration:none;margin:0;border-radius:14px"></a> </td> <td valign="top" style="padding:0;Margin:0"> <p style="Margin:0;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;font-family:Inter, sans-serif;line-height:27px;letter-spacing:0;color:#0a0523;font-size:18px;padding-bottom:6px"><strong style="font-weight:700 !important"><a target="_blank" href="https://www.onlook.com/" style="mso-line-height-rule:exactly;text-decoration:underline;color:#0a0523;font-size:18px;font-family:Inter, sans-serif"><u>Onlook</u></a></strong></p> <p style="Margin:0;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;font-family:Inter, sans-serif;line-height:18.2px;letter-spacing:0;color:#59566d;font-size:14px">An open-source visual editor that connects to live codebases, letting designers drag real components and submit pull requests without writing code.</p> </td> </tr> </tbody>
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<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="mso-table-lspace:0pt;mso-table-rspace:0pt;border-spacing:0px;width:100%" role="none"><tbody><tr><td style="padding:0;Margin:0;height:40px;font-size:0;line-height:0"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <!-- Radar Tool 4 -->
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="mso-table-lspace:0pt;mso-table-rspace:0pt;border-spacing:0px;width:100%" role="none"> <tbody> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding:0;Margin:0;width:104px"> <a target="_blank" href="https://openpencil.dev/" style="mso-line-height-rule:exactly;text-decoration:underline;color:#1376C8;font-size:14px"><img src="https://ik.imagekit.io/gua3dld9n/newsletter/issue-1/openpencil-design-editor.jpg" width="80" alt="Tool icon" title="Tool icon" style="display:block;font-size:14px;border:0;outline:none;text-decoration:none;margin:0;border-radius:14px"></a> </td> <td valign="top" style="padding:0;Margin:0"> <p style="Margin:0;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;font-family:Inter, sans-serif;line-height:27px;letter-spacing:0;color:#0a0523;font-size:18px;padding-bottom:6px"><strong style="font-weight:700 !important"><a target="_blank" href="https://openpencil.dev/" style="mso-line-height-rule:exactly;text-decoration:underline;color:#0a0523;font-size:18px;font-family:Inter, sans-serif"><u>OpenPencil</u></a></strong></p> <p style="Margin:0;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;font-family:Inter, sans-serif;line-height:18.2px;letter-spacing:0;color:#59566d;font-size:14px">An open-source, MIT-licensed Figma alternative that reads .fig files natively and includes 90+ AI-scriptable tools with a built-in MCP server.</p> </td> </tr> </tbody>
</table> <!-- ============ SPOTLIGHT (PARTNER) ============ -->
<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" style="mso-table-lspace:0pt;mso-table-rspace:0pt;border-spacing:0px;width:100%" role="none"> <tbody> <tr> <td align="left" style="Margin:0;padding-top:80px;padding-bottom:20px;padding-right:0;padding-left:0"> <p style="Margin:0;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;font-family:arial, 'helvetica neue', helvetica, sans-serif;line-height:21px;letter-spacing:0;color:#333333;font-size:14px"><img align="left" src="https://ik.imagekit.io/gua3dld9n/newsletter/ic-spotlight.png" width="24" alt="Section Icon" title="Section Icon" style="display:block;font-size:14px;border:0;outline:none;text-decoration:none;margin:0"><span style="color:#7b788c;line-height:24.7px;font-family:Inter, sans-serif;font-size:13px"> SPOTLIGHT (PARTNER)</span></p> </td> </tr> </tbody>
</table> <table bgcolor="#fafafe" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" style="mso-table-lspace:0pt;mso-table-rspace:0pt;border-spacing:0px;border-radius:28px;background-color:#fafafe;width:100%" role="none"> <tbody> <tr> <td align="left" style="padding:20px;Margin:0"> <!--[if mso]><table style="width:100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td style="width:320px" valign="top"><![endif]--> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" align="left" style="mso-table-lspace:0pt;mso-table-rspace:0pt;border-spacing:0px;float:left" role="none"> <tbody> <tr> <td valign="top" align="center" style="padding:0;Margin:0;width:252px"> <a target="_blank" href="https://getbanani.link/toools" style="mso-line-height-rule:exactly;text-decoration:underline;color:#1376C8;font-size:14px"><img src="https://ik.imagekit.io/gua3dld9n/newsletter/issue-1/banani.jpg" width="100%" alt="Banani" title="Banani" style="display:block;font-size:14px;border:0;outline:none;text-decoration:none;margin:0;border-radius:12px;max-width:100%"></a> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <!--[if mso]></td><td style="width:20px"></td><td style="width:204px" valign="top"><![endif]--> <!