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Tuesday, April 23
5 things you missed today
Good Evening,
Here are the 5 things you missed today:
1. 🍏 Apple’s Next Launch Event is on May 7
Apple sent out invites to its next online launch event on May 7 at 10 am ET. The event is expected to feature a new iPad, including upgrades to the iPad Pro, a bigger iPad Air, and an updated Apple Pencil. Read more here →
💖 How To Make Your Brand A Customer Favorite
It’s no secret that personalized experiences are key to connecting with customers at a deeper level and increasing brand loyalty.
HealingMaps, a mental wellness platform, wanted to provide expert advice and deliver a personalized user experience. It was a unique challenge to seamlessly do this for hundreds of thousands of monthly website visitors.
That’s when they turned to Codingscape, which used the power of LLMs to create a custom AI chatbot that provides reliable advice.
They utilized Vellum AI, AWS, and LLMs like ChatGPT, creating a personalized user experience to educate and engage hundreds of thousands of visitors monthly.
2. 🚨 Senate Passed Tiktok Ban/Sale
The US Senate tucked a new law deep into the $95b foreign aid package that says ByteDance, TikTok’s parent company, would be banned from US app stores & hosting services if they did not sell the app within a year. Many leading battles are expected ahead. Read more here →
3. 🛒 Amazon Launched Grocery Subscription
Amazon launched a new unlimited grocery delivery subscription for Prime members today. It’s $9.99/month, only applies to orders over $35, and includes unlimited one-hour deliveries and unlimited 30-min pickups. Read more here →
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4. 🔥 GM’s Earnings Outperformed Forecast
General Motors has made more money this year than expected, even amidst increased labor costs. It raised its full-year earnings forecast to between $10.1-11.5 billion, up $300M from earlier projections. Read more here →
5. 🤯 Perplexity is Raising $250M at $3B Valuation
Perplexity, an AI search engine startup, is currently raising at least $250 million at a valuation of between $2.5 billion and $3 billion. This is one of many major jumps the company has made, following a $74 million round in January & a $1 billion valuation in March. Read more here →
Bonus. CEO Tip Of The Day
As a leader, what’s more important: intelligence or personality? According to self-made millionaire Steve Adcock who retired at 35… personality will get you 10 times richer.
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