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ProRataAI Raises $40M to Put AI Search Power Back in Publishers’ Hands

ProRataAI, a startup advocating for fair AI models, has raised $40 million in a Series B round led by Touring Capital to accelerate the rollout of Gist Answers. The AI-as-a-service solution lets publishers embed custom AI search, summarization, and recommendation tools directly into their websites—keeping users engaged while ensuring creators get credit. Launched with early-access partners...

artificial intelligence 8 Sep 2025

Phenom and LinkedIn Sync Up to Streamline Recruiting

Recruiters spend too much time toggling between systems and not enough time talking to people. Phenom and LinkedIn want to change that. Phenom, the applied AI talent platform, has rolled out LinkedIn CRM Connect integration for its Talent CRM. The update lets recruiters discover, engage, and manage candidates seamlessly between LinkedIn Recruiter and Phenom Talent CRM, eliminating the need to...

digital marketing 8 Sep 2025

CallRail Expands HubSpot Integration With AI-Powered Voice Assist

Missed calls have long been the bane of sales teams. CallRail, best known for its lead engagement platform, thinks it’s found the fix: an AI assistant that never clocks out. At HubSpot’s INBOUND event, CallRail announced an expanded integration with HubSpot that brings insights from its recently launched Voice Assist directly into the CRM. The update means that leads captured and qualified by...

digital marketing 8 Sep 2025

Qualcomm and Google Cloud Team Up to Put Agentic AI in Cars

Automakers want cars that do more than drive—they want cars that talk, anticipate, and personalize. Qualcomm and Google Cloud think they’ve found the engine to make that happen: agentic AI. The two companies are expanding their long-standing partnership to integrate Google Cloud’s Automotive AI Agent, powered by Gemini models, with Qualcomm’s Snapdragon Digital Chassis. The goal? To help...

digital marketing 8 Sep 2025

TTEC Digital and VoxEQ Bring AI Voice Biometrics to the Fraud Fight

Fraudsters have learned a new trick: they don’t need to steal your password if they can simply mimic your voice. TTEC Digital wants to stop them before they get a word in. The CX technology giant has teamed up with VoxEQ to integrate voice biometrics and real-time fraud prevention into its SmartApps Cloud platform, widely used in financial services. The move arms contact centers with AI tools...

digital marketing 8 Sep 2025

Pipedrive and Zendesk Join Forces to Kill Data Silos

Procedureflow, the knowledge management software company known for transforming dense documentation into visual process guides, has a new marketing leader. The company has appointed Sarah Jeanneault as Vice President of Marketing, betting on her two decades of experience scaling startups and enterprises to fuel its next growth phase. A Growth-Focused Veteran Jeanneault’s résumé checks nearly...

sales 8 Sep 2025

Accenture Acquires MomentumABM to Strengthen B2B Marketing Capabilities

Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has acquired MomentumABM, a UK-based growth consultancy specializing in account-based marketing (ABM), as part of its push to expand B2B marketing capabilities under Accenture Song. The move strengthens Accenture’s ability to help enterprise clients transform marketing in an era of growing complexity and elevated customer expectations. Founded in 2011, MomentumABM provides...

digital marketing 5 Sep 2025

Basis Technologies Survey: AI Now Ubiquitous in Marketing, But Risks Loom

Artificial intelligence has gone mainstream in marketing. According to Basis Technologies’ latest annual survey, every marketing leader reported that their teams are using AI in advertising and marketing workflows, with 95% of professionals leveraging generative or agentic AI at least monthly—and a third using it daily. The survey, titled AI and the Future of Marketing, polled 140 professionals...

advertising 5 Sep 2025