I connected Gmail to Cursor. Then an email started giving orders.
MCP makes Cursor useful across Linear, GitHub, Notion, and Gmail. It also means an inbox message can become a tool call. Two demos from my setup.
Daniel Adam
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Thesis: OpenClimat - the European data layer for retail decarbonization
Manufacturers and retailers were drowning in climate PDFs. OpenClimat was the bet on a shared European data network.
Thesis: Keenest - Europe's climate-investment club with teeth
Climate capital was trending. Europe still needed a product that made impact investing feel selective, measurable, and local.
Thesis: Snowball - European private-market access, productized
Private markets were still an insider channel. Snowball was a bet that Europe would productize access before the US narrative owned the category locally.
Thesis: Finary - the European wealth cockpit
Europe had banks and brokers. It did not have a clean consumer layer that made total net worth feel modern and actionable.
Thesis: Waltio - Europe's crypto-tax operating system
When crypto tax went mainstream in Europe, the category still lacked a clear local leader. Waltio was the bet on that gap.
Introducing this blog
A public notebook on European tech, startups, scale, and agents - from someone who builds systems for a living.