Weekly AI Wrapped 🌯 | 20 October

Annie Liao

Mon, 20 Oct 2025 22:00:27 GMT

<div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{"url":"https://buildclub.substack.com/subscribe?","text":"Subscribe","language":"en"}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption"></p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email…" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div><p><strong>Exciting news from Build Club</strong></p><ul><li><p>Big news! We’re launching our Enterprise and Teams Product <em><strong>Solaris AI</strong></em> out of stealth and are throwing a BBQ to celebrate, come see the grand reveal: Oct 22nd, Sydney. Register here: <a href="https://luma.com/tpr0q4ju">https://luma.com/tpr0q4ju</a></p></li><li><p>We have begun to take 100 people from our community platform waitlist every week. You can bypass this by joining here as a newsletter subscriber + RSVP to onboarding<a href="https://lu.ma/7c20zx0y"> here</a></p></li><li><p>In September, we launched our community in 7 new Cities! Including Japan, Mumbai, Pune, San Francisco and more!</p></li></ul><p><strong>Join our Slack community!</strong> Stay updated on upcoming events, job opportunities, and the latest AI developments across <strong>50+ cities</strong>. Don’t miss out, connect with like-minded AI enthusiasts here:<a href="https://join.slack.com/t/thebuildersfellow/shared_invite/zt-3fafzgjgl-HTQ7h~9gON9izAcTcKn3HA"> Join Now</a></p><div><hr></div><h2><strong>🚀 Updates from the Industry</strong></h2><ul><li><p><strong>Lindy AI: </strong>Introduced Gaia, a new AI phone agent. Gaia is the fastest AI phone agent in the world, designed for efficient outreach and automation.<a href="https://www.lindy.ai/blog/gaia-announcement"> Read more</a></p></li><li><p><strong>Google Gemini Enterprise:</strong> Announced a subscription service offering businesses access to the latest Gemini models, along with no-code and low-code tools to build and deploy AI agents. Free trial available.<strong> <a href="https://www.axios.com/2025/10/09/google-gemini-enterprise-subscription?utm_source=chatgpt.com">Read more</a></strong></p></li><li><p><strong>Figma AI Integration: </strong>Enhanced design tools with expanded AI model access via the MCP server, enabling more accurate app recreation and improved prototyping.<strong> <a href="https://www.theverge.com/news/783828/figma-make-ai-app-coding-mcp-server-update?utm_source=chatgpt.com">Learn more</a></strong></p></li><li><p><strong>OpenAI DevDay 2025: </strong>Introduced GPT-5 Pro API, AgentKit, and the Apps SDK, transforming ChatGPT into a full AI platform. These tools enable developers to build intelligent agents and integrate third-party apps directly within ChatGPT.<strong> <a href="https://www.infoq.com/news/2025/10/openai-dev-day/?utm_source=chatgpt.com">Learn more</a></strong></p></li><li><p><strong>ChatGPT App Integrations:</strong> Launched in-chat integrations with services like Spotify, Canva, and Coursera, allowing users to interact with these platforms seamlessly within ChatGPT. This feature enhances productivity by consolidating multiple tools into one interface. <a href="https://openai.com/index/introducing-apps-in-chatgpt/">Read more</a></p></li></ul><h2><strong>🏅 Top Build Club Community Tips</strong></h2><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.latent.space/p/devday-2025">Developers as the distribution layer of AGI (OpenAI Dev Day 2025, ft. Sherwin Wu and Christina Huang)</a></p></li><li><p><a href="https://addyo.substack.com/p/the-reality-of-ai-assisted-software">The reality of AI-Assisted software engineering productivity</a> - What the data really shows about AI coding tools in 2025</p></li><li><p><a href="https://www.oneusefulthing.org/p/real-ai-agents-and-real-work">Real AI Agents and Real Work - by Ethan Mollick</a> – A blog post on using AI to contribute to GDP through knowledge work, based on recent OpenAI reports:</p></li><li><p><a href="https://x.com/bneyshabur/status/1974929351050400032">AI’s computer-operating ability approaching human level</a> – Anthropic research indicates next-gen AI models will match human capability for specific computer tasks</p></li><li><p><a href="https://x.com/jaschasd/status/1972360405885637021">AI’s exponential growth & intellectual capability </a>– The inventor of diffusion models (Anthropic) shares insights on the near-future of AI</p></li></ul><h2><strong>🔎 Discover Something New!</strong></h2><ul><li><p><strong>NanoBanana AI: </strong>Turn a single photo into polished, editable visuals using text prompts, while preserving character consistency, scene integrity, and fine details. <a href="https://nanobanana.ai/">Try it out</a></p></li><li><p><strong>OpenAI AgentKit: </strong>Drag-and-drop framework for building, deploying, and optimizing AI agents — now including visual workflows, connector registry, and embeddable chat interfaces. Build on it</p></li><li><p><strong>Gemini Enterprise:</strong> Google’s business AI platform that lets employees conversationally access documents, data, and workflows using Gemini models. Build on it</p></li><li><p><strong>Vidu AI: </strong>Composite image generation tool — upload up to seven reference photos, and it produces consistent, high-fidelity visuals for creative and marketing use. Try it out</p></li><li><p><strong>Nothing Playground: Bring your ideas to life with AI-powered mini app creation on your phone — design and customize small apps or widgets using just text prompts.<a href="https://playground.nothing.tech/"> Try it out</a></strong></p></li></ul><h2><strong>🧠 AI Challenge of the Week</strong></h2><ul><li><p>Access our<a href="https://campus.buildclub.ai/"> Build Club Campus here</a> and share your project updates.</p></li><li><p>Ready for some fun and challenges? Play<a href="https://campus.buildclub.ai/games/video-mania"> Video Prompt Games</a> and try the updated<a href="https://campus.buildclub.ai/games"> Prompt Games</a> to level up your skills.</p></li></ul><div><hr></div><h2><strong>🆕 New on Build Club</strong></h2><ul><li><p><strong>New Courses:</strong></p><ul><li><p><a href="https://campus.buildclub.ai/learn/tracks/68e4a04f2e2bdfc6f24de015">ChatGPT 101</a></p></li><li><p><a href="https://campus.buildclub.ai/learn/68d63f232e2bdfc6f221256d">ChatGPT for Business analysts</a></p></li></ul></li><li><p><strong>Platform updates:</strong></p><ul><li><p>AI Conversational Agent now available to help you discover the right courses and achieve your goals faster.</p></li><li><p>We’ve enhanced the user experience when participating in our Hackathons and navigating through the process.</p></li></ul></li></ul><div><hr></div><h2><strong>💡 Share Your Tip for the Week!</strong></h2><p>Have a clever AI hack, tool, or prompt you discovered? Drop it in the community feed or submit it for our next newsletter here</p><p><strong>Get access to our platform</strong></p><p>We have begun to take 100 people off our waitlist every week. You can bypass this by joining here as a newsletter subscriber if you are not in the waitlist ;)</p><p><strong>Community Events</strong></p><p>Over the past few months, Build Club has launched in several new cities around the world, including: Singapore, New York, San Francisco, Wollongong, Bangalore, Delhi, Chennai and Kolkata.</p><p>Explore our global events calendar:<a href="https://lu.ma/buildercommunityanz"> https://lu.ma/buildercommunityanz</a></p><p>See you next time!</p><p>Build Club team</p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{"url":"https://buildclub.substack.com/subscribe?","text":"Subscribe","language":"en"}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">Thanks for reading Build Club Wrapped! 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