Blog•Oct 20, 2025
How This Yelp AI PM Works Backward From “Golden Conversations” To Create High-Quality Prototypes Using Claude Artifacts and Magic Patterns...
Yelp product manager Priya Badger outlined a conversation‑first approach to building AI features, starting with curated “golden conversations” and working backward to design realistic prototypes and interfaces. She demonstrated using Claude to generate and refine dialogue, Claude Artifacts to embed live LLM responses without heavy API work, and Magic Patterns’ Inspiration mode to rapidly explore UI variations. The method accelerates iteration, produces more natural user interactions and lower‑friction prototypes, and offers a practical playbook for AI product teams and individual PMs to test concepts faster.
By Lenny Rachitsky
Social•Oct 20, 2025
From Fine‑tuned CNNs to ChatGPT’s Pixel‑perfect Descriptions
It do be like that these days... 😅 I remember when we had to fine-tune an ImageNet-pre-trained CNN and preprocess the image to then send it and get a top-5 classification that was somewhat accurate... Now ChatGPT describes every pixel...
By Louis Bouchard
Social•Oct 20, 2025
Specific Upgrade Messaging Drives Conversions for B2B Marketplace
Our ProductLed Implementer Anastasia Kudrow has been CRUSHING it for a new client we onboarded in August. They're a B2B marketplace helping people find and buy small businesses. Think: executives looking to escape the 9-5 grind and become financially independent...
By Wes Bush
News•Oct 20, 2025
Should an AI Copy of You Help Decide if You Live or Die?
Researchers at the University of Washington are piloting research into AI “surrogates” that could one day help doctors and families make end‑of‑life decisions for incapacitated patients, though no hospital has yet deployed such systems. The project, led by resident fellow...
By Ars Technica AI
News•Oct 20, 2025
What They Don’t Teach You About Marketing at Harvard Business School: Being Positionless by Optimove
Optimove argues for “Positionless Marketing,” a tech‑enabled approach that collapses handoffs so one marketer can access data, generate creative, launch campaigns and measure incrementality in minutes rather than weeks. The company cites proof points including Caesars cutting execution from five...
By MarTech
News•Oct 20, 2025
JointCommerce Launches A21+ ‘Household Targeting’ Solution for Connected TV Video Advertising
JointCommerce unveiled Household Targeting, a new A21+ cannabis audience solution that lets brands run verified adult-only campaigns on connected TV (CTV) by targeting households with confirmed 21-plus cannabis consumers. The product extends the company’s identity-backed ad stack from digital channels...
By MarTech Series
News•Oct 20, 2025
AI Could Predict Who Will Have a Heart Attack
Startups including Bunkerhill Health, Nanox.AI and HeartLung Technologies are applying AI to routine chest CT scans to automatically detect and quantify coronary artery calcium (CAC), potentially flagging millions of patients at elevated risk of heart attack who are currently missed....
By MIT Technology Review
Social•Oct 20, 2025
Benchmarkit’s November Events & 2026 Strategy Highlights
Here is a quick list of events that Benchmarkit has hosted, spoken at and/or will be hosting in November: SaaS CFO Dinner San Francisco: Sep 15th SaaS Metrics Executive Summit - SF: Sep 16th SaaS Metrics Palooza '25: Oct 8th - 9th SaaStock Europe:...
By Ray Rike
Social•Oct 20, 2025
Energy, AI, and Policy Converge at ADIPEC 2025
How do we power a world demanding more energy, intelligence, AND resilience – simultaneously? Nov 3-6, Abu Dhabi becomes the epicenter of this transformation at #ADIPEC2025 🌍⚡ Energy. Intelligence. Impact. Excited to see prominent US leaders joining: 🏛️ Doug Burgum, Secretary of the Interior...
By Helen Yu
News•Oct 20, 2025
Eagle Eye Unveils Smart Rewards, A Real-Time Omnichannel Loyalty and Promotions Solution for Retailers
Eagle Eye has launched Smart Rewards, a real‑time, API‑first omnichannel loyalty and promotions engine within its Smart Checkout suite that applies personalised rewards and updates digital wallets at the point of purchase. The platform claims sub‑150 millisecond processing of discounts...
By MarTech Series
News•Oct 20, 2025
Stream Launches Vision Agents First Open-Platform, Video-First SDK for Real-Time Vision AI
Stream unveiled Vision Agents, an open-source, video-first SDK that enables developers to build real-time AI agents that can see, hear and understand low-latency video streams. The platform combines video intelligence with flexible integrations to leading AI models and tools, positioning...
