Yesterday’s Marketing Technology & AI News | July 9, 2026
Yesterday’s announcements tell a story that is more nuanced and more demanding than the vendor headlines suggest. The dominant theme is no longer that AI is arriving, but rather that the gap between AI deployment and AI execution is widening, and Chief Marketing Officers (CMOs) are being asked to…
Globant and Vercel Forge Strategic Alliance to Take Enterprises from Agentic AI to Full Production with AI Pods
Globant’s signature AI Pods can now ship AI-built applications natively to Vercel in one click, turning multi-month projects into same-week experiences making ROI visible almost immediately.
Constructor Has the Most #1 Rankings in Gartner® Critical Capabilities for Search and Product Discovery Report
Scoring highest for ‘GenAI Product Discovery,’ ‘Product Search and Discovery,’ and ‘Multisite and Globalization,’ Constructor is the only vendor to be ranked first in 3 out of 5 Use Cases — for 2 years straight
PYMNTS: AI-Driven Pay Later: Consumers Want Guidance, Not Unfettered Control
The PYMNTS Intelligence report, The Pay Later Ecosystem Report: Consumers Will Let AI Recommend Pay Later, But They Want Control, explores key findings from a survey of 2,034 U.S. adult consumers conducted in April 2026. It highlights the generational differences in AI adoption and outlines the critical parameters enterprises…
Typeface Expands Ad and Video Agents in June Release, Previews Closed-Loop Optimization
Typeface has rolled out a batch of updates to its marketing orchestration platform, centered on major upgrades to its Ad and Video agents alongside new webpage analytics and more granular image editing.
Akeneo Introduces the First Truly Agentic Product Experience Platform
Akeneo’s Summer Release transforms the Akeneo Product Cloud from a system of record to a fully agentic platform, where fleets of agents coordinate amongst themselves to accomplish tasks with, and for, users.
Yesterday’s Marketing Technology & AI News: July 8, 2026
Yesterday’s martech news: Guideline adds verified, transaction-level ad measurement across ChatGPT and Perplexity, plus AI video and creator marketing launches.
Furniture.com’s CMO Dan Bennett and SVP Alexandra Seaman on helping consumers navigate endless choice
Furniture.com’s Dan Bennett and Alexandra Seaman on building a “decision layer” that helps shoppers navigate endless choice with AI, standardized data, and trusted content.
FatTail and Vistar Media Partner to integrate DOOH Booking in AdBook
FatTail, a leading provider of enterprise advertising management solutions and part of Chartbeat, Inc., today announced a strategic integration between its AdBook platform and Vistar Media, the leading global provider of technology solutions for out-of-home (OOH) media, and part of T-Mobile Advertising Solutions.
Wistia Launches MCP Server, Giving Marketing and Product Teams a Direct Line from Claude, Cursor, and ChatGPT into Their Video Library
Data from Wistia’s 2026 State of Video Report reveals why AI is transforming how businesses manage video, even as most teams still leave hosting, organizing, and reporting outside their AI workflow
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