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Alastair Preacher

Forever restless with the status quo, I believe we can always do better for our customers and improve business value. If you're looking to scale your business, improve customer experience, or innovate in product development, let's talk.

The AI Model Shuffle, Shopping Wars, Send Messages Anywhere from WhatsApp

LLMs

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The AI Model Shuffle, Shopping Wars, Send Messages Anywhere from WhatsApp

Plus: Free frontier models, automated IT support, making complex things simple

BY Alastair Preacher

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Nov 14, 2025

🎙️ Pod Shots - Bitesized Podcast Summaries

LLMs

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🎙️ Pod Shots - Bitesized Podcast Summaries

🤘 ChatGPT vs Claude vs Gemini: The Best AI Model for Each Task (Oct 2025)

BY Alastair Preacher

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Nov 11, 2025

Canva's Creative OS, Big Tech Strategy Splits, OpenAI's Trillion-Dollar IPO

Browser Wars

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Canva's Creative OS, Big Tech Strategy Splits, OpenAI's Trillion-Dollar IPO

Plus: 6500+ MCP servers, workflows vs agents settled, and strategic thinking simplified

BY Alastair Preacher

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Nov 7, 2025

🎙️ Pod Shots - Bitesized Podcast Summaries

Zapier

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🎙️ Pod Shots - Bitesized Podcast Summaries

💡 The Uncomfortable Truth: Most People Asking for AI Agents Actually Just Need Workflows

BY Alastair Preacher

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Nov 4, 2025

Jobless Growth Is Normal Now, Chrome Wins By Doing Nothing, 95% AI Fails take two

Anthropic

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Jobless Growth Is Normal Now, Chrome Wins By Doing Nothing, 95% AI Fails take two

Plus: Doubling your PM salary, Microsoft's secret Apple rescue, and Communication frameworks that work

BY Alastair Preacher

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Oct 31, 2025

🎙️ Pod Shots - Bitesized Podcast Summaries

Communication

🎙️ Pod Shots - Bitesized Podcast Summaries

🎯 From Rambling Emails to Career-Defining Clarity: The Communication Playbook That Raised Company Writing Quality 2X

BY Alastair Preacher

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Oct 28, 2025

Amazon to replace 500k workers. OpenAI's platform play continues with Atlas browser launch. Karpathy tells us to chill on AI agent hype.

Donald Trump

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Amazon to replace 500k workers. OpenAI's platform play continues with Atlas browser launch. Karpathy tells us to chill on AI agent hype.

Plus: 7 AI-native growth levers; How to optimise for AI search; and Get insanely good ChatGPT answers

BY Alastair Preacher

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Oct 24, 2025

🎙️ Pod Shots - Bitesized Podcast Summaries

ElevenLabs

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🎙️ Pod Shots - Bitesized Podcast Summaries

🎯 From £2M at £9M Valuation to £200M ARR: The Untold Story of ElevenLabs

BY Alastair Preacher

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Oct 21, 2025

Your Face Is an API, AI Compute Demand = 2x Moore's Law,  Google Floods The Zone

Google

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Your Face Is an API, AI Compute Demand = 2x Moore's Law, Google Floods The Zone

Plus: WhatsApp's phone number genius, strategic silence tactics, the $4T invention giveaway

BY Alastair Preacher

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Oct 17, 2025

🎙️ Pod Shots - Bitesized Podcast Summaries

Google

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🎙️ Pod Shots - Bitesized Podcast Summaries

🎯 The Complete History & Strategy of Google: Google The AI company

BY Alastair Preacher

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Oct 14, 2025

OpenAI's Platform Blitz, Even More Agents, The AI Apps Businesses Actually Buy

Anthropic

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OpenAI's Platform Blitz, Even More Agents, The AI Apps Businesses Actually Buy

Plus: Trust-revenue engines, AI agent orchestration, Earth as shareholder

BY Alastair Preacher

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Oct 10, 2025

🎙️ Pod Shots - Bitesized Podcast Summaries

Bootstrapping

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🎙️ Pod Shots - Bitesized Podcast Summaries

🎯 The Anti-Silicon Valley Playbook: How Surge Built a $1BN+ Business Without Raising a Single Dollar

