AI and Machine Learning in Marketing

Startup Mega raises $11.5M to expand an AI-driven marketing platform designed to replace agencies and automate growth for small and midsize businesses.

Agencies are investing heavily in proprietary AI tools, but Gartner warns many may become obsolete as open-source platforms dominate enterprise AI.

Bloomreach CEO Raj De Datta on agentic commerce, AI-powered shopping, and why the future of retail will move beyond the traditional website.

Xometry launches new AI lead-time prediction and personalized pricing models to improve manufacturing speed, sourcing accuracy and delivery reliability.

Riskified expands its AI Agent Intelligence platform to help retailers secure AI shopping assistants and prevent fraud in conversational commerce.

CommerceIQ unveils AI agents for sales, content, shelf and retail media, helping brands automate ecommerce operations and scale optimization across thousands of SKUs.

Shift survey finds AI adoption growing fast, but consumers demand stronger privacy protections, transparency and control over AI systems.

AI is reshaping B2B marketing as buyers research with AI tools first. Success now depends on responding to real-time intent rather than relying on static personas.

Resonate says predictive AI—grounded in values and real-time signals—can forecast consumer behavior and turn marketing from guesswork into measurable growth.

The New Era of Shopping secures $1.4M in pre-seed funding to help brands optimize for AI assistants like ChatGPT and Gemini as shopping shifts toward agentic commerce.