-- Mobile-only spacer --> <table class="es-desk-hidden" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="mso-table-lspace:0pt;mso-table-rspace:0pt;border-spacing:0px;display:none;width:100%" role="none"><tbody><tr><td style="padding:0;Margin:0;height:24px;font-size:0;line-height:0"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" align="right" style="mso-table-lspace:0pt;mso-table-rspace:0pt;border-spacing:0px;float:right" role="none"> <tbody> <tr> <td align="left" style="padding:0;Margin:0;width:232px"> <p style="Margin:0;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;font-family:Inter, sans-serif;line-height:27px;letter-spacing:0;color:#0a0523;font-size:18px;padding-bottom:6px"><strong style="font-weight:700 !important"><a href="https://getbanani.link/toools" target="_blank" style="mso-line-height-rule:exactly;text-decoration:underline;color:#0a0523;font-size:18px;font-family:Inter, sans-serif"><u>Banani</u></a></strong></p> <p style="Margin:0;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;font-family:Inter, sans-serif;line-height:18.2px;letter-spacing:0;color:#59566d;font-size:14px">AI design tool to create beautiful, user-friendly and interactive designs.</p> <p style="Margin:0;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;font-family:Inter, sans-serif;line-height:21px;letter-spacing:0;color:#59566d;font-size:14px;padding-top:10px"><a target="_blank" href="https://getbanani.link/toools" style="mso-line-height-rule:exactly;text-decoration:underline;color:#59566d;font-size:14px;font-family:Inter, sans-serif"><strong style="font-weight:700 !important">Try for free →</strong></a></p> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <!--[if mso]></td></tr></table><![endif]--> </td> </tr> </tbody>
</table> <!-- ============ A FEW READS & LISTENS ============ -->
<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" style="mso-table-lspace:0pt;mso-table-rspace:0pt;border-spacing:0px;width:100%" role="none"> <tbody> <tr> <td align="left" style="Margin:0;padding-top:80px;padding-bottom:40px;padding-right:0;padding-left:0"> <p style="Margin:0;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;font-family:arial, 'helvetica neue', helvetica, sans-serif;line-height:21px;letter-spacing:0;color:#333333;font-size:14px"><img src="https://ik.imagekit.io/gua3dld9n/newsletter/ic-readslistens.png" width="24" align="left" alt="Section Icon" title="Section Icon" style="display:block;font-size:14px;border:0;outline:none;text-decoration:none;margin:0"><span style="color:#7b788c;line-height:24.7px;font-family:Inter, sans-serif;font-size:13px"> A FEW READS & LISTENS</span></p> </td> </tr> </tbody>
</table> <!-- Read 1: Article -->
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="mso-table-lspace:0pt;mso-table-rspace:0pt;border-spacing:0px;width:100%" role="none"> <tbody> <tr> <td align="left" style="padding:0;Margin:0"> <p style="Margin:0;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;font-family:Inter, sans-serif;line-height:16.9px;letter-spacing:0;color:#59566d;font-size:13px;padding-bottom:4px"><strong style="font-weight:700 !important">UX COLLECTIVE <span style="color:#759ee3">📖 ARTICLE</span></strong></p> <p style="Margin:0;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;font-family:Inter, sans-serif;line-height:27px;letter-spacing:0;color:#0a0523;font-size:18px;padding-bottom:6px"><strong style="font-weight:700 !important"><a target="_blank" href="https://uxdesign.cc/taste-is-not-a-feature-720ca15366c7" style="mso-line-height-rule:exactly;text-decoration:underline;color:#0a0523;font-size:18px;font-family:Inter, sans-serif"><u>Taste is not a feature</u></a></strong></p> <p style="Margin:0;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;font-family:Inter, sans-serif;line-height:18.2px;letter-spacing:0;color:#59566d;font-size:14px">Argues that as AI handles more execution, a designer's ability to exercise judgment and taste becomes the real differentiator. A sharp reminder that design is about solving problems, not aesthetic preferences.</p> </td> </tr> </tbody>
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<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="mso-table-lspace:0pt;mso-table-rspace:0pt;border-spacing:0px;width:100%" role="none"><tbody><tr><td style="padding:0;Margin:0;height:40px;font-size:0;line-height:0"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <!-- Read 2: YouTube -->
