BERA.ai Launches Brand-to-Business™ AI Agent, Delivering Same-Day, Board-Ready Insights on Business Impact
Converts weeks of analysis into hours, helping CMOs connect brand performance directly to business outcomes
Crunchbase Sector Snapshot: Sales, Marketing, and CX Funding Shifts Heavily Toward Agentic AI
We are not back to boom times. Venture funding for sales, marketing, and CRM categories hit a cyclical peak in 2021 and 2022, but investment has slowed considerably since. Annual funding has hovered around the $8 billion mark over the past three years, according to a recent report from…
Omnisend: Optimizing Enterprise Email Strategy for Specific Outcomes
Omnisend’s The best time to send an email 2026 research, based on an analysis of approximately 26 billion emails, provides data-driven insights illustrating that optimal send times vary significantly depending on whether the primary goal is opens, clicks, or conversions. For senior marketing and CX leaders, this underscores the…
When Should Brands Send Marketing Emails? 26 Billion Emails Point to Tuesday for Opens and Friday for Sales
Omnisend’s analysis shows the best time to send a marketing email depends on the goal, as opens, clicks, and conversions each peak at different times of day.
SoftServe Selects Optimizely as Exclusive DXP Partner
Optimizely, the leading digital experience platform (DXP) provider, today announced a strategic partnership with SoftServe, a premier global digital consulting and engineering firm. As part of the partnership, Softserve launched a new website on Optimizely CMS, replacing their previous platform. The successful launch solidified Softserve’s decision to invest in building…
Most orgs are investing in AI at the wrong layer. Martech Futurist | May 12, 2026
The latest insights converge on a single, uncomfortable truth: most marketing organizations are investing in AI at the wrong layer. They’re deploying tools on top of broken operating models and dirty data, then wondering why the ROI isn’t materializing. The gap between AI ambition and AI readiness has never…
Yesterday’s Marketing Technology & AI News | May 13, 2026
The dominant theme across yesterday’s announcements is a market in the middle of a painful transition: AI tools are proliferating faster than organizations can absorb them, governance is lagging dangerously behind deployment, and workforce pressure is intensifying in ways that go well beyond productivity talking points. Chief Marketing Officers…
#859: University of Phoenix Chief Strategy Officer Ruth Veloria on higher education and the workforce of the future
Today, we’re going to talk about the evolution of higher education, specifically how online programs are being redesigned from the ground up to meet the complex needs of working adults. We’ll explore how concepts we often discuss in customer experience—like personalization and flexibility—are being applied to learning to help…
Randstad: The AI Capability Gap: Bridging Technology Investment with Talent Infrastructure
The Randstad Workmonitor 2026 report revealed that nearly two-thirds of employers invested in AI within the past year, with over 60% reporting productivity improvements. Yet, adaptation remains uneven, highlighting an “AI reality gap” that stems from a skills deficit, not a technological one. This underinvestment in people carries tangible…
GoDaddy’s Airo for WordPress Delivers AI that Builds, Grows and Continuously Improves Websites
GoDaddy, the world’s largest domain registrar, launched Airo for WordPress, an AI-powered experience that transforms how small businesses and web professionals build, manage and grow their WordPress websites.
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