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☕ 5 things to know in 5 minutes

Sep 25, 2026

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☕ 5 things to know in 5 minutes

Why did OpenAI and Anthropic launch at the exact same time? Why is Amazon blocking Muse? Why is Waymo chasing 13-year-olds? Are AI food photos killing your appetite? And how is a "boring" tool worth $12.55B?

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Why Anthropic just cut Cowork, the 80/20 list for every founder, how to find your depth advantage by going wide, the problem with our environment, and are you testing the most important piece of software?

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How to steal someone's launch event for free, why software is making people insane, the reason small bets are scarier than big ones, why your first company name should suck, and do people care about your product?

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What happens if China wins the AI race? Did we just solve Cancer? What does "we have no plan" mean? Is AI firing or just not hiring? And how Spotify built their $100M audiobook business

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How and why does anti-marketing work? What are three things to ask about any market? Is one extra click your next growth lever? Are you just collecting tactics? And with software factories, what's left for you?

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7 min read

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What are the algorithms hiding and rewarding? How are GPUs becoming real estate? What do we need to learn from Anthropic's IPO? Is your app safe? And are you ready for non human shoppers?

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7 min read

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Is your roadmap making you worse at everything? How are 2-minute soap operas making $1B? What is the music industry doing with AI? Do your users know what you cost them? And who's financing customers instead of equity?

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7 min read

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What does a cracked 50-year-old math problem mean? Why was Burberry burning $30M+ in clothes? What was Apple actually selling for 99¢? Are you wasting Fable, and how not to? And why does everything you own keep getting worse?

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7 min read

☕ 5 things to know in 5 minutes

Did China just outlaw your retention strategy? What happens when hacking becomes free? What's the cost for staying at the frontier? Which rung of the AI ladder are you on? And is your growth problem actually a you problem?

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6 min read

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Why is gaming the key to AGI? Why did a bird-speed app just hit 300K users? Does AI actually destroy jobs? How does FIFA profit more when the big teams advance? And is AI your new storefront, or your replacement?

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Is the AI-spending era over? Who is the default chat now? Did you know about the new app store math? Are you ready to not get this AI fine? And what screenshots are killing your conversion?

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Can a fake bug hijack your coding agent? Can a government switch off an AI model? Did Elon just buy Cursor with money he didn't have a week ago? Why did Snap beat everyone to AR — and may still lose it? And is "AI" now a turn-off?

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☕ 5 things to know in 5 minutes

Is ChatGPT the new Meta Ads? Why is Apple renting its brain from Google? Where do the top apps actually grow? How long can an agent work alone? What happens when AI labs go public?

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