AI Business Brief
Your bi-weekly field guide to AI changes that affect how you run your business.
AI Reference Guide
When we mention a product or platform in the Brief, this is where you can look it up. Think of this as your field guide to the AI landscape — who makes it, what it does, and why it keeps coming up.
Chat & Assistant Platforms
ChatGPT (OpenAI) — the most widely known AI assistant, used for writing, research, and general task support
Claude (Anthropic) — AI assistant known for handling long documents, nuanced reasoning, and safer outputs
Gemini (Google) — Google's AI assistant, integrated across Search, Workspace, and Android
Enterprise & Business Platforms
Microsoft Copilot — AI embedded across Microsoft 365 (Word, Excel, Outlook, Teams)
Claude for Government / Claude for Enterprise (Anthropic) — compliance-ready versions of Claude for regulated industries
Gemini for Workspace (Google) — enterprise AI built into Google Docs, Sheets, Gmail, and Meet
Amazon Q (AWS) — AI assistant for business data, coding, and AWS cloud operations
Coding & Development Tools
Claude Code (Anthropic) — command-line AI coding agent
GitHub Copilot (Microsoft/OpenAI) — AI pair programmer inside code editors
Cursor — AI-first code editor built on top of large language models
Windsurf (Codeium) — AI code editor for professional developers
Replit — browser-based coding platform with built-in AI assistance
AI Models (The Engines Behind the Products)
GPT-4o, GPT-4.5 (OpenAI) — models powering ChatGPT and Copilot
Claude Sonnet, Claude Opus (Anthropic) — models powering Claude products
Gemini Pro, Gemini Ultra (Google) — models powering Gemini products
Llama (Meta) — open-source models anyone can run or build on
Mistral (Mistral AI) — European open-source AI models
How to Read Your Brief
GENERAL AI
Consumer-facing AI products and updates that affect how your team works day to day. Think ChatGPT getting a new feature, Google rolling out AI in search, or a new tool hitting the market. These are the changes your employees are already encountering, whether you have a policy for them or not.
ENTERPRISE AI
AI platforms and updates built specifically for business operations at scale. This covers products like Claude for Government, Gemini for Workspace, Microsoft Copilot for 365, and similar tools designed for security, compliance, and team-wide deployment. If it requires an admin to set up or an IT decision to approve, it lives here.
AI FOR CODING
AI tools that write, review, or assist with code. This section matters even if you don't have developers on staff, because these tools are changing how software gets built, how fast vendors ship updates, and what's now possible to build in-house without a full engineering team.
The Briefing Room
