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The best agent-building tools for citizen developers
Plus: the Microsoft-OpenAI alliance collapses, what actually works for agents in 2025, and more
Michael Cunningham
June 19, 2025
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Sam Altman says Meta is offering $100M signing bonuses to OpenAI staff.
Not $100M annual compensation, just the signing bonus!
He clowned Meta: “that’s not how you build a great culture.” Also said none of OpenAI’s best people are leaving.
This AI talent war is crazy.
— Yuchen Jin (@Yuchenj_UW)
11:23 PM • Jun 17, 2025
If any of my readers at Meta are interested, hit my line. I’ll sign on for only $50 million.
In today’s issue…
The best agent-building tools for citizen developers
How to build with Google’s Agent Development Kit
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What actually works with agents in 2025
Don’t build multi-agents (?)
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