Mavericks Publishes the December 15 Issue of Mavericks AI News

Mavericks, Inc., the developer of the video generation AI “NoLang” and other advanced AI products, has published the latest issue of “Mavericks AI News” (delivered on December 15), a generative AI newsletter that has passed 80,000 subscribers and ranks among the largest in Japan¹. This issue covers the historic OpenAI-Disney partnership that stunned the industry, and examines “GPT-5.2,” a new model with dramatically improved Excel and PowerPoint authoring. Written from the perspective of the engineering team behind an AI product with more than 150,000 registered users, the newsletter goes beyond news summaries to deliver analysis that applies directly to daily work.

One of Japan’s largest, with 80,000 subscribers: “Mavericks AI News” from a generative AI product team

Mavericks, Inc. is a Japanese startup that offers the generative AI product “NoLang.” One year after launch, NoLang has passed 150,000 registered users and has been adopted by more than 60 corporate customers, and the team runs its own product on the front line of AI-driven development every day. The generative AI industry changes extremely fast: what can generative AI do right now, which AI services are drawing attention in the market, and what kinds of AI will arrive next. “Mavericks AI News” collects the answers that a team working at the leading edge of product development considers worth reading, and it is delivered every Monday.

In “Mavericks AI News,” the team selects substantive, practical information from the vantage point of people who build AI products daily. Rather than stopping at technical descriptions, each issue aims to let readers with no AI background picture concretely how they could apply a development starting tomorrow. Every story pairs the latest generative AI news with original commentary grounded in hands-on AI product development.

Highlights from this week’s issue (delivered December 15)

Here is a short introduction to the topics covered in the December 15 issue.

Feature 1: OpenAI and Disney sign a major partnership, finally clearing the way for Mickey and Star Wars videos in Sora

There has been a major development in the dispute between generative AI and copyright. The Walt Disney Company announced a partnership with OpenAI under which content featuring famous characters such as Mickey Mouse and Star Wars is expected to become possible in the video generation AI “Sora” and in “ChatGPT Images” from early 2026. At the same time, Disney maintains a firm stance against the generation of IP characters without a license and against AI models from other companies. The issue explains the details of the historic licensing agreement Disney has entered into, and the new coexistence taking shape between AI companies and IP holders over copyright.

Feature 2: OpenAI releases “GPT-5.2,” with dramatically better Excel and PowerPoint output

OpenAI has released a new model, “GPT-5.2.” What stands out most is its ability to produce Excel and PowerPoint files: it not only structures the information but also handles design details such as cell colors and column widths, at a level that needs no human touch-up. On “GDPval,” a benchmark for performance on real work, it far outpaces previous models, yet generating a document can take more than ten minutes, and reading the user’s intent remains a weak point. The issue considers both the leap in document authoring for real work and the problems today’s AI agents still carry, including processing time and initiative.

Feature 3: Cursor adds “Visual Editor,” a Figma-like way to edit the web

Cursor, the AI coding editor, has released a “Visual Editor” feature that edits web pages directly through a GUI. Change a color, a size, or a position on screen, and a single click writes the change back into the code, as if Figma and the coding environment had merged. The feature is still somewhat experimental, but like Google’s “Antigravity,” it captures the current trend in which the line between designers and engineers is blurring. The issue considers how merging design tools with coding environments changes development flow, and what new forms of collaboration appear as the wall between engineers and designers gets lower.

What comes next

As a product-out generative AI startup, Mavericks, Inc. sees returning to society the knowledge gained from building advanced products in-house as an important part of its mission. Through “Mavericks AI News,” the company will continue to publish reliable, practical information for every business person, developer, and DX lead opening up the AI era.