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June 12, 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 Launches AI Video Restyling Tools in Edits and the Meta AI App
   (Meta's got the video game on lock 💥! )

2. Google Offers Voluntary Buyouts To Core U.S. Teams Amid AI Push
   (Google’s reshaping the team for the AI revolution 🤖)

3. Apple is salvaging Image Playground with a boost from ChatGPT
   (Apple and ChatGPT teaming up? That’s a whole new playground right there. 🎡)

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Roxie’s 3-Minute News Bulletin
This week's 🙌 News Bulletin Roxie explores
AI Breakthroughs and Tech Updates from OpenAI to Google

🚀 OpenAI’s O-Three Pro boosts research, writing & dev.
Bedrock Ocean gets $25M for ocean-mapping bots. Google upgrades AI ads, Apple’s Siri update stirs dev drama. WordPress builds AI team. McDonald’s & Snapchat team up for fries + subs.

What's New in Growth Hacking/Growth Marketing?

Strategies

• Pinterest Adds AI-Powered Collages, Updated Trend Insights

  Pinterest rolled out AI-powered "auto-collages" and updated Pinterest Trends tool to help marketers target users with curated product groupings driven by engagement and AI.

• Twix ad banned by watchdog for encouraging ‘irresponsible driving’

  A Twix advert has been banned by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) for encouraging ‘irresponsible driving’. The advert for the Mars Wrigley-owned brand, which appeared on TV and video-on-demand channels, features a car chase which eventually results in two identical cars landing on top of each other.

• Snapchat Partners With McDonald’s To Promote Snapchat+ Membership
  Snapchat’s trying out a unique way to increase Snapchat+ subscriptions, by enabling people to exchange McDonald’s points that they’ve accrued in the McDonald’s app for Snapchat+ membership.

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  People

• Can Scale AI and Alexandr Wang reignite Meta’s AI efforts?
  Meta is reportedly investing nearly $15 billion in the data-labeling firm Scale AI and taking a 49% stake in the startup, while also bringing on CEO Alexandr Wang to help lead a new “superintelligence” lab within the company.

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What's New in Artificial Intelligence (AI)

• Meta’s V-JEPA 2 model teaches AI to understand its surroundings

  Meta unveils V-JEPA 2, a "world model" designed to boost real-world understanding in AI agents, making them smarter for tasks like robotics navigation and interaction.

• Sam Altman-backed Coco Robotics raises $80M

  Delivery robot firm Coco raises $80M and partners with OpenAI, offering mutual benefits: AI training from real-world datasets and practical AI deployment — hinting at new AI + delivery business models.

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