Yash Tekriwal, head of education at Clay, has built custom productivity applications using Perplexity Computer and OpenClaw to manage his daily workflow. His Slack digest system categorizes over 150 daily notifications into actionable priorities, and a consolidated news/email/Slack dashboard serves as his personal command center.
Tekriwal emphasizes the importance of determining when to use AI for tasks versus building deterministic code. He notes that Perplexity Computer outperforms Claude Code and Codex in certain applications due to its ability to handle structured data. Tekriwal also discusses how his team uses Perplexity Computer to prototype design systems and communicate with cross-functional partners.
In the episode, Tekriwal shares a framework called "anti-to-do list," where he spends an hour daily automating tasks that are never wanted to be done again. He also demonstrates building a consolidated news, email, and Slack digest using Perplexity Computer and OpenClaw.
Perplexity Computer is a tool for building custom AI applications, while OpenClaw is used for automating repetitive tasks. Other tools mentioned include Claude Code, Codex, Asana, Airtable, Figma, Vercel, ChatGPT, Slack, Notion, Superhuman, and Clay University.
