ARK.ZHANG
@ark-zhang.bsky.social
🚀 Founder of iSpiral Inc
📍 Shanghai | Bay Area
📍 Shanghai | Bay Area
Tim Cook’s legacy at Apple 🍎
From Apple Watch to AirPods, M-series chips to Vision Pro…
From Apple Pay to Music, Fitness+, News+, and TV+…
Cook scaled Apple into the first $1T, $2T, and $3T company. 🚀
Not just a CEO — an architect of the world’s most valuable ecosystem. #Apple
From Apple Watch to AirPods, M-series chips to Vision Pro…
From Apple Pay to Music, Fitness+, News+, and TV+…
Cook scaled Apple into the first $1T, $2T, and $3T company. 🚀
Not just a CEO — an architect of the world’s most valuable ecosystem. #Apple
October 2, 2025 at 6:38 AM
Tim Cook’s legacy at Apple 🍎
From Apple Watch to AirPods, M-series chips to Vision Pro…
From Apple Pay to Music, Fitness+, News+, and TV+…
Cook scaled Apple into the first $1T, $2T, and $3T company. 🚀
Not just a CEO — an architect of the world’s most valuable ecosystem. #Apple
From Apple Watch to AirPods, M-series chips to Vision Pro…
From Apple Pay to Music, Fitness+, News+, and TV+…
Cook scaled Apple into the first $1T, $2T, and $3T company. 🚀
Not just a CEO — an architect of the world’s most valuable ecosystem. #Apple
👶 Your kid already has a tablet.
📱 68% of 8-year-olds in the U.S. do.
📸 They take photos. They watch TikTok.
But do they understand the world they see?
Meet Chance AI — the smart camera that turns every photo into a mini lesson.
Try it now: chance.vision
📱 68% of 8-year-olds in the U.S. do.
📸 They take photos. They watch TikTok.
But do they understand the world they see?
Meet Chance AI — the smart camera that turns every photo into a mini lesson.
Try it now: chance.vision
September 28, 2025 at 4:43 PM
👶 Your kid already has a tablet.
📱 68% of 8-year-olds in the U.S. do.
📸 They take photos. They watch TikTok.
But do they understand the world they see?
Meet Chance AI — the smart camera that turns every photo into a mini lesson.
Try it now: chance.vision
📱 68% of 8-year-olds in the U.S. do.
📸 They take photos. They watch TikTok.
But do they understand the world they see?
Meet Chance AI — the smart camera that turns every photo into a mini lesson.
Try it now: chance.vision
📚 Notion just launched the new Notion Academy
A structured way to level up your skills, earn badges, and even become a Certified Notion Admin 🏅Three clear learning paths:
Essentials → the basics
Workflows → build systems for your team
Advanced → expert-level mastery
#Notion #Productivity #Tools
A structured way to level up your skills, earn badges, and even become a Certified Notion Admin 🏅Three clear learning paths:
Essentials → the basics
Workflows → build systems for your team
Advanced → expert-level mastery
#Notion #Productivity #Tools
September 26, 2025 at 5:43 PM
📚 Notion just launched the new Notion Academy
A structured way to level up your skills, earn badges, and even become a Certified Notion Admin 🏅Three clear learning paths:
Essentials → the basics
Workflows → build systems for your team
Advanced → expert-level mastery
#Notion #Productivity #Tools
A structured way to level up your skills, earn badges, and even become a Certified Notion Admin 🏅Three clear learning paths:
Essentials → the basics
Workflows → build systems for your team
Advanced → expert-level mastery
#Notion #Productivity #Tools
👗 Bill Gates’ daughter just launched Phia — a “Google Flights for fashion,” raising $8M in 3.5 weeks.
The Gen Z playbook is clear:
- Mobile-first
- Social-native marketing
- AI at the core
That’s why we’re building Chance AI → snap a pic 📸, get instant knowledge.
Try: chance.vision
The Gen Z playbook is clear:
- Mobile-first
- Social-native marketing
- AI at the core
That’s why we’re building Chance AI → snap a pic 📸, get instant knowledge.
