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May 29, 2025

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. Elon Musk announces exit from US government role after breaking with Trump on tax bill
   (Musk said ✌️ to politics—guess Mars is back on the agenda.)

2. DeepSeek: Everything you need to know about the AI chatbot app
   (DeepSeek sounds like it knows your secrets before you do 👀.)

3. An Analysis of AI Overview Brand Visibility Factors
   (Visibility is the new SEO—blink and you’ll miss it.)

The Growth joke of the day

AI read my texts once.
Now it won’t stop recommending therapy. 😭

Roxie’s 3-Minute News Bulletin
This week's 🙌 News Bulletin Roxie explores how
Google Shifts Content Strategy as AI Disrupts Marketing Trends

Google Shifts Content Strategy as AI Disrupts Marketing Trends 🚀 

Google kills clicks, Claude finds its voice, LinkedIn’s AI runs your ads, and Tesla flops while BYD thrives. CreateAI gets grilled over data, Texas tightens digital rules, and Insta DMs go full voice-note era. New rules, new tools—adapt or fade.

What's New in Growth Hacking/Growth Marketing?

Strategies

• LinkedIn Removes CTA Links from Creator Profiles

  LinkedIn has removed custom CTA buttons added via Creator Mode, limiting marketers' ability to link externally unless on select premium plans — affecting profile-driven referral traffic strategies.

• HTML Tags Guide Released — Vital for SEO Strategists

  Semrush launched an exhaustive HTML tags reference guide with a free checklist — a powerful asset for web marketers to audit and improve website technical SEO, user UX, and accessibility, all growth-critical fronts.

• Rillet raises $25M from Sequoia to automate general ledger systems

  Rillet secured $25M in Series A funding led by Sequoia. Its ML-powered ledger disrupts legacy accounting systems, offering hours-long month-end closings vs. traditional multi-week workflows — a major growth hack in enterprise finance.

• Hailey Bieber's make-up brand sold to e.l.f.

  Hailey Bieber is selling her make-up brand Rhode to e.l.f. Beauty in a deal worth up to $1bn (£740m). The 28-year-old model, who is married to singer Justin Bieber, co-founded the line of skincare products, which includes blush and lip tints, in 2022, giving it her middle name.

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  People

• Netflix co-founder Reed Hastings joins Anthropic’s board

  Hastings’ appointment adds a veteran Big Tech executive to one of OpenAI’s largest — and youngest — competitors in the AI race.

Get ready to join us for an electrifying
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What if your next growth breakthrough isn’t another ad campaign—but a tool, quiz, or micro-app that brings users to you? In this fast-paced, idea-packed webinar, we’ll explore how startups and scale-ups are building mini-products, games, tools, and interactive experiences that act like marketing but feel like value.

JUNE 4, 2025 | 9AM PT - 12PM ET - 5PM GMT - With Theo

Don’t just market your product— engineer your growth.

What's New in Artificial Intelligence (AI)

• Walmart's AI Health Guidance
  Walmart introduced an AI-enabled platform, Everyday Health Signals, which analyzes customers' shopping history to provide personalized health tips and nutrition analysis, aiming to assist customers in making healthier choices.

• Telegram and xAI forge Grok AI deal

  Telegram has forged a deal with Elon Musk’s xAI to weave Grok AI into the fabric of the encrypted messaging platform.

• Why export restrictions aren’t the only thing to pay attention to in Nvidia’s earnings

  After the market closes on Wednesday, Nvidia will report earnings for the first quarter of its fiscal year 2026, which ended on April 27.

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