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Respond.io has raised $62.5 million in Series B funding led by Camber Partners, with participation from Endeavor Catalyst and existing investors. The company sells a customer conversation management platform aimed at mid-market B2C teams handling revenue-driving chats and calls. The funding lands alongside notable operating signals: Respond.io says it is at $35M ARR, growing 169%…

Meta is testing an ads “MCP server” concept that would let outside AI agents connect to Meta campaign workflows and help handle routine media buying tasks. The company’s direction is framed around AI-assisted campaign management, where tools like ChatGPT-style agents can plug into a server layer that sits between the buyer and Meta’s ad systems.…

B2B salespeople used to own the whole conversation. Not anymore. “Everyone today knows what they want to buy and why they want to buy it before they even talk to a salesperson,” says Nick Turner, CEO of B2B marketing attribution platform Dreamdata. “Salespeople are in the ‘how’ business now.” Nick has spent more than two…

Default has launched a new agentic go-to-market (GTM) platform and announced a Series A led by 8VC, bringing total funding to US$20 million. The company is positioning the release as a shift from point solutions toward a unified data and orchestration layer that revenue teams can use to run workflows and deploy agents. The product…

Opal has rolled out Gem, an AI copilot built into its marketing planning platform, aimed at helping teams align campaign execution and performance interpretation with brand strategy. The product is positioned to reduce time spent on alignment work such as explaining results in meetings, chasing data across systems, and recreating repeatable campaign workflows. Table of…

Salesforce has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Fin, formerly known as Intercom, for approximately US$3.6 billion. The deal is aimed at expanding Salesforce’s AI customer service and agent capabilities, including faster deployment paths for support teams. Fin’s core product is an AI agent for end-to-end resolution of customer queries across channels such as chat,…

FIFA may have wanted Levi’s branding out of sight during the 2026 FIFA World Cup, but the denim giant appears to have found a way to stay front and center anyway. After reports emerged that FIFA required commercial stadium branding to be concealed at host venues, Levi’s responded by covering its iconic stadium logo with…

The 2026 FIFA World Cup is still months away, but marketers already have a clear signal about where attention is likely to concentrate: Gen Z. According to Nexxen’s Singapore outlook report, younger football fans are more engaged with the sport year-round, more likely to consume content across multiple platforms, and more committed to following the…

Marketers running campaigns for two different audiences often end up with two different problems. Content built for Gen Z feels too chaotic for millennial buyers. Content built for millennials reads too dry for Gen Z feeds. The good news: you do not need two separate content operations. You need a clearer map of what each…

TikTok Shop is no longer an emerging channel in Southeast Asia. It is the region’s fastest-scaling commerce platform, and brands that are still “evaluating” it are ceding ground to competitors who moved earlier. According to Momentum Works, TikTok Shop’s Southeast Asia GMV doubled year-on-year to US$45.6 billion in 2025, representing 71% of the platform’s total…