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Oct 08, 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.
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Quick Hits

1. How AI Could Lift Productivity and GDP Growth
   (The real AI gold rush isn’t in apps it’s in efficiency.)

2. Google’s virtual try-on shopping tool expands
   (Conversion is about confidence and Google just turned mirrors into marketing tools.)

3. Tesla launches cheaper Model 3 and Model Y
   (Affordability is the growth hack.)

The Growth joke of the day

What do you call a travel agency’s landing page?
A Destination URL 😂

What's New in Growth Hacking/Growth Marketing?

Strategies

• Facebook updates its algorithm to give users more control over which videos they see

  Meta updates Facebook’s recommendation algorithm to showcase more relevant Reels, enhanced with better user feedback, AI-powered search, and new engagement tools. Marketers can better target and segment audiences based on video interaction data.

• Apple's F1 streaming deal may be on the final lap

  Ever since CEO Tim Cook slowly waved the checkered flag at the U.S. Grand Prix in 2022, and buoyed by the success of the "F1" movie, there have been murmurs of Apple being more involved with the sport. If a report about negotiations is correct, that could become a reality 

  Soon.

• EU Wants Key Sectors To Use Made-in-Europe AI

  The EU on Wednesday told European businesses in critical sectors to ramp up their uptake of artificial intelligence and pushed for the bloc to cut its dependence on foreign AI providers.

• Dell raises growth targets for next four years on strong AI server demand

  Dell nearly doubled its annual profit growth target for the next four years, betting on robust demand for its servers that power artificial intelligence workloads.

  The company, whose customers include Elon Musk's AI startup xAI and CoreWeave, lifted its expectations for annual growth in adjusted earnings per share to at least 15% from around 8%.

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People

• How Otter.ai’s CEO is pushing the company to be more than just a meeting scribe

  Otter.ai CEO Sam Liang isn’t satisfied with the company being viewed, and used, as just a meeting notetaker. Liang wants Otter.ai to become a go-to source for enterprises and a new batch of products released Tuesday is the first step in that evolution.

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What's New in Artificial Intelligence (AI) 

• Google launches its AI vibe-coding app Opal in 15 more countries

  Google expands Opal, its no-code AI app creator, to 15 new countries. Opal lets users create mini web apps using text via AI, streamlines debugging, and allows complex workflows. Expansion directly supports global digital marketing and product incubation.

• Deloitte goes all in on AI

  Professional services and consultant firm Deloitte announced a landmark AI enterprise deal with Anthropic the same day it was revealed the company would issue a refund for a government-contracted report that contained inaccurate AI-produced slop. 

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