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June 23, 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. Meta reveals its Oakley smart glasses
   (Meta's not just betting on wearables—it’s betting on your face as the next screen.)

2. European leaders worry they’re too reliant on U.S. tech
   (Europe’s digital sovereignty problem isn’t just political—it’s infrastructural.)

3. Oil gains and shares slip after the US strikes Iranian nuclear sites
   (Oil up, shares down—geopolitics remains the original growth disruptor.)
   

The Growth joke of the day

I told my SEO friend a joke.
They asked me to repeat it with better keywords.

What's New in Growth Hacking/Growth Marketing?

Strategies

• Base44, a solo no-code AI startup, acquired by Wix for $80M

  Wix acquired Base44, a one-person AI startup specializing in no-code web app building, after remarkable traction and profitability in just six months. Highlights scaling through AI and lean growth.

• Snapchat Acquires Student Scheduling App Saturn
  Snapchat’s looking to become even more important to teen social life, by acquiring calendar-based social app Saturn, which enables users to share their schedules, and arrange meet-ups in the app.

• Perplexity AI powered ‘Comet’ web browser comes to Windows PCs
  AI is everywhere and there’s no reason why it shouldn’t be on your web browser – that’s what Perplexity assumes. Hence, it spared no time in coming up with a dedicated AI-powered web browser.

• iOS 26 has a huge battery life upgrade — here’s the iPhones that get it
  One of our favorite new features added with the iOS 26 developer beta is Apple's new "adaptive power" mode aimed at extending the battery life of the best iPhones. Unfortunately, it looks like you'll need an iPhone 15 Pro model or newer to enjoy the benefits.

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  People

• Zuckerberg offering $100M to poach OpenAI and DeepMind talent

  Meta CEO Zuckerberg is offering up to $100M in talent acquisition pushes, targeting top AI minds as it races to dominate AI innovation that fuels platform growth and user acquisition.

• LinkedIn CEO says AI writing assistant is not as popular as expected

  While LinkedIn users seem to have embraced AI, there’s one area that’s seen less uptake than expected, according to CEO Ryan Roslansky: AI-generated suggestions for polishing your LinkedIn posts.

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What's New in Artificial Intelligence (AI)

1. Tesla launches robotaxi rides in Austin with big promises and unanswered questions
   Tesla has started giving rides in driverless Model Y SUVs in Austin, a decade after CEO Elon Musk began making — and breaking — myriad promises about his company’s ability to launch such a service.

2. ChatGPT May Be Eroding Critical Thinking Skills, According to a New MIT Study

   The study divided 54 subjects—18 to 39 year-olds from the Boston area—into three groups, and asked them to write several SAT essays using OpenAI’s ChatGPT, Google’s search engine, and nothing at all, respectively.

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