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Imteaz Ahmed
Your First-Party Data Is Wasted Without This

Jan 26, 2026

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4 min read

Your First-Party Data Is Wasted Without This

Imteaz Ahmed
Imteaz Ahmed
The AI Arms Race in CPG Pricing Has Already Begun

Jan 19, 2026

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4 min read

The AI Arms Race in CPG Pricing Has Already Begun

The Flywheel That Will Decide Which CPGs Survive the Next Decade

Imteaz Ahmed
Imteaz Ahmed
Why Amazon Ads' unBoxed 2025 Game-Plan Matters For Advertisers Now

Nov 17, 2025

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7 min read

Why Amazon Ads' unBoxed 2025 Game-Plan Matters For Advertisers Now

Imteaz Ahmed
Imteaz Ahmed
AI Isn’t the Story—It’s the Accelerant

Oct 14, 2025

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4 min read

AI Isn’t the Story—It’s the Accelerant

The Flywheel That Will Decide Which CPGs Survive the Next Decade

Imteaz Ahmed
Imteaz Ahmed
AI-First Retail Media Teams Are Winning—Are You Even Close?

Oct 8, 2025

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3 min read

AI-First Retail Media Teams Are Winning—Are You Even Close?

The brands pairing humans + AI are scaling faster than those still stuck in manual mode.

Imteaz Ahmed
Imteaz Ahmed
Your Org Chart Is Costing You Growth—Here’s How to Fix It

Sep 23, 2025

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3 min read

Your Org Chart Is Costing You Growth—Here’s How to Fix It

Fix this—or fall behind the AI-enabled CPGs.

Imteaz Ahmed
Imteaz Ahmed
The One AI Skill That Separates Great CPG Leaders

Sep 15, 2025

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3 min read

The One AI Skill That Separates Great CPG Leaders

What Shankar Viswanathan learned after 33 years at P&G, and how AI is changing everything from shelf plans to product development.

Imteaz Ahmed
Imteaz Ahmed
Making Doctors Human Again

Jul 2, 2025

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5 min read

Making Doctors Human Again

What a palliative care physician just taught me about the future of AI, empathy, and why tech won’t replace your job but might restore your purpose.

Imteaz Ahmed
Imteaz Ahmed
Meta’s Betting on Glasses. And TikTok Just Made Video Generation insanely easy.

May 20, 2025

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3 min read

Meta’s Betting on Glasses. And TikTok Just Made Video Generation insanely easy.

From corporate power shifts to agentic assistants, the AI landscape just made your org chart look outdated.

Imteaz Ahmed
Imteaz Ahmed
OpenAI Reverses Course. Amazon Gives Its Robot a Sense of Touch.

May 12, 2025

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5 min read

OpenAI Reverses Course. Amazon Gives Its Robot a Sense of Touch.

Quiet policy shifts and subtle hardware leaps are reshaping how AI shows up in your business. This week’s newsletter decodes them for CPG operators.

Imteaz Ahmed
Imteaz Ahmed
Claude Just Leveled Up. And Apple Quietly Changed the Rules of AI.

May 6, 2025

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3 min read

Claude Just Leveled Up. And Apple Quietly Changed the Rules of AI.

From vibe coding to AI-driven influence ops—this week’s updates reveal how quickly AI is scaling across industries. Let’s translate it for CPG.

Imteaz Ahmed
Imteaz Ahmed
The AI Model That Might Replace Your Analyst (and Your Copywriter)

Apr 29, 2025

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4 min read

The AI Model That Might Replace Your Analyst (and Your Copywriter)

The most important AI breakthroughs this week—decoded for busy CPG operators

Imteaz Ahmed
Imteaz Ahmed
CPG AI Navigator: Executive Briefing - Evolution of CPG Media
LockSimple

Apr 15, 2025

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4 min read

CPG AI Navigator: Executive Briefing - Evolution of CPG Media

In-house is no longer the final frontier. AI-human collaboration is redefining how CPG brands win in media. Here’s how to get ahead.

Imteaz Ahmed
Imteaz Ahmed
10 AI Prompts That Turned Me into a Productivity Wizard (Prepare for Shocked Coworkers)

Feb 24, 2025

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6 min read

10 AI Prompts That Turned Me into a Productivity Wizard (Prepare for Shocked Coworkers)

Because who says taking over the world (or at least your inbox) can’t be a little fun?

Imteaz Ahmed
Imteaz Ahmed
HELP NEEDED: MARKETING & MEDIA FOLKS

Feb 13, 2025

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2 min read

HELP NEEDED: MARKETING & MEDIA FOLKS

Imteaz Ahmed
Imteaz Ahmed
Turnaround: How to Change Course When Things are Going South - a conversation with Lisa Gable

Oct 9, 2023

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3 min read

Turnaround: How to Change Course When Things are Going South - a conversation with Lisa Gable

Navigating the AI revolution by learning from the past

Imteaz Ahmed
Imteaz Ahmed
Justin Fineberg on Curiosity, Content & Conscious AI

Sep 19, 2023

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4 min read

Justin Fineberg on Curiosity, Content & Conscious AI

Curiosity's Role in AI Mastery and Mindful Tech Integration

Imteaz Ahmed
Imteaz Ahmed
AI is shaping the new dawn of EdTech & Recruitment

Aug 14, 2023

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4 min read

AI is shaping the new dawn of EdTech & Recruitment

Learn how Forage, a startup in the Edtech & Recruitment is leveraging GenAi to speed up process

Imteaz Ahmed
Imteaz Ahmed
CPG Guys Podcast: Generative AI impacts on the CPG industry

Jul 31, 2023

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3 min read

CPG Guys Podcast: Generative AI impacts on the CPG industry

Content creation, Business Reviews and Planning Cycles will never be the same.

Imteaz Ahmed
Imteaz Ahmed
How to receive your inheritance & pass on wealth to your children without losing it all to tax

Jul 23, 2023

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5 min read

How to receive your inheritance & pass on wealth to your children without losing it all to tax

Also: AI phone calls, Frank Sinatra sings Gangsta's Paradise and more...

Imteaz Ahmed
Imteaz Ahmed
Creating Hyper Realistic Images with Mid-Journey and ChatGPT

Jul 5, 2023

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2 min read

Creating Hyper Realistic Images with Mid-Journey and ChatGPT

Imteaz Ahmed
Imteaz Ahmed
LLMs: Unlocking the Power of Pre-trained AI Models

Jun 26, 2023

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6 min read

LLMs: Unlocking the Power of Pre-trained AI Models

Imteaz Ahmed
Imteaz Ahmed
Laying out the moat for enterprise GenAI

Jun 19, 2023

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4 min read

Laying out the moat for enterprise GenAI

Imteaz Ahmed
Imteaz Ahmed
Building with Generative AI

Jun 11, 2023

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3 min read

Building with Generative AI

Imteaz Ahmed
Imteaz Ahmed
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