AI and Space Unite to Expand Human Potential
Space, AI, and the Future of Human Potential AI and space exploration are intersecting in fascinating ways: from zero gravity labs to medical innovation, space could be the ultimate frontier for human and technological growth. Read more 👉 https://lnkd.in/edZ5StMf #SpaceTech #AI #HumanPotential #BernardMarr
Olmo 3 Shows Transparent Architecture with Sliding‑Window Attention
There have been lots of interesting LLM releases last week. My favorite was actually the Olmo 3 release. Olmo models are always a highlight since they are fully transparent (including training methods and datasets) and come with very detailed technical...
Strategic Questions Turn Creative Tests Into Insight
Most creative testing fails because there’s no strategy behind the test. What are you trying to learn? • Which hook performs best? • Which visual holds attention? • Which CTA drives conversion? Every question asked brings you closer to the...
Agentic AI Turns Data Into Autonomous Action
🤖 How does Agentic AI work? 1️⃣ Collects data (APIs, sensors, logs, queries) 2️⃣ Reasons & plans with memory + context 3️⃣ Executes actions, learns from feedback 4️⃣ Produces autonomous, adaptive responses AI that doesn’t just respond — it acts. #AgenticAI #AI #Automation https://t.co/yJCfRXYJhI
Stanford Releases Top AI Courses for Free
Stanford University just made all its best AI courses free. No tuition required. These are game changers for anyone serious about AI. 9 courses worth bookmarking 🧵↓ https://t.co/WxTXHaunDb
AI Boom Thrives, Business Models Still Uncertain
Everyone in AI feels the same tension right now, but this piece finally names it clearly. The tech is real. The progress is real. The spending is real. The business models aren’t. Not yet. This is the best breakdown I’ve...
LLM Council Lets Models Rank Each Other’s Answers
As a fun Saturday vibe code project and following up on this tweet earlier, I hacked up an **llm-council** web app. It looks exactly like ChatGPT except each user query is 1) dispatched to multiple models on your council using...
Visibility Drives Business Opportunities Beyond Vanity Metrics
Why are you on LinkedIn? The ultimate scoreboard isn’t likes, it’s business. But my guest Neal 🎙 Schaffer suggest that visibility still matters if you want to win. - More engagement boosts your content in the LinkedIn feed - High-like...
Fresh, Focused AI Memory Beats Massive, Outdated Datasets
I know ‘memory’ is a big deal in AI — what I don’t know is how >much< of it you really need to have a great AI experience. The more I learn about how our own AI Agents work, the...
Master Your Speaking Pitch – Limited Spots Available
If you're planning to pitch yourself to speak at industry events next year (or appear on more podcasts): I'm running a Pitch Challenge the 1st week of Dec to work with a small group on their pitches. You'll learn to develop,...
Pivot Only After Exhausting All Options, Not Out of Pride
Advice on when to pivot from the king of the pivot Stewart Butterfield : "The decision is, have you exhausted all the possibilities? The default advice is to persevere, like the kitten hanging off the branch, that poster that says...
New Database Tracks Tech Fundraising Since 2021
Just launched a tech fundraising database. See who has raised from 2021 to today. https://t.co/S4E99cnnes https://t.co/NMjwhevAMb
Scale Finance Efficiently Without an ERP Implementation
📣 SaaS Finance Leaders: Want to scale without jumping into an ERP too early? Most finance teams hit a breaking point long before they’re actually ready for a new ERP. What kind of tech runway do you have? The truth...
AI Search Visibility Now Crucial; $60M Startup Solves It
Y'all know it. Being found on Google alone is not enough anymore. People now search on ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, Gemini... Skip tracking that? You just lose customers. This $60M startup just fixed AI visibility. Let’s unpack it 🧵↓ https://t.co/4KGTiyqzGh
Deep Billing Infrastructure Demands VC Funding, Not Bootstrapping
“Bootstrapping wasn’t an option.” Aleks Đekić (CEO @ Alguna) breaks down why building deep billing infra required VC funding + 1–2 years of heads-down work before GTM. Episode 219 👇 YT: https://t.co/qcHlPohaTO #AI #SaaS #Alguna https://t.co/RFDFavgq0R
Use Pain‑Qualified Seg
You can’t personalize your way out of a targeting problem. Focus on finding evidence of the problem, then just ask them if that evidence means they are struggling with X problem. This is called a PQS, pain qualified segment, and...