Try: chance.vision
Chance AI: Curiosity Lens — First Visual Agent
Chance AI Curiosity Lens is an AI camera for visual search—snap to search by image with visual intelligence, and act fast. An alternative to Google Lens.
Chance.vision
September 23, 2025 at 3:20 PM
👗 Bill Gates’ daughter just launched Phia — a “Google Flights for fashion,” raising $8M in 3.5 weeks.
The Gen Z playbook is clear:
- Mobile-first
- Social-native marketing
- AI at the core
That’s why we’re building Chance AI → snap a pic 📸, get instant knowledge.
Try: chance.vision
The Gen Z playbook is clear:
- Mobile-first
- Social-native marketing
- AI at the core
That’s why we’re building Chance AI → snap a pic 📸, get instant knowledge.
Try: chance.vision
👗 Bill Gates’ daughter Phoebe Gates (23) just launched Phia — a “Google Flights for fashion.”
🚀 500k users since April
💰 $8M seed in 3.5 weeks (Kleiner Perkins + Kris Jenner + Hailey Bieber + Sheryl Sandberg)
🔮 Vision: an AI shopping agent = Gen Z’s fashion OS
🚀 500k users since April
💰 $8M seed in 3.5 weeks (Kleiner Perkins + Kris Jenner + Hailey Bieber + Sheryl Sandberg)
🔮 Vision: an AI shopping agent = Gen Z’s fashion OS
September 23, 2025 at 3:15 PM
👗 Bill Gates’ daughter Phoebe Gates (23) just launched Phia — a “Google Flights for fashion.”
🚀 500k users since April
💰 $8M seed in 3.5 weeks (Kleiner Perkins + Kris Jenner + Hailey Bieber + Sheryl Sandberg)
🔮 Vision: an AI shopping agent = Gen Z’s fashion OS
🚀 500k users since April
💰 $8M seed in 3.5 weeks (Kleiner Perkins + Kris Jenner + Hailey Bieber + Sheryl Sandberg)
🔮 Vision: an AI shopping agent = Gen Z’s fashion OS
👓 Meta just dropped $799 Ray-Ban smart glasses with a tiny display.
Cool — but you know Chance AI also can explain the world you see:
📸 With Chance AI, snap a photo and instantly get bite-sized knowledge — from landmarks to artworks to daily curiosities.
Cool — but you know Chance AI also can explain the world you see:
📸 With Chance AI, snap a photo and instantly get bite-sized knowledge — from landmarks to artworks to daily curiosities.
September 19, 2025 at 9:52 AM
👓 Meta just dropped $799 Ray-Ban smart glasses with a tiny display.
Cool — but you know Chance AI also can explain the world you see:
📸 With Chance AI, snap a photo and instantly get bite-sized knowledge — from landmarks to artworks to daily curiosities.
Cool — but you know Chance AI also can explain the world you see:
📸 With Chance AI, snap a photo and instantly get bite-sized knowledge — from landmarks to artworks to daily curiosities.
🚀 Google just turned Chrome into an AI-powered operating layer.
Gemini is now embedded in Chrome — not just as a chatbot, but as a full agent that:
• Explains and edits any webpage (e.g., rewrite a recipe to be gluten-free)
• Summarizes across tabs, plans trips, compares products
Gemini is now embedded in Chrome — not just as a chatbot, but as a full agent that:
• Explains and edits any webpage (e.g., rewrite a recipe to be gluten-free)
• Summarizes across tabs, plans trips, compares products
September 18, 2025 at 6:17 PM
🚀 Google just turned Chrome into an AI-powered operating layer.
Gemini is now embedded in Chrome — not just as a chatbot, but as a full agent that:
• Explains and edits any webpage (e.g., rewrite a recipe to be gluten-free)
• Summarizes across tabs, plans trips, compares products
Gemini is now embedded in Chrome — not just as a chatbot, but as a full agent that:
• Explains and edits any webpage (e.g., rewrite a recipe to be gluten-free)
• Summarizes across tabs, plans trips, compares products
Zoom just declared war on AI meeting startups.
At Zoomtopia, they launched:
• AI Companion that works on Meet & Teams
• Structured AI notes (a la Granola)
• AI avatars that mimic your face
• MCP for custom agents
• "Free up my time" calendar AI
This is AgentOS in disguise.
