492: Inside CMO+: Marketing, Comms, and a $10B Acquisition
Amy Messano explains how she unified marketing, communications, and employee advocacy at Altair to create a single, forward‑focused brand that drove rapid growth and a $10 billion acquisition. By treating earned, owned, and paid media as one system and aligning internal communications with go‑to‑market strategies, the company shifted from a house of brands to a branded house, boosting investor confidence and deal value. She highlights the importance of clear brand architecture, simplified product naming, and a close CEO partnership for CMO+ leaders expanding beyond traditional marketing roles.
Understanding Reciprocal Rank Fusion for Hybrid Search
What is reciprocal rank fusion in hybrid search? https://t.co/XjtmXtwGrv
AI and the Promise of Tech4Good
Mint’s All About AI Tech4Good awards spotlight AI projects that advance human welfare, reduce inequality, and broaden access to essential services across Asia. The piece outlines the three core Tech4Good principles—expanding capability, lowering barriers, and serving overlooked communities—and showcases real‑world...
AI Support Isn’t Perfect, But It Beats No Help
New!! Is AI Support Perfect? No. But It’s A Lot Better Than No Support at All https://t.co/lwHOPUf7mm
Microsoft Unveils Fara-7B, a Lightweight AI Model that Can Use a PC From a Single Screenshot
Microsoft introduced Fara-7B, a 7‑billion‑parameter computer‑use agent that runs locally on a PC and can interpret a screenshot to execute clicks, typing and navigation. The model was trained on 145,630 synthetic web sessions generated by the FaraGen pipeline, achieving competitive...
Most Reps Prefer Inbound; Outbound Effort Is Rare
95% of sales rep that have only done inbound ... won't start doing outbound, even if they are missing quota. Not really. They'll pretend a bit, send a few emails, but that's about it. 95% of sales reps that will do...
Actian: Turning Insights Into Client-Led Growth
Jennifer Jackson discusses how Actian is reimagining its marketing function to thrive amid data-driven transformation, AI disruption, and evolving buyer expectations. She highlights the shift to client‑led growth by leveraging deep data insights, personalized account‑based strategies, and agile, technology‑enabled execution....
These Worrying Security Flaws Could Put Every Major Cloud Provider at Risk - Here's What We Know so Far
Researchers at Oligo Security disclosed five critical vulnerabilities (CVE‑2025‑12969 to CVE‑2025‑12978) in the open‑source log processor Fluent Bit. The flaws permit log manipulation, authentication bypass, and remote code execution across major cloud platforms such as AWS, Google Cloud, and Azure. Fluent Bit’s...
Offer Both Short and Long Videos to Meet Audiences
Post both the long and short version of your video. Different formats serve different audiences and goals. - The 1-minute version grabs attention fast and boosts engagement. - The 3-minute version delivers depth and value for those who want more....
OpenAI Apologizes for Big Mixpanel Data Breach that Exposed Emails and More – Here's What We Know
OpenAI disclosed that a data breach at its analytics vendor Mixpanel leaked limited developer information, including names, email addresses, and coarse location data. The breach did not affect ChatGPT users, API keys, passwords, or payment details, and OpenAI terminated Mixpanel’s...
Opera Neon’s AI Researcher Does in One Minute What Used to Take a Dozen Tabs
Opera Neon introduced a one‑minute Deep Research mode powered by its Opera Deep Research Agent (ODRA), delivering citation‑backed mini‑reports in roughly 60 seconds. The update also adds a model selector that lets users toggle between AI engines such as Gemini 3 Pro...
How the New SaaStr AI Benchmarking Tool Can Build Your 2026 C60 Plan in Seconds
Jason Lemkin introduces SaaStr.ai’s new AI‑powered benchmarking tool that generates a data‑driven C60 financial plan for 2026 in roughly a minute. The C60 model, based on the Last‑4‑Months (L4M) growth rates, provides realistic revenue, burn‑rate, and runway projections, replacing the...
Get Business-Grade Cloud Storage for Just $1 per Month This Black Friday
Ionos is slashing its HiDrive Business plan to $1 per month for the first year, a 90% Black Friday discount, then rising to $7 per month—a 30% reduction from the regular rate. The plan provides 1 TB of storage, support for...
Agentic AI & MCP Power Tomorrow’s Enterprise Advantage
🚀 The Future of Enterprise Transformation Starts Now 🔍 Harnessing Agentic AI and Model Context Protocol (MCP) for Sustainable Growth 🔹 Businesses are entering a new era driven by autonomy, security, and intelligent adaptability. 🔹 Agentic AI and MCP are redefining...
AI Video Shifts From Novelty to Everyday Utility
Nano banana pro is hitting the threshold for images that Veo 4 will unlock for video. We’ll suddenly go from static infographics to pro-grade animated motion graphics — like having a custom youtube video essay on any topic imaginable. And just like...
Mastering Generative AI: How One Workshop Transformed B2B Marketing in London
The episode recounts the launch of Trust Insights' first Generative AI for B2B Marketers workshop in London, which sold out to 25 participants eager to learn practical AI applications. Host Christopher Penn explains why the timing and location were crucial,...
