September 9, 2025

When These Big Brands Stopped Spending on Digital Ads… Nothing Happened

In an era obsessed with ROAS dashboards, attribution models, and performance marketing teams, the idea that paid media could be non-essential sounds like heresy. But that’s exactly what several of the world’s biggest brands found when they turned off digital ads, business didn’t change. Around 2017–2020, major advertisers, including P&G, JPMorgan Chase, eBay, and Uber, […]

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Anthropic has raised $13 billion in Series F funding

Anthropic has raised $13 billion in Series F funding, bringing its valuation to an impressive $183 billion a near tripling in just a few months. The company’s growth has been extraordinary: annualized revenue has surged past $5 billion, with over 300,000 business customers and enterprise accounts expanding at record pace. Its developer product, Claude Code,

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The era of cheap, duty-free imports into the U.S. has ended

As of August 29, the long-standing de minimis exemption (allowing packages under $800 to enter duty-free) has been eliminated. That means every imported package, no matter how small, is now subject to tariffs and customs checks. For consumers, this is a shock. Everyday items once easily shipped from abroad like clothing, craft supplies, electronics, and

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How Oakley Turned $6300 Into $41 Million in Free Advertising

In October 2010, the world watched as 33 Chilean miners were rescued after being trapped underground for more than two months. Amid the global spotlight, Oakley made a move that became one of the most famous examples of real-time marketing. After learning that the miners would need eye protection when emerging from darkness, Oakley donated

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Shock in AI: OpenAI Buys Statsig Amid Executive Shake-Up

OpenAI has quietly acquired Statsig, a product experimentation platform, signaling a big move toward data-driven product development. At the same time, the company faces fresh executive changes continuing a wave of high-level departures and reshuffles. For AI practitioners and tech leaders, this marks two things: – OpenAI is doubling down on experimentation and rapid iteration.–

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