Define Your Win Function Before Letting AI Optimize
AI can optimize for almost anything. The question is: do you know what you want it to optimize for? Say you're using AI to design a new flight path. You could measure speed, on-time arrival, and fuel efficiency. But what about passenger nausea? Pilot fatigue? Trust in your airline after a turbulent ride? There are metrics you're measuring. And metrics you may be ignoring that might matter more. Before you prompt, before you build, or before you deploy, you need to define your win function. What does "good" actually mean for this specific use case? This matters more now because AI agents are coming - agents and systems that take your goal and autonomously figure out how to hit it. They'll optimize relentlessly for whatever target you set. If your definition of good is incomplete, the output will be too. And at that point, it's not the AI's fault. It did exactly what you asked. The prompt isn't the hard part anymore. Knowing what you actually want is. Repost and save for later ♻️
Getting Ready for Massive Live Podcast at SaaStr AI London
Prepping for massive live pod with @HarryStebbings @rodriscoll and me tomorrow at SaaStr AI LDN!! https://t.co/GrNgLU8TVB
Open‑source AI “Computer Use Model” Speeds up Tasks
This AI controls your computer but does it a lot faster than previous attempts. It's called a "Computer Use Model." They are building an open source ecosystem around this. "Hey AI can you help me with my spreadsheets?"
Master Accounting, Bookings, Retention to Reach $1M ARR
Scaling to $1M ARR? Nail your accounting foundation, track real bookings, and measure retention early. These are the must-have metrics every SaaS operator should track on the climb to $1M ARR. 🎥 Watch: https://t.co/91tumEocFT #SaaS https://t.co/WLFQgA0ahq
Ditto Powers New Functional Vibe Coding App
okay fine this is fun someone built a working vibe coding app on top of my earlier project called ditto (self-building coding agent w ~500 lines of code) https://t.co/VK2yyTzUnS https://t.co/GOoqgreIgr
Brand Tracking: Strategic Lens for Real Market Demand
Brand tracking too often gets reduced to a data story that feels very far from revenue impact and too much about feelings. But it can actually be an incredibly strategic lens to understand demand in the market and how we...
Consistent ML Workflow Beats Magic Tricks
ML isn’t magic — it’s a workflow. 🧠⚙️ 1. understand data 2. choose right algorithm 3. train 4. test 5. optimize 6. deploy + monitor + retrain The winners are the teams who run this loop consistently. #MachineLearning #AI #DataScience #MLops https://t.co/LxCzFgQFe5
DIY Internal Tools Are Costly, Risky, and Inefficient
The idea that we’ll vibe-code clones of internal tools and stop buying software is overstated, for now Building/PMing/testing/maintaining your own CRM/Notion/Linear needs at least 1 full-time engineer It’s risky, worse, costly, and reduces engineering capacity, and for what?
RebuilderAI Secures Two CES 2026 Innovation Awards
RebuilderAI Wins Two CES 2026 Innovation Awards https://t.co/foF6ZlFHDF #CES2026 #AI #IoT #5G
Boardy AI Instantly Interviews Thousands, Reshaping Recruitment
I just applied. Boardy is the most disruptive thing I have seen in years. He (an AI) called me instantly after applying and we talked for half an hour. It can do that with thousands of applicants all at the same time. It...
Six‑Week AI Shift Reduces SDRs Tenfold
I remember hosting a dinner of sales leaders to talk about AI. I asked them what will your CRM do for you in the future? Nearly unanimously came the reply : enable salespeople to spend most of their time with customers. Listening...
Fear and Guilt, Not Strategy, Drive AI Adoption
Why do we HAVE TO implement AI…? This year, everything in marketing seems wrapped in the language of productivity and acceleration. Yeah, I know that’s every year. But this year in particular feels like marketing and content teams became Hogwarts...