Google Hints at Google Assistant Shutdown Date for Android Auto – Here's What that Means for You
Google’s support page reveals that the current Google Assistant will be retired from Android Auto as early as March 2026, with the Gemini AI model taking its place. The transition is positioned as a move toward more natural, conversational interactions that...
More Job Cuts on the Way? MIT Study Claims AI Could Currently Replace 12% of Total US Jobs Market
An MIT and Oak Ridge study using the Iceberg Index finds that 11.7% of the U.S. labor force—about 151 million workers—could already be replaced by artificial intelligence, translating into roughly $1.2 trillion in annual wages at risk. The analysis covers 923 occupations...
Revenue per Employee Beats Headcount as Growth Metric
We need to stop celebrating headcount growth. For the last decade of easy money, "We just doubled the team" was code for "We are successful." Founders felt insignificant if they didn't have a massive org chart to manage. But the...
Alibaba’s Eddie Wu Dismisses Google CEO Sundar Pichai’s AI Bubble Concerns, Vows Aggressive Investment
Alibaba CEO Eddie Wu rejected Sundar Pichai’s AI‑bubble warnings, pledging aggressive investment in artificial‑intelligence despite market concerns. He highlighted that demand outstrips supply, noting the Qwen app reached 10 million downloads in a week and that AI‑related cloud services grew 34%....
Cohere Joins SAP EU AI Cloud for European Sovereign AI
It was great to be on stage with Philipp here in Berlin to announce Cohere joining the SAP EU AI Cloud! Excited to power sovereign workloads for Europe!
AI Boosts Skills, Not a Reason to Skip Learning
AI agents are a force multiplier for your skill level in any particular field. This is why the argument of “don’t learn engineering because of AI” is bogus. This will basically be true in most areas of work. Those that...
The Role of AI in Modern Marketing: Personalization at Scale
Artificial intelligence is reshaping marketing by turning massive data sets into real‑time, individualized experiences. Recommendation engines, predictive models, and dynamic content delivery enable brands to personalize at a scale humans cannot achieve. Case studies from Spotify and Nike show that...
Amazon Blocks ChatGPT's New Shopping Agent – What the Fallout Could Mean for You
OpenAI’s Shopping Research and Perplexity’s new shopping assistant launched this week, offering AI‑driven price comparison, review analysis, and product recommendation. In response, Amazon updated its robots.txt to block ChatGPT from scraping its site, cutting off access to Amazon product pages,...
AWS Is Building a New DNS Backstop to Prevent Further Outages
Amazon Web Services announced Accelerated Recovery for Route 53, a feature that guarantees a 60‑minute recovery time objective for DNS changes in the US East (N. Virginia) region. The enhancement lets customers modify public hosted zones and provision infrastructure during regional...
Treat AI as a Persona to Transform B2B Marketing
"We now look at AI as one more persona. How does AI as an influencer take our information and ultimately provide a recommendation to our customers?" — Abby Gabriel, CMO of Schneider Electric North America This perspective shift changes everything about...
Use AI Combos to Dominate Debates, Shopping, and Decisions
Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! Some 🦃 updates: 1) Want to win some arguments at tonight's family dinner? Here's my cheatsheet on AI geopolitics in my newsletter (US, EU, China, Russia, Middle East): https://lnkd.in/eXkjb-da 2) Want to win at shopping? If you...
Earn More by Serving Fewer High‑Value Clients
I only take 5 fractional clients per year. Here's why I make more money working less than when I had 20 clients. Two years ago, I was drowning in "success." 20+ clients. Academy. Endless Zoom calls. Revenue looked great on...
10 Holiday-Themed Kids AI Activities
In this ad‑free Thanksgiving special, host Nathaniel Whittemore presents ten holiday‑themed AI projects designed to spark kids' creativity, including AI‑generated stories, coloring books, interactive websites, advent calendars, animal‑adoption posters, personalized elf messages, mini‑podcasts, animated Santa letters, and custom family songs....
A Humanoid Robot-Shaped Bubble Is Forming, China Warns
China’s National Development and Reform Commission warned on Thursday that the country’s rapidly expanding humanoid robotics sector may be forming a bubble. The agency highlighted that more than 150 firms, many startups or cross‑industry entrants, are pouring capital into humanoid...
Marketing's Influence Prevents Short‑Term Brand Decline
The narrative that marketing needs to earn a seat at the table is perhaps the most ludicrous bit of industry gaslighting ever. Marketing is a load bearing function, and one that needs a position of influence to stop companies from...
Popular JavaScript Library Can Be Hacked to Allow Attackers Into User Accounts
A critical vulnerability (CVE‑2025‑12816) was discovered in the widely used Node‑forge JavaScript cryptography library, allowing attackers to craft malicious ASN.1 structures that bypass signature and certificate validation. The flaw carries an 8.6/10 severity rating and affects an ecosystem with roughly...
Open-Source IMO Gold Model Democratizes AI Research
As far as I know, there isn't any chatbot or API that gives you access to an IMO 2025 gold-medalist model. Not only does this change today, but you get to download the weights with the Apache 2.0 open-source release...
