OpenAI’s Sora soars to No. 3 on the US App Store

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• OpenAI’s Sora soars to No. 3 on the US App Store

• Perplexity AI rolls out Comet browser for free worldwide

• Salesforce Unveils Agentforce Vibes

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• 🧰 Today’s AI Toolbox Pick

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OpenAI’s Sora soars to No. 3 on the US App Store

🚀 TodayOnAI Insight: OpenAI’s new AI video app Sora is off to a strong start, racking up 164,000 downloads in just two days—despite being invite-only and limited to U.S. and Canadian users. It now ranks No. 3 in the U.S. App Store, signaling growing consumer appetite for AI-generated video content.

🔍 Key Takeaways:

• Sora launched September 30 with 56,000 day-one downloads, tying with xAI’s Grok and outperforming Claude and Copilot.

• Total installs reached 164,000 across its first two days, according to Appfigures.

• ChatGPT and Gemini still lead with 81,000 and 80,000 day-one downloads respectively, but both launched more broadly.

• By day two, Sora hit No. 3 in the U.S. App Store—above Grok (No. 4), Gemini (No. 6), Copilot (No. 19), and Claude (No. 78).

• The app remains invite-only and geographically limited, suggesting its growth potential is far from capped.

💡 Why This Stands Out: Sora’s rapid rise underscores a growing shift in AI adoption—from productivity tools to creative, socially-driven experiences. OpenAI’s viral traction with a limited launch hints at how entertainment-focused AI may become a key vector for mainstream engagement. If this is the response with restrictions, what happens when the gates fully open?

Perplexity

Perplexity AI rolls out Comet browser for free worldwide

🚀 TodayOnAI Insight: Perplexity AI has launched its AI-powered browser Comet globally and is making it free to use, marking a bold move in the intensifying AI browser race against Google, OpenAI, and Anthropic.

🔍 Key Takeaways:

• Comet now free worldwide — initially priced at $200/month, the AI assistant browser is now available to all users.

• Multifunctional AI agent — Comet can search the web, organize tabs, draft emails, and assist with shopping, acting like a full-featured personal assistant.

• Waitlist demand was massive — “millions” signed up while it was exclusive to Max subscribers.

• Publishing partnerships — Comet Plus includes content from CNN, Condé Nast, The Washington Post, and others under a revenue-sharing model.

• More features coming — A mobile app and Background Assistant for multitasking are in development.

💡 Why This Stands Out: Perplexity’s decision to drop the paywall on Comet signals a high-stakes bid for user scale as AI browser competition heats up. With Google’s Gemini, OpenAI’s Operator, and Anthropic’s browser agent already in play, offering Comet for free could rapidly expand Perplexity’s footprint. The company's push to license publisher content also hints at a more responsible, scalable path forward for AI search experiences. Can Perplexity sustain growth while keeping its edge?

Salesforce

Salesforce Unveils Agentforce Vibes

🚀 TodayOnAI Insight: Salesforce has unveiled Agentforce Vibes, a new AI-powered tool that brings “vibe coding” to enterprise app development. By enabling developers to describe app functionality in natural language, the platform uses autonomous agents to generate secure, org-compliant Salesforce code—streamlining development from ideation to observability.

🔍 Key Takeaways:

• Agentforce Vibes introduces an autonomous coding agent, Vibe Codey, that builds Salesforce apps using natural language inputs.

• The agent integrates directly with an organization’s existing Salesforce instance, reusing code and adhering to internal coding standards.

• Built on a fork of open-source Cline's VS Code extension, the tool benefits from strong support for secure model-to-tool communication (MCP).

• Salesforce provides 50 GPT-5-powered requests per org per day, with overflow handled by its hosted Qwen 3.0 model.

• Currently free for existing customers; paid usage tiers are planned.

💡 Why This Stands Out: Salesforce’s move signals the enterprise maturity of vibe coding—transforming it from startup novelty to strategic platform feature. By embedding autonomous development tools into its ecosystem, Salesforce lowers adoption friction while ensuring governance, scalability, and cost control. As pure-play vibe-coding startups grapple with high compute costs and thin margins, will integration into broader enterprise suites become the model's most sustainable path?

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🧰 Today’s AI Toolbox Pick

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