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="mso-table-lspace:0pt;mso-table-rspace:0pt;border-spacing:0px;width:100%" role="none"> <tbody> <tr> <td align="left" style="padding:0;Margin:0"> <p style="Margin:0;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;font-family:Inter, sans-serif;line-height:16.9px;letter-spacing:0;color:#59566d;font-size:13px;padding-bottom:4px"><strong style="font-weight:700 !important">AI NEWS & STRATEGY DAILY <span style="color:#759ee3">🎬 </span><span style="color:#dc9699">YOUTUBE</span></strong></p> <p style="Margin:0;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;font-family:Inter, sans-serif;line-height:27px;letter-spacing:0;color:#0a0523;font-size:18px;padding-bottom:6px"><strong style="font-weight:700 !important"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDClFY-R0dI" target="_blank" style="mso-line-height-rule:exactly;text-decoration:underline;color:#0a0523;font-size:18px;font-family:Inter, sans-serif"><u>A Markdown File Just Replaced Your Most Expensive Design Meeting</u></a></strong></p> <p style="Margin:0;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;font-family:Inter, sans-serif;line-height:18.2px;letter-spacing:0;color:#59566d;font-size:14px">Explores how a simple markdown spec replaced multi-hour design reviews by giving AI tools enough context to execute directly. A practical look at what coordination looks like when the design file becomes a prompt.</p> </td> </tr> </tbody>
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<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="mso-table-lspace:0pt;mso-table-rspace:0pt;border-spacing:0px;width:100%" role="none"><tbody><tr><td style="padding:0;Margin:0;height:40px;font-size:0;line-height:0"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <!-- Read 3: Article -->
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="mso-table-lspace:0pt;mso-table-rspace:0pt;border-spacing:0px;width:100%" role="none"> <tbody> <tr> <td align="left" style="padding:0;Margin:0"> <p style="Margin:0;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;font-family:Inter, sans-serif;line-height:16.9px;letter-spacing:0;color:#59566d;font-size:13px;padding-bottom:4px"><strong style="font-weight:700 !important">NN/G <span style="color:#759ee3">📖 ARTICLE</span></strong></p> <p style="Margin:0;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;font-family:Inter, sans-serif;line-height:27px;letter-spacing:0;color:#0a0523;font-size:18px;padding-bottom:6px"><strong style="font-weight:700 !important"><a target="_blank" href="https://www.nngroup.com/articles/genui-vs-vibe/" style="mso-line-height-rule:exactly;text-decoration:underline;color:#0a0523;font-size:18px;font-family:Inter, sans-serif"><u>GenUI vs. Vibe Coding: Who's Designing?</u></a></strong></p> <p style="Margin:0;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;font-family:Inter, sans-serif;line-height:18.2px;letter-spacing:0;color:#59566d;font-size:14px">Draws a clear line between generative UI (where AI decides what to build) and vibe coding (where users prompt without specifying). A useful framework for understanding who actually makes design decisions in AI-assisted workflows.</p> </td> </tr> </tbody>
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<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="mso-table-lspace:0pt;mso-table-rspace:0pt;border-spacing:0px;width:100%" role="none"><tbody><tr><td style="padding:0;Margin:0;height:40px;font-size:0;line-height:0"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <!-- Read 4: Article -->
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="mso-table-lspace:0pt;mso-table-rspace:0pt;border-spacing:0px;width:100%" role="none"> <tbody> <tr> <td align="left" style="padding:0;Margin:0"> <p style="Margin:0;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;font-family:Inter, sans-serif;line-height:16.9px;letter-spacing:0;color:#59566d;font-size:13px;padding-bottom:4px"><strong style="font-weight:700 !important">UX COLLECTIVE <span style="color:#759ee3">📖 ARTICLE</span></strong></p> <p style="Margin:0;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;font-family:Inter, sans-serif;line-height:27px;letter-spacing:0;color:#0a0523;font-size:18px;padding-bottom:6px"><strong style="font-weight:700 !important"><a href="https://uxdesign.cc/the-design-engineer-symptom-what-a-rising-job-title-reveals-850d5e4fd9cc" target="_blank" style="mso-line-height-rule:exactly;text-decoration:underline;color:#0a0523;font-size:18px;font-family:Inter, sans-serif"><u>The design engineer symptom: what a rising job title reveals</u></a></strong></p> <p style="Margin:0;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;font-family:Inter, sans-serif;line-height:18.2px;letter-spacing:0;color:#59566d;font-size:14px">Unpacks why the design engineer role is gaining traction and what it signals about the merging boundaries between design and development. Worth reading for anyone navigating where their role fits as tools converge.</p> </td> </tr> </tbody>