#Zoomtopia2025 #AItools
At Zoomtopia, they launched:
• AI Companion that works on Meet & Teams
• Structured AI notes (a la Granola)
• AI avatars that mimic your face
• MCP for custom agents
• "Free up my time" calendar AI
This is AgentOS in disguise.
#Zoomtopia2025 #AItools
September 18, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Zoom just declared war on AI meeting startups.
At Zoomtopia, they launched:
• AI Companion that works on Meet & Teams
• Structured AI notes (a la Granola)
• AI avatars that mimic your face
• MCP for custom agents
• "Free up my time" calendar AI
This is AgentOS in disguise.
#Zoomtopia2025 #AItools
At Zoomtopia, they launched:
• AI Companion that works on Meet & Teams
• Structured AI notes (a la Granola)
• AI avatars that mimic your face
• MCP for custom agents
• "Free up my time" calendar AI
This is AgentOS in disguise.
#Zoomtopia2025 #AItools
❤️ MIT & Harvard just published the first large-scale study of AI romances.
Over 9 months they analyzed 1,500 posts from r/MyBoyfriendIsAI. Here’s what they found:
• Most didn’t plan on “dating” AI—it started accidentally: a chatbot that became a partner.
Over 9 months they analyzed 1,500 posts from r/MyBoyfriendIsAI. Here’s what they found:
• Most didn’t plan on “dating” AI—it started accidentally: a chatbot that became a partner.
September 17, 2025 at 6:53 AM
❤️ MIT & Harvard just published the first large-scale study of AI romances.
Over 9 months they analyzed 1,500 posts from r/MyBoyfriendIsAI. Here’s what they found:
• Most didn’t plan on “dating” AI—it started accidentally: a chatbot that became a partner.
Over 9 months they analyzed 1,500 posts from r/MyBoyfriendIsAI. Here’s what they found:
• Most didn’t plan on “dating” AI—it started accidentally: a chatbot that became a partner.
When Gemini (NanoBanana🍌) app tops GPT on the App Store…
Yes, Google’s Gemini really outranked GPT this week 🤯 after they launch the nano banana.
Fun? Sure.
Useful? Not really.
#AI #AppStore #NanoBanana #ChanceAI
Yes, Google’s Gemini really outranked GPT this week 🤯 after they launch the nano banana.
Fun? Sure.
Useful? Not really.
#AI #AppStore #NanoBanana #ChanceAI
September 17, 2025 at 6:23 AM
When Gemini (NanoBanana🍌) app tops GPT on the App Store…
Yes, Google’s Gemini really outranked GPT this week 🤯 after they launch the nano banana.
Fun? Sure.
Useful? Not really.
#AI #AppStore #NanoBanana #ChanceAI
Yes, Google’s Gemini really outranked GPT this week 🤯 after they launch the nano banana.
Fun? Sure.
Useful? Not really.
#AI #AppStore #NanoBanana #ChanceAI
🎙️ YouTube doubles down on podcasts:
AI tools to auto-generate clips & Shorts from video podcasts
Audio podcasters can turn shows into video with AI (2026)
Users now stream 100M+ hours of podcasts daily, 30% from livestreams/premieres
AI tools to auto-generate clips & Shorts from video podcasts
Audio podcasters can turn shows into video with AI (2026)
Users now stream 100M+ hours of podcasts daily, 30% from livestreams/premieres
September 16, 2025 at 6:50 PM
🎙️ YouTube doubles down on podcasts:
AI tools to auto-generate clips & Shorts from video podcasts
Audio podcasters can turn shows into video with AI (2026)
Users now stream 100M+ hours of podcasts daily, 30% from livestreams/premieres
AI tools to auto-generate clips & Shorts from video podcasts
Audio podcasters can turn shows into video with AI (2026)
Users now stream 100M+ hours of podcasts daily, 30% from livestreams/premieres
🚀 Google Gemini is skyrocketing:
12.6M downloads in the first half of Sept (+45% MoM)
Surpassed ChatGPT to hit #1 on US App Store
Top 5 iPhone app in 108 countries
185M total downloads since launch
iOS revenue up 1,291% since January
12.6M downloads in the first half of Sept (+45% MoM)
Surpassed ChatGPT to hit #1 on US App Store
Top 5 iPhone app in 108 countries
185M total downloads since launch
iOS revenue up 1,291% since January
September 16, 2025 at 6:29 PM
🚀 Google Gemini is skyrocketing:
12.6M downloads in the first half of Sept (+45% MoM)
Surpassed ChatGPT to hit #1 on US App Store
Top 5 iPhone app in 108 countries
185M total downloads since launch
iOS revenue up 1,291% since January
12.6M downloads in the first half of Sept (+45% MoM)
Surpassed ChatGPT to hit #1 on US App Store
Top 5 iPhone app in 108 countries
185M total downloads since launch
iOS revenue up 1,291% since January
At the heart of every empire is an ideology.
