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May 13, 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. Google Updates Image SEO Best Practices: Use Consistent URLs
   (Consistency is key! Even URLs need to stay loyal)

2. Forget SEO. The hot new thing is 'AEO.' 
   (Looks like SEO is getting a glow-up!)

3. New Program Seeks to Provide Every Israeli Child With a Private AI Tutor
   
   

The Growth joke of the day

Why did the marketer get kicked off the trampoline?
Because he kept bouncing around too many ideas!

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What's New in Growth Hacking/Growth Marketing?

Strategies

• The 5 Best Web Scraping Tools – From $0
  Information is power, and the fastest way to get it is through web scraping. Whether you’re a marketer, researcher, or entrepreneur, being able to collect and structure data from websites can give you a competitive edge.

• Apple brings emergency satellite features to iPhone 13 with iOS 18.5

  Apple expands access to satellite-based emergency features to more users, including new monitoring for Screen Time and updates to Mail, TV, Siri, and more, reflecting iterative improvements relevant to retention and user experience strategies.

• Zalando uses AI to speed up marketing campaigns, cut costs
  European fashion retailer Zalando is increasingly integrating generative AI to accelerate content production for marketing campaigns, significantly reducing both time and costs. 

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  People

1. Mercury’s CEO formalizes bets on early-stage founders with a $26M fund

   Immad Akhund formalizes his angel investing into a $26M fund to help early-stage companies in impactful product markets worth $10B+, advancing human progress.

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What's New in Artificial Intelligence (AI)

• Improvements in ‘reasoning’ AI models may slow down soon, analysis finds
  An analysis by Epoch AI suggests that the AI industry may face diminishing returns in enhancing reasoning capabilities of models, indicating a potential plateau in current AI advancements.

• DX Terminal Launches a Retro-Futurist Simulation Where AI Traders Rule the Markets
  DX Terminal has launched an immersive simulation featuring AI traders dominating financial markets, offering insights into the future of AI-driven trading environments.

• Presidential rivals sell economic policy visions around AI, deregulation, reshoring
  South Korean presidential candidates are presenting economic policies focusing on AI advancement, deregulation, and reshoring to boost the nation's technological and industrial competitiveness

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