$20,000 AI Agents

PLUS: Windsurf Wave 4 Huge Updates and Alibaba's new model

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Daily AI Skills
March 06, 2025

Welcome back to Daily AI Skills.

Here’s what we are covering today:
1. Windsurf Wave 4 - Big Updates + 15 Projects
2. OpenAI Premium Agents - $20k/mo
3. Alibaba QwQ 32B-AI - Small but mighty

Windsurf Wave 4 Major Updates

Wave 4 is here, packed with game-changing features to streamline your development workflow. This update moves Windsurf from catching up to leading the industry in AI-native coding.

Key Highlights

  • Previews – Click on UI components to modify them instantly & auto-send console errors to Cascade for debugging—no manual copy-pasting needed.

  • Tab-to-Import – Automatically add necessary imports when using new dependencies, making coding smoother.

  • Linter Integration – Cascade now detects and fixes linter errors before finalizing suggestions, reducing friction.

  • Suggested Actions – After making changes, Cascade now suggests next steps to keep your workflow moving efficiently.

  • MCP Discoverability – Easily identify and integrate helpful MCP servers directly within the product.

  • Drag & Drop Files – Attach editor tabs or files from your system straight into Cascade for better context.

  • Enterprise Model Controls – Organizations can now set restrictions on which AI models can be used internally.

OpenAI Premium AI Agents for $20k/mo

OpenAI is reportedly gearing up to launch a set of specialized AI agents, priced between $2,000 and $20,000 per month, designed for tasks like professional knowledge work and advanced research.

Key Details:

  • OpenAI plans to offer three agent tiers: business professionals ($2K/month), advanced software developers ($10K/month), and PhD-level researchers ($20K/month).

  • SoftBank has reportedly committed $3 billion to these AI agents for 2025 alone.

  • These AI-driven agents could eventually contribute up to 25% of OpenAI’s long-term revenue as the company expands beyond its current services.

  • In January, CEO Sam Altman predicted that AI agents would begin significantly impacting workplace productivity in 2025.

Alibaba Unveils QwQ-32B: A Small but Mighty AI Model

Alibaba’s Qwen team has introduced QwQ-32B, a new AI reasoning model that utilizes reinforcement learning to rival or outperform larger models like DeepSeek-R1—all at a significantly lower cost.

Key Highlights:

  • QwQ-32B leverages large-scale reinforcement learning to excel in advanced math, coding, and reasoning tasks.

  • Despite being 20x smaller than DeepSeek-R1, it matches or surpasses its performance on key benchmarks.

  • Priced at just $0.20 per million input and output tokens, it offers a ~90% cost reduction compared to models like R1 and o1-mini.

  • The model is open-sourced under Apache 2.0 and available on Hugging Face and Alibaba Cloud’s ModelScope.

Check it out on Huggingface here: https://huggingface.co/spaces/Qwen/QwQ-32B-preview

AI is getting smarter, cheaper, and ready to join your workforce—whether as a genius researcher or a budget-friendly reasoning wizard. The real question is: who's training who?

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