The Latest And Greatest in Gen AI Learnings

Drowning in AI information? Experts at Vellum distill the latest and greatest into bite-sized articles to keep you informed.

What Are Plugins? A Practical Guide

What Are Plugins? A Practical Guide

Plugins are how your AI assistant gains capabilities built by others. This guide covers what a plugin is, how it differs from a skill, what plugins are good for, and how to install or build your own without writing code.

Marina Trajkovska
LLM basics

10 Best AI Coworkers in 2026: Reviewed & Compared

An AI coworker works alongside you throughout your workday — connecting to your tools, persisting context across sessions, and reaching out when something needs attention. Here are the 10 best in 2026 and who each is built for.

Nicolas Zeeb
What Can a Personal AI Assistant Actually Do? (2026)
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What Can a Personal AI Assistant Actually Do? (2026)

A plain-English guide to what a personal AI assistant can actually do in 2026, organized by capability: inbox and calendar, working across your tools, memory, and building apps. Plus best practices for working with one and how to choose the right assistant.

Nicolas Zeeb
Jun 8, 20269 min min read
10 Best Local AI Assistants in 2026
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10 Best Local AI Assistants in 2026

The 10 best local AI assistants in 2026, scored on memory, actions, and trust. Vellum leads, with honest takes on Open Interpreter, Goose, Khoj, Hermes, Jan, AnythingLLM, and more.

Nicolas Zeeb
Jun 8, 2026
How to become the AI-native hire every company wants
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How to become the AI-native hire every company wants

It's 2026, and AI agents can produce entry-level work at a much lower cost than a human employee. ClickUp, Webflow, Wix are one of many who'll cut roles and save capital to attract high-leverage hires. Here's how to become one.

Anita Kirkovska
May 28, 2026
A practical guide to AI automation
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A practical guide to AI automation

AI automation has a new destination in 2026: the personal AI assistant. A practical guide to what AI automation looks like across industries and teams, why most rollouts stall, and the form factor that finally drives ROI.

Nicolas Zeeb
May 24, 202615 min read
Top low‑code AI workflow automation tools
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Top low‑code AI workflow automation tools

A practical 2026 guide to low-code AI workflow automation tools. How Wrk, Zapier, Make, n8n, Pipedream, Power Automate, Workato, Tray.ai, and UiPath compare, and where a personal AI assistant like Vellum fits.

Nicolas Zeeb
May 22, 20267 min min read
AI psychosis is real, and you probably have it

AI psychosis is real, and you probably have it

Karpathy calls it AI psychosis. Garry Tan calls it cyber psychosis. Researchers call it brain fry. I call it competence addiction. Here's what's actually happening to the people building with AI.

Anita Kirkovska
Apr 14, 202616 min min read
Your AI Assistant Should Work for You, Not Worry You
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Your AI Assistant Should Work for You, Not Worry You

AI assistants need access to your stuff to be useful. We built Vellum so you never have to choose between power and safety — every security layer is designed with one assumption: what if the AI tried to work against you?

David Vargas
Mar 18, 2026
OpenAI's Agent Builder Explained
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OpenAI's Agent Builder Explained

A breakdown of OpenAI’s new Agent Builder and what it signals for the future of building and deploying AI agents.

Anita Kirkovska
Feb 19, 20266 min min read
AI transformation playbook
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AI transformation playbook

Use this playbook to execute a battle tested strategy for AI transformation, that will make your business AI native.

Nicolas Zeeb
Dec 9, 202515 min min read
Top 12 AI Workflow Platforms
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Top 12 AI Workflow Platforms

A practical guide to the top AI workflow platforms, with comparisons to help you choose the best fit for your team.

Nicolas Zeeb
Dec 4, 20258 min min read
GPT-5 Benchmarks
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GPT-5 Benchmarks

See how GPT-5 performs across benchmarks; with a big focus on health

Anita Kirkovska
Dec 3, 20257 min min read
A Guide to LLM Observability
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A Guide to LLM Observability

Think your APM tool has your AI covered? Think again. LLMs need their own observability playbook.

Anita Kirkovska
Oct 17, 202510 min min read
We don’t speak JSON
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We don’t speak JSON

Why forcing LLMs to output structured data is a flawed paradigm, and what might come next for developers.

David Vargas
Sep 15, 20256 min min read
Top 12 AI Workflow Platforms
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Top 12 AI Workflow Platforms

A practical guide to the top AI workflow platforms, with comparisons to help you choose the best fit for your team.

Nicolas Zeeb
Sep 12, 20258 min min read
What is Agentic RAG?
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What is Agentic RAG?

Discover how combining agents with RAG can make your AI workflows more context-aware, and proactive.

Liz Acosta
Feb 19, 20258 min min read
Cursor AI is god tier
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Cursor AI is god tier

I’d Pay $2,000 Out of My Own Pocket to Keep Using Cursor - The tab + context is next level.

Oct 1, 20244 min min read
Announcing Vellum VPC
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Announcing Vellum VPC

Vellum now offers VPC installations for secure AI development in your cloud, keeping data private and compliant.

Akash Sharma
Aug 27, 2024
When to use fine-tuning?
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When to use fine-tuning?

Fine-tuning can provide significant benefits in cost, quality & latency when compared to prompting

Akash Sharma
Feb 7, 2023