Claude 3.5 Sonnet is 2x faster. Here is what to do with it.

#2 Perplexity: $250M Raise

Perplexity AI closed a $250M round at a $3B valuation, expanding enterprise search features including team workspaces and shareable research pages.

Executive angle: Competitive intelligence use cases are the clearest executive entry point.

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#3 Amazon Bedrock: Claude 3.5 Sonnet

Amazon Bedrock now offers Claude 3.5 Sonnet, giving enterprise AWS customers access without a direct Anthropic contract.

Executive angle: If your organization runs on AWS, this simplifies procurement of the newest frontier model.

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#4 GitHub Copilot: JetBrains Support

GitHub Copilot now supports all JetBrains IDEs including IntelliJ, PyCharm, and related tools.

Executive angle: AI code completion is now available to engineering teams without switching editors.

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#5 Meta: LLaMA 3.1 Preview

Meta previewed LLaMA 3.1 with a 405B parameter open-source model. Final release expected end of July.

Executive angle: Executives evaluating on-premise AI deployments should watch this closely.

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02 / Top AI Updates | 3 Deep Dives

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Claude 3.5 Sonnet Executive Workflows

Claude 3.5 Sonnet sets a new speed record at the frontier: 2x faster than Claude 3 Opus, same price as Claude 3 Sonnet, and a 200K token context window that handles full contracts and board decks without chunking.

Business Impact

Eliminates: Manual drafting cycles and slow AI response lag during working sessions

Time back: 45 min/wk

Best for: Chiefs of Staff, General Counsel, Strategy executives

Executive Action Steps

• Access Claude 3.5 Sonnet via Claude.ai model dropdown or API (model ID: claude-3-5-sonnet-20240620).
• Use the 200K context window: paste full documents without summarizing or chunking.
• Assign a specific professional role at the start of every prompt for higher-quality outputs.
• Use Claude's Artifacts feature to generate editable documents and code directly in the interface.

Why it matters: When an AI model responds in seconds rather than tens of seconds, executives keep their train of thought and iterate three times in the time it previously took to run one query.

Deep dive: Claude 3.5 Sonnet Executive Workflows ->

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Microsoft Teams Copilot meeting summaries are now GA for all Teams Premium users. Every meeting gets a structured recap with decisions, action items, and speaker attribution within minutes of the call ending.

Business Impact

Eliminates: Manual meeting notes and post-meeting follow-up emails

Time back: 40 min/wk

Best for: Executives running 5 or more meetings per day

Executive Action Steps

• Confirm Teams Premium license in Microsoft 365 admin center under Billing > Licenses.
• Enable Copilot recording in Teams Settings > Meetings > Copilot. Set to 'On with transcript.'
• After each call, open the Recap tab in Teams meeting history.
• Run the action item routing prompt on the summary output before distributing to the team.

Why it matters: At a blended executive hourly rate of $150, the weekly time savings represent approximately $495 in recovered capacity, against a $7/month Teams Premium cost.

Deep dive: Teams Copilot Meeting Summaries Setup and ROI ->

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Gemini 1.5 Pro Workspace 1M Token Context Guide

Google Workspace subscribers (Business Standard and above) now have Gemini 1.5 Pro in their sidebar. The one-million-token context window accepts entire PDF archives, contract repositories, or quarterly report stacks in a single query.

Business Impact

Eliminates: Manual document searching and cross-referencing across large archives

Time back: 60 min/wk

Best for: CFOs, General Counsel, Operations leaders with large document libraries

Executive Action Steps

• Open any Google Doc or Gmail and click the Gemini star icon in the upper right.
• Use 'Insert from Drive' to load documents or entire folders into context.
• Structure queries with explicit output format: 'Return a table of all payment terms across these contracts.'
• Use NotebookLM (notebook.google.com) for persistent multi-document research sessions that stay loaded across days.

Why it matters: One million tokens holds approximately 340 average vendor contracts simultaneously. Questions that previously required manual search across dozens of files now resolve in a single prompt.

Deep dive: Gemini 1.5 Pro Workspace 1M Token Context Guide ->

03 / Pro Tip

Claude 3.5 Sonnet for Rapid Contract Redlining and Legal Review Prep

Tools: Claude.ai (Claude 3.5 Sonnet) | Time: 20 min/contract | Level: Intermediate

Claude 3.5 Sonnet's 200K context window accepts most full contracts without chunking. Combined with its instruction-following precision, it produces a pre-read memo that compresses a lawyer's first-pass review from hours to minutes.

The Prompt

Why it works: The five-task structure forces sequential extraction before conclusions. The role assignment narrows the model's frame to commercial contract norms. The 50-word quote limit keeps the flag list scannable.

Best for: General Counsel, Procurement leaders, CFOs handling vendor agreements

Deep dive: Claude 3.5 Sonnet for Rapid Contract Redlining and Legal Review Prep ->

04 / Productivity Gem

Teams Copilot Workflow: Automatic Meeting Summaries and Action Item Tracking

Tools: Microsoft Teams Premium (Copilot) | Saved: 40 min/wk

Teams Copilot generates a meeting recap within minutes. The gap most executives leave open is routing: the summary sits in Teams but action items never reach owners. This three-step prompt closes that gap.

• After the meeting ends, open Recap in Teams calendar and copy the full summary text (Ctrl+A, Ctrl+C in the Recap panel).
• Paste into Claude or ChatGPT with the routing prompt: extract action items as a table, flag [UNASSIGNED] and [DATE NEEDED] items, and draft a follow-up message.
• Send the structured output to action item owners via Teams message or email, and post the follow-up message to the meeting chat thread.

The Prompt

Time savings: Saves 40 min/wk by eliminating manual action item extraction and follow-up drafting across 5+ daily meetings.

Deep dive: Teams Copilot Workflow: Automatic Meeting Summaries and Action Item Tracking ->

The speed upgrade from Claude 3.5 Sonnet is not incremental. When an AI model responds in seconds rather than tens of seconds, executives keep their train of thought, iterate faster, and get to a usable output in one session rather than two.

Pick one workflow from this issue and run it this week. The Teams Copilot setup takes under ten minutes. The Claude contract redlining prompt works on the next vendor agreement that crosses your desk.

Forward this to one executive you respect. They will thank you next week.

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