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| RDDT | 147.86 | Regular-session close | NYSE via Yahoo Finance ↗ | |
| HUBS | 214.53 | Regular-session close | NYSE via Yahoo Finance ↗ | |
| ADBE | 237.69 | Regular-session close | Nasdaq via Yahoo Finance ↗ | |
| CRM | 234.69 | Regular-session close | NYSE via Yahoo Finance ↗ |
ZoomInfo acquired agentic orchestration platform DoubleO.ai on September 30, 2026, and made its Agent Teams product available inside GTM Studio the following day with no new SKU or contract required. The multi-agent system is designed to run complex sales plays reliably, including tracking former champions to new accounts, but independent reliability data beyond a single customer reference remains limited.
Google's Chrome 146, released in August 2026, includes document.modelContext, a browser-native API that allows websites to expose structured tools directly to AI agents, bypassing traditional methods such as DOM scraping, screenshot interpretation, and simulated clicks. The feature has reportedly attracted little developer attention since its release.
Matt Maher, founder and CEO of M7 Innovations, has been named a 2026 LinkedIn Top Voice, an invitation-only recognition for global experts and innovators. LinkedIn's Editor-at-Large Andrew Seaman cited Maher's balanced, humor-laced approach to AI commentary as a distinguishing factor.
Akamai Technologies has announced an $11.6 billion, seven-year contractual commitment with Anthropic to support the AI company's CPU workload demands using Akamai Cloud's distributed AI infrastructure and software. The deal includes a warrant granting Anthropic the right to acquire up to approximately 5% of Akamai's common stock and is expected to require around $5.5 billion in capital expenditures.
YouTube has expanded its Ask YouTube tool with AI-powered shopping features, allowing viewers to request product recommendations, comparisons, and buying guidance directly on the video watch page. Powered by a custom Gemini AI model, the feature saw more than 140 million users in June alone — a rise of over 500% since December. YouTube's Shopping affiliate program is also set to expand to 35 countries by year-end.
A Search Engine Journal analysis argues that AI agents do not fix poor audience data but instead scale its flaws at machine speed, cautioning marketers that citation counts in AI search results are an insufficient measure of success without underlying data quality.
ZoomInfo has launched a native Model Context Protocol (MCP) connector inside Replit's Integrations marketplace, giving developers natural-language access to verified company and contact data through its GTM.AI platform without requiring custom API integration.
UserTesting has announced the availability of Model Context Protocol (MCP) Servers for its UserTesting and User Interviews platforms, enabling product, design, UX, and research teams to recruit participants, run studies, and retrieve customer feedback without leaving AI applications such as ChatGPT, Claude, and Figma Make. The combined participant network spans more than seven million people across 34 countries. Both servers are currently available in Early Access.
Iterable has unveiled a major Fall Product Release adding native RCS messaging, Nova Conversations, an Integrations Hub, and new Nova Intelligence Agents to its AI customer engagement platform. The company says the update is designed to connect fragmented customer data across the marketing stack and create a continuous intelligence loop in which every interaction informs the next.
Enterprise digital visibility company Conductor has appointed Wei Zheng as Chief Executive Officer, promoting her from her previous role as Chief Product Officer. The move comes as Conductor deepens its focus on Answer Engine Optimization (AEO) amid the growing influence of AI on how consumers discover and evaluate brands.
Evalueserve, a global AI services firm, has announced a partnership with Databricks to help enterprises modernize data environments, strengthen governance, and scale AI adoption. The collaboration combines the Databricks Data + AI Platform with Evalueserve's domain and data engineering expertise, and will include a portfolio of industry-specific accelerators targeting use cases such as private credit, data quality, and data warehouse automation.
Generative and agentic AI is shifting ecommerce from self-serve search funnels to continuous, natural-language shopping conversations, with data from Adobe, Shopify, and Amazon pointing to rapid consumer adoption, according to a Martech360 analysis published 24 September 2026.