By MarTech Series
Social•Oct 20, 2025
2026 Robotics Trends: AI Goes Physical, Transforming Work
The 5 Robotics Trends In 2026 You Must Get Ready For Now In 2026, #artificialintelligence is moving from software into the physical world through humanoid #robots, #autonomous vehicles, and collaborative machines, transforming workplaces and cities. From #robotaxis operating in major metropolitan areas...
By Bernard Marr
News•Oct 20, 2025
Infrrd Announces the Official Launch of Ally: The First Agentic AI Workforce for Mortgage Auditing
Infrrd has officially launched Ally, an Agentic AI workforce designed specifically to automate mortgage auditing by interpreting, reasoning over, and acting on loan documentation. The platform extends Infrrd’s document-processing capabilities into decision-making workflows, promising to cut manual review time, improve...
By MarTech Series
News•Oct 20, 2025
NEWMEDIA.COM Chicago Search Engine Optimization Agency Launches Data-Driven SEO Visibility Services For Chicago Brands
NEWMEDIA.COM’s Chicago office has launched a data‑driven technical SEO visibility service aimed at helping local and national brands compete in a market of more than 100,000 local businesses by combining comprehensive technical audits, neighborhood‑level content clusters, and selective, quality-focused link...
By MarTech Series
Social•Oct 20, 2025
Join SaaStr Fund: Fast-Track Venture Deal Experience
I’m hiring an Associate at SaaStr Fund ($200m AUM) The job: 1️⃣ Screen 50+ inbound deals/week, find the 2-3 worth the deep dive. 2️⃣ Help manage the new https://t.co/D1x4RaX5t7 which over 5,500 founders have used in 5 years anywhere else for...
By Jason Lemkin
Blog•Oct 19, 2025
10 Things To Know About Raising Venture Capital for The First Time
Raising venture capital is a disciplined, sales‑like process that founders should treat as a long-term relationship-building exercise rather than a one-off transaction. Investors prize timing, clear traction and unit-economics (ARR, growth rate, CAC, LTV, burn multiple), and founders are advised...
By SaaStr
Social•Oct 20, 2025
One Human's System Beats Billionaire AI Teams
Spent the entire day with @blevlabs. My first prompt in his system completely outclassed the results I got from Grok, Gemini, Claude, or ChatGPT. Breakthroughs are possible. From a 20-year-old who has been working on his system for seven years. Gave me hope...
By Robert Scoble
Social•Oct 20, 2025
Coding's Text Nature Makes AI Agents Thrive Faster
One critical point made by Karpathy on the Dwarkesh podcast was about the difference between AI coding agents and the rest of knowledge work. It’s clear that AI agents in coding have taken off extremely quickly. There are many reasons...
By Aaron Levie
Social•Oct 20, 2025
Meta Bans Third‑party AI Chatbots on WhatsApp
No more #ChatGPT and #Perplexity on WhatsApp! Meta quietly updates its policy on third-party AI chatbots https://t.co/511MLKZ83e #WhatsApp #META #aichatbot #AI #artificial_intelligence @AlbertoEMachado @Eli_Krumova @postoff25 @Khulood_Almani @anand_narang @NutritiousMind @baski_LA @TanyaSinha_ @devaang @AlAmadi1 @jeancayeux @enilev @efipm @mvollmer1 @Nicochan33 @RagusoSergio @FrRonconi @Shi4Tech @sallyeaves...
By Amitav Bhattacharjee
Social•Oct 20, 2025
Overreliance on AI Risks Undermining Critical Decision-Making
The danger of AI dependency https://t.co/HFtMCYQf9g #AI #GenAI #TechNews #Technology #healthcare #Innovation #Tech #ArtificialIntelligence
By Catherine Adenle
Social•Oct 20, 2025
Mediocre Sales Leaders Start Day One Ignorant of Product
One constant among almost all mediocre sales reps and VPs of Sales and CROs I've ever worked with: They show up on Day 1 knowing almost nothing about the product
By Jason Lemkin
Social•Oct 20, 2025
Defining “Large” In Language Models: GPU Limits
how large the model should be to be called large language model? if it doesnt fit on home gpus, its large?
By Abhishek Thakur
Social•Oct 20, 2025
Avoid the RL Hammer: Choose the Right Tool
If you sub-optimally define any problem to require RL, when most can be solved with different approaches, then of course the RL hammer looks like the right solution! Rather than defending RL thru semantics, better would be to ask: how can...
By Alex J. Champandard
Social•Oct 19, 2025
ChatKit Cuts Workflow Hours, Boosts Business Efficiency
OpenAI's ChatKit just unlocked mega time savings for businesses. Most people aren't thinking about it right now, so read this to gain an unfair advantage. I was asking one of our SEOs how much time our SEO product, ClickFlow, was saving...
