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Dec 24, 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.

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Quick Hits

1. How to track Santa Claus this Christmas Eve using AI
   (Finally, a legitimate AI use case)

2. ChatGPT's attempt at Spotify Wrapped is more embarrassing than any song list (AI exposing itself for having zero taste.)

3. Apple pauses app store changes in Texas
   (Even Apple needs a breather sometimes)

The Growth joke of the day

Why did Santa start using AI this year?
Because even he couldn’t keep track of all the cookies without analytics. 🎅

What's New in Growth Hacking/Growth Marketing?

Strategies

• Google Reveals The Top Searches Of 2025
  Google's Year in Search reveals trending actors, movies, athletes, games, recipes, and travel destinations that captured attention throughout 2025.

• OpenAI says AI browsers may always be vulnerable to prompt injection attacks

  Even as OpenAI works to harden its Atlas AI browser against cyberattacks, the company admits that prompt injections, a type of attack that manipulates AI agents to follow malicious instructions often hidden in web pages or emails, is a risk that’s not going away anytime soon

• Google To Release New Feature Boost To Millions Of Google Nest Users

  Google is currently rolling out its free Gemini for Home update to millions of Google Nest and Google Home users in the U.S. The search giant is now expanding the Google Assistant replacement to more users in Canada, a company executive has confirmed.

• John Carreyrou and other authors bring new lawsuit against six major AI companies

  A group of writers, including Theranos whistleblower and “Bad Blood” author John Carreyrou, is filing a lawsuit against Anthropic, Google, OpenAI, Meta, xAI, and Perplexity, accusing the companies of training their models on pirated copies of their books.

• ServiceNow to acquire cybersecurity startup Armis for $7.75B

  Enterprise software company ServiceNow agreed to acquire nine-year-old cybersecurity startup Armis for $7.75 billion in cash.

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People

• Marissa Mayer’s new startup Dazzle raises $8M led by Forerunner’s Kirsten Green

  The former Yahoo CEO, Marissa Mayer, refuses to sit on the sidelines of the generative AI revolution.

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What's New in Artificial Intelligence (AI) 

• The tooth fairy just got reimagined for the tech-savvy generation

  After making a personalized tooth fairy video for his nephew, Oliver Finel noticed a gap. While there are plenty of Santa trackers, nothing similar existed for the tooth fairy.

• Amazon’s AI assistant Alexa+ now works with Angi, Expedia, Square, and Yelp
  Amazon is expanding its AI-powered digital assistant Alexa+ with new capabilities. The company announced on Thursday that it’s adding four new integrations to the service that will allow the assistant to work with Angi, Expedia, Square, and Yelp starting in 2026.