First, the ChatGPT era. Now, the Claude Code and agentic coding era. Up next? My hunch is always-on intelligence.
There is an iPhone-caliber product to be built around this idea.
You read an article on Tuesday. By Thursday, it connects to a conversation you are having. You know you saved it. And when you need it, you cannot find it.
What if you had an executive assistant monitoring not just that one article, but every input across your knowledge work? An assistant with memory, an understanding of your goals, and the ability to help you move toward outcomes before you even ask?
We are starting to see early versions of this with OpenClaw and Claude Cowork. In a prototype of AmbitiousOS, Claude maintains a living wiki on top of the source material. New inputs update a growing knowledge base on companies, people, and concepts.
It feels like hiring your own librarian to build a private Library of Alexandria around your work. Over time, your accumulated knowledge starts to look less like a pile of inputs and more like a living asset.
Somebody is going to productize this. And win big.
This may be part of what Jony Ive is now working on with OpenAI. Maybe it is something even bigger.