AI Agents, Virtual Influencers Redefine 2026 Shopping Landscape
7 E-Commerce Trends That Will Transform Shopping in 2026 Retail is getting smarter: AI agents as personal shoppers, virtual influencers, zero-click commerce, and phygital retail experiences are among the trends reshaping how consumers shop. Read more 👉 https://lnkd.in/e7zaejH5 #Ecommerce #RetailInnovation...
B2B Video Marketing: Videos Have Increasingly Influenced Purchasing Decisions in 2025
The eMarketer B2B Video Marketing 2025 report shows video has become a core driver of trust and revenue in B2B buying cycles. Video now commands a growing share of digital ad spend, with formats like demos, creator‑led pieces, and short...
Launch LinkedIn Matched Ads & Affiliate Programs Efficiently
This Week in GrowthRise — B2B Marketing Mastermind Recap (Nov 26, 2025) Another insightful session inside the GrowthRise Mastermind for B2B Marketing Leaders ($1M+ ARR). The focus this week: practical strategies to improve LinkedIn advertising, implement affiliate programs and leverage...
What Is Antigravity, Google’s New Agentic AI Coding Platform Raising Fresh Security Concerns?
Google unveiled Antigravity, an agentic AI coding platform, on November 18 alongside Gemini 3. Within 24 hours, security researchers identified a persistent backdoor that exploits the tool’s “trusted workspace” model, allowing malicious code to run on both Windows and macOS. The...
Why Can’t ChatGPT Tell Time?
ChatGPT cannot reliably tell the current time because its core language model operates without built‑in access to a system clock or live data feeds. The model can only provide time information when it is explicitly linked to external tools such...
This Devious Botnet Tried a Trial Run During the Recent AWS Outage - so when Will It Be Back?
A new Mirai‑based botnet called ShadowV2 briefly emerged during the recent AWS outage, operating for roughly 15 hours. The cloud‑native malware infected IoT devices such as routers, NAS boxes and DVRs across more than two dozen countries, targeting vulnerabilities in...
Generations in Dialogue: Embodied AI, Robotics, Perception, and Action with Professor Roberto Martín-Martín
In this episode, host Ella Lan talks with Professor Roberto Martín‑Martín about his journey from tinkering with toys to pioneering embodied AI that integrates perception, learning, and action in robotics. Martín‑Martín explains how his research—spanning pick‑and‑place, navigation, and complex tasks like...
S7E16 - SaaS GTM in 2026: AI, Hybrid Sales & High-Performance Revenue Engines with Richard Schenzel
In this episode, Richard Schenzel of AtScale explains how B2B SaaS go‑to‑market strategies are being reshaped in 2026 by AI‑driven blended motions, the shifting role of ACV between product‑led and sales‑led models, and the need for a full GTM audit....
UBTech Strikes Deal with China to Assist at Border Crossings, and This Isn't a Dystopian Nightmare at All
UBTech announced a $37 million contract with a Chinese province to deploy its Walker S2 humanoid robots at the China‑Vietnam border. The robots will handle patrols, traveler guidance, and logistics, leveraging rapid battery swapping and an onboard large‑language model for communication. UBTech...
XPENG's Iron Robot Walks, Blurring Human‑Machine Boundaries
They SLICED OPEN a "human" on stage... and IT WALKED AWAY. XPENG's IRON robot just shattered the uncanny valley—silicone skin, fluid steps, zero humans inside. Sci-fi is NOW. But is this the future we want? Creepy genius or dystopian nightmare?...
Combine Upmarket Scale with Downmarket Simplicity for Success
Go upmarket, you scale faster, with less churn. And if you also stay downmarket too at the same time and keep serving those small customers well? Then you end up with a product that is both super powerful. ...
Launching a Top-Tier Search & RAG Tutorial Series
We are building the best search (and its byproducts such as RAG) in my tutorial series. here is what we have done so far 1.1 https://t.co/usXgGpHDbQ
Tiny 6k Model Replicates Behaviors of Massive Systems
A latent process that operates over plans? I've been working on this recently! What's most fascinating to me: my 6k parameter system can match aspects of models 100,000x bigger. Scaling laws apply very differently too... 🤔
Enterprise Deep Research Demonstrates AI Power on Own Data
Fantastic video. I love the way @ofermend explains things. Any enterprise who wants to leverage AI over their own data should see the power of Enterprise Deep Research shown here:
AI Must Stay Unbiased, Pursue Truth—Much Work Ahead
AI should be politically unbiased and strive for the truth. Still a lot of work to do.
Baidu Launches Vibe: Fast, Secure, Credit‑rich Coding Platform
Baidu just entered the vibe coding space 🔥 Meet https://t.co/jncwIoQ24Y. → super versatile → lightning-fast → rock-solid on security And the credit mileage per $ is ridiculously generous. Let's dive in 🧵 ↓ https://t.co/jXQjfvaHfU
Reciprocal Rank Fusion Explained Simply in Minutes
a very quick tutorial today! reciprocal rank fusion. a simple concept, explained in the most possible simplistic manner! take a look! https://t.co/i98PQUGX9c