For OpenAI, it’s AGI “to benefit all of humanity.”
But journalist @karendhao argues AGI is no longer science — it’s religion. And OpenAI? The Vatican.
#AI #OpenAI #EmpireOfAI #AGI #TechEthics
For OpenAI, it’s AGI “to benefit all of humanity.”
But journalist @karendhao argues AGI is no longer science — it’s religion. And OpenAI? The Vatican.
#AI #OpenAI #EmpireOfAI #AGI #TechEthics
September 15, 2025 at 8:49 AM
At the heart of every empire is an ideology.
For OpenAI, it’s AGI “to benefit all of humanity.”
But journalist @karendhao argues AGI is no longer science — it’s religion. And OpenAI? The Vatican.
#AI #OpenAI #EmpireOfAI #AGI #TechEthics
For OpenAI, it’s AGI “to benefit all of humanity.”
But journalist @karendhao argues AGI is no longer science — it’s religion. And OpenAI? The Vatican.
#AI #OpenAI #EmpireOfAI #AGI #TechEthics
🏀 The WNBA Finals energy is at an all-time high — from Liberty’s historic run to superstar showdowns, every moment is a piece of women’s basketball history in the making.
👉http://chance.vision
#WNBA #WNBAFinals #Liberty #NewYorkLiberty #Basketball #AI #WomenInSports #AskFFT
👉http://chance.vision
#WNBA #WNBAFinals #Liberty #NewYorkLiberty #Basketball #AI #WomenInSports #AskFFT
September 14, 2025 at 2:19 PM
🏀 The WNBA Finals energy is at an all-time high — from Liberty’s historic run to superstar showdowns, every moment is a piece of women’s basketball history in the making.
👉http://chance.vision
#WNBA #WNBAFinals #Liberty #NewYorkLiberty #Basketball #AI #WomenInSports #AskFFT
👉http://chance.vision
#WNBA #WNBAFinals #Liberty #NewYorkLiberty #Basketball #AI #WomenInSports #AskFFT
🧠 Can LLM agents have personality? And can we use it to make them better?
The team behind ImageNet just dropped MBTI-in-Thoughts — a framework that primes LLMs with MBTI-style personalities without fine-tuning.
Here’s what they found 🧵
👇
📄 Paper: arxiv.org/abs/2509.04343
The team behind ImageNet just dropped MBTI-in-Thoughts — a framework that primes LLMs with MBTI-style personalities without fine-tuning.
Here’s what they found 🧵
👇
📄 Paper: arxiv.org/abs/2509.04343
Psychologically Enhanced AI Agents
We introduce MBTI-in-Thoughts, a framework for enhancing the effectiveness of Large Language Model (LLM) agents through psychologically grounded personality conditioning. Drawing on the Myers-Briggs T...
arxiv.org
September 14, 2025 at 11:18 AM
🧠 Can LLM agents have personality? And can we use it to make them better?
The team behind ImageNet just dropped MBTI-in-Thoughts — a framework that primes LLMs with MBTI-style personalities without fine-tuning.
Here’s what they found 🧵
👇
📄 Paper: arxiv.org/abs/2509.04343
The team behind ImageNet just dropped MBTI-in-Thoughts — a framework that primes LLMs with MBTI-style personalities without fine-tuning.
