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Gemini's retention data is out, and it looks better than even ChatGPT!
3 month retention is consistently >90% from <70% since April 2025, either driven by 2.5 Pro or the 1yr free trials for students.
With a 6mo retention of ~85%, it almost feels too good to be true!
Source: YipitData which bases its retention off emails for new signups and cancellations.
With a 6mo retention of ~85%, it almost feels too good to be true!
Source: YipitData which bases its retention off emails for new signups and cancellations.
More Emails to the World
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Huang isn't managing 60 people. He's managing information flow
Huang keeps 60 direct reports. The typical CEO has 10. He holds zero one-on-ones. Everything happens in groups, in full view.
Every morning he reads 100-200 emails from engineers across the company. Not summaries. The actual emails. When he sees something, he replies-all to someone five levels below him, CC'ing VPs who had no idea the conversation was happening.
The obvious objection: this doesn't scale. It's chaos. No one can manage 60 people.
But Huang isn't managing 60 people. He's managing information flow. The direct reports aren't there so he can supervise them. They're there so no one can stand between him and what's actually happening.
Most org charts are designed for control. Clear reporting lines. Clean accountability. But control comes with a cost: every layer between you and the ground floor is a filter. And filters don't just remove noise. They remove signal too.
How many filters are sitting between you and the problems you need to hear about?
Your org chart isn't neutral. It's deciding what you're allowed to know.
Every morning he reads 100-200 emails from engineers across the company. Not summaries. The actual emails. When he sees something, he replies-all to someone five levels below him, CC'ing VPs who had no idea the conversation was happening.
The obvious objection: this doesn't scale. It's chaos. No one can manage 60 people.
But Huang isn't managing 60 people. He's managing information flow. The direct reports aren't there so he can supervise them. They're there so no one can stand between him and what's actually happening.
Most org charts are designed for control. Clear reporting lines. Clean accountability. But control comes with a cost: every layer between you and the ground floor is a filter. And filters don't just remove noise. They remove signal too.
How many filters are sitting between you and the problems you need to hear about?
Your org chart isn't neutral. It's deciding what you're allowed to know.
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Points on the board
make that "63 AND COUNTING" winners of The Nobel Prize - say the stickers on our football helmets for our game against UNC tomorrow...
Cal just won FOUR more Nobel Prizes - Go Bears!
Big brains in these helmets too 🧠🏆
Cal just won FOUR more Nobel Prizes - Go Bears!
Big brains in these helmets too 🧠🏆
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10,000 Pitches Competition - Select the winner!
The 10,000 Pitches Competition is bringing forward bold, innovative ideas from U-M students, faculty, staff, and alumni. Now, we’re asking the community to help select the winners.
Explore the gallery of pitches, vote for the ones that inspire you most, and support U-M innovators making an impact.
Vote now through Oct 6: https://myumi.ch/D87x7
Explore the gallery of pitches, vote for the ones that inspire you most, and support U-M innovators making an impact.
Vote now through Oct 6: https://myumi.ch/D87x7
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Sam Altman’s How To Be Successful
He breaks success down into 13 principles:
▪️ Compound yourself
▪️ Believe (almost too much)
▪️ Think independently
▪️ Take risks early
▪️ Focus like crazy
▪️ Work hard when you’re young
▪️ Be bold + willful
▪️ Build a strong network
▪️ Own things that grow
▪️ Be hard to compete with
▪️ Learn to sell
▪️ Stay internally driven
💡 Save this list. Revisit it often.
▪️ Compound yourself
▪️ Believe (almost too much)
▪️ Think independently
▪️ Take risks early
▪️ Focus like crazy
▪️ Work hard when you’re young
▪️ Be bold + willful
▪️ Build a strong network
▪️ Own things that grow
▪️ Be hard to compete with
▪️ Learn to sell
▪️ Stay internally driven
💡 Save this list. Revisit it often.
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Multipolar AI Future
💡 Executives can no longer assume the best AI will all come from Silicon Valley.
China has built a parallel AI ecosystem—different chips, models, and applications, moving at remarkable speed under different constraints.
This isn’t about East vs. West. It’s about a multipolar AI world, where companies must learn to integrate across ecosystems.
👉 In our new HBR article, Amit Joshi Shu Liu Kunjian Li show why global firms that ignore Chinese AI risk being left behind by those who combine cost-efficiency, customization, and regulatory fit.
🔗 Read the full article: https://lnkd.in/e5FCRD2J
China has built a parallel AI ecosystem—different chips, models, and applications, moving at remarkable speed under different constraints.
This isn’t about East vs. West. It’s about a multipolar AI world, where companies must learn to integrate across ecosystems.
👉 In our new HBR article, Amit Joshi Shu Liu Kunjian Li show why global firms that ignore Chinese AI risk being left behind by those who combine cost-efficiency, customization, and regulatory fit.
🔗 Read the full article: https://lnkd.in/e5FCRD2J
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