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Perplexity

Stripe's Double Grab, Anthropic's $65bn Sprint, Apple's Exit Tax

Anthropic

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Stripe's Double Grab, Anthropic's $65bn Sprint, Apple's Exit Tax

Plus: prompt injection worms, agents with org charts, and India's AI land-grab

BY Alastair Preacher

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Aug 21, 2026

Instagram Builds a Paywall, OpenAI's Memo Leaks, Claude Grows Tomatoes

Opus

+13

Instagram Builds a Paywall, OpenAI's Memo Leaks, Claude Grows Tomatoes

Plus: the new product operating model, Claude Code Routines, and Anthropic calls the banks

BY Alastair Preacher

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Apr 17, 2026

ChatGPT Sells Ads, Anthropic Mocks Them, $300B Stocks Vanish

Harvard

+16

ChatGPT Sells Ads, Anthropic Mocks Them, $300B Stocks Vanish

Plus: PRD evolution for AI teams, Netflix's Keeper Test, How Loom built a corporate social network

BY Alastair Preacher

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Feb 13, 2026

OpenAI's Code Red, AI Shopping Goes Mainstream, Gemini Steals Users

Sony

+11

OpenAI's Code Red, AI Shopping Goes Mainstream, Gemini Steals Users

Plus: 33% of High-Performers Scale Agents Now, 10x Your Notes, and Mastering Evals

BY Alastair Preacher

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Dec 5, 2025

Cursor Hits $1bn ARR,Agentic Everything,TikTok Shop = eBay

Anthropic

+16

Cursor Hits $1bn ARR,Agentic Everything,TikTok Shop = eBay

Plus: - Claude Code mastery guide, Nike's personalisation playbook, and why context beats prompts

BY Alastair Preacher

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Nov 21, 2025

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

LLMs

+16

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

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

Anthropic

+20

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

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

+18

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

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

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

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

GPT-5's U-Turn, Perplexity's Questionable Maths, Commerce Continues Its Disappearing Act

Anthropic

+15

GPT-5's U-Turn, Perplexity's Questionable Maths, Commerce Continues Its Disappearing Act

Plus: Private equity for operators, enterprise AI that actually works, how to ride the multi-agent coding revolution

BY Alastair Preacher

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Aug 15, 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

Apple's new look, AI memory for all, Amazon's robot couriers

Huxe

+14

Apple's new look, AI memory for all, Amazon's robot couriers

Plus: Mastering Product Taste, Internal Startup Secrets, The Future of Google

BY Alastair Preacher

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Jun 13, 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

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

Apple’s Health Push, NoteBookLM's Mind Maps, Apple’s Health Push

OnlyFans

+25

Apple’s Health Push, NoteBookLM's Mind Maps, Apple’s Health Push

Plus: Vibe Coding Mastery, Zero-Friction Onboarding 2025 Product Tech Stacks

BY Alastair Preacher

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Apr 4, 2025

Duolingo Drops UX,  Vibe Marketing, Imaging Leaps Forward

Telegram

+11

Duolingo Drops UX, Vibe Marketing, Imaging Leaps Forward

Plus: Free ChatGPT for a Year, Enterprise Sales Mastery, ServiceNow’s $200B playbook

BY Alastair Preacher

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Mar 28, 2025

Photoshop Goes Mobile, Instagram’s Reels Spin-Off, Apple’s Priority Notifications

Y Combinator

+17

Photoshop Goes Mobile, Instagram’s Reels Spin-Off, Apple’s Priority Notifications

Plus: 10x Productivity Hacks, Building Better UX, AI Distribution Strategies

BY Alastair Preacher

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Feb 28, 2025

Reddit's Paywall, Better ChatGPT UI, Amazon's Office Dilemma

Reddit

+11

Reddit's Paywall, Better ChatGPT UI, Amazon's Office Dilemma

Plus: Building Exceptional Product Teams, How to Hack Habits, You Need to Stop Being Right

BY Alastair Preacher

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Feb 21, 2025

DeepSeek’s Breakthrough, Agents In The Wild, TikTok’s Merger Drama

DeepSeek

+8

DeepSeek’s Breakthrough, Agents In The Wild, TikTok’s Merger Drama

Plus: Failure Insights, The UX of Login Codes, 5-step Practical Strategy Playbook

BY Alastair Preacher

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Jan 31, 2025

Trump’s $500B Stargate AI, TikTok Takeovers, and Meta’s Sporty Smart Glasses

Donald Trump

+13

Trump’s $500B Stargate AI, TikTok Takeovers, and Meta’s Sporty Smart Glasses

Plus: The Last Strategy Framework You’ll Ever Need, High-Output Generalists, AI Lessons for Product Managers

BY Alastair Preacher

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Jan 24, 2025

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

Apple's Latest Announcements, HeyGen's Clones, Notion Takes on Email

Aesthetic

+14

Apple's Latest Announcements, HeyGen's Clones, Notion Takes on Email

Plus: How to Find & Keep Product-Market Fit, Communication Rules for Teams, AI’s Next Steps

BY Alastair Preacher

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Nov 1, 2024

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