Here’s what they found 🧵
👇
📄 Paper: arxiv.org/abs/2509.04343
OpenAI, valued at $500B and eyeing an IPO 🚀
But its biggest hurdle isn’t the market—it’s Microsoft:
$13B investor, cloud partner… and competitor
OpenAI now free to use other cloud providers
Microsoft doubling down on its own frontier models
Nonprofit parent still holds >$100B stake
But its biggest hurdle isn’t the market—it’s Microsoft:
$13B investor, cloud partner… and competitor
OpenAI now free to use other cloud providers
Microsoft doubling down on its own frontier models
Nonprofit parent still holds >$100B stake
September 12, 2025 at 5:46 AM
OpenAI, valued at $500B and eyeing an IPO 🚀
But its biggest hurdle isn’t the market—it’s Microsoft:
$13B investor, cloud partner… and competitor
OpenAI now free to use other cloud providers
Microsoft doubling down on its own frontier models
Nonprofit parent still holds >$100B stake
But its biggest hurdle isn’t the market—it’s Microsoft:
$13B investor, cloud partner… and competitor
OpenAI now free to use other cloud providers
Microsoft doubling down on its own frontier models
Nonprofit parent still holds >$100B stake
🏈 Snapped this pic from tonight’s NFL matchup?
With our Mini-Encyclopedia AI, you can instantly identify:
Teams: Washington Commanders vs. Green Bay Packers
👉 Try chance.vision now and never miss the story behind the image.
#WashingtonCommanders #GreenBayPackers #NFL
With our Mini-Encyclopedia AI, you can instantly identify:
Teams: Washington Commanders vs. Green Bay Packers
👉 Try chance.vision now and never miss the story behind the image.
#WashingtonCommanders #GreenBayPackers #NFL
September 12, 2025 at 3:34 AM
🏈 Snapped this pic from tonight’s NFL matchup?
With our Mini-Encyclopedia AI, you can instantly identify:
Teams: Washington Commanders vs. Green Bay Packers
👉 Try chance.vision now and never miss the story behind the image.
#WashingtonCommanders #GreenBayPackers #NFL
With our Mini-Encyclopedia AI, you can instantly identify:
Teams: Washington Commanders vs. Green Bay Packers
👉 Try chance.vision now and never miss the story behind the image.
#WashingtonCommanders #GreenBayPackers #NFL
Perplexity just raised $200M at a $20B valuation.
3 years old. $1.5B raised. $200M ARR.
Not bad for a startup challenging Google.
– Offered to buy Chrome for $34.5B
– Running on OpenAI + Google Cloud + Oracle
– From “Answer Engine” → full agentic browser (Comet)
The AI search war just got real.
3 years old. $1.5B raised. $200M ARR.
Not bad for a startup challenging Google.
– Offered to buy Chrome for $34.5B
– Running on OpenAI + Google Cloud + Oracle
– From “Answer Engine” → full agentic browser (Comet)
The AI search war just got real.
September 11, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Perplexity just raised $200M at a $20B valuation.
3 years old. $1.5B raised. $200M ARR.
Not bad for a startup challenging Google.
– Offered to buy Chrome for $34.5B
– Running on OpenAI + Google Cloud + Oracle
– From “Answer Engine” → full agentic browser (Comet)
The AI search war just got real.
3 years old. $1.5B raised. $200M ARR.
Not bad for a startup challenging Google.
– Offered to buy Chrome for $34.5B
– Running on OpenAI + Google Cloud + Oracle
– From “Answer Engine” → full agentic browser (Comet)
The AI search war just got real.
