OpenAI Learned the Hard Way that Cameo Trademarked the Word ‘Cameo’
OpenAI’s new Sora social app featured a deep‑fake tool called “Cameo,” prompting a trademark dispute with video‑message platform Cameo. A U.S. District Judge issued a temporary restraining order on November 21, 2025, barring OpenAI from using the word “cameo” or similar terms on Sora, with the order set to expire on December 22, 2025 and a hearing scheduled for December 19. Despite the order, the Sora app continues to display the contested terminology. OpenAI maintains it does not infringe on Cameo’s trademark, while Cameo’s CEO argues the injunction protects consumers from confusion.
Gemini 3 Marks Major Step Toward Unified AGI
A LOT happened last week. ICYMI, @koraykv (CTO of @GoogleDeepMind and Chief AI Architect of @Google) and @LoganKilpatrick discuss Gemini 3, the state of AI, and where we are on the path to AGI. Chapters: 0:00 - Intro 2:00 - Gemini 3 launch...
Early Startups Thrive on Passionate Product‑savvy Sales “Magician”
I'd say 8 times out of 10, early start-ups have a "sales magician" ... that actually is only a B+ at sales per se. But ... - customers >love< them - knows product cold, better than anyone but CTO - deeply passionate about mission,...
Experts Tried to Get AI to Create Malicious Security Threats - but What It Did Next Was a Surprise Even...
Netskope researchers tested GPT‑3.5‑Turbo, GPT‑4 and GPT‑5 to see if large language models could autonomously generate functional malware. While GPT‑3.5‑Turbo produced the requested code and GPT‑4 eventually complied after a persona prompt, the scripts repeatedly failed in real‑world environments, crashing...
Assume AI on Take‑home Exams; Avoid Knowledge‑based Tests
In my classes, a big portion of the grade was HW and project-based (https://t.co/gDwMlp0iwV) but I still had to include traditional exams. And then, during COVID, we had to redesign the exams so that students can take them at home. It...
AI Can Misrepresent Your Brand—Learn How to Fix It
You've managed to get your brand included in GenAI results except, the information is wrong. Is AI lying about your brand? This is the question Nick Nelson asks in today's post on the TopRank Marketing B2B Marketing blog. Not only...
AI Vendor Threat Research And Cybersecurity’s Cynicism Problem
The episode examines the split reaction within the cybersecurity community to AI vendors publicly disclosing how attackers exploit their platforms, highlighting that cynicism can blind teams to valuable threat intel. It explains how AI is being used to accelerate traditional...
Top AI Podcasts I Listen to Weekly
Podcasts are one of the primary ways I stay updated on the latest in AI, specifically how AI leaders are thinking about the current and future state of industry. I get asked all the time which podcasts I listen to, so...
Stop These ‘Best Practices’ Sabotaging 2025 Lead Generation
The 7 ‘best practices’ that are killing your lead gen results in 2025. 1. Copying Competitors’ Funnels I watched Startup Founders obsessively replicate whatever funnel was trending on LinkedIn. The result was always the same: generic messaging, cold leads, and a sinking...
The GA4 Setup Everyone Skips: A Complete Guide to Configuring Analytics for Real Business Outcomes
The post argues that simply installing Google Analytics 4 is insufficient; true value comes from tailoring GA4 settings to align with a specific business model and revenue goals. It walks readers through essential post‑setup steps—defining key conversion events, configuring custom...
AI‑driven Outbound Cuts Accounts to Three Ready Buyers
If you're an early-stage SaaS trying to scale AI outbound and have no idea what intent signals actually matter, this is for you 👇 My friend Alexa Grabell (CEO of Pocus) just spent 9 months rebuilding her entire sales motion...
AI Steals Tasks, Frees Us for Creativity
Love, LOVED having this conversation with Erik Martinez on the Digital Velocity Agency podcast. Will AI take work away from us? Absolutely. But it will also free up space so we can do what we are inherently wired to do...
Hands on with Stickerbox, the AI-Powered Sticker Maker for Kids
Brooklyn‑based Hapiko has launched Stickerbox, a $99.99 voice‑activated AI sticker printer for children that turns spoken prompts into printable, colorable stickers on BPA‑free thermal paper. The device connects to Wi‑Fi in under a minute, uses proprietary kid‑safe AI models to...
Master SaaS Revenue Forecasting with 4 Data Sources
Join me live on Tuesday! How I forecast subscription, usage, and services revenue. Plus, grab my forecast model template. You'll walk away with the 4 key SaaS finance data sources that create an accurate forecast. And live attendees will receive...
Two AIs Duel to Sharpen Ideas and Boost Creativity
I built an AI whose only job is to fight with my other AI. The setup is two custom GPTs: one to generate ideas (Builder), and one to tear them apart (Auditor). Then I call them with @ in the...