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<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" style="mso-table-lspace:0pt;mso-table-rspace:0pt;border-spacing:0px;width:100%" role="none"> <tbody> <tr> <td align="left" style="Margin:0;padding-top:80px;padding-bottom:20px;padding-right:0;padding-left:0"> <p style="Margin:0;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;font-family:arial, 'helvetica neue', helvetica, sans-serif;line-height:21px;letter-spacing:0;color:#333333;font-size:14px"><img align="left" src="https://ik.imagekit.io/gua3dld9n/newsletter/ic-updatesnews.png" width="24" alt="Section Icon" title="Section Icon" style="display:block;font-size:14px;border:0;outline:none;text-decoration:none;margin:0"><span style="color:#7b788c;line-height:24.7px;font-family:Inter, sans-serif;font-size:13px"> UPDATES & NEWS</span></p> </td> </tr> </tbody>
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<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="mso-table-lspace:0pt;mso-table-rspace:0pt;border-spacing:0px;width:100%" role="none"> <tbody> <tr> <td align="left" style="padding:0;Margin:0;padding-top:20px"> <p style="Margin:0;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;font-family:Inter, sans-serif;line-height:27px;letter-spacing:0;color:#0a0523;font-size:18px"><a href="https://www.figma.com/blog/the-figma-canvas-is-now-open-to-agents/" target="_blank" style="mso-line-height-rule:exactly;text-decoration:underline;color:#0a0523;font-size:18px;font-family:Inter, sans-serif"><u>Figma opens its canvas to AI agents with a new MCP server and Skills framework</u></a></p> </td> </tr> </tbody>
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<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="mso-table-lspace:0pt;mso-table-rspace:0pt;border-spacing:0px;width:100%" role="none"> <tbody> <tr> <td align="left" style="padding:0;Margin:0;padding-top:20px"> <p style="Margin:0;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;font-family:Inter, sans-serif;line-height:27px;letter-spacing:0;color:#0a0523;font-size:18px"><a href="https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/29/why-openai-really-shut-down-sora/" target="_blank" style="mso-line-height-rule:exactly;text-decoration:underline;color:#0a0523;font-size:18px;font-family:Inter, sans-serif"><u>OpenAI shuts down Sora after six months, burning roughly $1M per day</u></a></p> </td> </tr> </tbody>
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<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="mso-table-lspace:0pt;mso-table-rspace:0pt;border-spacing:0px;width:100%" role="none"> <tbody> <tr> <td align="left" style="padding:0;Margin:0;padding-top:20px"> <p style="Margin:0;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;font-family:Inter, sans-serif;line-height:27px;letter-spacing:0;color:#0a0523;font-size:18px"><a href="https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/24/meet-the-former-apple-designer-building-a-new-ai-interface-at-hark/" target="_blank" style="mso-line-height-rule:exactly;text-decoration:underline;color:#0a0523;font-size:18px;font-family:Inter, sans-serif"><u>Former Apple designer launches Hark, a new AI startup rethinking human-AI interaction</u></a></p> </td> </tr> </tbody>
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<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="mso-table-lspace:0pt;mso-table-rspace:0pt;border-spacing:0px;width:100%" role="none"> <tbody> <tr> <td align="left" style="padding:0;Margin:0;padding-top:20px"> <p style="Margin:0;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;font-family:Inter, sans-serif;line-height:27px;letter-spacing:0;color:#0a0523;font-size:18px"><a href="https://support.claude.com/en/articles/13947068-assign-tasks-to-claude-from-anywhere-in-cowork" target="_blank" style="mso-line-height-rule:exactly;text-decoration:underline;color:#0a0523;font-size:18px;font-family:Inter, sans-serif"><u>Claude Cowork now lets you assign tasks from anywhere on your Mac</u></a></p> </td> </tr> </tbody>
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<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="mso-table-lspace:0pt;mso-table-rspace:0pt;border-spacing:0px;width:100%" role="none"> <tbody> <tr> <td align="left" style="padding:0;Margin:0;padding-top:20px"> <p style="Margin:0;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;font-family:Inter, sans-serif;line-height:27px;letter-spacing:0;color:#0a0523;font-size:18px"><a href="https://stitch.withgoogle.com/" target="_blank" style="mso-line-height-rule:exactly;text-decoration:underline;color:#0a0523;font-size:18px;font-family:Inter, sans-serif"><u>Google relaunches Stitch with an infinite canvas, design agents, and instant prototyping</u></a></p> </td> </tr> </tbody>