Ranked: AI Chatbot Market Share (July 2025)
Based on website visit data, here’s how the chatbot race stands:
🥇 ChatGPT — 82.7%
🥈 Perplexity — 8.2%
🥉 Microsoft Copilot — 4.5%
👇 Google Gemini — 2.2%
🇨🇳 DeepSeek — 1.5%
🤖 Claude (Anthropic) — 0.9%
📊 Source: Statcounter via Voronoi
Based on website visit data, here’s how the chatbot race stands:
🥇 ChatGPT — 82.7%
🥈 Perplexity — 8.2%
🥉 Microsoft Copilot — 4.5%
👇 Google Gemini — 2.2%
🇨🇳 DeepSeek — 1.5%
🤖 Claude (Anthropic) — 0.9%
📊 Source: Statcounter via Voronoi
September 10, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Ranked: AI Chatbot Market Share (July 2025)
Based on website visit data, here’s how the chatbot race stands:
🥇 ChatGPT — 82.7%
🥈 Perplexity — 8.2%
🥉 Microsoft Copilot — 4.5%
👇 Google Gemini — 2.2%
🇨🇳 DeepSeek — 1.5%
🤖 Claude (Anthropic) — 0.9%
📊 Source: Statcounter via Voronoi
Based on website visit data, here’s how the chatbot race stands:
🥇 ChatGPT — 82.7%
🥈 Perplexity — 8.2%
🥉 Microsoft Copilot — 4.5%
👇 Google Gemini — 2.2%
🇨🇳 DeepSeek — 1.5%
🤖 Claude (Anthropic) — 0.9%
📊 Source: Statcounter via Voronoi
OpenAI isn’t just building models — it’s quietly building an entire ecosystem.
Here's a breakdown of OpenAI’s startup bets (2022–2024):
🔧 Developer Tools — Cursor, Harvey, Multi
🏢 Enterprise Automation — Mem, Kick, Unify
🤖 Robotics — Figure, Physical Intelligence (acq)
Here's a breakdown of OpenAI’s startup bets (2022–2024):
🔧 Developer Tools — Cursor, Harvey, Multi
🏢 Enterprise Automation — Mem, Kick, Unify
🤖 Robotics — Figure, Physical Intelligence (acq)
September 10, 2025 at 5:21 PM
OpenAI isn’t just building models — it’s quietly building an entire ecosystem.
Here's a breakdown of OpenAI’s startup bets (2022–2024):
🔧 Developer Tools — Cursor, Harvey, Multi
🏢 Enterprise Automation — Mem, Kick, Unify
🤖 Robotics — Figure, Physical Intelligence (acq)
Here's a breakdown of OpenAI’s startup bets (2022–2024):
🔧 Developer Tools — Cursor, Harvey, Multi
🏢 Enterprise Automation — Mem, Kick, Unify
🤖 Robotics — Figure, Physical Intelligence (acq)
Reddit just launched a new Publisher Toolkit — giving media orgs real tools to track performance and distribute content smarter 🛠️
#Reddit #MediaTech #PublishingTools #AI4News
#Reddit #MediaTech #PublishingTools #AI4News
September 10, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Reddit just launched a new Publisher Toolkit — giving media orgs real tools to track performance and distribute content smarter 🛠️
#Reddit #MediaTech #PublishingTools #AI4News
#Reddit #MediaTech #PublishingTools #AI4News
🎧 AirPods Pro 3:
– Adaptive Noise Isolation
– Personalized Spatial Audio 2.0
– New chip (H3 + U2) = ultra low-latency
– AI-driven hearing profile tuning
– Real-time translation (beta)
– Battery up 30%
Apple isn’t chasing gimmicks — it’s quietly redefining personal hearing.
#AirPodsPro3 #AppleEvent
– Adaptive Noise Isolation
– Personalized Spatial Audio 2.0
– New chip (H3 + U2) = ultra low-latency
– AI-driven hearing profile tuning
– Real-time translation (beta)
– Battery up 30%
Apple isn’t chasing gimmicks — it’s quietly redefining personal hearing.
#AirPodsPro3 #AppleEvent
September 10, 2025 at 5:42 AM
🎧 AirPods Pro 3:
– Adaptive Noise Isolation
– Personalized Spatial Audio 2.0
– New chip (H3 + U2) = ultra low-latency
– AI-driven hearing profile tuning
– Real-time translation (beta)
– Battery up 30%
Apple isn’t chasing gimmicks — it’s quietly redefining personal hearing.
#AirPodsPro3 #AppleEvent
– Adaptive Noise Isolation
– Personalized Spatial Audio 2.0
– New chip (H3 + U2) = ultra low-latency
– AI-driven hearing profile tuning
– Real-time translation (beta)
– Battery up 30%
Apple isn’t chasing gimmicks — it’s quietly redefining personal hearing.
#AirPodsPro3 #AppleEvent