StreamUnlimited Debuts Custom Voice LLM at CES 2026
StreamUnlimited Launches Customizable Voice LLM Reference Integration for Audio Agent Products at CES 2026 https://t.co/00kzTGxHWp @CES #AI #IoT #CES2026 https://t.co/tgGOHVH49w
Adopt Multi‑product Strategy Early to Avoid Growth Wall
The #1 thing I wish I had done sooner at Gainsight: multi-product to avoid the "growth wall." Every market flattens out eventually. For some (e.g., search advertising), it takes a long time. But for most, it happens sooner than you think....
SaaStr 2025 Summit Kicks Off with Vibrant Fiesta A
SaaStr 2025 Summit Stage - Fiesta A https://t.co/4WXGo4lfpk
Pick Content Channels by Guess‑Test, Not 40‑Page Decks
Good news: you don’t need a 40-page audience research deck to pick your next content channel. You can "guess and test" your way there. Here are two paths marketers can take: 1) Use tools (like SparkToro) to see where your...
Cultivate a Feedback‑Friendly Culture for Continuous Growth
Building a Company Culture That Encourages Feedback - https://t.co/Yco19nCcRR - https://t.co/1oObzNjeuR by Jeff Wetzler
Morning Roundup: DeepSeek, Kling, Runway, New Robotics Startup
DeepSeek. Kling. Runway. And a new robotics company. Busy morning!
From $2.5M to $25M: Blueprint for Startup Growth
I was stuck at $2.5M ARR for 4 years. Every big swing failed, and I was told I’m wasting my life on a tiny startup. I wrote down exactly what I wanted in 2016. 9 years later, I'm living it at $25M ARR. This...
Only 250 Docs Can Poison LLMs, Threatening Brands
New research finds Black Hats can poison LLMs with just 250 malicious documents. Learn how poisoning threatens your brand and what to do about it. https://t.co/rFmSyPh3ig via @sejournal
Shift From UI to Agent Experience with Prompt Guidance
Seemingly everyone is replacing point-and-click with a prompt bar. Design no longer differentiates. We're going to need to differentiate on the *agent* experience instead. One 🔥 example from Replit : The product helps you improve your prompt. Most of us...
AI Hype Promises DIY Enterprise Tools, Businesses Remain Skeptical
X: “You can just roll your own Workday or Salesforce in a day using AI why would anyone pay anything” 95% of Businesses: “What”
Don’t Let Metrics Become Targets, Focus on Humans
"When a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure." - Goodhart's Law I've been on a bit of a metrics and attribution kick lately, and I talked a bit about Goodhart's Law in my conversation with...
First Successful Sim2Real Transfer Achieved on Geoff G1
Ladies and gentlemen, we have our first successful sim2real transfer on Geoff the G1! https://t.co/eywBjbiLxy
SaaStr AI London Conference Now Open for Registration
And SaaStr AI LDN is open!! https://t.co/ahWAezvXSB
Airstreet Backs Europe's Breakthrough Visual AI Startup Flux
new on the press: unveiling @airstreet's investment in the leading frontier ai company for visual intelligence, @bfl_ml from the black forest 🌲 @robrombach @andi_blatt and their team have shipped the world's most popular image generation and editing models, FLUX - and...
Demand One Unreasonable Effort to Drive Massive Growth
"What is the one thing you will put unreasonable effort into this week?" That's the question Richard Hollingsworth asks his team every Monday. And considering his company, Fyxer AI , went from $1M to $18M ARR in just 9 months...
AEO Strategies for Modern Marketers at ShowPro
ShowPro is one of my top events to speak at during the autumn season. Each year, I find myself impressed by the exceptional efforts of MHI: The Association That Makes Supply Chains Work in supporting both exhibitors and event managers....
Malicious LLMs Arm Novice Hackers with Advanced Capabilities
Malicious LLMs empower inexperienced hackers with advanced tools! https://t.co/s8XiLeLlk8 #AI #LLMs #LLM #GenerativeAI #GenAI #security #cyberattack #cybercrimes #Hacker
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Executive Fear: One Mistake on LinkedIn Can Cost Jobs
Raise your hand if you've almost been fired for posting something on LinkedIn? I have. Twice (maybe three times). 🤚 🤚 Important to note: it's been a while. I want to think I've learned from my failures so I can...
