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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

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

Browser Wars

+12

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

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

Google

+12

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 #106

Google

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🎙️ Pod Shots - Bitesized Podcast Summaries #106

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

BY Alastair Preacher

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Oct 14, 2025

AI Jobs Paradox, OpenAI Product Blitz, Apple Face Computers

Accenture

+13

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

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

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

Harvard

+14

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

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

Anthropic

+7

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

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

YouTube's Couch Conquest, WhatsApp's Fintech Flop, Google's Publisher Problem

Google

+8

YouTube's Couch Conquest, WhatsApp's Fintech Flop, Google's Publisher Problem

Plus: AI Meta Prompt, How To Use AI In The Enterprise, Product's Hidden Skill Gap

BY Alastair Preacher

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Jul 25, 2025

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

Anthropic

+13

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

+26

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

+12

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

OpenAI's Toy Story, Stablecoins Go Mainstream, Meta's Public AI Chats

Trends

+12

OpenAI's Toy Story, Stablecoins Go Mainstream, Meta's Public AI Chats

Plus: Must-Have Productivity Tech Stack, The Future of Dating Apps, AI Strategy Essentials

BY Alastair Preacher

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Jun 20, 2025

iOS 19's Overhaul, ChatGPT vs Meeting Notes, SEO's Death

Telegram

+16

iOS 19's Overhaul, ChatGPT vs Meeting Notes, SEO's Death

Plus: Superhuman's clever UX tricks, How to build an entire company solo, Customer-centric growth strategies

BY Alastair Preacher

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Jun 6, 2025

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

Google

+10

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

+14

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

Amazon's Secret 'Kiro' Project, Instacart's Party App,Stripe's AI Checkout Revolution

Hiring & Interviewing

+15

Amazon's Secret 'Kiro' Project, Instacart's Party App,Stripe's AI Checkout Revolution

Plus: Inside Figma Make's AI prototyping revolution, the ultimate guide to recruiting all-star talent and UX patterns that drive engagement

BY Alastair Preacher

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May 16, 2025

OpenAI's Strategic Shifts, Agentic Browsers Arrive, UK Retail Cyberattacks

Reddit

+10

OpenAI's Strategic Shifts, Agentic Browsers Arrive, UK Retail Cyberattacks

Plus: Mastering AI evals, Cloudflare's radical transparency, and lessons from Europe's fastest-growing startup

BY Alastair Preacher

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May 9, 2025

Meta's Social AI, YouTube at 20, ChatGPT goes shopping

Temu

+18

Meta's Social AI, YouTube at 20, ChatGPT goes shopping

Plus: Startup fundraising lessons, rethinking customer churn, and scaling SaaS to $1B ARR

BY Alastair Preacher

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May 2, 2025

WhatsApp's New Upgrades, Figma's Site Builder, Tesla's Troubles

Instagram

+18

WhatsApp's New Upgrades, Figma's Site Builder, Tesla's Troubles

Plus: Pragmatic product frameworks, UX bites worth stealing, and the AI arms race challenge

BY Alastair Preacher

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Apr 25, 2025

Best Value LLM For Your Product, Canva's AI Overhaul, Notion Mail

Future of SaaS

+16

Best Value LLM For Your Product, Canva's AI Overhaul, Notion Mail

Plus: AI agents rewriting SaaS economics, growing beyond app stores, and communication frameworks that work

BY Alastair Preacher

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Apr 18, 2025

Best Value LLM For Your Product, Instagram's Locked Reels, Deduping Your Socials

Uber Eats

+16

Best Value LLM For Your Product, Instagram's Locked Reels, Deduping Your Socials

Plus: Shared understanding at scale, the future of AI interfaces Lessons and natural language analytics

BY Alastair Preacher

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Apr 11, 2025

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