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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

OpenAI's Browser play, $2bn Seed Rounds, Talent Wars Go Nuclear

Anthropic

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OpenAI's Browser play, $2bn Seed Rounds, Talent Wars Go Nuclear

Plus: One-click Excel mastery, Wireflow design revolution, Elena Verna's "first 90-day" framework

BY Alastair Preacher

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Jul 18, 2025

Find Cat Videos Faster, WhatsApp Perplexity Tasks, Figma's Revenge

Future of SaaS

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Find Cat Videos Faster, WhatsApp Perplexity Tasks, Figma's Revenge

Plus: Is SaaS as we know it dead? Canva's rubber duck philosophy, Why chat interfaces aren't enough

BY Alastair Preacher

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Jul 4, 2025

AI Makes Us Cognitively Bankrupt, Apple Eyes Perplexity, OpenAI vs Office & Workspace

McKinsey

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AI Makes Us Cognitively Bankrupt, Apple Eyes Perplexity, OpenAI vs Office & Workspace

Plus: The Death & Rebirth of General-Purpose Products, Why Persistence Is Wrong, Are Trade-Offs Dead

BY Alastair Preacher

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Jun 27, 2025

Shopify's 150+ New Features, Jony Ive Joins OpenAI, Amazon's Audio Shopping

Google

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Shopify's 150+ New Features, Jony Ive Joins OpenAI, Amazon's Audio Shopping

Plus: The psychology of feature adoption, mastering agentic AI, and building careers without managing people

BY Alastair Preacher

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May 30, 2025

Microsoft Pulls Bing APIs, OpenAI's Parallel Coding Agent, Google's I/O Blitz

Temu

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Microsoft Pulls Bing APIs, OpenAI's Parallel Coding Agent, Google's I/O Blitz

Plus: Designing for mental health, bending the curve of luck, and navigating platform risk

BY Alastair Preacher

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May 23, 2025

2025 Tech Predictions, OpenAI's Capital Hunt, Meta's AI Friends

Telegram

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2025 Tech Predictions, OpenAI's Capital Hunt, Meta's AI Friends

Plus: 2024's Best UX, Authentic Product Leadership Lessons, GitHub's Shipping Secrets

BY Alastair Preacher

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Jan 3, 2025

Discord’s Scaling Secrets, OpenAI’s Holiday Drops, Spotify's Mixed Bag

ElevenLabs

+13

Discord’s Scaling Secrets, OpenAI’s Holiday Drops, Spotify's Mixed Bag

Plus: Product Sense Secrets, How First-Time Founders Fail, Best UX Tips

BY Alastair Preacher

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Dec 6, 2024

AI Eats The World, Bluesky Takes Off, SpaceX Goes Mobile

SpaceX

+10

AI Eats The World, Bluesky Takes Off, SpaceX Goes Mobile

Plus: Why B2C Billing Is Hard, AI-Era Design Systems, Atomico’s Euro Tech Trends

BY Alastair Preacher

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Nov 29, 2024

Meta’s €800M Fine, Nvidia's Speedbump, AI Granny vs. Scammers

Bluesky

+9

Meta’s €800M Fine, Nvidia's Speedbump, AI Granny vs. Scammers

Plus: Scaling Product Teams, Avoiding A/B Testing Pitfalls, The Gen Z UX Playbook

BY Alastair Preacher

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Nov 22, 2024

ByteDance’s Intern Scandal, Apple’s Health Tech, Anthropic's Autopilot AI

Anthropic

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ByteDance’s Intern Scandal, Apple’s Health Tech, Anthropic's Autopilot AI

Plus: Scaling Teams Fast, Mastering Customer Experience, Simplicity-First Design

BY Alastair Preacher

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Oct 25, 2024

Meta’s AR Glasses Leak, Google’s AI Video App, Microsoft’s Crowdstrike Fix

Google

+6

Meta’s AR Glasses Leak, Google’s AI Video App, Microsoft’s Crowdstrike Fix

Plus: Klarna’s Growth, Figma’s Future in Question, How to Say No

BY Alastair Preacher

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Jul 26, 2024

Microsoft's Canva Competitor, Uber’s Tourist Pre-Booking, Dyson’s New Headphones

Canva

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Microsoft's Canva Competitor, Uber’s Tourist Pre-Booking, Dyson’s New Headphones

