šŸ”µMulti-Model Wars, Shadow AI Reality, and the Rise of Voice Interfaces

October 2nd Edition 2025. ChatGPT Becomes an App Platform, Claude joins Copilot, shadow AI outperforms, and voice becomes core enterprise tech.

šŸ‘‹ Welcome

Welcome to this week's edition of the Business AI Newsletter.

What’s Inside This Edition:

  • ChatGPT Becomes an App Platform & AgentKit Arrives

  • Microsoft’s Bold AI Shift → Anthropic’s Claude joins Microsoft 365 Copilot, breaking OpenAI’s monopoly.

  • Shadow AI vs. Enterprise ROI → MIT reveals why 95% of corporate GenAI projects fail—and how employees are quietly outperforming official pilots.

  • Voice Is the Next Keyboard → Why AI-driven speech tech is crossing into business infrastructure and unlocking untapped data.

šŸš€ ChatGPT Becomes an App Platform, and AgentKit Enters the Stage

OpenAI announced two major shifts that redefine how we’ll use and build with AI:

🟢Apps Inside ChatGPT – From Assistant to Platform

- Apps are now embedded directly in ChatGPT conversations, so you can interact with services without leaving chat.
- Early partners include Booking.com, Canva, Coursera, Expedia, Figma, Spotify, Zillow (with DoorDash, OpenTable, Target, Uber and more on the way).
- Developers get access to a preview SDK to start building apps, with an app directory and review process coming later.
- The result: seamless in-chat experiences where AI can surface the right tools in context—whether for booking, design, or search.

Availability: Rolling out globally now, with EU support coming soon.


šŸ”µ AgentKit — Build Agents Without the Glue Work

Think of AgentKit as OpenAI’s ā€œall-in-one toolkitā€ for turning agent ideas into real, working systems. Instead of stitching tools together yourself, AgentKit provides:
- Visual Builder → drag-and-drop workflow canvas for designing agent flows
- Built-in Integrations → connect to data (via MCP), use ChatKit widgets, and tap into OpenAI models
- Configurable Guardrails → set boundaries for safe, reliable behavior
- Logic & Data Components → handle transformations and decisions inside the flow
- Templates → jump-start with prebuilt patterns for common use cases
- Preview & Test Mode → see how your agent behaves before going live
- One-Click Deployment → push agents into production without custom plumbing
- Deep API Integration → works seamlessly across OpenAI’s ecosystem

Availability:
- ChatKit + new Evals → General Availability
- Agent Builder → Beta
- Connector Registry → Rolling out in beta to API, Enterprise, Edu customers

Why It Matters?
Together, these launches transform ChatGPT into a platform for apps and agents—blurring the line between conversation, action, and integration.

The opportunity for developers and businesses?
Build apps that meet users where they already are: in ChatGPT.
Deploy agents that are reliable enough for enterprise-grade workflows.

Microsoft just made a bold AI move: Embraces Anthropic's Claude

Microsoft just made a game-changing AI move: it’s officially bringing Anthropic’s Claude into Microsoft 365 Copilot.

Until now, Copilot was powered almost entirely by OpenAI’s GPT models. That’s over: enterprises now get a multi-model choice inside the same product experience.

Why it matters:

  • āœ… Enterprise Choice – Pick Claude or GPT depending on the task

  • āœ… Performance Fit – Claude shines at reasoning & structure; GPT at creativity

  • āœ… Multi-Platform – Rolling gradually out across 365 Copilot, Copilot Studio, and Azure Databricks

  • āš ļø Admin Note – Admins must explicitly opt-in for Anthropic in Microsoft 365 (Researcher Agent / Copilot Studio), and it’s hosted outside Microsoft (on AWS)

Claude’s Meteoric Rise. The numbers tell a compelling story:

  • $183B valuation as of September 2025 (vs $61.5B in March 2025)

  • 45% of API calls now come from enterprise platforms

  • 30M+ monthly active users globally in Q2 2025 (40% YoY growth)

  • 25B+ API calls per month as of June 2025

This isn’t just a Microsoft update—it’s the official start of the multi-model enterprise era.

šŸ’° From Shadow AI to Real ROI

MIT’s State of AI in Business 2025 Report just dropped—and the results are sobering:

  • 95% of GenAI projects yield zero measurable ROI.

  • Only 5% of AI pilots deliver meaningful outcomes.

  • Employees using ā€œShadow AIā€ tools independently are often outperforming official corporate initiatives.

The GenAI Divide → Buyers (enterprises stuck in pilots) vs. Builders (AI-native startups scaling at speed).

Where the Money Really Is:

  • Operations & finance

  • Document processing automation

  • Cutting external agency spend

What Leaders Should Do Now:

  • Start distributed experimentation—don’t wait for perfect use cases

  • Learn from shadow AI patterns inside your workforce

  • Focus on back-office optimization (where ROI is emerging fastest)

  • Build adaptive systems with memory & learning baked in

Translation: Stop chasing shiny demos. Follow the workflows where employees are already winning with AI.

šŸŽ™ļø Voice Is the Next Keyboard

Typing is optional. Speaking is inevitable.

The AI voice generator market is set to hit $20.4B by 2030, growing 37% annually (MarketsandMarkets). With speech-to-text hitting 95–98% accuracy, voice AI is crossing from novelty to enterprise infrastructure.

Key Insights:

1.  Voice AI bridges human + machine workflows / Friction Removal
šŸ”øField workers, doctors, and lawyers resist typing into systems—but they'll talk to them. Voice interfaces dramatically lower the friction barrier to digital tool adoption across industries where keyboards are impractical or intrusive.
šŸ”øBusiness implication: Voice AI isn't just a feature—it's a change management strategy that drives adoption of digital workflows.

2. Conversations: Business's Richest Untapped Dataset
Most companies record calls but never analyze them systematically. Voice AI can surface actionable patterns:
šŸ”øWhy customers churn
šŸ”øWhat objections block sales
šŸ”øHow top performers communicate differently than average reps
Business implication: Leaders who mine conversations for insights outperform those who merely automate them.

3. Hybrid Sweet Spot:
Letting AI to handle the first 2–3 simple, repetitive turns (FAQs, status checks), then seamlessly route complex issues to human agents—capturing ~70% cost savings while freeing humans to focus on higher-value interactions.

Why This Matters for Business:

  • Voice = the most natural, hands-free interface

  • Unlocks new signals: tone, urgency, emotion

  • Expands digital adoption into industries where typing fails

Key Players:

  • Infrastructure: ElevenLabs, Deepgram, Retell AI

  • Enterprise Platforms: PolyAI, Twilio

🌐 What’s Next: The Agentic Web

MIT warns of a coming Agentic Web—autonomous AI agents transacting across the internet, unlocking an estimated $2.3T in latent labor value.

Final Thought

The future of business AI isn’t about a single model, tool, or feature. It’s about choice, adaptability, and learning from the bottom up.

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The Business AI Team
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