By Eric Siu
Social•Oct 20, 2025
Meta Gives Parents New Tools to Block Flirtatious AI
"Meta" Grants Parents Wider Powers to Protect Teens from "Flirtatious AI" https://t.co/LvkJaPspkc #ParentingTips #parenting #Meta #AI #artificial_intelligence @PawlowskiMario @chidambara09 @Ym78200 @CurieuxExplorer @efipm @bigfundu @sayedflah @Ronald_vanLoon @cyngn @belindabeibi @odisseiaalfa @DigitalColmer @MyCompanionsAI @KirkDBorne @patricegorissen @jeffkagan @EdwardKens50830 @enilev @insom_ai333 @ChrisCCrowley @sallyeaves @gurmeet_judge @VairagyaSadhana @andresvilarino...
By Amitav Bhattacharjee
Social•Oct 20, 2025
Williamsburg Launches New AI Safety Company
the ai safety company of williamsburg https://t.co/EWwuDys8Ry
By Nathan Benaich
Social•Oct 19, 2025
Master Customer Perspective to 100x GTM Impact
% of your GTM can be 100x improved by learning just these 2 things… Thing 1: NO ONE CARES ABOUT YOU OR YOUR SOFTWARE Just do whatever you're doing, and before you ship to the customer, read what you wrote. And look at it and then say… "What would...
By Jordan Crawford
Social•Oct 20, 2025
Rethinking the Meaning of Personal AI
Thinking about the definition of “personal ai.”
By Hiten Shah
Social•Oct 20, 2025
Obsessed with the Fresh Claude Interface Design
I am so very obsessed with the new Claude layout. https://t.co/BdqmCg9BU2
By Allie Miller
Social•Oct 19, 2025
Four Free AI Tools to Accelerate Fundraising
SaaStr.ai just launched four FREE AI tools that can save founders 100+ hours in fundraising prep. And maybe even get you funded: 1️⃣ AI Start-Up Valuation Calculator. Get VC-grade valuations using data from 5,000+ recent rounds, public comps, and AI insights....
By Jason Lemkin
Social•Oct 20, 2025
Internal AI May Replace Risky Open‑Source Contributions
Even though this particular example worked out as you'd expect today, Open Source dynamics will certainly change. Accepting and merging contributions is always a risk and has high cost, so trusting an internal AI system for minor codebase improvements may become...
By Alex J. Champandard
Social•Oct 19, 2025
Skilled Trades Set to Profit From AI Boom
👀🚨🤷🏽♀️ AI isn’t just for coders. It’s creating a boom for builders. 🏗️ Nvidia’s Jensen Huang told CNBC that electricians, plumbers & carpenters are the big winners of the AI era, powering the data centres that fuel intelligence itself. Nvidia’s investing $100B+,...
By Catherine Adenle
Social•Oct 19, 2025
Returning to Clarity: Rebuilding Analytics for Simplicity
When we first built Crazy Egg in 2005, we made a rule after watching people struggle with traditional analytics. Dashboards were cluttered. Reports were confusing. We wanted clarity so we focused on showing, not telling. That’s when we invented heatmaps for...
By Hiten Shah
Social•Oct 19, 2025
Salesforce CEO: AI Lacks Soul, Just Cut 4,000 Jobs
After going for AI agents, laying off 4,000 employees; Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff says: AI doesn't have a soul, it is not... https://t.co/Pz3MRjV15F #Salesforce #artificial_intelligence #AI @lexfridman @KirkDBorne @Ronald_vanLoon @erikbryn @antgrasso @sallyeaves @Nicochan33 @HaroldSinnott @mvollmer1 @marcusborba @CatherineAdenle @vinod1975 @YuHelenYu @ingliguori @fogoros @ylecun...
By Amitav Bhattacharjee
Social•Oct 19, 2025
AI Adoption Slips, Yet Spend and Retention Surge
Fascinating new data from Ramp: Paid AI adoption actually *declined* by 0.7% in September. This was the second decline of the year, but far more material than the one in June (0.1%). Other highlights from the data: - 73% of US...
By Kyle Poyar
Social•Oct 19, 2025
AI Agents Thrive When Paired with Contextual SaaS Platforms
The latest Karpathy podcast was actually laying out the bull case for AI agents + SaaS. We know that we’re years away from a “magical” superintelligence that will do anything and everything for us. What we have right now, increasingly,...
By Aaron Levie
Social•Oct 19, 2025
Great Agencies Win by Mastering People, Not Just Metrics
99% of being a successful agency owner is managing people and expectations. A majority of agencies out there can all fulfill the work. What sets great agencies apart is their ability to work with people (hiring, growing, retaining) and communicate well...
