Thank You for Learning with Us in 2025 🤝 Here’s to Learning in 2026
“Perhaps the worst sin in life is knowing right and not doing it.”
― Martin Luther King Jr.
For people who use the Glasp & YouTube Summary extension
We’ve received feedback that the Glasp’s YouTube Summary currently experiencing issues retrieving transcripts for some users. We sincerely apologize for the problem preventing YouTube transcripts from being fetched.
We’re actively investigating the issue and working on a fix. Please bear with us until the updated version is released.
⏳ In the meantime
If you have an audio file, you can upload it to Glasp to generate a transcript. Please visit this guide.
You can also contact us with links to the YouTube videos you need transcripts for. We may already have access to them or be able to help.
We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience and appreciate your patience. We’ll notify you as soon as the updated version becomes available.
Hi friends,
We hand-picked 3 good pieces of content to inspire and motivate you now and in the future. Keep track of the insights that resonate with you by highlighting them with Glasp💡
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📚 3 Good Recommendations
10 ideas for 2026
by Shreyas Doshi (2 mins)
Shreyas Doshi argues that lasting success comes not from copying tactics or frameworks but from cultivating deep understanding of how people think. He highlights how ego-driven behaviors — like wanting to feel smart or assuming others understand us — often sabotage sound judgment and progress.
Ideal for: Product leaders, founders, and professionals seeking to improve decision-making, critical thinking, and self-awareness in their work and career.
Why It’s Worth Your Time: The essay distills powerful psychological and cognitive insights into concise reflections that challenge common thinking traps and inspire personal and professional growth.
The Era of Summarized Living, What Great Products Flex, & Mainstream Signs of AR
by Scott Belsky (11 mins)
Summary: The post explores three key themes: the rise of “Summarized Living” through AI tools that record and analyze daily interactions; how great products succeed by enabling users to subtly “flex” creativity, skills, wit, or status; and the approaching mainstream moment of augmented reality (AR) as it begins to shape new social behaviors and connections.
Ideal for: Founders, product designers, investors, and technologists interested in the intersection of AI, human behavior, and the future of digital experiences.
Why It’s Worth Your Time: The analysis offers deep foresight into how summarization, flex-driven design, and AR will redefine memory, identity, and interaction — equipping builders and thinkers to anticipate the next major shifts in product design and human-computer connection.
AI Is Coming For These 3 Industries In 2026 (a16z Big Ideas)
by Ryan McEntush, Angela Strange, and Sarah Wang (12 mins)
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📣 Community
Thank you for supporting us and learning with us. With the help of our community, we were able to ship new features and launch meaningful learning initiatives throughout the year 🤝
🟦 Features & Updates Released in 2025:
YouTube Summary
YouTube Summary for Short
Added AI models to summarize YouTube videos
Launched Glasp Reader for mobile
Launched Learning Memories
Launched Glasp Obsidian Plugin
Integration with Snipd
Launched the Glasp API
Launched auto-tag suggestions
Added the ability to edit titles and URLs
Updated the Reading List feature
Launched the Pocket Importer
Added a sidebar view for community highlights
Updated highlight OGP and profile OGP
🟥 Activities & Milestones in 2025:
Hosted Glasp Talk (21 episodes)
Thank you so much for joining, Anne-Laure Le Cunff, Jason Feifer, Sean Ellis, CJ Gustafson, Bozena Pajak, Julian Treasure, Gary Rivlin, Gregor Ojstersek, Scott D. Clary, Yohei Nakajima, Noah Smith, Parth Patil, and more!
Grew the Glasp Newsletter to 570,000+ subscribers
Launched guest features on the Glasp Newsletter (25 post)
Thank you, Bobby Powers, David Elikwu, Lawrence Yeo, Richard E. Cytowic, Jonny Thomson, Gerta Malaj, Mike Greenfield, Tom White, Neeramitra Reddy, and Noa Eshed!
Launched the Hatching Growth series (16 episodes)
Launched a student discount program
Selected as one of ODF’s 2025 Top Companies. Thank you, Julian Weisser!
Selected for the 2025 GSV Cup 50
Selected as a Pinecone Pioneer
Featured on a TV show on Tokyo MX
Collaborated with GTM Strategist and Eliot Peper
Glasp Post surpassed 5,000
Audio transcriptions exceeded 40,000
Kindle highlights import exceeded 50,000
Grew domain authority to 68
YouTube Summary’s Edge extension exceeded 17,000 installs
YouTube Summary’s Firefox extension exceeded 4,000 installs
If you have any questions or suggestions, please let us know anytime. Your feedback helps us continue improving Glasp!
❤️ Gratitude
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We hope you enjoyed reading this newsletter!
See you next week ;)
Best,
Kei and Kazuki
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