The roadmap shows how digital advertising can scale AI-driven execution with existing standards rather than rebuilding the ecosystem from scratch. By Constantine von Hoffman , January 6, 2026 IAB Tech Lab released an agentic roadmap outlining how the digital advertising industry can scale agentic buying and selling without tearing down what already works. … Continue reading IAB releases agentic AI roadmap for digital advertising
Agentic AI Ecosystem Brings Emotional Awareness To Onsite Search by Laurie Sullivan , Staff Writer, December 4, 2025 Onsite search and ecommerce were transformed in 2025, as retailers adopted AI technologies. Some seemed to have memories, making human interactions with technology context-aware and autonomous. Unlike older, reactive chatbots, new technologies are proactive, using multimodal options … Continue reading Agentic AI Ecosystem Brings Emotional Awareness To Onsite Search
Staying ahead in marketing now depends on navigating AI agents’ growing influence on your tech stack, your customers and your role as a leader. Frans Riemersma on December 2, 2025 AI is reshaping how marketers work, how stacks are built and how customers make decisions. To understand where these shifts are happening, Scott Brinker … Continue reading Three actions you must take to thrive in the agentic era of marketing
Scott Brinker talked about AI agents and the future of marketing at the November MarTech Conference. Here’s a recap. MarTechBot on November 17, 2025 At the November MarTech Conference, Scott Brinker — editor of Chiefmartec.com — delivered a keynote on how agentic AI will transform marketing. Drawing on decades in marketing technology, Brinker walked … Continue reading How agentic AI is changing the future of marketing
Hightouch unveils AI agents trained in real marketing workflows, hoping to make it easier for marketers to work smarter and faster. Mike Pastore on November 12, 2025 Hightouch today introduced Hightouch Agents, designed to accelerate and automate a wide array of slow, manual tasks that hinder marketing efforts. Hightouch Agents connect directly to a … Continue reading Hightouch enters the fray for agentic AI for marketers
Pick Me! Brands Can No Longer ‘Buy Their Way’ Into Consumers’ Hearts by Laurie Sullivan , Staff Writer, November 5, 2025 Agencies and ad-technology companies are rolling out simulation tools to tell brands how to get the AI-based agents to recommend their products to consumers. Jellyfish, an agency under The Brandtech Group, released one on … Continue reading Pick Me! Growing List Shows Agentic Preferences For Purchases
Meet Agentforce Marketing, a far cry from what marketers had available 25 years ago, when its ancestor was launched. Mike Pastore on October 16, 2025 ExactTarget, the tool that would go on to become Salesforce Marketing Cloud after it was acquired by Salesforce in 2013, was launched 25 years ago this year. Marketing Cloud … Continue reading Salesforce Marketing Cloud enters the agentic era
October 09, 2025 Trust and governance in the shift to agentic transformation I recently had an unsettling rideshare experience. Let me paint a visual picture. You have a Tesla doing its self-driving thing, a guy just sitting in the driver’s seat “supervising,” and a terrified human (me) in the backseat looking on in horror. Finally, … Continue reading Trust and governance in the shift to agentic transformation
WPP Media Report Predicts Increase In Biometric Data, Agentic Ads In 2030 by Laurie Sullivan , Staff Writer, September 9, 2025 WPP Media officially published its Advertising in 2030 report on Tuesday. The company had previewed parts of the report in June. The updated version highlights how industry experts see the future of media, technology, … Continue reading WPP Media Report Predicts Increase In Biometric Data, Agentic Ads In 2030
July 17, 2025 Agentic AI can help nonprofits find new funding sources BY Scott Brighton Consultants, advisors, and boards are consistently giving nonprofits the same singular advice in 2025: Diversify fundraising sources. Why? Because the new administration’s reduced appetite for federal funding has created challenges ranging from significant budget cuts to threats to organizational survival for … Continue reading Agentic AI can help nonprofits find new funding sources