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<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="mso-table-lspace:0pt;mso-table-rspace:0pt;border-spacing:0px;width:100%" role="none"> <tbody> <tr> <td align="left" style="padding:0;Margin:0;padding-top:20px"> <p style="Margin:0;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;font-family:Inter, sans-serif;line-height:27px;letter-spacing:0;color:#0a0523;font-size:18px"><a href="https://linear.app/changelog/2026-03-24-introducing-linear-agent" target="_blank" style="mso-line-height-rule:exactly;text-decoration:underline;color:#0a0523;font-size:18px;font-family:Inter, sans-serif"><u>Linear introduces Linear Agent, bringing full workspace context to product decisions</u></a></p> </td> </tr> </tbody>
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<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="mso-table-lspace:0pt;mso-table-rspace:0pt;border-spacing:0px;width:100%" role="none"> <tbody> <tr> <td align="left" style="padding:0;Margin:0;padding-top:20px"> <p style="Margin:0;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;font-family:Inter, sans-serif;line-height:27px;letter-spacing:0;color:#0a0523;font-size:18px"><a href="https://omma.build/" target="_blank" style="mso-line-height-rule:exactly;text-decoration:underline;color:#0a0523;font-size:18px;font-family:Inter, sans-serif"><u>Spline launches Omma, an AI canvas that turns prompts into interactive web experiences</u></a></p> </td> </tr> </tbody>
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<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" style="mso-table-lspace:0pt;mso-table-rspace:0pt;border-spacing:0px;width:100%" role="none"> <tbody> <tr> <td align="left" style="Margin:0;padding-top:80px;padding-bottom:40px;padding-right:0;padding-left:0"> <p style="Margin:0;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;font-family:arial, 'helvetica neue', helvetica, sans-serif;line-height:21px;letter-spacing:0;color:#333333;font-size:14px"><img align="left" src="https://ik.imagekit.io/gua3dld9n/newsletter/ic-onemorething.png" width="24" alt="Section Icon" title="Section Icon" style="display:block;font-size:14px;border:0;outline:none;text-decoration:none;margin:0"><span style="color:#7b788c;line-height:24.7px;font-family:Inter, sans-serif;font-size:13px"> ONE MORE THING ...</span></p> </td> </tr> </tbody>
</table> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="mso-table-lspace:0pt;mso-table-rspace:0pt;border-spacing:0px;width:100%" role="none"> <tbody> <tr> <td align="left" style="padding:0;Margin:0;padding-bottom:0px"> <p style="Margin:0;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;font-family:Inter, sans-serif;line-height:16.9px;letter-spacing:0;color:#59566d;font-size:13px;padding-bottom:12px"><strong style="font-weight:700 !important">A THOUGHT WORTH SITTING WITH</strong></p> <p style="Margin:0;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;font-family:Inter, sans-serif;line-height:27px;letter-spacing:0;color:#0a0523;font-size:18px">"The design file is no longer a document. It is an API."</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" class="es-text-7610" style="padding:0;Margin:0;padding-top:16px"><p style="Margin:0;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;font-family:Inter, sans-serif;line-height:18.2px;letter-spacing:0;color:#59566d;font-size:14px">Figma just opened its canvas to AI agents. That single move reframes the design file from something a human edits to something machines can read, write, and act on. The implications go well beyond Figma.</p></td> </tr> </tbody>
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<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="mso-table-lspace:0pt;mso-table-rspace:0pt;border-spacing:0px;width:100%" role="none"> <tbody> <tr> <td align="left" style="padding:0;Margin:0;padding-top:60px"> <p style="Margin:0;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;font-family:Inter, sans-serif;line-height:18.2px;letter-spacing:0;color:#59566d;font-size:14px"><strong style="font-weight:700 !important">PS:</strong> Shoutout to Sara Soltis, who sent me a list of browser-based creative tools I'd never seen before, including her own Bubble Shift Type Tool. That turned into a brand new category: <a href="https://www.toools.design/best-design-tools#generative-experimental" target="_blank" style="mso-line-height-rule:exactly;text-decoration:underline;color:#1376C8;font-size:14px;font-family:Inter, sans-serif">Generative & Experimental Tools</a>. If you're also sitting on bookmarks not yet listed on TOOOLS.design, hit reply and send them my way 🙌</p> </td> </tr> </tbody>
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