Good Morning!
It is Pi Day, so you know exactly what I am having for lunch - deep dish pizza. Yes, I consider it a pie.
What You Missed This Week:
1. 🦾 Microsoft Launched Copilot Cowork in Anthropic Competition
Anthropic invented Cowork, a product that wiped hundreds of billions of dollars off Microsoft’s market cap. Microsoft’s answer was to take the name, license the tech, and turn it into a Copilot feature… and today, it’s done just that. The tech giant launched Copilot Cowork, an enterprise AI agent with multimodal tools for non-technical workers. (Axios)
"After 5+ years of wasting countless hours interviewing & hiring what seemed like a never-ending list of cookie-cutter agencies… I turned to Max for help, who introduced me to 3 agencies that are all better fits than any we had hired in the past. These intros landed my company, Mace Security International, Inc. (yes, we make Pepper Spray), an ideal partnership with a perfect agency for our paid traffic goals. It cost us nothing, was amazingly simple, and ended up with a partnership that grew our business significantly. 5 out 5 would recommend!
-Kunal, Head of Digital Strategy @Mace Security International
3. ⛔️ Amazon Won a Court Order to Block Perplexity’s AI Shopping Agent
Amazon doesn’t want these sales. A federal judge temporarily blocked startup Perplexity from accessing Amazon’s site with its Comet artificial intelligence browser. Amazon sued the AI startup in November, alleging the startup took steps to “conceal” its AI agents so they could continue to scrape the online retailer’s website without its approval. (CNBC)
4. 🤑 Google Closed its Largest Acquisition Ever
It’s official. Google has completed its $32 billion cash acquisition of cloud-security startup Wiz, the largest deal in the company’s history. The deal comes after Wiz crossed $1 billion in ARR in 2025 and will strengthen Google’s ability to secure enterprise workloads across multiple cloud providers. (TechCrunch)
5. ⛓️💥 The B2B Agency Model Is Broken
Most B2B agencies overpromise and underdeliver. They charge a % of ad spend (so they’re incentivized to make you spend more, not make more), lock you into 6–12 month contracts, nickel-and-dime every new ad or campaign, and take a week to respond when you need something.
They also bet everything on one channel 👎 One ad platform. One cold email sequence. One play. In reality, B2B buyers don’t convert from a single touch, you have to stay top of mind across multiple channels to actually get booked and get paid.
That’s why we built Max’s Team. One flat monthly fee. Unlimited lead gen across Meta & Linkedin ads, Google search (+RB2B), newsletters, LinkedIn content, and DM outreach, and more… all working together. Month-to-month contracts. No “out of scope” excuses. Just execution focused on qualified leads, like 100+ MQls generated in the first 6 weeks at $66 CPL in a notoriously tough ICP for our recent client.
6. 👚 eCommerce Startup Quince Hit a $10Bn Valuation
AI startups aren’t the only ones hitting major valuations. Direct-to-consumer retailer Quince has raised a $500 million Series E round at a $10.1 billion valuation. The round was led by previous investor Iconiq and comes less than a year after Quince’s $200 million Series D at a reported $4.5 billion valuation. (TechCrunch)
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