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Apr 24, 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.

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Quick Hits

1. University of Texas at El Paso Launches AI Think Tank

2. OpenAI makes its upgraded image generator available to developers

The Growth joke of the day

Parents : "If all your friends jumped into the well, will you?"
Kid : No!
Machine Learning : Yes!

What's New in Growth Hacking/Growth Marketing?

Strategies

• Threads Ads Expand to All Meta Advertisers

  Meta opens up Threads ads to all advertisers globally. Integration with features like inventory filters offers more control over ad placement, enhancing cross-channel marketing opportunities and expanding digital ad reach.

• Meta Looks to Drive More Meta Verified Take-Up Among Brands With New Elements

  Meta introduces new incentives for businesses to subscribe to Meta Verified – including content credit tagging and warning labels for non-verified accounts – pushing higher trust signals and exposure.

• Vogue Business TikTok Trend Tracker: Platform drives virality for campaigns like Figma and Canva

  TikTok’s latest marketing momentum includes collaborations that boost both content reach and brand equity; creators are leveraging viral sound and aesthetic trends to frame product marketing.

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People

• Ludwig Enterprises Announces New CEO

  Charles T. Todd Jr. has been appointed as CEO and Chair of the Board of Ludwig Enterprises, bringing extensive leadership experience to the company.

Roxie’s 3-Minute News Bulletin

This week's 🙌  News Bulletin explores how
Meta Launches Edits App as AI and Censorship Shape Tech Trends.

Quick take

— AI wars, lead wins, and Threads that talk back— 
Meta’s taking on CapCut with Edits, Tesla’s sweating earnings, China’s AI censors are acting up, and Lace AI just cashed in big. 🚀 
Meanwhile, LinkedIn gets smarter, Threads gets chattier, and SEO gets a glow-up. Welcome to the future, where algorithms run the show.

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Final call!
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What's New in Artificial Intelligence (AI)

• OpenAI’s future “reasoning switch” may allow performance tuning for digital marketing use cases

  The upcoming model from OpenAI features a toggleable "reasoning" layer that marketers and developers could use to balance output accuracy and latency across automated campaigns and interactive content deployments.

• Deep integration of Fireflies’ AI work tools hints at future of AI sales workflows

  Fireflies’ BANT Sales App, Product Launch Planning App, and feedback tools reduce manual analysis and enable quick-turn GTM planning, specifically crafted for marketers, product teams, and sales ops.

• Study Reveals Public Concern Over Immediate AI Risks

  A study by the University of Zurich found that people are more concerned about current AI risks, such as misinformation and bias, than hypothetical future threats, emphasizing the need for addressing present challenges in AI deployment.

• Verses AI Inc. Announces Public Offering

  The company has priced its public offering of units, aiming to raise capital for expanding its AI technologies and solutions.

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