Salesforce is adding real-time AI sales agents with the acquisition of Qualified, signaling a deeper shift toward automated, agent-driven GTM workflows. Constantine von Hoffman on December 19, 2025 Salesforce is making another move to turn its “agentic enterprise” vision into reality — this time by acquiring Qualified, a long-time partner focused on AI-driven sales … Continue reading Salesforce buys Qualified to accelerate its AI‑driven GTM strategy
The acquistion signals a shift toward unified event and content workflows, bringing AI-powered video creation into the event marketing stack. Constantine von Hoffman on December 15, 2025 Cvent is expanding its event technology footprint by acquiring Goldcast, a video and AI-driven event content platform used by B2B marketers. The deal brings together Cvent’s large-scale … Continue reading Cvent buys Goldcast to create event and video marketing platform
Doti AI technology boosts how tools find and use internal knowledge—and that could change how marketers work across teams. Constantine von Hoffman on November 13, 2025 Salesforce has acquired Israeli startup Doti AI in a deal reportedly worth around $ 100 million, betting big on enterprise search tech that’s barely out of stealth mode. … Continue reading Salesforce buys AI startup to boost its enterprise search abilities
Captiv8 will join the previously acquired Influential in the Publicis Groupe portfolio. Mike Pastore on May 21, 2025 Publicis Groupe announced Wednesday it acquired Captiv8, adding another influencer marketing platform to its portfolio. Publicis acquired Influential back in July 2024. As influencer marketing evolves from a cottage industry to a popular and ever-growing channel, … Continue reading Publicis Groupe buys Captiv8 to grow influencer and social commerce capabilities
Best Buy’s Geek Squad agents say they were hit by mass layoffs this week Agents who lost their jobs this week posted on the Geek Squad subreddit, and confirmed the news to 404 Media. Cheyenne MacDonald Sat, Apr 6, 2024 REUTERS / Reuters Geek Squad agents have been flooding Reddit with images of their … Continue reading Best Buy’s Geek Squad agents say they were hit by mass layoffs this week
The $2.3 billion deal will offer Walmart advertisers more ways to connect with potential customers. Nicola Agius on February 20, 2024 Walmart confirmed plans to buy TV marker Vizio for $ 2.3 billion. The retail giant hopes the deal will boost its ad business by leveraging Vizio’s SmartCast Operating System, which serves free ad-supported content … Continue reading Walmart buys TV maker Vizio to boost ad revenue
While overall ad spend will continue to grow, many marketers expect to adjust their mix of channels every month. Constantine von Hoffman on December 21, 2022 Marketers are going to be measuring and re-measuring their investments in 2023. Nearly two-thirds say they will be re-evaluating their media spend more frequently, with most doing so monthly, … Continue reading Economic uncertainty means marketers will re-evaluate ad buys more frequently in 2023
YouTube Shorts are now available in 100 countries globally Expect to see a lot more of the video format now. I. Bonifacic @igorbonifacic YouTube After a limited release in India late last year and a US beta at the start of 2021, YouTube is expanding the availability of Shorts, its TikTok competitor, to 100 … Continue reading Google buys an AI avatar startup to take on TikTok
Google Details Media Buys For Apple ‘Get The Message’ Campaign by Laurie Sullivan , Staff Writer @lauriesullivan, August 11, 2022 Google has expanded on the details of its Get The Message campaign targeted at Apple that launched earlier this week. It addresses the green and blue bubbles problem in text messages as well as other common … Continue reading Google Details Media Buys For Apple ‘Get The Message’ Campaign
The deal will provide customer insights for personalized offers and targeting and enable closed-loop measurement at the point of sale. Greg Sterling on October 22, 2019 Mastercard has purchased customer data and loyalty platform SessionM. Terms weren’t disclosed but the startup raised almost $100 million over four rounds. SessionM is behind loyalty programs for a … Continue reading MasterCard buys SessionM for tighter credit card-loyalty program integration