By Kody Nordquist
Social•Oct 19, 2025
AI Mimics Emotion, But True Empathy Remains Human
Why AI Will Never Truly Understand Your Feelings — And Why That Matters Empathy, nuance, and emotional intelligence remain deeply human traits. This article explores why AI can mimic emotion but can't genuinely feel—and the implications for trust. Read more https://lnkd.in/dkbgZMeD #AI...
By Bernard Marr
Social•Oct 19, 2025
Active Choice Boosts Add‑On Sales by 50%
Often marketers ask customers to opt into an extra service or an add-on. And what happens? Usually nothing. The alternate approach is to automatically include these services and have people opt out if they don't want them. But that is not always a...
By Nancy Harhut
Social•Oct 19, 2025
AI Tool Needed to Auto‑convert YouTube Videos for Reels
Does anyone know an AI video tool that can do this? I like VEED.IO (Sabba Keynejad tell me if better way to do this...) David Zitoun does Submagic have this sort of capability yet? I want to be able to take a video...
By Nathan Latka
Social•Oct 19, 2025
AI Shifts Power From FAANG to Emerging Players
From the #FAANG gang to #MANGO: how AI came to dominate US tech https://t.co/y2hDAPZx2o #AI #artificial_intelligence #UStech #technology #US @AlbertoEMachado @Eli_Krumova @postoff25 @Khulood_Almani @anand_narang @NutritiousMind @baski_LA @TanyaSinha_ @devaang @AlAmadi1 @jeancayeux @enilev @efipm @mvollmer1 @Nicochan33 @RagusoSergio @FrRonconi @Shi4Tech @sallyeaves @LaurentAlaus @Fabriziobustama @smaksked @MargaretSiegien...
By Amitav Bhattacharjee
Social•Oct 19, 2025
Vibe Coding’s Hype Collapses: AI’s Messy Reality
The rise and fall of Vibe Coding: The reality of AI slop https://t.co/LQPaM6b4Jg #vibecoding #artificial_intelligence #AI #codingforlife #Coding @lexfridman @KirkDBorne @Ronald_vanLoon @erikbryn @antgrasso @sallyeaves @Nicochan33 @HaroldSinnott @mvollmer1 @marcusborba @CatherineAdenle @vinod1975 @YuHelenYu @ingliguori @fogoros @ylecun @TerenceLeungSF @SourabhSKatoch @wil_bielert @HsrYueli @faustospain @Whats_AI @kaifulee...
By Amitav Bhattacharjee
Social•Oct 19, 2025
Transmutative AI Turns Your Own Content Into New Formats
This is beyond generative AI. I call it transmutative AI. It's not about repurposing. It's not about mass-producing content. While speaking at Content Marketing World, I realized something. We often think using AI in content means repurposing or generating fluff at scale. That's not...
By A. Lee Judge
Social•Oct 19, 2025
Distributed AI Community’s Aesthetic Inspires Across Organizations
The aesthetics and language of the distributed AI training / homebrew AI community are fascinating and motivating, and this is true across multiple organizations ranging from Prime Intellect to Nous to Exo. It's cool!
By Jack Clark
Social•Oct 19, 2025
Entrepreneurs Build Audiences to Overcome Obscurity
I never wanted to be an influencer. I don't even see myself as a “creator”. I'm an entrepreneur. I love building things. I love solving problems. I built an audience to solve my own problem: obscurity. After all, people can't buy your stuff…...
By Katelyn Bourgoin
Social•Oct 19, 2025
Claude Powers First Full Calendar Client Upgrade
Claude Code has been working all weekend on a major feature upgrade to @groupthinkAI — a full calendar client This is my first major feature going end-to-end with Claude as the planner of the epic, breakdown to multiple issues and...
By Danielle Morrill
Social•Oct 19, 2025
Founders Reset Stripe for Zero‑Revenue Startup
Founders hitting refresh on Stripe for their $0 MRR startup: https://t.co/waf7rwqrgd
By Andrew Gazdecki
Social•Oct 19, 2025
Mystery “World Models” Spark VC Excitement
World models: No one knows what it means, but it’s provocative. It gets the VCs going.
By Bilawal Sidhu
Social•Oct 19, 2025
ChatGPT Apps Open 800M-User Channel—First-Mover Advantage
ChatGPT just launched its apps and unlocked a new distribution channel with 800M+ users. This feels like the App Store in 2008, huge first-mover advantage if you’re fast. Risk a few weeks now or miss out for years... https://t.co/1Qb4HAha2q
By Eric Siu
Social•Oct 19, 2025
In‑person Visits Drive Higher Closures and Revenue
The more customers you visit in person, The more customers you close. The more revenue you retain. And the more they buy from you. As true in 2025 as it ever was.
By Jason Lemkin