Plus: Customer Obsession at Stripe, Retailers Turn Ad Platforms and UX Best Practices

BY Alastair Preacher

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Jul 19, 2024

Spotify's Emergency Alerts, Figma's AI Controversy, Apple's AirPods with Cameras

Google

+6

Spotify's Emergency Alerts, Figma's AI Controversy, Apple's AirPods with Cameras

Plus: The "Instagramification" of Product Management, Why Craigslist Still Wins, Monzo's UX Insights

BY Alastair Preacher

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Jul 8, 2024

TikTok’s Whee App, US Surgeon General's Social Media Warnings, Twitter's Financial Woes

Lenny Rachitsky

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TikTok’s Whee App, US Surgeon General's Social Media Warnings, Twitter's Financial Woes

Plus: Contrarian Productivity Tips, Going 0-1 Inside Large Organisations, The Case Against Routines

BY Alastair Preacher

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Jun 24, 2024

Canva’s Growth Strategies, Instagram's unskippable ads, What To Expect from Apple's WWDC

Coaching

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Canva’s Growth Strategies, Instagram's unskippable ads, What To Expect from Apple's WWDC

Plus: Design Systems vs. Style Guides, Microsoft's Recall Privacy Issues, AI Everywhere (again)

BY Alastair Preacher

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Jun 10, 2024

Apple's Big Week, More OpenAI Changes and TikTok's Tests

Design

+4

Apple's Big Week, More OpenAI Changes and TikTok's Tests

Plus - Top UX Tips, Product for Gen-Z, Navigating AI Bias

BY Alastair Preacher

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May 27, 2024

Apple's Antitrust, Spotify's Classroom, Lego Legends, and Venture Insights

Design

+6

Apple's Antitrust, Spotify's Classroom, Lego Legends, and Venture Insights

Your briefing on what's new as we start Q2 2024

BY Alastair Preacher

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Apr 1, 2024

Stripe's Billion-Dollar impact, the Future of Music and Balancing Speed vs. Quality

Product Operating Model

+5

Stripe's Billion-Dollar impact, the Future of Music and Balancing Speed vs. Quality

Plus: LinkedIn's game theory, Figma's design dominance, embracing narrow product focus,

BY Alastair Preacher

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Mar 25, 2024

Building NVIDIA, Product Gurus and Becoming a Prompt God

Lessons From Founders

+4

Building NVIDIA, Product Gurus and Becoming a Prompt God

And: Designing for B2B, Google's return to VR, Meta's news retreat, answering questions before they're asked

BY Alastair Preacher

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Mar 11, 2024

Top 5 Product lessons from creating Snapchat, AI Powered robots, combatting jadedness and more

Trends

+4

Top 5 Product lessons from creating Snapchat, AI Powered robots, combatting jadedness and more

BY Alastair Preacher

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Mar 4, 2024

Instagram's Marketplace News, Multi-Product Success, and Perfecting Sales Partnerships

Design

+4

Instagram's Marketplace News, Multi-Product Success, and Perfecting Sales Partnerships

BY Alastair Preacher

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Feb 26, 2024

Moonshots & AI Revolutions, Debugging the Future, Crafting Narratives, and Embracing Rejection

Lessons From Founders

+5

Moonshots & AI Revolutions, Debugging the Future, Crafting Narratives, and Embracing Rejection

BY Alastair Preacher

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Feb 19, 2024

Google's Ambitions, Getting the Best From AI, Growth and Design thinking

Google

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Google's Ambitions, Getting the Best From AI, Growth and Design thinking

BY Alastair Preacher

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Feb 12, 2024

UX Research For Founders & PMs & Exploring the State of European Tech in Today's Product World

Field Guide

+3

UX Research For Founders & PMs & Exploring the State of European Tech in Today's Product World

BY Alastair Preacher

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Dec 13, 2023

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