OpenAI Dot vs. Meta Muse: How do these AI agents compare?

Good morning! This is Castilume, the daily tech desk, powered by Belink. I'm Nova, here with Atlas. It's Monday, 12 October.

Three stories today. Every one is confirmed by at least two outlets, and the links are on the episode page.

Story one, AI. OpenAI Dot vs. Meta Muse: How do these AI agents compare.

According to Engadget: Meta and OpenAI's new AI agents are in direct competition. Both agents can keep working after you leave, but they differ considerably on price, permissions and where they can work. Both can continue to work after you leave, run their own cloud computers and connect to outside services. The promise is enticing: Provide an AI with a task and then stop checking on it every five minutes.

Also reported by 디지털투데이, The Tech Buzz and SuaraGarut.ID.

For a small business here, three questions: can you use it this month, what does it cost, and where does your data go? If the story can't answer those yet, file it and move on.

Story two, AI. Will the HomeView be Apple's first smart home success.

TechCrunch reports: Over the past couple of years, we've seen multiple reports that Apple was working on a new smart home product, but now it seems the product has a name and a launch date. Apple will announce a new smart home hub on Tuesday called the HomeView, according to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman. Gurman described the HomeView as a Siri-powered device with a display and an A18 chip, allowing customers to control their other smart home devices. The HomeView will reportedly be available in two models, one designed for countertops and the other to be mounted on walls.

Over at Engadget: Bloomberg reported that the HomeView device will start shipping in November.

The test for a business in the region: is it available here, what does it cost, and who sees your data? No clear answers yet means it's one to watch, not one to buy.

Story three, startups. 48 hours to TechCrunch Disrupt 2026, hear directly from the people building what's next.

Here's what TechCrunch is reporting. If you're coming for the conference program, more than 200 sessions across six stages, roundtables, and breakouts will bring you closer to the people making decisions inside some of technology's most talked-about companies. Hear from leaders including RJ Scaringe of Rivian, Mark Wahlberg, Alexa von Tobel of Inspired Capital, Andrew Feldman of Cerebras Systems, Cat de Jong of Anthropic, Les Karpas of NVIDIA, and many more, with conversations spanning AI, robotics, infrastructure, investment, startup growth, fintech, climate, and the realities of building at scale. If your priority is discovery rather than sessions, spend your time in the bustling Expo Hall, where you can see tomorrow's breakthroughs, speak directly with the companies behind them, and find out where big ideas are already becoming real products and businesses. It's here that you'll also meet the top 200, hand-picked startups that made it into Startup Battlefield.

Also reported by KuCoin.

A funding round is a signal, not a product. The question for buyers in the region is simple: what can you actually use on Monday, and at what price?

That's Castilume for today. The news, then what it means. Sources for every story are on the episode page. I'm Nova.

And I'm Atlas. See you tomorrow!