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We will talk about agents. AI agents.

They will change the way how we do business, how we interract and even how we do our everyday lives.

Agents will build business.

Agents will organize your day.

Agents will fill up your fridge.

I will let that sit in here for a while, so we can imagine and build the future together one agent at a time...

WHAT'S AT STAKE TODAY ⚡

• Passionfroot raises $15M to expand its B2B creator marketplace to the US 🌍
• Substack's new tool tells you who's been writing their newsletters with AI 🕵️
• OpenAI's AI spending spree has ballooned to $750B 💸
• Meta is testing an AI bedtime story app for people with no imagination 🌙
• The Anthropic-Physical Intelligence rumor roiling AI Twitter 🌀
• Synthesia's AI training platform is moving beyond videos into live coaching 🎙️
• Glow emerges from stealth at $1.2B valuation to challenge endpoint security in the AI era 🔐
• The browser wars aren't about search anymore — here are the best alternatives to Chrome and Safari 🌐
• Monday.com lays off hundreds to focus on AI 🤖

German B2B creator marketplace secures $15M to fuel US expansion

Passionfroot raises $15M to expand its B2B creator marketplace to the US

Berlin-based startup Passionfroot has raised $15 million in a Series A funding round, led by Insight Partners, to expand its B2B creator marketplace into the United States. The company, which connects specialized creators with brands, has now raised more than $21 million in total, with existing investors Creandum, Supernode Global, and s16vc also participating in the round.

Rebecca Liu-Doyle, managing director at Insight Partners, highlighted why the timing is right for a platform like Passionfroot. "On the demand side, there is increasing consumerization of the way B2B brands go to market — partly driven by AI technology requiring evangelism, narrative building, and education. On the supply side, there are people with real expertise who understand a market deeply and want to create quality content," she said. "Passionfroot has the perfect dynamics on both sides to warrant a true marketplace for B2B creators."

Co-founder and CEO Jen Phan is relocating from Berlin to New York, where Passionfroot is opening a new office to anchor its US push. The company is also establishing a presence in São Paulo and plans to grow its current team of 15 employees.

Phan says the core opportunity stems from AI flooding the software market with new products, making it harder for brands to stand out. "Every head of marketing or growth leader I'm talking to is saying the same thing: AI is commoditizing software and crowding every category with new launches. That's why B2B buyers are turning to channels like LinkedIn, a creator's Substack, or a YouTube podcast to discover new tools," she explained.

The strategy appears to be working. Over the past year, Passionfroot grew its revenue 13 times and brought on notable clients including ElevenLabs, Figma, Replit, Framer, and Gamma. The platform has also paid out at least $10 million to creators over the last 18 months.

Since its 2024 fundraise, the startup has launched an AI agent called Zest, designed to help brands build, run, and track creator campaigns. Zest can also identify suitable creators both on and off the platform based on a brand's marketing goals. Passionfroot uses a proprietary creator graph built on reach and performance data gathered from thousands of campaigns. Additionally, the platform includes a built-in wallet that allows companies to pay creators globally and monitor their spending.

Looking ahead, Passionfroot is developing tools to help brands measure how their campaigns influence AI-generated citations — essentially tracking how a brand shows up in AI-powered search results and answers. The company is also planning creator-facing AI features, including monetization guidance and content idea generation.

The raise comes as the broader creator economy continues to mature. Competing platforms like Beehiiv and Substack are also stepping up their monetization offerings — Beehiiv recently launched a community and ad marketplace, while Substack introduced subscriber-only perks. Passionfroot, however, is carving out a distinct niche by focusing exclusively on the B2B segment, where creator-driven marketing is becoming an increasingly essential tool for brands navigating a crowded, AI-saturated landscape.

Substack integrates AI detection tool to flag AI-written newsletter content.

Substack's new tool tells you who's been writing their newsletters with AI

Substack has integrated AI detection software Pangram into its platform, allowing users to scan posts, comments, and replies to estimate how much content was written by a human versus AI.

The feature applies to any content over 100 characters and encourages writers to disclose their AI usage through an optional author's note. Rather than penalizing AI-assisted writing, Substack aims to promote transparency and maintain trust in its content ecosystem.

CEO Chris Best emphasized that while software can handle many tasks, the core creative ideas should still come from people.

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Real Conversations with the People Building the AI Future

The Supercharged Podcast is quickly becoming a space for real, unfiltered conversations about AI — beyond the hype, tools, and surface-level takes.

Each episode dives deep with founders, operators, and builders who are actively working with AI — or building AI-first companies — to uncover how it's truly changing the way work gets done.

From strategy and systems to real-world execution, these conversations are practical, honest, and focused on what actually works — not just what sounds good.

⚡ Trends for the Future

OpenAI's AI spending spree has ballooned to $750B

OpenAI has announced plans to spend $750 billion on infrastructure through 2030, a figure that is roughly 25% higher than its earlier estimates this year. The announcement comes as its Stargate data center project has shown signs of slowing down, raising questions about where this massive investment will actually land.

The first major move under this expanded plan is Project Camellia, a $20 billion data center campus to be built on 1,400 acres northwest of Savannah, Georgia. The facility will draw at least 3.2 gigawatts of power from Georgia Power, with that capacity expected to come online between 2028 and 2032. OpenAI has committed to covering the full cost of infrastructure and electric service, and will also reduce its power draw by up to 1 gigawatt during periods of peak grid demand.

The company is also receiving a 50% property tax abatement from Effingham County for 15 years. As for how the campus will actually be powered, neither OpenAI nor Georgia Power has provided specifics. However, regulatory filings offer some insight. Georgia Power received approval to add nearly 10,000 megawatts of new capacity, and the OpenAI deal represents about a third of that. The bulk of the new supply is expected to come from natural gas, with the remainder from solar and grid-scale batteries.

While electricity is expected to flow by 2028, OpenAI has not confirmed when operations will actually begin. The company recently hired Brett Mayo, who previously oversaw the rapid construction of xAI's Colossus data center in Memphis, to lead its data center build-out. That project was completed at record speed but has since faced legal challenges over air quality concerns, with reports of unpermitted natural gas turbines operating on-site.

OpenAI's accelerating infrastructure push signals just how intensely the company is racing to secure the computing power needed to stay ahead in the AI race — though questions around environmental impact and energy sourcing remain very much open.

⚡ Let’s Make AI Actually Useful:
What Would Move the Needle in *Your* Industry?

AI has potential — but generic advice rarely helps.

What would be genuinely valuable for AI to do in your industry right now?

• Automate a painful workflow?
• Improve decision-making?
• Replace a manual process that wastes time?
• Help your team upskill faster?

Tell us what you’d want AI to handle — or where you feel stuck.

We’re using these insights to curate **industry-specific trainings, live webinars, and practical guidance** you can actually apply.