Whats up whats uppp!
Before we get into this week's stuff, I want to say something.
This is the last newsletter of 2025.
To everyone who's been part of this year, the businesses that trusted us, our teammates who showed up every single day, you reading this right now, thank you.
Building Sidetool and Kleva wouldn't have been possible without the people who believed in what we're doing, gave us feedback, shared our stuff, or simply hit reply to say what's up.
None of this happens without you.
Here's to 2026.
Now let's get into it.
What I've been using
Claude Code with LSP
Claude Code just got a huge update: native LSP support.
Let me explain what this actually means.
Before this, when Claude needed to find where a function was defined or how different parts of your code connect, it was basically searching through text.
Like using Ctrl+F but smarter.
It worked, but it didn't really understand your code.
Now it does.
With LSP, Claude can see your codebase the way your IDE sees it. It knows that this function is called from these 5 places. It knows that this variable is a string, not a number.
The difference? Less mistakes and faster fixes.
If you're using Claude Code, make sure to update to 2.0.55+.
What caught my attention this week
Meta bought Manus for $2-3 billion
This one broke yesterday.
Manus is the AI agent that exploded in March. In 8 months they went from $0 to $100M ARR, the fastest any startup has ever done it. By the time Meta bought them, they were at $125M.
The numbers are insane: 147 trillion tokens processed, 80 million virtual computers created.
Meta is keeping Manus running independently but will integrate their agents into Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
Zuckerberg has been talking about "personal superintelligence" for a while.
And this might be it. AI agents integrated into your ecosystem. Booking stuff, researching, handling messages, running errands.
Not chatbots that answer questions, agents that get things done.
Perplexity offered $34.5B for Chrome
If you know me, I love to test new browsers. This year I've tested probably 10 different ones: Arc, Dia, Atlas, Comet, you name it.
So when I saw that Perplexity made a $34.5 billion offer to buy Chrome from Google, I had to pay attention.
Here's the context: the DOJ ruled that Google has an illegal monopoly in search. They ordered Google to sell Chrome. Perplexity saw an opportunity.
The funny part? Perplexity is valued at $18 billion. They offered almost double their own valuation.
As Tom Warren put it:
Will it happen? Probably not. Analysts say Chrome is worth closer to $100B. But Perplexity just inserted themselves into the biggest antitrust conversation in tech.
If you think about it, probably 90% of your work goes through your browser.
And it's pretty much the same as it was 20 years ago.
I've seen a bunch of companies try to change the experience, but none has nailed it yet.
Google Workspace Studio
Google launched Workspace Studio. It's an AI automation hub where you can build agents for Gmail, Drive, and Chat using plain English.
You describe what you want ("every Friday, ping me to update my tracker") and Gemini creates it. No code required.
It connects to Asana, Jira, Mailchimp, Salesforce. Early adopters reported 90% reduction in drafting time for some tasks.
If you live in Google Workspace, this is worth checking out.
The pace is insane
I want to talk about something.
Andrej Karpathy, the guy who built Tesla's AI and worked at OpenAI, posted this:
And Greg Isenberg said:
Everything is changing so fast. And it's really hard to keep up.
That's kind of why I started writing this.
I wanted it to feel like the conversations I have with my team. Like when a friend sends you something they found and says "you need to see this."
That's what this newsletter is about.
Looking ahead to 2026
Levelsio had an interesting take:
Maybe. But I think 2026 is going to be about something else: perfection and speed.
These last two months we've seen models getting really, really good. Not just "impressive demo" good, actually reliable. And I think at least the first quarter of 2026 is going to be about that, making things faster and making them work better.
At least that's what we're going to be focused on at Sidetool and Kleva.
That's it for 2025.
Thanks for reading. Thanks for replying. Thanks for being here.
If you have thoughts on what's coming in 2026, or just want to share how your 2025 went, reply. I read everything.
See you next year.
-Ed
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