Meta v OpenAI

Plus, five AI tools you may have missed

WELCOME

Happy Tuesday, legends. Welcome back to another edition of The Frontier — our weekly newsletter covering the best new AI launches on Product Hunt. This week, an all new Airtable, Google’s latest model, and the ongoing Meta and OpenAI hiring war.

TOP LAUNCHES

All new Airtable

TOP LAUNCHES

Airtable relaunched as an AI-native platform with Omni, your chat agent for building apps. Sketch data models, spin up UIs, wire automations and query your tables, all in one visual workspace you can tweak at any level.

DemoDazzle turns your face and voice into a demo powerhouse. Upload your mug and mic once, then watch your avatar run product walkthroughs, answer questions live, and pitch 24/7 without you ever logging in.

Gemma 3n packs text, image, audio and video smarts into your phone. It runs lightning-fast on-device, respects your privacy offline and still handles heavy tasks without frying your battery.

MoodGallery turns your feelings into art. You type an emotion, hit generate, and a unique image blooms to match your vibe, ready to tweak or share.

Gemini CLI injects Google’s AI into your terminal so you can generate code, squash bugs and parse logs without ever leaving the shell.

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H Company

Stop sweating the small stuff—Runner H is your tireless AI sidekick, born from a record-setting $220 M seed round, that turns your to-do list into “done” in just seconds.
Think of it as your personal assistant who never sleeps:

  • Inbox hero: Reads your emails, drafts replies (or even sends them!) while you sip your coffee.

  • Spreadsheet wizard: Whips up a live Google Sheet of ad-idea trends and drops it in Slack for your team.

  • Job hunt your way: Scouts openings, tailors applications, and clicks “submit” on your behalf.

  • CRM concierge: Scans leads and follows up with custom messages—no finger-tapping required.

  • Vacation planner: Books flights, hotels, confirmations…even packs your virtual bags (almost).

…plus any other boring, repetitive, time-sucking task you can dream up. Give Runner H access to your favorite tools, fire off a single prompt, and watch entire workflows spring to life. Ready to hand off your busywork?

WHAT’S HOT

AI hiring war

The escalation: Meta went on a hiring binge, grabbing eight top researchers from OpenAI in the past two weeks, including big names like Trapit Bansal, Shengjia Zhao, Jiahui Yu and more, all lured by rumored nine-figure offers to power Zuckerberg’s Superintelligence push.

The counterstrike: OpenAI research chief Mark Chen called it “a home robbery” in a leaked memo and scrambled to boost salaries and perks overnight to stop the bleeding.

Why it matters: This is more than poaching drama, it’s a battle for the brains behind tomorrow’s AI breakthroughs and a fight over who will control the next wave of foundational models.

The catch: Throwing cash at talent won’t guarantee magic, and both sides may find that buy-ins and buy-outs aren’t a substitute for genuine innovation under pressure.

TRENDING DISCUSSIONS

Battle of the giants

Gabe asked, “Should I ditch Cursor for Claude Code?” He’s torn between Cursor’s slick local-repo UI diffs and affordable tiers versus Claude Code’s heftier models, fewer reworks and free usage caps—some users even juggle both or sneak in Gemini CLI for extra juice. So the real question: do you stick with Cursor’s smooth editor vibe, level up with Claude Code’s brute-force accuracy, or hack together a mashup that keeps you flying?

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