Yesterday’s Marketing Technology & AI News | October 21, 2026
Oct. 20, 2026 martech news: Salesforce agrees to buy Braze for $5.66B, Demandbase launches an AEO Agent, and AdFury automates Walmart product page content.
Salesforce to Acquire Braze for $5.66 Billion, Adding Real-Time Engagement to Marketing Cloud
The all-cash deal brings Braze’s event-streaming customer engagement platform and its roughly 2,770 customers into Salesforce, with closing expected no earlier than February 2027.
ShipStation Global™ Puts AI to Work Across Its Platform to Power Shipping and Logistics for Growing Businesses
Leveraging the scale of billions of shipments, ShipStation Global is building the intelligent logistics layer for small and mid-sized shippers
Lorikeet’s AX Index ranks how 50 US brands serve their customers’ AI agents
The first scorecard for the B2A (business to agent) era finds the average brand scores 42 out of 100, and half of the agents are stopped before they can ask a question.
Optimove Launches Content Studio to Help Marketers Keep AI-Era Content On-Brand and Personalized at Scale
New Content Studio brings templates, creative assets, personalization, QA, and AI-powered optimization together across channels, so marketers can shorten the time from creation to launch
Yesterday’s Marketing Technology & AI News | October 20, 2026
Oct. 19, 2026 martech news: Zillow brings listings into Claude, Optimove launches Content Studio, and fal says FLUX 3 Max renders a 10s video in 10.95s.
Centrical Launches Workforce Orchestration System to Turn Business Goals into Measurable Frontline Outcomes
New system builds and runs frontline performance programs from a business goal, getting smarter with every cycle.
Yesterday’s Marketing Technology & AI News: October 17, 2026
Oct. 16, 2026 martech news: Auros finds 44% of U.S. shoppers avoid brands using AI in ads; Treasure AI unveils Digital Worker; Kling AI launches Kling 4.0.
Yesterday’s Marketing Technology & AI News: October 16, 2026
Martech news for Oct. 15, 2026: DataDome logs nearly 25B AI agent requests in Q3, Wix gives agents a Stripe wallet, and Webflow connects its MCP to Gemini.
Shift Browser Launches Blocker to Give Users More Control Over Ads, Pop-Ups and Interruptions
Built-in Blocker filters unwanted ads and tracking – no extensions needed
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