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Here's what's in today's issue:
OpenAI just released SearchGPT, a search engine.
Lakera raises $20M to shield companies from LLM security threats
How to create a full note-taking web app in 4.5 hours (without coding)
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This Weeks Favourites
Cool Marketing: Monzo made an ATM that dispenses Greggs Sausage Rolls (link)
Article: Here’s why David Sacks, Paul Graham, and other big Silicon Valley names had a brawl on X over VC behavior (link)
Video: Steven Bartlett - This Dragon’s Den investment went from £9k a month to £12 million a year! (link)
Podcast: Marketing Against the Grain - A16z growth expert on chatGPT ads, the impact of AI on SEO & more (link)
Fun Stuff: I now have a newsletter solely dedicated to memes. No, I can’t promise I’ll be mature. (link)
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News
OpenAI just released SearchGPT, a search engine.
OpenAI's latest move in the AI race.
SearchGPT aims to make search 'more natural, intuitive.'
On the other side of the fence though, Google's parent company, Alphabet, took a whopping 3% tumble, whacking billions off its valuation.
Me however, on a whim, I decided to buy a couple of misspellings of the domain “SearchGPT.com”. At £10 a pop, I thought it might be interesting to see what kind of traffic hits these! I'll let you know in later issues if it turns out to be meaningful...
Here’s the domains I bought:
Here’s the link to the actual SearchGPT so you can take a peek.
And, here's a link to a video breaking down the release.
The Billion-Dollar Business of Disappearing
NordVPN: Born in Lithuania, raised in Panama, and now hiding your data in 59 countries.
The story started in 2012 when a couple of mates decided privacy needed to be taken seriously.
But, in 2019, Russia told NordVPN: 'Join our censorship registry or else!' NordVPN's response? They shut down Russian servers faster than you can say 'nyet.'
Here's the story.
Funding
Lakera raises $20M to shield companies from LLM security threats
News: Worried about prompt injections in your LLMs? Swiss startup Lakera secures $20M Series A to combat AI security threats. Their tech protects generative AI apps from malicious prompts and data leaks.
My take: Alright, I’m only really interested in the fact they built a game where you have to trick Gandalf into giving you his password. Nice little marketing hack, to try and show off the software with a fun game.
Read the press release here.
Growth
How to create a full note-taking web app in 4.5 hours (without coding)
So I spotted this dude on Twitter (sorry, X…).
He figured out how to use Claude 3.5 to recreate a full note-taking app WITH A BACK-END.
Oh, and did I mention he did it without coding?
He even got it set up with Firebase for the back-end, which he'd never even heard of before (me neither…).
Here’s the video where he shows you how he did it.
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Rob 🥒
Robert Benson-May, ACA
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