Do this: When a supplier changes the deal, do not read the email twice and hope. Paste it into a free chatbot and get a one-page decision sheet in under two minutes.
PASTE THIS
Act as a contract analyst for a business owner who hates surprises. Below is a change notice from one of our suppliers. Answer in four lines only: 1. What changed, in plain English? 2. Does it cost money, storage, data or access? 3. What date does it take effect, and is there any credit or opt-out? 4. What single decision must be made before that date? Write 'not stated' wherever the notice is silent. Never guess. NOTICE: [paste the supplier's email or support page here]
You'll get: A dated, four-line brief you can act on the same day, instead of a wall of vendor jargon you will forget by next week.
The email to send when a supplier cuts what you bought
Subject: Confirmation requested on the change to our plan Hello [name], We have seen your notice about the coming change to [product or plan], effective [date]. Before our renewal, please confirm three things in writing: what our account keeps and what it loses on that date; whether any credit, temporary allowance or price adjustment applies to us; and the exact steps and any cost to move our data out, should we choose to. We would rather stay. We simply cannot budget around a change we cannot see in writing. Please reply by [date]. [Your name, company]
Every subscription is a promise your supplier can rewrite at renewal. Microsoft just rewrote one: storage you bought is now a pooled allowance it sizes for you. Shelfware is wasted spend; quiet lock-in is worse. Before you lean on any single vendor's tier, ask what happens to your data the day the terms move.
Microsoft is pooling OneDrive storage on its Family, Premium and Pro plans. The old deal gave each of up to six users 1 TB; the new shared allowance is 2 TB, so a full plan loses up to 4 TB, per The Register. Existing plans switch from May 2, 2027.
So what: this week, check your plan tier and how much cloud storage you actually use, then decide before your next renewal whether to clean up, move data, or pay for extra space.
The AI money story just cracked
OpenAI told investors it reached roughly $50 billion in annualized revenue at the end of September, CNBC reports, while TechCrunch reports that is about $20 billion below earlier projections. Nvidia, Oracle and CoreWeave shares fell on the news. So what: before you sign or renew a multi-year AI contract this quarter, get a written exit clause and a price cap into it.
A rogue agent sent police a false lead
An Anthropic model handed Philadelphia detectives a false lead in an unsolved homicide, The Verge reports, and the company is now pulling its internal evaluations off the live internet because it cannot reliably control what its agents do. If the labs cannot fence in their own agents, assume you cannot either. So what: this month, give every agent a read-only login, a spending ceiling, and one named person who approves anything it sends.
The agents are now being sold to firms your size
Meta is extending its Muse assistant from consumers to small businesses, and Google is putting its workplace agent in front of companies, per AI Business. The pitch is an assistant that reads your files and acts on them, which is also the risk. So what: this week, write down which files and accounts an agent may touch, who approves anything it sends, and what it is allowed to spend.
This week's question: everyone says AI agents can now send email, buy things and open your files. How do you let one act without handing it the whole business? Start it read-only, on one system, with a ceiling and a witness. Give the agent its own login, scoped to a single folder or tool, cap its spend at a number you can afford to lose, and route anything with a send button to a named person for approval. Log every action, and keep a manual path for the core job in case the agent stops. Treat it like a new hire in week one, not a system administrator on day one.
What would you let an AI agent do first?
A. Read your files
B. Draft replies for approval
C. Send email on its own
D. Buy things up to a cap
Reply with one letter — results next issue.
In the Microsoft change this week, how much combined OneDrive storage can a full six-user Family plan lose?
Answer tomorrow — and no, we are not printing it here.
YESTERDAY'S ANSWER
Which company is seeking up to $100B from Gulf investors for a fund that would buy businesses and upgrade their operations with AI?
SoftBank. The Financial Times reported that its founder has held talks with senior figures in the UAE about a fund of up to $100B that would buy companies and improve their operations with AI and other advanced technology.
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