It’s a good “marketing” response, but:

What % of raycast queries are shortcuts, quick keys, clipboard history?

What % of future customers care about these additional features?

What happens when computer use is good enough in macOS or from a frontier lab like OpenAI?

They’ve raised a bunch of VC money. The only thing that matters now is growth. See also Browser Company.

So @Apple added Shortcuts, Quick Keys, Clipboard History and a Menu Item search to Spotlight?

What about:
• Uninstall apps completely
• Search and download GIFs and emojis
• Search @figma files
• Search the web with AI context
• Do math, unit conversion, and date

Thomas Paul Mann

It’s a good “marketing” response, but:

What % of raycast queries are shortcuts, quick keys, clipboard history?

What % of future customers care about these additional features?

What happens when computer use is good enough in macOS or from a frontier lab like OpenAI?

They’ve raised a bunch of VC money. The only thing that matters now is growth. See also Browser Company. 

https://x.com/thomaspaulmann/status/1932158501750796724

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$30m* I almost fell over there lol

pretty sure they are just going to expand to windows and multiply their TAM

They raised a $30B Series B. They need to either go mass market or sell to enterprises. I don’t think this move helps them with sales. 

Would have a completely different pov if an indie Mac app co

idk they are pretty good at catering to the mac power user, generally feels like they would be quicker to capitalize on those improvements than apple who has historically optimized for the laziest/dumbest user 

and if I would make one assertion about apple users, them mfers loyal

vs browser company comparison who realized they were catering to power users and decided they should pivot instead 

feels like opposite ends of the spectrum