Issue 117 | AI Agents, Thinking Plans, and Automated Workflows

AI Agents, Thinking Plans, and Automated Workflows

This week's standout story is NVIDIA's Vera Rubin platform and NemoClaw agent stack - a free, open-source governance layer that makes enterprise AI agents production-ready without a team of engineers. If your organization is building internal agents, this is the first thing worth testing.

9 min read

Issue 117

Quick Scan

What matters today

Format Weekly newsletter issue

Audience Executives using AI at work

Time 9 min read

Topic AI Agents, Thinking Plans, and Automated Workflows

Key points

OpenAI Ends Sora - App Shuts April 26, API September 24: OpenAI announced March 24 that Sora is being discontinued in phases: the app and web experience closes April 26; the API stays live until September 24, 2026, giving developers six months to migrate.
Slack AI Workflow Builder Launches - Plain Language to Deployed Automation: Starting March 25, Slack AI turns a plain-language sentence into a fully deployed Workflow Builder automation. Type "Remind my team to post project updates every Monday at 9 a.m.
Microsoft AI in SharePoint Enters Public Preview: Microsoft's AI in SharePoint (formerly Knowledge Agent, powered by Anthropic's Claude) entered public preview in March, automatically extracting and applying metadata to SharePoint content and improving the.

Welcome

This issue gives executives a clean scan of AI Agents, Thinking Plans, and Automated Workflows. Start with the quick hits, then use the companion guides for the workflows worth testing this week.

Quick Hits

Top AI Updates

1. NVIDIA Vera Rubin and NemoClaw: The Open-Source Enterprise AI Agent Stack Every Operations Leader Needs to Know

What NVIDIA announced at GTC 2026 and why it matters for executives building internal AI workflows

2. Microsoft Copilot March 2026: PowerPoint Formatting Automation and AI in SharePoint Are Ready to Use Now

How "Edit with Copilot" in PowerPoint works, what it standardizes, and what a real Copilot command looks like for formatting a client deck

3. ChatGPT Interactive Visual Modules: How Finance and Operations Teams Can Run Scenario Explorations Without Leaving the Chat Window

Where interactive modules fit versus a full spreadsheet model -- and when to use each

Pro Tip

How to add course-correction instructions mid-response while the model is actively working

Productivity Gem

What Slack AI Workflow Builder can now build from a plain-language description -- and what it cannot yet do

Health Tip

How Perplexity Health's Apple Health integration works and what data it can access from your Apple Watch

This information is for educational purposes only and is not medical advice. Please consult a qualified healthcare professional before making changes to your health routine.

Kids Tip

Kids create a hands-on AI project: Build Your Own AI That Recognizes Objects: A Kids Workshop Using Google Teachable Machine. A parent or educator helps them build, test, and explain what the AI tool gets right and wrong.

Wrap Up

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