Essential ML Primer: From Basics to Cutting‑Edge Techniques
Since my review of the book actually made it inside, I'll just share it here: This book is an excellent starting point for beginners looking to understand the essential history and foundational concepts of machine learning. With well-structured code sections...
Trust, Privacy, Infrastructure, Culture: Key AI Adoption Barriers
The Biggest Barriers Blocking Agentic AI Adoption Agentic AI has huge potential — but many organisations are held back by trust issues, privacy concerns, infrastructure gaps, and cultural resistance. Read more 👉 https://lnkd.in/eV_2qv2D #AIEthics #AIAdoption #DigitalTransformation #BernardMarr
AI-Ready Brands Shift to Subscriptions, Chatbots Dominate
Monetization's in flux: Subscriptions, sponsored responses rising as ad clicks drop. For brands, visibility means being AI-ready. Customer journeys? 78% of orgs use chatbots for sales/support, 24/7, multilingual. 5/6 #AI #BusinessTech https://t.co/BD6KazsvUe
SEO Shifts to GEO, LLM, Conversational AI
This shift disrupts traditional search: Less dependency on @Google - evolving to GEO & LLM-SEO. Businesses adapt now, optimize for conversational queries, build knowledge bases, embrace multimodal AI. Search engines fight back with AI integrations. 4/6 #AI #SEO https://t.co/YBr2wLllxk
Asia Drives AI Surge as Market Heads Toward $46B
Asia leading the charge: @deepseek_ai & @Alibaba_Qwen highlight innovation beyond Silicon Valley. @Meta AI hits 1B MAU across apps, chatbots are embedding into daily life faster than ever. Market projected to $46B by 2029! 3/6 #AI #FutureOfTech https://t.co/epcjqXDdxJ
ChatGPT Commands 60% AI Market, 812M Users
ChatGPT leads with 60.4% market share & 812M users (incl. @Copilot ), processing 2.5-3B prompts daily! @Gemini at 13.5%, @Perplexity_ai 6.2%, @Claudeai 3.2%. Even challengers like @Grok (200M+ peak visits) & @DeepSeek_ai (125M MAU) are surging. Stats show 123% YoY...
Asia Drives AI Surge as Market Heads to $46B
Asia leading the charge: @deepseek_ai & @Alibaba_Qwen highlight innovation beyond Silicon Valley. @Meta AI hits 1B MAU across apps, chatbots are embedding into daily life faster than ever. Market projected to $46B by 2029! 3/6 #AI #FutureOfTech https://t.co/NPFx0rr89E
SEO Shifts to Geo, LLM, and Conversational AI
This shift disrupts traditional search: Less dependency on @Google - evolving to GEO & LLM-SEO. Businesses adapt now, optimize for conversational queries, build knowledge bases, embrace multimodal AI. Search engines fight back with AI integrations. 4/6 #AI #SEO https://t.co/RXMrHRSM1D
AI-Ready Brands Thrive as Ads Decline,
Monetization's in flux: Subscriptions, sponsored responses rising as ad clicks drop. For brands, visibility means being AI-ready. Customer journeys? 78% of orgs use chatbots for sales/support, 24/7, multilingual. 5/6 #AI #BusinessTech https://t.co/4b4jZKtgTW
AI Chatbots Overtake Search as Primary Info Gateway
🧵 AI Chatbots are exploding, redefining how we search the web! From 25B to 56B visits in a year, they're not just tools; they're the new front door to info. Dive into my latest article: "AI Chatbots vs. Search Engines: How...
Prospects Ignore Your Fancy Site—Results Matter
Nobody Cares About Your Perfect Website (And That’s Exactly Why You Should Care Less Too) Your prospective buyers don’t care how pretty your website is. They don’t care about your gorgeous brochure, your profile banner, or the thousands you spent...
Users Demand Toggle to Hide AI Error Warnings
"AI responses may include mistakes" No shit. Please just give us the option to turn this off, Google. https://t.co/uTzgDC8Dwg
Gartner MQ Leaders: Unifying Lakehouse & Lakebase for AI
Gartner's MQ on Cloud Database Management Systems (DBMS) is out and we're leaders again! Thanks to all our customers and all the teams working on improving our Lakehouse DW and Lakebase Postgres! We're really excited about the unification of Lakehouse...
