Hey there 👋,
Writing this from the Hilton Atrium in Prague, where they're finishing setup for the World Series of Poker Europe, kicking off today.
This really is a venue built for poker. The ballroom alone is something.
I arrived a day early, which gave me an unexpected gift: a full afternoon to test the latest agentic tools by the big three that claim to complete tasks for you.
Here's what happened.
ChatGPT Atlas. Gave it a task. It failed.
Perplexity Comet. Same task. Same result.
Claude Cowork. Set it up properly, gave it all the connections, downloaded some marketing skills from the plugins and put it to work.
Impressive. Actually did the thing.
Then I went further. Added the Claude Chrome extension, sent it a task from my phone via the new Dispatch feature in the Claude app, and watched my screen glow orange as it took over.
Super cool.
It got it wrong, technically. But that's not the point.
The point is that I watched a phone message trigger a computer to attempt a task without a human in the loop. The accuracy will come. The infrastructure is already here.
Goodbye payroll.
Not eventually. Sooner than the spreadsheet models say.
And yes, I connected this very newsletter to Claude via the beehiiv MCP integration. Asked it to analyse my posts and tell me what to write next:
Coming soon?!
Well I’ve just bought in to the opening event, it starts in 30 mins:
Wish me luck!
If you enjoy these letters and want to support the coffee that fuels them:
I get through at least three latte macchiatos a day.
Thanks to those who bought me one (and several) after the last issue:
Raghu — a previous great business partner who bought Funnel Engine from me and we went in on subsequent deals together.
Josh Stilwell — SEO expert and local newsletter rockstar running Side Of Money, NYC business trends and local money stories.
David Caruso — WooCommerce superstar crushing it in Asia.
More soon, from the tables.
Cheers!
Richard (@richardpatey)