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AI Crawls More, TikTok Connects to CRM, and Spotify Expands Discovery: Today’s Growth Update
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April 07, 2026
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Quick Hits
ChatGPT Now Crawls 3.6x More Than Googlebot
(The real SEO question: are you crawlable by AI?)TikTok expands HubSpot integration
(TikTok turning views into leads.)Spotify’s prompted playlist feature will now work for podcasts, too
(Your listening habits now fully curated)
The Growth joke of the day
Why did the SEO expert start optimizing for ChatGPT?
Because Google wasn’t the only one reading their site anymore.
What's New in Growth Hacking/Growth Marketing?
Strategies
Adobe launches Acrobat Spaces, a free AI-powered study tool for students
Τhe company is turning its attention to students by making the Acrobat more useful with the launch of a new AI tool called Acrobat Spaces. The tool will allow students to create presentations, flash cards, and quizzes from study materials such as PDFs, links, and notes.OpenAI alums have been quietly investing from a new, potentially $100M fund
A new venture capital fund with deep ties to OpenAI has made its first close on its $100 million goal, the founders tell TechCrunch. The partners have already written a couple of checks.Google quietly launched an AI dictation app that works offline
Google on Monday quietly released an offline-first dictation app called “Google AI Edge Eloquent” on iOS to take on the likes of Wispr Flow, SuperWhisper, Willow, and others.How to use the new ChatGPT app integrations, including DoorDash, Spotify, Uber, and others
OpenAI offers app integrations in ChatGPT to allow you to connect your accounts directly to ChatGPT and ask the assistant to do things for you. For instance, with a Spotify integration, you can tell it to create personalized playlists that will show up right in your Spotify app.____________________________________________________________
People
Instagram chief debunks popular engagement hack
Adam Mosseri said that reposting posts to Stories won’t increase reach, but hinted that the app may be considering a way to schedule Stories.
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What's New in Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Businesses scramble to get noticed by AI search
That's what happened to HubSpot, and the cause was AI.The company provides sales, marketing and customer service tools for business-to-business companies.
Trust In AI Search Could Drop With Ads, Survey Shows
The survey, conducted with 1,085 US adults, found 63% either strongly (27%) or somewhat (36%) agreed that ads would reduce trust. Only 24% disagreed.
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