AWS Is Spending $50B Build AI Infrastructure for the US Government
Amazon Web Services announced a $50 billion investment to build AI‑focused high‑performance computing infrastructure for U.S. federal agencies, adding 1.3 GW of compute capacity and expanding access to services such as SageMaker, Bedrock, and Anthropic’s Claude. The rollout, slated to begin construction...
Protect Q1 Profits with Free Chargeflow Post‑BFCM Shield
Most merchants treat BFCM like a finish line. But any founder who’s been through it knows that the real chaos hits in January. • Friendly fraud • Refund abuse • Disputes you didn’t see coming It’s digital shoplifting, and it drains Q4 profits when you’re...
Claude Opus 4.5 Streamlines Tool Calling, Cuts Token Bloat
BREAKING: Anthropic launches Claude Opus 4.5 Several of the upgrades are squarely at people like me, developers building agents. I'm particularly impressed with how elegantly they handle one of the biggest issues developers are dealing with: tool calling. MCP is...
Anthropic Releases Opus 4.5 with New Chrome and Excel Integrations
Anthropic unveiled Opus 4.5, the final model in its 4.5 series, delivering state‑of‑the‑art results across coding (first to exceed 80% on SWE‑Bench verified), tool‑use, and general problem‑solving benchmarks. The release includes broader rollout of Claude for Chrome to all Max users...
Shared Mental Model Ensures Consistent AI Adoption Across Teams
You cannot ask a thousand people to adopt AI and expect consistency. You need a shared mental model. Without it, the company’s output becomes a collage of mismatched assumptions.
Mindset, Not Money, Determines Your Wealth Ceiling
I've built my network with founders at every wealth level over the past decade. Here's what I learned about how they think differently: Millionaires celebrate quick wins. They're optimizing for the next deal, the next exit, the next opportunity. It's about momentum. Deca-millionaires...
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This Week in SaaS Nov 18 - 24, 2025
Top exits, deals, news, and blog posts of the week.
AI Agents Evolve From Chatbots to Goal‑Driven Executors
AI Agents aren’t just chatbots. They’re goal-driven systems that sense → reason → plan → act → learn. Key building blocks: • Goals + tasks • System prompt + oversight • Memory (short + long term) • Tools (web, code, apps, data, functions) The real shift:...
Indie Game Developers Have a New Sales Pitch: Being ‘AI Free’
Indie game developers are branding their titles as “AI‑free” in response to industry leaders who claim generative AI is now ubiquitous in game production. Co‑founder Alex Kanaris‑Sotiriou of Polygon Treehouse created a free golden‑cog seal that developers can display on...
Data, Not UI, Is AI's True Enterprise Gold
AI's true gold for the enterprise isn't in the UI or the model—they're both commodities—what breathes life into AI is the apps, data & metadata that describes the data to the model and then deliver value—just like oxygen for us....
SAM 3 Powers Precise Wildlife Tracking to Prevent Extinction
SAM 3’s ability to precisely detect and track objects is helping Conservation X Labs measure the survival of animal species around the world and prevent their extinction. 🔗 Learn more about the work: https://ai.meta.com/blog/segment-anything-conservation-x-wildlife-monitoring/?utm_source=threads&utm_medium=organic_social&utm_content=video&utm_campaign=sam
Amazon’s Starlink Competitor Is Launching with ‘World’s Fastest Satellite Internet Antenna’
Amazon unveiled Leo Ultra, the first high‑performance antenna for its upcoming satellite‑internet service, targeting business and government customers in a private preview ahead of a commercial launch next year. The 20‑by‑30‑inch terminal promises up to 1 Gbps download and 400 Mbps upload...
Treat Love Like a Startup: Vision, Risk, Commitment
I’ve built and sold companies worth millions. But the best decision I ever made was choosing the right person to build life with.... I’ve done the big deals. I’ve lived the founder rollercoaster. I’ve cashed the checks. But none of...
Marketing Success Starts With Making Friends, Not Broadcasts
Every year I set a new intention for my business or theme to guide me. This next year's comes from the one and only Andy Crestodina . Andy and I always joke that if you put us both together, you'd...
ChatGPT’s New Shopping Research Tool Compares Products for You – so You Don’t Have to Open 20 Tabs
OpenAI rolled out a new Shopping Research tool for ChatGPT on mobile and web, available to Free, Go, Plus and Pro users ahead of the Black Friday season. The feature lets users describe a product need in natural language, then...
AI Agents Plan and Execute Multi-Step Tasks Automatically
Alright, now that we know *what* an agent is, how does it actually work? When you ask for help on a task, the agent plans a series of steps and executes them directly in the application on your behalf, using...
Clarity Fuels Momentum: Faster Decisions, Shorter Meetings
Clarity makes things move. When people know what they’re doing and why, decisions get lighter. Work connects. Progress becomes visible. Teams stall when clarity fades. They slow down because no one can explain the plan in a sentence. You can...
