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June 26, 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. LinkedIn Adds More AI Tools to Assist Recruiters
   (LinkedIn’s turning recruiters into analysts. )

2. Apple Sports app adds live tennis scores and a redesigned home screen
   (Real-time updates, cleaner design—Apple’s serving sports fans a UX ace.)

3. Meta’s quest to dominate the AI world
   (Meta isn’t just experimenting with AI—it’s making a land grab.)

The Growth joke of the day

Email crush: "Hey."
Me: Opens. Clicks. Converts. Signs up for the webinar.
(Growth marketers call it love at first subject line.)

Roxie’s 3-Minute News Bulletin
This week's 🙌 News Bulletin Roxie explores how
AI Lawsuit Ruling Robotaxi Launch and Tech Trends Shaping the Future

This week in #AIMarketing, #GrowthHacking, and #AIAutomation:
From a landmark U.S. court ruling on AI training rights to Uber and Waymo’s robotaxi expansion, we explore the shifting ground of innovation. Google pushes voice search further, Wispr reimagines productivity, and Meta upgrades creator tools—while marketers are reminded that brand identity and technical SEO still win. It’s a week of legal, technical, and human breakthroughs that define what’s next for growth.

What's New in Growth Hacking/Growth Marketing?

Strategies

• Why Sustainable Growth Demands The Right Mix Of Paid And Organic

  Advertising costs, AI black boxes, and privacy laws have reshaped digital marketing, requiring businesses to integrate paid and organic strategies. Semrush recommends a 70/30 organic-to-paid ratio for sustainable growth and outlines best practices for coordination.

• Meta’s recruiting blitz claims three OpenAI researchers
  In the fight for top AI talent, Meta just reportedly snagged a win, poaching three OpenAI researchers despite rival Sam Altman’s public mockery of Mark Zuckerberg’s lavish hiring tactics.

• How one biotech startup is betting on cows and winning over investors
  Cow burps are a climate problem, and one startup wants to reprogram them.Livestock are a major source of methane emissions, a greenhouse gas that is 84 times more potent than carbon dioxide.

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  People

• Sam Altman comes out swinging at The New York Times
  Altman and Lightcap were the main event, but they’d walked out too early. Roose explained that he and Newton were planning to — ideally, before OpenAI’s executives were supposed to come out — list off several headlines that had been written about OpenAI in the weeks leading up to the event.

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What's New in Artificial Intelligence (AI)

• How AI Is Already Shaping Your Brand Narrative

  AI is already influencing brand visibility and perception across LLMs and multimodal search. Brands must manage their algorithmic footprint actively. Semrush Enterprise offers solutions like AI Optimization (AIO) to monitor and control this.

• Getty drops key copyright claims against Stability AI, but UK lawsuit continues

  Getty Images withdrew its main UK copyright claims against Stability AI, reflecting the legal gray zones of AI training data. The U.S. case continues, demanding $1.7B in damages. Highlights growing legal complexities affecting AI-driven content creation.

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