🌐 Perplexity opens Comet to all

Good morning, AI enthusiast. Perplexity just made its Comet AI browser free worldwide, aiming to take on Chrome, Dia, and even OpenAI’s rumored browser.

In today’s AI newsletter:

• Perplexity opens Comet browser to all users

• Google expands Jules into developer workflows

• Where startups are really spending on AI

• How to create hyper-realistic fashion images with Kora

AI NEWS

🌐 Perplexity Opens Up Comet Browser

Perplexity’s Comet browser, previously exclusive to its $200/month Max plan, is now free to all users. Designed to compete with Chrome, Dia, and OpenAI’s upcoming browser, Comet blends AI assistance directly into your browsing experience.

→ Sidecar assistant helps summarize, navigate, and manage web pages in real time
→ Free users get access to Discover, Spaces, Shopping, Travel, Finance, and Sports tools
→ Pro plan ($20/month) unlocks advanced AI models, media generation, and file uploads
→ Max users gain early product access, an AI email assistant, and the new “background assistant”
→ Background assistant acts like “mission control,” running multiple tasks in parallel (sending emails, booking flights, finding tickets) with progress tracking and notifications

Why is important: By making Comet free, Perplexity is betting on AI-native browsing as a wedge against entrenched players. If its assistants truly boost productivity, Comet could be the first AI browser that convinces people to switch from their defaults.

AI CODING

💻 Google Expands Jules Into Developer Workflows

Google is bringing its AI coding agent Jules deeper into developer toolchains with a new command-line interface (CLI) and public API, making it easier to integrate into terminals, CI/CD pipelines, Slack, and IDEs.

→ Jules Tools CLI reduces context switching by letting developers delegate tasks directly from their terminal
→ Public API opens Jules to broader integrations, including IDEs like VS Code
→ Designed for “scoped tasks” vs. Google’s Gemini CLI, which is more iterative and collaborative
→ Recently added memory for user preferences, improved diff viewer, image uploads, and PR comment handling
→ Pricing: free tier with 15 daily tasks; Pro ($19.99/month) and Ultra ($124.99/month) tiers raise limits up to 20x

Why is important: As the AI coding agent race heats up, Google is positioning Jules as a fast, low-friction coding partner embedded directly into workflows. By expanding beyond GitHub and into everyday dev environments, Google aims to make Jules an essential layer of modern software development.

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AI RESEARCH

💸 Where Startups Really Spend on AI

Andreessen Horowitz released its AI Spending Report, analyzing payments from fintech startup Mercury’s 200,000+ customers to see which AI startups are actually making money, not just hype.

→ OpenAI leads the pack, with Anthropic at No. 2
→ Perplexity (No. 12) and Merlin AI (No. 30) make the cut among general assistants
→ Vibe coding tools like Replit, Cursor, Lovable, and Emergent show demand beyond consumers into enterprise workflows
→ Creative tools dominate with 10 entries: Freepik (No. 4), ElevenLabs (No. 5), Kling (No. 15), Canva (No. 17)
→ Other hot categories: meeting assistants, industry-specific AI employees, and agentic tools

Why is important: Startup budgets reveal where the real adoption is happening. OpenAI and Anthropic may dominate, but categories like creative tools and AI-powered coding platforms are proving just as sticky with paying customers.

HOW TO AI

How to Create Hyper-Realistic Fashion Images with Kora

Kora is an AI tool built for fashion content, portraits, selfies, and dynamic camera shots. It specializes in realism, 4K image generation, and accurate prompt interpretation, so your fashion ideas come to life exactly as you imagine.

🧰 Who is This For

• Fashion photographers and stylists who want high-quality visuals for campaigns

• E-commerce brands needing realistic product and model images

• Content creators producing eye-catching fashion imagery for social media

• Marketing teams designing ads, posters, or editorial spreads without full photoshoots

STEP 1: Access Kora

Head over to Kora on Enhancor. Once the page loads, you’ll see a clean chat-style interface. At the bottom, there’s a text box labeled “Describe your fashion scene.” Below that, you’ll find configuration settings where you can customize your image, including model selection, aspect ratio, and output type like Altra or Pro.

STEP 2: Write Your Prompt

Click on the text box and describe your fashion scene in full detail. Include specifics about clothing, fabrics, poses, camera angles, background elements, and the mood you want. The more detailed your prompt, the better Kora will render the scene. For example:

"A straight-on, eye-level shot from the foot of a messy hotel bed. A woman with sleek black hair, sunglasses, silver jewelry, and tattoos sits inside an oversized bright green Bottega Veneta shopping bag, only her upper body visible. The background shows unmade sheets, cluttered room service trays, and designer furniture. Mood: satirical glamour, deadpan luxury, fashion as packaging."

STEP 3: Configure Your Settings

Below your prompt, select the model you want to use and set the aspect ratio. Choose between Altra or Pro depending on your desired output quality. You can tweak other options as needed, such as resolution or output type, to get the exact look you want.

STEP 4: Generate Your Image

Once everything is set, click the Generate button. Kora will process your prompt and produce a hyper-realistic fashion image in seconds, complete with accurate details, lighting, and textures. You can then download or iterate further by adjusting the prompt or settings.

ESSENTIAL BITES

• OpenAI’s Sora app surged to No. 3 on the U.S. App Store, hitting 164K downloads in its first two days and outpacing Claude and Copilot, following its invite-only launch.

• Anthropic hired former Stripe CTO Rahul Patil as its new CTO to oversee AI infrastructure, while co-founder Sam McCandlish moves to chief architect, focusing on model training and pre-training.

• Google launched Gemini 2.5 Flash Image (Nano Banana) with new aspect ratios and prompt customization, now generally available.

• Sequoia-backed AI design startup Visual Electric is joining Perplexity’s new Agent Experiences group and will shut down in 90 days, with data export and refunds for users.

Hot AI Tools

🎥 Sora 2: OpenAI’s next-gen video AI

⚙️ Tinker: Thinking Machines’ API for fine-tuning LLMs

🌐 CWM: Meta’s open LLM for code research

💼 Claude in Slack: Search & reference workspaces

That's it! See you tomorrow

- Dr. Alvaro Cintas