Hirondo Launches the World’s First AI-Powered Freelance Marketing Agent

Hirondo today announces the launch of Hirondo Agents, a groundbreaking autonomous AI-powered marketing freelancer designed to deliver expert-level marketing strategy and execution on demand — 24/7, for a flat daily rate of €500.

Marketed as the first truly autonomous freelance marketer, Hirondo Agents operate without human supervision, integrating instantly into existing workspaces (Slack, Notion, ClickUp, Google Workspace, etc.), and delivering across the full marketing stack: strategy, branding, content, growth, and CRM.

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Les créations de l’IA méritent-elles une protection par droit d’auteur ?

Hier soir, j’ai eu le plaisir de participer à la première de Bistro Tech, un nouveau talk show francophone sur la tech européenne, animé par Terry Michel. Nous nous sommes retrouvés aux portes de Station F pour un premier live diffusé sur Linkedin tous les mardis soir à 18h30.

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In March: Kit Kat in Japan, Google in India & Elsevier in California

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Photo by Spencer Lowell for The New York Times

This month has unfortunately been overshadowed by the passing our my former colleague John, fellow crowdsourcing researcher who worked on the theory of Crowd Capital, and with whom we have explored the geography of Crowd Capital. He was a funny, smart and inspiring individual; may he rest in peace… I’m also sharing a dozen of articles that I found worthwile reading, starting with this fabulous NYT piece about KitKat in Japan.

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My favorites of December: Armstrong’s investment, Google friendship & Future of books

Here google friendship new yorkerare my 6 favorite articles of December 2018, the last of a great year 2018 (despite the problems in the world and the worries we all have, I like to look at it positively). You’ll find a couple of articles about branding and the Parisian startup scene, but also 2 longer pieces about “the Google friendship”  and the future of books. Continue reading →

In July: Sponsoring the Lakers, watching #TDF2018 while working & vaporware horseshit

Zoox Bloomberg Businessweek PrintIn July, we became FIFA World Champions and the Tour de France has provided us with 3 great, entertaining weeks of racing. In this post I share my 5 favorites articles of the month: why Wish sponsors the LA Lakers, how Dribble’s product team works, where Belgian striker Romelu Lukaku comes from, when Airbnb adopted storyboards and what “vaporware horseshit” product Zoox’s team is working on. Continue reading →

In January: @Kquesen Social Media Advice, @FManjoo About Facebook & @Snapchat’s Data

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Happy new year to all my readers! I wish you a joyfull, fulfilling, stimulating and healthy year 2018. A propos healthy… one of my favorite January reads is a NY Times article that compares Facebook’s news feed to food (cookies or broccoli). Farhad Manjoo writes that no food is toxic in itself – and no feed is either – what counts is how much of it we consume and how relevant is it to our lives. Other articles I found worthwhile sharing are Campbell Flakemore’s testimonial about stopping his pro cycling career – food is part of it – and an article about Snapchat’s user data… and corporate culture. Continue reading →

My Favorites of April: Psychological Tricks, The Value of Tech Brands & Facebook’s News Feed

April was election month in France. But my favorite articles shared this month don’t contain politics, because (1) we yet have to elect our President in the second round, (2) I believe it’s pretty obvious whom to favor, and (3) I’ll try not to turn this blog too much into a political tribune. This past month, I’ve read great stuff about brand building in the tech world (Airbnb), in-app user behavior (Uber) and why Facebook & Google should freak out (Amazon).
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