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Simon AI Bets on “Agentic Marketing” to Finally Fix Personalization

Personalization in marketing has always carried a painful trade-off: go wide with more campaigns and sacrifice quality, or go deep with personalization and lose scale. Simon AI—formerly Simon Data—claims it’s putting an end to that dilemma with today’s launch of the Simon AI Agentic Marketing Platform. The promise? Marketers set business goals in plain language, and AI-powered “agents” do the...

digital marketing 16 Sep 2025

Sprout Social Teams Up With Canva to Streamline Social Publishing

If social media is a race for attention, visuals are the jet fuel. Now Sprout Social wants to help brands move even faster by teaming up with Canva. The social media management platform has rolled out a new integration that allows users to send finalized visuals from Canva straight into Sprout as draft posts—no downloading, no uploading, no clunky file transfers. Sprout calls itself the most...

content marketing 16 Sep 2025

Ranktitan.ai Launches to Automate Local SEO and Google Maps Domination

The fight for local visibility just got a new contender. Ranktitan.ai, a SaaS startup founded by brothers Daniel and David Shnader, has officially launched with an ambitious goal: to become the go-to platform for businesses and marketers looking to rank higher on Google Maps, dominate local search, and maximize leads. Built with AI at its core, Ranktitan.ai promises to take the guesswork out of...

artificial intelligence 16 Sep 2025

Fable Names Toan Dinh as CEO, Founder Alwar Pillai Shifts to Executive Chair

Accessibility leader Fable is making a major leadership move. The Toronto-based company announced that Toan Dinh will take over as Chief Executive Officer effective September 1, 2025. Co-founder Alwar Pillai, who has led the company since its inception, will transition into the role of Executive Chair of the Board. The shift underscores Fable’s commitment to long-term succession planning while...

marketing 16 Sep 2025

8x8 Launches “CX Champions Fantasy Team” to Spotlight Customer Heroes

Customer experience platforms don’t usually borrow from Premier League playbooks—but 8x8 just kicked off a program that does exactly that. The company, best known for its integrated CX and communications solutions, has launched the 8x8 CX Champions Fantasy Team, a global recognition initiative designed to honor the people who make standout customer interactions possible. Each month, 8x8 will...

customer experience management 16 Sep 2025

Market Logic Brings Customer Personas to Life With AI-Powered DeepSights

When was the last time you dusted off a customer persona PowerPoint? Chances are it’s been sitting in a shared drive, aging poorly with every new quarter. Market Logic Software wants to change that with DeepSights Persona Agents—a new AI tool that transforms those static profiles into dynamic, conversational personas. Instead of stale PDFs, DeepSights gives marketers, product managers, and...

artificial intelligence 16 Sep 2025

G2 Partners with Profound to Bring AI Search Visibility to B2B Software

G2, the world’s largest B2B software marketplace, is teaming up with Profound to help software companies understand — and influence — how they’re discovered in AI-powered search. The partnership integrates Profound’s answer engine optimization (AEO) and AI visibility data directly into G2’s customer dashboards. This gives software vendors real-time insights into when and how their product...

artificial intelligence 15 Sep 2025

Ookla Launches Speedtest Certified to Verify Connectivity at Hotels, Venues, and Offices

Slow Wi-Fi is the fastest way to ruin a hotel stay, derail a business meeting, or frustrate fans at a stadium. Ookla, the Ziff Davis subsidiary behind the ubiquitous Speedtest app, wants to end that gamble with the launch of Speedtest Certified™, a new program that verifies a property’s network performance against rigorous standards. For years, consumers have turned to Speedtest to check their...

technology 15 Sep 2025