Rowan's Notes

Being early to SEO helped Dharmesh Shah build HubSpot into a $30B company. Now he's obsessed with something new: AI ranking.

It's how to show up when people ask ChatGPT for recommendations instead of Googling.

In this conversation, Rowan Cheung (@rowancheung) sat down with HubSpot Founder & CTO Dharmesh Shah (@dharmesh) to unpack:
AEO (Answer Engine Optimization): SEO for the AI era
How to structure content to get cited in AI answers
The hidden risk of low-quality AI content
Effectively using AI agents as teammates
The coming “AI App Store” for agents
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Google just revealed Gemini 3.0 -- its most intelligent AI model yet with SOTA reasoning and 1501 Elo on the LMArena.
In this exclusive conversation, Rowan Cheung (@rowancheung) sat down with Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis (@demishassabis) to unpack:
Gemini 3 and Google’s AI strategy
Google's new Antigravity tool
Medical-grade AI and proactive healthcare
The skill of "learning how to learn"

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OpenAI just unveiled HUGE developer updates at DevDay 2025 - Apps in ChatGPT, Agent Builder, Sora in the API, and Codex updates that can handle day-long tasks.
In this exclusive conversation, Rowan Cheung (@rowancheung) sat down with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman (@sama) to unpack:
Sam's Sora AI deepfakes going viral
Zero-person billion dollar companies run by agents
AI starting to make scientific discoveries on Twitter
 ChatGPT's 800M weekly users and the new distribution platform
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Meta just unveiled its latest AI glasses at Connect 2025 – including Ray-Ban's with a built-in display, controlled by a band that reads muscle signals.
In this exclusive conversation, Rowan Cheung (@rowancheung) sat down with Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg (@zuck) to unpack:
The timeline for glasses replacing smartphones
How the Neural Band will personalize to you over time
Building "personal superintelligence" while raising kids
Why Zuck rebuilt Meta's AI lab within 15 feet of his desk

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Google just revealed a ton of AI developments at Google I/O 2025 - from AI Mode in Search, VEO 3, proactive agents, Gemini 2.5 upgrades, AI shopping assistants, and more.
In this exclusive conversation, Rowan Cheung (@rowancheung) sat down with Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis (@demishassabis) to unpack:
-How AI could cure all diseases
-Advice to the education system
-Relationships and reliance on AI
-Are humans at risk of becoming dumber?
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