In today’s Streamline Studios Daily Brief, we dive into the red-hot world of workflow automation. German startup n8n is making headlines with a massive $2.3 billion valuation in a funding round led by Accel — a big win for open-source enterprise tools.

We break down what makes n8n different from Zapier or Make, why self-hosted automation is a game-changer for security and compliance, and how developers are already building powerful personal AI assistants — from daily news briefings to Slack-integrated productivity bots.

[excitedly] It’s a snapshot of the future of work: automation that’s open, flexible, and ready to supercharge both businesses and individuals.