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Yesterday’s Marketing Technology & AI News | August 18, 2026

Aug 18, 2026

Yesterday’s announcements from Similarweb, Omneky, Synchrony, Uniphore, Acoustic, and Higgsfield put a price, a buying interface, or a measurement instrument on the conversational AI surface. Similarweb (NYSE: SMWB) reported on August 17, 2026 that 26% of ChatGPT responses already carry a sponsored ad in the ChatGPT Free and Go…

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Acoustic Launches Acoustic AI, an Agentic Marketing Teammate Built on Live Customer Behavior

Aug 17, 2026

Acoustic AI proactively identifies revenue opportunities, recommends the next move and helps marketers build campaigns before customer intent fades

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Expert Mode: The Half-Life of Intent and the New Customer Relationship Playbook with Alexi Hatch, Acoustic

Aug 9, 2026

Alexi Hatch from Acoustic on customer intent and the new customer relationship playbook.

Acoustic CMO Alexi Hatch on rebuilding your customer relationship strategy

Acoustic CMO Alexi Hatch on rebuilding your customer relationship strategy

Jul 16, 2026

Acoustic CMO Alexi Hatch on why buyer-intent signals are decaying, how to build activate-ready first-party data, and why “every problem is an attribution problem.

One Amazing Thing About Acoustic with Michael Taylor

33: One Amazing Thing About Acoustic with Michael Taylor

Jul 15, 2025

It’s not enough to just communicate with customers. How, where, and when you communicate provides the opportunity to build a connection with a customer, which drives loyalty, lifetime value and more. Welcome to One Amazing About Acoustic. Today we’re talking with Michael Taylor, Chief Customer Officer at Acoustic and…

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