directree Launches GEO Monitor: Weekly AI Visibility Tracking for Software Vendors
GEO Monitor sends brand-free buyer questions to five AI engines weekly and shows which brands came up, which competitors appeared, and which sources were cited.
Furniture.com and Flex Pay Introduces Multi-Retailer Single-Checkout Financing Experience
The AI-powered platform brings together discovery, project planning, checkout, and financing, making it possible to furnish an entire room across multiple retailers in one seamless purchase.
Yesterday’s Marketing Technology & AI News | August 12, 2026
Croud found 69% of Americans would let AI buy for them without approval and Cox Automotive found 82% of dealers use AI. Martech news for August 10-11, 2026.
Expert Mode at Ai4: Turning Petabytes into Performance: A CDO’s Playbook for Enterprise AI
I recently had a conversation with Coca-Cola FEMSA’s Chief Data Officer, Jose Martinez, at the AI4 conference in Las Vegas, and his perspective is a masterclass in pragmatism. He’s not a futurist selling a vision of a fully autonomous enterprise; he’s an architect in the trenches, building a data…
From Ai4: Dataiku CMO Mark Abramowitz on speed versus agility in AI adoption
Dataiku CMO Mark Abramowitz on proving AI value instead of selling vision, marketing’s shift to pipeline and revenue, and governing agents at enterprise scale.
74 Consumer Behavior Statistics for 2026
74 consumer behavior statistics for 2026 on AI shopping, payments, ad trust, brand loyalty, Gen Z, and pricing — compiled from 18 studies and fully sourced.
Yesterday’s Marketing Technology & AI News | August 11, 2026
Martech news for August 10, 2026: RTB House finds AI outranks social feeds on shopping trust, 42% say AI slows decisions. Plus Upwork MCP, Viral Nation GEO.
Expert Mode: The Reformation of Brand and the Fallacy of Modern CX Metrics with Lou Carbone
As marketing leaders, we’ve operated for years under a new-ish paradigm: a brand is no longer what a company says it is, but the sum total of every experience a customer has.
One Amazing Thing About Contentful’s Palmata with Taylor Wagner
Showing up in AI answers isn’t enough if AI gets you wrong. See how Palmata measures and fixes your AI brand reputation — an AEO demo with Taylor Wagner.
NiCE CTO Kevin Lee on moving from AI pilot to production
NiCE CTO Kevin Lee on why AI pilots stall before production, governing agents proportionately, and when deterministic AI beats an expensive frontier model.
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