Turn Crises Into Trust: Authentic Rapid Response Wins
59% of Brands Face This Crisis, Are You Ready? Discover the rapid response system and Stakeholder Communication Matrix that helped turn a potential PR disaster into a trust-building opportunity. From recognizing issues instantly to tailoring messages for different audiences, this...
Marketing Wins by Retaining, Not Just Attracting
Great marketing is not about who arrives. It's about who stays. So many people are focused on the wrong thing thanks to the influence of mass-market brands first, now social media algorithms. The entire job of the marketer is to: 1. Earn trust 2....
Top 10 SaaS Cloud Multiples This Week
This week in enterprise software: Top 10 #SaaS #Cloud multiples as of today's market close https://t.co/CfonGqKE4o
CharacterAI Bot Allegedly Prompted Suicide, Demand Moral Leadership
The AI company @CharacterAI_app is IMHO doing evil, and I don't say this lightly. I've never been this upset during an interview before – it came right after Megan Garcia described how CharacterAI's bot encouraged her late son to commit...
Great Leaders Demand Relentless Product Humility and Improvement
Best interview answer award goes to Stewart Butterfield : "I was interviewed by MIT Technology Review, and they asked if we were working to improve Slack . I said I feel like what we have right now is just a...
Weekly Syncs, Shared Scorecards, Unified Platform Bridge Gaps
Sales and Marketing fail when the conversation stops. Communication is the bridge that moves revenue and too often that bridge is closed. What is one practice your teams use to keep the bridge open? Why the gap exists • Marketing...
Creative Partnerships Thrive on Human Insight, Not Algorithms
Ever feel like you’ve been set up with an agency by a soulless algorithm? One that knows nothing about your brand, your goals, or your team? On Monday’s episode of On Brand, Toby Wilkinson , co-founder of ASK US FOR...
New Framework Helps Brands Become Best Answer Leaders
I had the pleasure of presenting at #mpb2b this week. The topic? Our new thought leadership research with Ascend2 + @TopRank's framework for becoming a best answer brand. Original research + multi-channel content experiences for SEO, GEO, & humans! https://t.co/2aot41mGAB...
CHROs Lead AI-Driven Workforce Transformation
Does a CHRO even exist in the AI age? Not only do I give that a strong yes, but I think they have one of the most important roles in business transformation. I weighed in on ServiceNow Chief People and...
Boost Startup Visibility with Growing SaaS News Traffic
Want to get our funded startup in front of more eyeballs? Traffic continues to grow at @TheSaaSNews! 30 day period. https://t.co/OngA6G974M
Google's Vertical AI Strategy Mirrors Its Internet Domination
Google is the only company in the world building AI vertically. They used the same move to dominate the internet. Their AI playbook explained👇
Google’s Vertical AI Stack Fuels Unmatched Competitive Edge
Google is the only company in the world building AI vertically. They used the same move to dominate the internet. Their AI playbook explained👇 Everyone’s busy debating model benchmarks, GPU shortages, and who shipped the newest AI app. But that’s...
AI-Driven Playbook Boosts CTV Conversions 38%
A DTC brand I advise ramped CTV spend hard in Q1. It should’ve been a scalable channel, but the results were hazy, expensive, and nearly impossible to interpret. • Attribution was all over the place • CPMs looked great, but...
Even Unicorns Stall: Why Bootstrapping Matters
One of my CEO friends raised over $100M. His startup had a $1.2B unicorn valuation in 2021. I always thought he was CRUSHING IT on every observable metric. So did he. Then last week we went jogging and he started...
AI Platform Valuations Spike with Growth Rate
This week on Clouded Judgement: The AI Platform Wars! - Median software multiple: 4.5x - High Growth software median: 13.3x - Mid Growth software median: 6.0x - Low Growth software median: 3.4x - 10Y: 4.1% https://lnkd.in/gY9aFwM4
From 3D Chip Pioneer to IPO: Pixar’s Untold Story
Pixar Animation Studios went public 30 years ago next week and Duarte, Inc. made the decks! Last night at the Computer History Museum , the team that led that IPO told the story of the wild ride. Sometimes I forget...