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Sep 09, 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. 30 Articles per Week? Yes, Sure!
   (Quantity isn’t strategy but in the AI era, volume + velocity is the new moat if you can keep quality in check)

2. AI Mode is now available in five new languages around the world.

   (AI doesn’t scale until language does.)

3. Google Meet is down: Outage updates as Google responds
   (When the meeting app goes down… growth hackers call it ‘focus time)

The Growth joke of the day

Ran 20 growth experiments this week…
Now I just need one to actually work. 😂

What's New in Growth Hacking/Growth Marketing?

Strategies

• Google rolling out Flashcards, Quizzes, and redesigned Reports to NotebookLM

  Following the new Audio Overview formats last week, NotebookLM is rolling out Flashcards, Quizzes, redesigned Reports, and more learning tools today.

• SPAC Underscores Capital Innovation in Expensive Sectors

  Deep Fission’s alternative IPO path reveals the value of financial growth hacks for startups in capital-intensive fields, such as nuclear energy or deep tech, where scaling requires unconventional funding routes.

• ReOrbit lands record funding to take on Musk’s Starlink from Europe

  ReOrbit, a Finnish startup focused on helping nations control their own sovereign satellites, has raised a record €45 million (about US $53 million) Series A round of funding for a European space tech company.

• Google AI Mode may become the default Google Search experience “soon.”

  Logan Kilpatrick, lead product manager for Google, said AI Mode will be the default experience soon. Later, Google said not to look into this message too much, implying AI Mode won't be the default.

• Spotify’s new ‘smart filters’ let you screen library content by activity, genre, or mood

  Spotify is giving users more ways to personalize what they hear. The company is launching a new feature that allows users to filter their library by specific activities, moods, or genres. These filters can also be used to find playlists, or, to some extent, audiobooks and podcasts, and can even kick off a new session on Spotify’s AI DJ.

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  People

  Bianca Cefalo's Career Shift From Aerospace Giant to Founder

  Bianca Cefalo left a corporate aerospace role due to lack of innovation support, founding Space DOTS to build what she couldn't inside the system — a key founder lesson in product vision and startup growth mindset.

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What's New in Artificial Intelligence (AI)

• Google’s Gemini Deep Think Enables Long-Form, AI-Aided Strategy

  Gemini Ultra’s Deep Think allows strategic marketers to process larger context conversations — vital for long-form planning, brand strategy generation, and more complex digital decision-making.

• Publishers fear AI summaries are hitting online traffic

  The feature is a concern for newspapers and other media publishers, who have already seen much of their advertising revenue siphoned off by social media.

  In a tough market, readers coming via Google search is a valuable source of traffic.

How 433 Investors Unlocked 400X Return Potential

Institutional investors back startups to unlock outsized returns. Regular investors have to wait. But not anymore. Thanks to regulatory updates, some companies are doing things differently.

Take Revolut. In 2016, 433 regular people invested an average of $2,730. Today? They got a 400X buyout offer from the company, as Revolut’s valuation increased 89,900% in the same timeframe.

No wonder 10K+ everyday people are taking the chance on Pacaso.

Founded by a former Zillow exec, Pacaso’s co-ownership tech reshapes the $1.3T vacation home market. They’ve earned $110M+ in gross profit to date, including 41% YoY growth in 2024 alone. They even reserved the Nasdaq ticker PCSO.

The same institutional investors behind Uber, Venmo, and eBay backed Pacaso. And you can join them. But not for long. Pacaso’s investment opportunity ends September 18.

Invest While You Still Can

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