GPT-5 is coming soon

OpenAI is targeting an August launch date

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Eddie Yoon
July 24, 2025 • Read time: 7 minutes

👋 Good morning/evening (wherever you are). It’s Thursday.

After months of speculation and internal testing, OpenAI is now expected to launch GPT-5 as early as August.

What can we expect?

Sam Altman teased it on Theo Von’s podcast, calling it “the smartest thing...smarter than us in almost every way.”

Leaving aside the obvious bias from Sam, who runs an AI company and has to hype it up, we all need to admit one thing…even if AI stopped at GPT-4 right now, it has already fundamentally changed the world.

Seriously, let that sink in for a second.

Now snap back to reality.

AI is not slowing down.

The rest of this year is going to be a wild ride.

OK let’s keep going ↓

🔥 Creative pulse

I always love it when Matt Zien texts me about his new video because I know it’s going to take me on a WILD trip.

The incredible thing is, I don’t even think he realizes how good he is.

Anyways, you’ll love it. It’s about the last night before AGI.

PS: I’m launching an AI creative community in less than 7 days. I’ll share the link here first. Keep an eye out.

💡 Here’s what you should know

Wait, is Vine really coming back? ↓

If you have no idea what Vine is, it used to be the OG short-form video app years ago. Basically, the TikTok before TikTok.

💰 The numbers

  • Q.ANT secured €62M (~$73M) in Series A financing to scale its photonic AI co-processor hardware, promising significantly lower power computing for AI and HPC workloads.

  • LegalOn raised $50M to scale its AI-powered legal contract and workflow platform globally with agentic features and enterprise reach.

  • Trunk Tools raised $40M to build an AI assistant for construction workers that lets teams query schedules, RFIs, and drawings using natural language.

  • Netrasemi raised a ₹107 cr (~$13M) Series A to build edge‑AI system‑on‑chip (SoC) hardware for surveillance, robotics, smart home, and industrial IoT markets.

  • American Heart Association awarded $10.5M to support two AI-driven projects targeting early detection through echocardiography and real-time CPR guidance.

  • Memories.ai raised $8M to launch the first Large Visual Memory Model for long-context video analysis.

🧠 Thought starters

AI skills are quickly becoming one of the most valuable career assets, not just in tech but across the economy.

Here’s some key stats:

  • AI job postings are up 700% over the last decade

  • Over 80,000 job postings in 2025 mention generative AI, up from 3,780 in 2010

  • AI jobs pay an average of $18,000 more per year, or 28 percent higher than similar roles without AI skills

  • AI-related job postings have grown at 29 percent annually over the last 15 years, compared to 11 percent for all job postings

Source: Brookings Institution analysis using Lightcast and U.S. Census Bureau data (2025)

I’ll leave you with this: knowing how to train AI models will be a very valuable skill.

Because if you can train one AI model, then you can create mini systems.

If you create mini systems…then you’ll unlock new doors in your life.

Stick around, I’m planning deep-dive training sessions in the future, including how-tos and full walkthroughs of AI setups.

Reminder: Don’t be part of the 16% of working professionals who pretend to use AI at work.

😂 Meme of the day

"What if AI gets so smart the President can't do better than ChatGPT-7's recommendation and doesn't even understand it? What if I can't make a better decision about OpenAI and just say, 'You're in charge. Good luck.'"

Wait…we’re just skipping ahead and talking about GPT-7 now??

Thanks for reading,

Eddie

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