As AI agents start shortlisting vendors, structured, machine-readable content will determine which brands even get considered. By MarTechBot Published on May 18, 2026 In MarTech’s “MarTechBot explains it all” feature, we pose a question about marketing to our very own MarTechBot, which is trained on the MarTech website archives and has access to the … Continue reading How to make your content visible to AI buying agents
May 19, 2026 This question saved Intel. Are you asking it? BY Colin Scott In 1985, Intel was in trouble. Japanese competitors were dominating the memory chip market that Intel had helped invent. Inside the company, leadership debated what to do. During one conversation, Andy Grove, then Intel’s president and COO, asked CEO Gordon Moore … Continue reading This question saved Intel. Are you asking it?
May 18, 2026 AWS is 20—and all in on AI BY Harry McCracken In 2006, Amazon Web Services was a fledgling—and a bit of an oddity. Amazon had taken the cloud-computing technologies it had created for its own operations and turned them into a business. Any organization could use them to build out an online … Continue reading AWS is 20—and all in on AI
AI tools improved how specialists work, but most organizations still operate through the same approvals, handoffs, and bottlenecks. By Melissa Reeve Published on May 18, 2026 A few weeks ago, I was reading OpenAI’s launch post for workspace agents when one detail stood out. They described the state of most enterprise … Continue reading AI made marketers faster, but organizations stayed the same
Arizona sports contracts lawsuit against Kalshi paused while Ninth Circuit appeals continue Suswati Basu A legal fight over prediction markets and state gambling authority is now on hold in Arizona while federal appeals judges weigh several related cases. Kalshi, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, the Justice Department, and Arizona regulators jointly asked a … Continue reading Arizona sports contracts lawsuit against Kalshi paused while Ninth Circuit appeals continue
Similarweb Reveals LLM Data Contract, CEO Succession Plan by Laurie Sullivan , Staff Writer, May 18, 2026 Similarweb reported $73.9 million in revenue for the first quarter of 2026 last week — up 10% compared with $67.1 million in the year-ago period, as the company prepares to search for a new CEO. On May 13, during … Continue reading Similarweb Reveals LLM Data Contract, CEO Succession Plan
May 18, 2026 Close the skills gap through employer-educator collaboration BY Paul Toomey Higher education is under pressure from every direction. Shifts in finance and policy, high tuition costs, and a decline in public trust have forced colleges and universities to rethink how they prepare people for work. At the same time, employers face persistent talent … Continue reading Close the skills gap through employer-educator collaboration
Data was nice, but high-value, proprietary data you can use to train AI agents is even better. By Mike Pastore Published on May 18, 2026 Publicis Groupe entered into an agreement to acquire LiveRamp on Sunday, the latest in a series of data plays by the advertising giant. But unlike the acquisition of … Continue reading Publicis buys LiveRamp to build agentic AI capabilities on proprietary data
May 18, 2026 AI might make your company faster, but at what cost? BY Monica Cepak There’s a quiet trade-off happening inside high-growth companies right now. We’re moving faster than ever, and teams are more efficient. AI is handling work that used to take hours, and asynchronous communication means decisions don’t have to wait for meetings. … Continue reading AI might make your company faster, but at what cost?
May 17, 2026 6 questions to ask before committing to your next work goal BY Kathy Oneto Organizations invest in setting the right goals to drive strategy, and increasingly they’re using AI to help. To be sure, AI can support the mechanics: draft objectives, align to strategy, track progress. But the questions that determine whether you … Continue reading 6 questions to ask before committing to your next work goal
