Auxia Launches Agent Studio, the Operating System for the 10x Marketing Team
Command center where AI agents draw on your full business context to execute and coordinate marketing work faster and with higher quality.
Digital.ai and knowmad mood Deepen Global Partnership to Advance Secure Software Delivery in the Age of AI and Agents
Building on proven results across financial services, manufacturing and automotive, the expanded partnership brings Digital.ai’s Agentic AI-powered Application Lifecycle Management, Agile Planning, DevOps and mobile app security solutions to enterprises across DACH, Southern Europe, LATAM and APAC
Yesterday’s Marketing Technology & AI News | August 25, 2026
YouTube redefined a view and OpenAI opened ChatGPT ads across 31 EU markets on Aug 24, 2026. Narvar: 65% of shoppers will use AI, 8% of retailers feel ready.
Someone Else Wrote the Rules Your Stack Runs On. Martech Futurist | August 24, 2026
ChatGPT ads go live across 31 European markets today with targeting stripped down to the current conversation. Agent identity moves under a Linux Foundation body. OpenAI and Anthropic split on data retention. Other parties now write the conditions that determine what your AI can do, and Q4 planning should…
Inflation Is Rewriting Holiday Shopping: 96% of Consumers Are Finding Smarter Ways to Stretch Their Budgets
Minty’s new Smart Shopper Study finds consumers are turning to AI and cashback and savings apps, shopping earlier to uncover best values
Yesterday’s Marketing Technology & AI News | August 22, 2026
Martech news for August 21, 2026: NielsenIQ finds 58% of shoppers ignore brand ownership, Gravitate publishes AEO research, KNOREX flags going concern.
Smart Brands Prepare for Black Friday in August Before Ad Costs Climb 18% and Competition Jumps 40%
Data from marketing platform Billo dated June to December 2025 shows Meta ad competition rose 40% between August and the November peak. Billo, which connects brands with creators to produce social video ads, says the brands that win Black Friday test their creative already in August
Adobe Moves Firefly’s AI Audio Out of Beta as Music Licensing Friction Shifts to the Generation Layer
Generate Music, Generate Speech, and Generate Sound Effects reach general availability, bringing rights-cleared audio into the same workspace as image and video — and raising new questions for brand teams about where “commercially safe” begins and ends.
51.8% of QSR Workers Who Found Onboarding Inefficient Exited Before Starting Work, Survey Finds
AllianceHCM’s survey of 1,000 QSR employees suggests that a frustrating employee experience is costing trust, reducing lifetime value
Yesterday’s Marketing Technology & AI News | August 21, 2026
Martech news for Aug 19-20, 2026: Syndigo finds reviews beat discounts, BCC Research reports agentic AI uses 100-1,000x more tokens, Queen One raises $25M.
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