Today’s Growth Vibe: Sharing Songs, Tagging Friends, and Lego Entering Its Tech Era ☕️

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07 Jan • Estimated Reading Time: 5 minutes

Jan 07, 2026

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Quick Hits

  1. Spotify now lets you share what you’re streaming in real time with friends
    (Music taste, but make it public accountability.)

  2. WhatsApp rolls out new group chat features, including member tags
    (@everyone but make it family drama.)

  3. Lego unveils tech-filled Smart Bricks - to play experts' unease
    (Lego said: what if playtime… but with firmware updates?)

The Growth joke of the day

Why did the smart Lego brick stop working?
Because it needed a software update… right in the middle of playtime.

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Strategies

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  • Meta pauses international expansion of its Ray-Ban Display glasses

    Meta has halted its plan to sell Ray-Ban Display smart glasses internationally due to soaring U.S. demand and product waitlists into late 2026. New features (teleprompter, digital note-taking) and navigation improvements were also announced, showcasing wearable tech’s digital marketing potential.

  • Threads is developing in-message games

    Meta’s Threads is prototyping chat-based games (starting with basketball), aiming to drive engagement and growth in competition with platforms like X and Apple Messages. Game features could be used for viral marketing and retention strategies within digital communities.

  • Intel spinout Articul8 raises more than half of $70M round at $500M valuation

    Articul8, an enterprise AI company spun out of Intel in early 2024, has secured more than half of a planned $70 million funding round at a $500 million pre-money valuation, according to its CEO, as it looks to capitalize on growing demand for AI systems in regulated industries.

  • Spotify lowers monetization threshold for video podcasts

    Spotify is lowering its eligibility criteria for podcasters to monetize their videos on the platform, dropping the minimum episode requirement to three, minimum consumption hours to 2,000, and engaged audience member threshold to 1,000 over the last 30 days.

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People

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