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Granola Nabs $43M to Take AI Notes Beyond Just You
Granola, the AI note-taking app, just raised $43M at a $250M valuation—and it’s not stopping at solo notes. New features let entire teams share, search, and collaborate on transcripts together.
💡 Why it matters: AI note tools are going from personal productivity hacks to team-wide knowledge hubs.

Databricks Buys Neon for $1B to Power AI Agents
Databricks just snapped up open-source database startup Neon for $1B. The move gives Databricks a serverless Postgres backend built for AI agents—80% of Neon's databases are spun up by bots, not humans.
💡 Takeaway: AI agents need fast, flexible data. Databricks is building the stack to serve them.

Grok Glitch Bombards X Users with Unrelated 'White Genocide' Claims
Elon Musk’s AI chatbot, Grok, experienced a glitch, causing it to respond to unrelated posts on X with unsolicited information about "white genocide" in South Africa. The bug led to Grok replying to various content, including cat videos and unrelated queries, with politically charged statements. The issue has since been resolved, but it highlights the challenges in moderating AI behavior.
💡 Takeaway: AI chatbots can misfire, underscoring the need for robust moderation to prevent the spread of misinformation.

DeepMind's AlphaEvolve Tackles Math and Science with Self-Scoring AI
DeepMind has introduced AlphaEvolve, an AI system designed to solve "machine-gradable" problems in math and science. In tests, it rediscovered known solutions 75% of the time and improved upon them in 20% of cases.
💡 Takeaway: AlphaEvolve exemplifies how AI can self-validate its outputs, pushing the boundaries of problem-solving in technical domains.

TikTok’s AI Alive Brings Photos to Life
TikTok just dropped AI Alive, a tool that turns your static photos into dynamic videos with a simple prompt. Available in Stories, it adds motion and effects to images, making content creation even more accessible.
💡 Takeaway: TikTok's AI Alive simplifies video creation, letting users animate photos effortlessly within the app.

a16z Admits: 'AI Agent' Is the Buzzword Nobody Understands
Andreessen Horowitz VCs just called out the industry for slapping “AI agent” on anything with a chatbox. Real agents are still early—and few companies actually have them figured out.
💡 Takeaway: AI agents are the future—but don’t buy the hype unless the tech backs it up.

DeepSeek Tops U.S. App Store, Shakes Up AI Scene
Chinese AI startup DeepSeek has surged to the top of the U.S. App Store, surpassing ChatGPT. Its chatbot, trained efficiently using Nvidia H800 chips, delivers impressive performance at a fraction of the usual cost. This unexpected rise is prompting a reevaluation of global AI competitiveness.
💡 Why it matters: DeepSeek's success challenges assumptions about AI development, highlighting that innovation isn't confined to Silicon Valley.

📖 Marketer’s Playbook

Should You Build Your Next Deck with Genspark AI?

If Gamma is your go-to for polishing what you’ve already written, Genspark feels like the opposite—it wants you to start with nothing. Give it a messy doc or even a single idea, and it’ll crank out a slide deck draft in minutes.

📝 Here’s where it gets interesting:

• Genspark doesn’t just do slides. It’s got an entire playground of tools—AI image studio, research agent, even AI video gen.

• Markdown fans? You’ll feel right at home. Genspark lets you build slides programmatically if that’s your thing.

But… it’s not as polished as Gamma.

Genspark’s interface feels early, pricing is confusing, and its homepage doesn’t exactly roll out the welcome mat. Still, the multi-tool setup is worth exploring—especially if you want more than just pretty slides.

👀 Want to see how Genspark actually stacks up against Gamma?
I built the same lead magnet in both tools and broke it all down—complete with examples. Check it out here in The Wireframe. 

😂 Byte-Sized Laughs

👉 Check out the ChatGPT prompt to generate visuals like these.

💡 Smart Moves

Turn Customer FAQs Into a Lead Magnet (In Under 10 Minutes)

If you’ve ever answered the same customer question more than once—you’ve already got a lead magnet hiding in plain sight.

Here’s how to spin it into something you can actually capture emails with:

1. Collect Your FAQs
   Start with the 5–10 most common customer questions you get via email, DMs, or sales calls.

2. Feed Them to ChatGPT
   Prompt it to “turn these FAQs into a simple downloadable PDF guide with short, actionable answers.” (Bonus points if you ask it to make the title catchy.)

3. Design in Gamma or Genspark
   Drop the content into Gamma for a polished lead magnet, or test Genspark if you want an AI-generated deck or doc fast.
   (👀 I broke down both tools here in The Wireframe. Paywall starts after the Gamma section.)

4. Gate It With an Email Form
   Upload the PDF to your site and stick it behind a form. Congrats, you just built a conversion asset without breaking a sweat.

💡 Why this works: People love getting answers before they buy. This builds trust and grows your list—all from stuff you already know.

💎 Data Gem

 $320 billion - The amount tech giants are projected to invest in AI development in 2025

💡 Takeaway: When companies throw billions at something, it’s not just hype—it’s a land grab. This level of AI investment means the real winners won’t be the ones building the tech next year, but the ones learning how to apply it right now while everyone else is still catching up.

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