5 Secrets You Must Never Share with ChatGPT
5 Things You Should Never Tell Chat GPT 🤖 Think your ChatGPT chats are private? Think again. In this video, I share the 5 things you should never tell ChatGPT or any public AI chatbot — from personal data to...
Goodwood Future Lab Unveils AI‑Powered Next‑Gen Tech
The Incredible Tech That Stole The Show at Goodwood’s Future Lab At the Future Lab, Goodwood showcased next-gen tech: humanoid robots, quantum simulators, space-inspired innovations — a glimpse of the future where AI and engineering converge. Read more 👉 https://lnkd.in/edgx8asG...
Brand Activism Delivers Measurable ROI and Cultural Impact
Brand activism isn’t soft — it’s measurable. In this week’s On Brand episode, Neil Callanan of LooseGrip explains how purpose-driven marketing creates a quantifiable halo effect that moves both culture and the bottom line. In this clip, he breaks down...
AI Hype Dies; Startups Shift From Replacement to Augmentation
11x and Artisan burned brighter than any AI startups in early 2025. Massive funding rounds ($500M+). Viral media campaigns. You couldn't mention AI SDRs without talking about them. Now? Crickets... But here's what nobody's saying: They didn't disappear. They pivoted....
Comparing Recent Usage of ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, Perplexity
Can you tell me how you're using ChatGPT vs. Gemini vs. Claude vs. Perplexity over the last 30-60 days? Has anything changed, are you using more than one of these tools, just going deep with one, different use case/reason for one...
Free 2026 Martech Report Launch Tomorrow – Get Priority Access
After months of research and interviews, tomorrow (Dec 2) is the big release of our new 123-page MARTECH FOR 2026 report. 🚀 There's still time to sign up to get priority access to the report at 11am EST and have...
AI Success Requires a Structured, Ethical Process
AI isn’t magic. It’s a process. 8 steps: 👉define problem 👉collect/prepare data 👉choose model 👉train 👉evaluate 👉fine-tune 👉deploy 👉ensure ethics & safety Real value comes from running this loop well. #AI #MachineLearning #DataScience #ResponsibleAI https://t.co/XYE2HFejK1
Prioritize Distribution Before Perfecting Your Product
Focus your startup on distribution 1st then build the best product 2nd.
Two AI Agents Streamline Product Shipping in Minutes
Everyone asks how to ship faster as an AI engineer. @ShawhinT nailed the answer. He’s a former senior data scientist turned entrepreneur and one of the most efficient AI builders I know — the guy is literally shipping full products,...
Postgres + Pgvector Outperforms Pinecone for RAG
I just brutally cut another 3rd-party dependency. Our Vector Database: Pinecone. Pinecone used to be an essential building block in Aidbase's RAG system. It would store tens of millions of individual knowledge points from the custom models our users are training on their...
Stop Overspending Bad Offers; Test, Learn, Scale Cleanly
Trying to “out-spend” a bad offer is burning your cash. Test less, learn more, launch better. That is the recipe to scaling clean.
Prioritize Contribution Margin Over CPM for Sustainable Scale
Stop worrying about CPMs. Contribution margin should be your focus. You can only scale a business that earns more than it burns.
Deepseek V3.2 Beats GPT‑5 and Gemini 3.0
🚨 Huge news from Deepseek today. V3.2 and V3.2-Special are officially out. Both are engineered with a reasoning-first approach for agentic systems... and early results show they outperform GPT-5 and Gemini 3.0 Pro in key areas. DA WHALE IS BACK 🐳🔥 https://t.co/XHyvBYV2yV
Tailscale Makes VPN Switching Effortless with Magic DNS
Never thought a VPN could get me excited, but I love how easy Tailscale makes switching between nicknamed tailnets, and giving me access to all these magic DNS endpoints. Such a great product. https://t.co/Pxxxxr7YyV
DeepSeek Launches Powerful New v3.2 Model
Chat! A new DeepSeek model (v3.2) has landed!!!! https://t.co/IiT4N6hffg