With Simtheory and Ortto, Canva is moving beyond design into AI-driven workflows, campaign execution and customer data. By Constantine von Hoffman Published on April 9, 2026 Canva is acquiring Simtheory, an AI collaboration and agent platform, and Ortto, a customer data and marketing automation platform — two moves that push the company further … Continue reading Canva expands into marketing automation with new acquisitions
Fox partners with Kalshi to bring prediction markets into news coverage Suswati Basu Fox Corporation is teaming up with Kalshi to weave prediction market data into its news programming. The partnership will bring Kalshi’s real-time forecasts into several Fox News Media outlets, including Fox News Channel, Fox Business Network, Fox Weather, and the … Continue reading Fox partners with Kalshi to bring prediction markets into news coverage
AI animation studio Toonstar will turn books into digital shows for HarperCollins Ah, lovely AI content. By Devindra Hardawar April 3, 2026 Toonstar We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. HarperCollins is tapping into AI to bring some of its book franchises to life. Specifically, the publisher is teaming up with Toonstar, an … Continue reading AI animation studio Toonstar will turn books into digital shows for HarperCollins
Upload research, reports and campaign data to explore patterns, answer questions and uncover insights from your own material. By Susan Ferrari Published on March 26, 2026 Your marketing team likely creates a steady stream of valuable documents. Research reports, customer interviews, strategy decks, campaign summaries and competitive analysis all help you better … Continue reading How NotebookLM turns marketing docs into usable insights
March 26, 2026 5 small shifts to turn creativity into a daily wellness practice BY Next Big Idea Club Below, coauthors Blythe Harris and Mallory May share five key insights from their new book, Daily Creative: The 5-Minute Habit to Rewire Your Brain. Harris is an artist and entrepreneur, and for many years was the cofounder and … Continue reading 5 small shifts to turn creativity into a daily wellness practice
Zeta is betting that tighter integration of data and AI will reduce the gap between insight and action. By Constantine von Hoffman Published on March 24, 2026 Last updated on March 24, 2026 Zeta Global is pushing its AI strategy into a new phase with the general availability today of Athena, positioning it … Continue reading Athena signals Zeta’s push into AI-driven marketing systems
Salesforce is embedding AI directly into its SMB CRM to help small teams turn customer data into action faster across sales, service and marketing. By Constantine von Hoffman Published on March 17, 2026 Last updated on March 25, 2026 Small business teams often move faster than their tools allow. Sales, marketing and service … Continue reading Salesforce brings AI directly into CRM workflows for SMBs
Perplexity Turns Mac Mini Into 24-Hour Agent Despite Amazon Lawsuit by Laurie Sullivan , Staff Writer, March 12, 2026 Perplexity seems to have abandoned its advertising model in February to focus on optimizing results on its engine for queries, and AI agents and software for enterprises, despite a court ruling that it must stop using … Continue reading Perplexity Turns Mac Mini Into 24-Hour Agent Despite Amazon Lawsuit
March 11, 2026 Anthropic’s Pentagon showdown is drawing Silicon Valley into a larger fight BY Mark Sullivan The dispute between Anthropic and the Department of Defense is quickly becoming a broader test of how far the government can go in policing AI companies’ policies—and how much support those companies can rally from the wider research community. … Continue reading Anthropic’s Pentagon showdown is drawing Silicon Valley into a larger fight
Heading Into Agentic AI With A New CRO by Laurie Sullivan , Staff Writer, March 6, 2026 LoopMe recently announced its role as a founding member of AgenticAdvertising.org, an independent initiative that launched in December 2025, which aligns with its focus to unlock artificial intelligence (AI) benefits via collaboration, interoperability, and open standards. Agentic AI will … Continue reading Heading Into Agentic AI With A New CRO
