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  • Algolia adds Recommendation Analytics to measure revenue impact of AI recs

    Algolia has added Recommendation Analytics to its AI Recommendation engine, aiming to give ecommerce and merchandising teams clearer visibility into how recommendation strategies perform across clicks, conversions, and revenue. The update focuses on in-product dashboards that let teams compare recommendation approaches (for example, related items, frequently bought together, similar items, and trending) and assess how…

  • Founder-led PR: turning executives into thought leaders in 2026

    Founder-led PR is quickly becoming the dominant playbook for B2B visibility. As AI-generated content floods search results and feeds, audiences are shifting their trust away from faceless brands toward credible individuals with clear perspectives. This article explores why founder-led PR is gaining momentum, what separates real thought leadership from noise, and how marketers can operationalize…

  • OutRival launches an insurance vertical for AI voice agents

    OutRival has launched a dedicated insurance vertical, positioning its AI voice agents as a way for carriers, MGAs, and TPAs to handle high-volume policyholder interactions across the policy lifecycle. The company is framing the offering not only as automation for tasks like First Notice of Loss (FNOL), renewals, and billing support, but also as a…

  • Clear targets hair loss apathy in Turkey with “Scalp before skin” campaign

    Unilever’s Clear is taking a culturally sharp angle on hair loss in Turkey, where prevention has long taken a backseat to treatment. Its latest campaign, “Scalp before skin,” is less about selling shampoo and more about reframing behavior among young men who often see hair loss as inevitable. This article explores how Clear is repositioning…

  • Managing Volatility: Real-Time Brokerage Communications

    When markets plunge 3% before lunch and clients flood your phone lines demanding answers, the firms that survive aren’t the ones with the best investment thesis—they’re the ones that communicate first, clearly, and with conviction. I’ve watched competitors hemorrhage hundreds of millions in assets during volatility spikes not because their portfolios underperformed, but because they…

  • TikTok is becoming Gen Z’s scholarship search engine

    Social platforms are no longer just discovery channels for products and trends. They are now shaping high-stakes decisions like education financing. A new study from Sallie shows that TikTok is playing a growing role in how Gen Z searches for scholarships, blending peer advice, algorithmic discovery, and short-form content into a new kind of search…

  • Inflection.io acquires Keyplay to add account scoring to its B2B platform

    Inflection.io has acquired Keyplay, bringing account identification and scoring capabilities into its B2B marketing automation product. The companies said they plan to start integrating Keyplay’s account intelligence into Inflection’s platform this quarter. Keyplay’s CEO Adam Schoenfeld is joining Inflection as CMO, and Keyplay co-founder Andrew Rothbart is joining as a senior engineering leader. The combined…

  • Caylent acquires Pronetx to deepen AWS-native contact center services

    Caylent has acquired Pronetx, expanding Caylent’s work beyond cloud migration and modernization into AWS-native customer engagement and contact center transformation centered on Amazon Connect. The companies positioned the combination as a way for enterprises and public-sector organizations to use a single AWS partner for design, migration, operations, and ongoing CX optimization. Pronetx has specialized in…

  • Branding for Apparel Startups: Building a Visual Identity That Sells

    You’ve poured savings into samples, spent nights perfecting designs, and convinced yourself the market needs what you’re making. But when you launch, the silence is deafening. Pop-up sales disappoint. Instagram posts vanish into the void. The problem isn’t your product—it’s that nobody knows who you are or why they should care. For apparel startups, branding…

  • Navatar rolls out an AI Deal Engine for Salesforce-based M&A CRM

    Navatar has announced an AI-powered CRM operating model for M&A investment banks and boutique advisory firms, built on Salesforce and designed to support end-to-end deal workflows. The company says the “AI Deal Engine” spans origination, coverage, screening, marketing, execution, and post-close relationship management, with AI continuously capturing signals from banker activity such as emails, meetings,…