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Feb 25, 2026

Hello, GrowthHackers! 

Welcome to your daily unfair advantage.

Every morning, we cut through the noise to bring you sharp insights, fast news, and fresh sparks to light up your brain and fuel your hustle. From scrappy hacks to big tech moves, AI shifts to culture flips this is your intel to stay ahead, move fast, and break boring.

Think of it as your growth-fueled espresso shot.
Short. Smart. Addictive.

Let’s dive in.👇

Quick Hits

1. Why automating a broken workflow with AI is a trap
   (Before adding AI, maybe add clarity.)

2. Instagram emphasizes Reels in new design update
   (Short-form still undefeated)

3. How to keep your content fresh in the age of AI
   (Original thinking is the real algorithm hack.)

The Growth joke of the day

Why did the company automate its broken workflow with AI?
Because nothing says innovation like making mistakes… faster.

What's New in Growth Hacking/Growth Marketing?

Strategies

• Writing for GEO feels like early SEO all over again
  The shift from ranking to extraction is subtle but significant. Learn how to make expertise easier to use without turning it into formula.

• Adobe Firefly’s video editor can now automatically create a first draft from footage
  The video editor in Adobe Firefly is getting a new feature called Quick Cut that uses AI to edit footage and B-roll to create a first draft of the final video based on user instructions.

• Khosla’s Keith Rabois backs Comp, which wants to bolster HR teams with AI
  Comp is building AI-powered HR software that can assist with tasks like recruiting, setting compensation policies and designing performance review systems.

• Instagram’s TV app is launching on Google TV devices
  Instagram is expanding its Instagram for TV app to Google TV devices in the U.S., two months after its debut on Amazon Fire TV in December. The app first launched as a way to expand Reels viewing beyond mobile, and now users can also browse posts from their Instagram feeds directly on their TVs.

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People

• Anthropic won’t budge as Pentagon escalates AI dispute
  Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei in a meeting Tuesday morning that the Pentagon will either declare Anthropic a “supply chain risk” a designation usually reserved for foreign adversaries or invoke the Defense Production Act (DPA) to force the company to tailor a version of the model to the military’s needs.

Did you hear?
The GrowthHackers New Podcast is live!🎙️

A Founder’s Journey in Microscope

In this episode, we sit down with Jack, the 22-year-old founder of ARK-STEM — the global community and marketplace built by STEM lovers, for STEM lovers.

ARK-STEM is a dedicated platform where makers, engineers, and innovators can share projects, collaborate, sell inventions, and preserve what they build in a way that’s deeper and more enduring than fleeting social posts or video snippets.

Jack opens up about his journey from a young tinkerer to launching a platform that bridges community, creativity, and commerce.

Are you ready?

What's New in Artificial Intelligence (AI) 

• Amazon’s AI-powered Alexa+ gets new personality options
  Amazon is introducing a new feature that will allow users to change the personality of its AI assistant, Alexa+. On Wednesday, the company launched three new Alexa+ personality styles — Brief, Chill, and Sweet — that will change the AI assistant’s tone.

• Jira’s latest update allows AI agents and humans to work side by side
  Enterprise software giant Atlassian is rolling out a new way for humans and AI agents to work together that it hopes will help teams produce “10x the work without 10x the chaos.”

Meet America’s Newest $1B Unicorn

A US startup just hit a $1 billion private valuation, joining billion-dollar private companies like SpaceX, OpenAI, and ByteDance. Unlike those other unicorns, you can invest.

Over 40,000 people already have. So have industry giants like General Motors and POSCO.

Why all the interest? EnergyX’s patented tech can recover up to 3X more lithium than traditional methods. That's a big deal, as demand for lithium is expected to 5X current production levels by 2040. Today, they’re moving toward commercial production, tapping into 100,000+ acres of lithium deposits in Chile, a potential $1.1B annual revenue opportunity at projected market prices.

Right now, you can invest at this pivotal growth stage for $11/share. But only through February 26. Become an early-stage EnergyX shareholder before the deadline.

Invest in EnergyX Today

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