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Μay 13, 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. WhatsApp adds an incognito mode in Meta AI chats
   (Meta knows those AI chats are getting WAY too personal 😭)

2. Google adds Gemini-powered dictation to Gboard
   (Typing is slowly becoming a vintage skill)

3. Instagram tests captions on each post within carousels
   (Social media managers are about to overthink EVERY slide now)

The Growth joke of the day

SEO experts watching AI summaries steal all the clicks:
“so… what exactly are we optimizing for now?” 💀

What's New in Growth Hacking/Growth Marketing?

Strategies

• LinkedIn will enable consultants to book business direct from
  their profile
  LinkedIn has added a new way for advisors to book consulting sessions directly in the app, with a tool that will enable Premium subscribers to better use the platform to generate direct leads and business.

• Meta updates parental supervision tools
  Instagram is looking to give parents more oversight into how their children are engaging with content within the app via a new, integrated approach within Meta’s Family Center dashboard. The update will display key topics that their kids are viewing, as well as how that listing evolves over time.

• AI + human ingenuity: Where creative and technical teams meet
  Stop chasing AI tools and start building agents. At the May MarTech Conference, we discussed redesigning workflows to reclaim time for strategy.

• How To Run a Technical SEO Audit for AI Search Visibility
  Unlock the secrets of AI visibility to adapt your website for future search trends and improve technical SEO practices.

• Google’s AI Announcements Are Events, The New Search User Is The Trend
  Google’s Keyword Team published their recap of the biggest AI announcements from April 2026. Cloud Next ’26 introduced the Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform and Google’s eighth-generation TPUs, built for agentic workloads.

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People

• Former Tesla exec and Heron Power CEO Drew Baglino has founded a heat pump startup
  Former Tesla executive Drew Baglino has quietly founded a heat pump startup, TechCrunch has learned.This is the second company founded by Baglino in the two years since he left Tesla.

What's New in Artificial Intelligence (AI) 

• Medicare’s new payment model is built for AI, and most of the tech world has no idea
  Neil Batlivala has spent seven years building a healthcare company that most of the tech industry has never heard of and that serves a patient population most of Silicon Valley ignores.

• Amazon launches an AI shopping assistant for the search bar, powered by Alexa+ 
  Whether you like it or not, Amazon continues to put AI at the center of the shopping journey. The company announced Wednesday “Alexa for Shopping,” its new personalized AI shopping assistant, powered by Alexa+.

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