BY Alastair Preacher

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Oct 7, 2025

AI Jobs Paradox, OpenAI Product Blitz, Apple Face Computers

Accenture

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AI Jobs Paradox, OpenAI Product Blitz, Apple Face Computers

Plus: Design homogenisation, meeting prep automation, agent architecture strategies

BY Alastair Preacher

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Oct 3, 2025

🎙️ Pod Shots - Bitesized Podcast Summaries

Evals

🎙️ Pod Shots - Bitesized Podcast Summaries

🤖 The Definitive Guide To AI Evals

BY Alastair Preacher

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Sep 29, 2025

AI's Identity Crisis, Media Traffic Apocalypse, Creator Economy Enshitification

Oracle

+19

AI's Identity Crisis, Media Traffic Apocalypse, Creator Economy Enshitification

Plus: Voice-first productivity revolution, Corporate process vs. efficiency, Google's amazing innovation playbook

BY Alastair Preacher

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Sep 26, 2025

🎙️ Pod Shots - Bitesized Podcast Summaries

Google

🎙️ Pod Shots - Bitesized Podcast Summaries

🎯 How Google Built the Ultimate Innovation Factory While Wall Street Watched in Horror

BY Alastair Preacher

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Sep 22, 2025

TikTok's Gen Z Search Takeover, MCP Data Leak, Jack Ma's Comeback

Oracle

+10

TikTok's Gen Z Search Takeover, MCP Data Leak, Jack Ma's Comeback

Plus: AI Agents Paying Bills, Startup Pitch Defence Strats, Infrastructure That Never Dies

BY Alastair Preacher

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Sep 19, 2025

🎙️ Pod Shots - Bitesized Podcast Summaries

🎙️ Pod Shots - Bitesized Podcast Summaries

Infrastructure: The AI Revolution Transforming Software Development

BY Alastair Preacher

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Sep 15, 2025

Browser Wars Intensify, SaaS Valuations Crash, Reverse-Engineer Your Strategy DNA

Future of SaaS

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Browser Wars Intensify, SaaS Valuations Crash, Reverse-Engineer Your Strategy DNA

Plus: AI-native slides, text-to-diagrams, feature impact modelling made simple

BY Alastair Preacher

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Sep 12, 2025

🎙️ Pod Shots - Bitesized Podcast Summaries

🎙️ Pod Shots - Bitesized Podcast Summaries

🎯 Shortcut.ai - The Complete Walk-Through: How to Build Professional Financial Models in Minutes Using Shortcut

BY Alastair Preacher

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Sep 8, 2025

Corporate Flattening Accelerates, E-Commerce Chaos, Bluesky Beats Twitter

Harvard

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Corporate Flattening Accelerates, E-Commerce Chaos, Bluesky Beats Twitter

Plus: OKR, KPI, CSF - WTF?, Intercom's Transformation, Minimal Viable Consistency

BY Alastair Preacher

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Sep 5, 2025

🎙️ Pod Shots - Bitesized Podcast Summaries

Intercom

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🎙️ Pod Shots - Bitesized Podcast Summaries

🤖 AI Transformation: How Intercom's CEO Led a Radical Pivot from SaaS to AI-First

BY Alastair Preacher

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Sep 1, 2025

Perplexity Browser Security Flaw, Google Translate vs Duolingo, AI Unit Economics Reality

Anthropic

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Perplexity Browser Security Flaw, Google Translate vs Duolingo, AI Unit Economics Reality

Plus: Escaping Feature Request Traps, Why Timing Beats Strategy and Vertical Adoption Curves

BY Alastair Preacher

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Aug 29, 2025

🎙️ Pod Shots - Bitesized Podcast Summaries

🎙️ Pod Shots - Bitesized Podcast Summaries

🎯 How is AI Different Than Other Technology Waves? The Compounding Effect That's Changing Everything

BY Alastair Preacher

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Aug 25, 2025

Why 77% of PMs don't know what they're doing, AI Job Search Strategies, Impact-First Product Teams

Anthropic

+20

Why 77% of PMs don't know what they're doing, AI Job Search Strategies, Impact-First Product Teams

Plus: The Age of Everything Clones, Loneliness as a Growth Market, Apple's Secrets Spill

BY Alastair Preacher

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Aug 22, 2025

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