Shoei Reveals World’s First Motorcycle Helmet with a Visor-Mounted HUD – and It Makes so Much Sense for Riders
Japanese helmet maker Shoei has unveiled the GT‑Air 3 Smart, the world’s first motorcycle helmet with a visor‑mounted augmented‑reality head‑up display developed by French firm EyeLights. The nano‑OLED HUD projects speed, navigation, calls and messages into the rider’s line of sight,...
AI Agents Blend Intelligence and Tools to Automate Tasks
Over the past couple of years, you’ve heard us reference “agents” and “agentic capabilities,” nebulous concepts that are designed to help you with coding, booking trips, and other complex multi-step tasks. But, what actually IS an agent? We think of...
High‑Profit 3M‑User Portfolio Hits $1M Revenue
An amazing portfolios of apps just landed on @acquiredotcom > $1M TTM revenue > $595K TTM profit > 2.95M monthly active users Lean team, diversified revenue mix, and strong recurring base. Love rare portfolio listings like this: Check more here: https://t.co/iqotQkQkUE https://t.co/aAtqSU3dIs
Assume AI in Homework; Grade In‑class, Teach AI Fluency
A number of people are talking about implications of AI to schools. I spoke about some of my thoughts to a school board earlier, some highlights: 1. You will never be able to detect the use of AI in homework. Full...
Amazon Pledges $50 Billion Investment to Boost AI & Supercomputing Capacity for US Govt Clients
Amazon Web Services announced a $50 billion commitment to expand AI and supercomputing capacity for U.S. government customers, launching in 2026. The plan adds roughly 1.3 GW of high‑performance computing across AWS Top Secret, Secret, and GovCloud regions, equivalent to powering 750,000...
Track Full Funnel Metrics Before Turning Off Ads
Watch all of the metrics of the funnel when turning off an ad.
Claude's iOS App Still Drains Battery on Long Replies
Lots of improvements! Claude still crawls and burns battery on mobile iOS app when doing long replies, very frustrating
Building Deep Research: How We Achieved State of the Art
Tavily’s team detailed how they rebuilt their deep‑research AI agent to achieve state‑of‑the‑art performance. By designing a lightweight agent harness, leveraging evolving model tool‑calling abilities, and integrating an advanced search tool, they streamlined orchestration and context handling. Their context‑engineering approach...
Today's Top Marketing AI News From Leading Sources
Top #Marketing #AI News Stories today: https://t.co/HXpZ3cAJnV Top stories from @MediaPost @martechismktg @WARCEditors @TheHustle @DrexelNews @MarketingProfs @Forbes @martechcube @elitebizmag @CarBizToday @cxtodaynews @Gartner_inc and more. https://t.co/z2UbR3M5pN
AI Reviewer Matches Human Correlation on ICLR 2025
Releasing a new "Agentic Reviewer" for research papers. I started coding this as a weekend project, and @jyx_su made it much better. I was inspired by a student who had a paper rejected 6 times over 3 years. Their feedback loop...
One-Shot Prompts Turn 29k E‑Commerce Data Into Infographic
A collection of one-shot prompts to Nano Banana Pro with their prompts. The last one is my favorite. First up: Turn this Kaggle database about best selling e-commerce products into an actionable infographic with proper titles and calculated statistics (29,000...
AI Coworker Saves Tax Accountants 90 Minutes Daily
.@Combinely is building an AI coworker for tax teams. It uses firms’ existing tools to proactively handle inboxes, client questions, and return reviews— saving accountants 90 minutes every day. Congrats @Tom_inv & @ArthurGranacher! https://t.co/7QdOSPxS0U https://t.co/OydTCWWSar
Vibe Coding Lets Anyone Build AR HUDs Instantly
Vibe coded this JARVIS inspired HUD with laser eyes and repulsor hands in 20 mins w/ Gemini 3 Pro using MediaPipe and ThreeJS. Augmented reality filters were always cool - but vibe coding makes them so much more accessible than complex...
Robots Will Be Autonomous Before We Master Folding Clothes
guys will invent autonomous robots before they will fold one article of clothing https://t.co/lJIMeG5dxL
Excited by Physical Command R Loss Landscape Visualization
So cool to see a physical Command R loss landscape! I want one!
AI Exposes, Not Fixes, Assumption‑Driven Decision Failures
Companies pretend decisions fail because of bad data. They fail because people protect their assumptions. AI does not solve this. It forces the assumptions into the open.
AI Investment Drives Half of GDP Growth, Reversal Risks Recession
According to today’s WSJ, AI-related investment accounts for half of GDP growth. A reversal would risk recession. We can’t afford to go backwards.
Grok Generates Clear Visual of Hardware Bill of Materials
Built an image using Grok for a coming post at @ooda on Allan Friedman's OODAcon presentation on the concept of a Hardware Bill of Materials (HBOM). Then clicked the video button. I think Grok did a pretty good job capturing...
