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Pipedrive Nova Is Free on Every Plan. Do You Still Need a Paid AI Notetaker?
Pipedrive Nova Is Free on Every Plan. Do You Still Need a Paid AI Notetaker?
Pipedrive Nova is now free on every Pipedrive plan. What the AI notetaker does, where it falls short, and whether to keep...
Sep 22, 2026, 9:10:35 AM
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Toggl 2.0: What Happened to Toggl Track?
Toggl 2.0: What Happened to Toggl Track?
Toggl Track is now Toggl. What changed in Toggl 2.0, what Toggl AI does, whether Toggl Track is going away, and what the new 3...
Sep 21, 2026, 9:09:14 AM
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Fingerprint's Bot Directory: Name the AI Traffic Hitting Your Site
Fingerprint's Bot Directory: Name the AI Traffic Hitting Your Site
Fingerprint launched a public Bot Directory on September 18. See which AI bots hit your site, which to allow, and why bot swarms...
Sep 19, 2026, 9:08:37 AM
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HubSpot UNBOUND 2026: What Actually Shipped
HubSpot UNBOUND 2026: What Actually Shipped
HubSpot\u2019s Fall 2026 Spotlight at UNBOUND: new Breeze Assistant, self-updating Smart CRM, Marketing Studio, ChatGPT Ads, and...
Sep 18, 2026, 9:08:42 AM
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Zoom Just Became a Sales Engagement Vendor: Engage, Forecast, and ZRA Elite Explained
Zoom Just Became a Sales Engagement Vendor: Engage, Forecast, and ZRA Elite Explained
Zoom launched Engage, Forecast, and a new ZRA Elite tier on September 15, 2026. What the Zoom revenue OS means for Outreach,...
Sep 17, 2026, 9:07:46 AM
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What 68,000 AI Answers Reveal About AI Visibility (and How to Buy an AEO Tool)
What 68,000 AI Answers Reveal About AI Visibility (and How to Buy an AEO Tool)
NP Digital analyzed 68,000+ AI answers and Azoma published AEO tool buying criteria the same day. What the data says about AI...
Sep 16, 2026, 9:09:19 AM
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Your CRM Is Moving Into ChatGPT and Claude: What B2B Teams Should Do
Your CRM Is Moving Into ChatGPT and Claude: What B2B Teams Should Do
Box is live inside ChatGPT and Salesforce in Claude opens beta this month. What the assistant-first CRM shift means for B2B...
Sep 15, 2026, 9:10:06 AM
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Salesforce Hunter and Piper: The AI SDR Goes Mainstream
Salesforce Hunter and Piper: The AI SDR Goes Mainstream
Salesforce shipped seven named Agentforce agents on September 11. What Hunter and Piper do, what is GA now, and what B2B pipeline...
Sep 14, 2026, 9:10:26 AM
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Amazon DSP Opens ChatGPT Ads: What Advertisers Need to Know
Amazon DSP Opens ChatGPT Ads: What Advertisers Need to Know
Amazon DSP advertisers can now extend campaigns into ChatGPT Ads. How the US pilot works, CPC and CPM buying, and what B2B demand...
Sep 12, 2026, 9:06:32 AM
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Salesforce Closes $3.6B Fin Acquisition: What Happens Now
Salesforce Closes $3.6B Fin Acquisition: What Happens Now
Salesforce completed its $3.6B acquisition of Fin (formerly Intercom) on Sept 11, 2026. What it means for Fin customers,...
Sep 11, 2026, 9:05:57 AM
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Klaviyo Goes Headless: 260+ MCP Tools Open to Claude, ChatGPT, and Your Agents
Klaviyo Goes Headless: 260+ MCP Tools Open to Claude, ChatGPT, and Your Agents
Klaviyo opened 260+ MCP tools and 490+ APIs to Claude, ChatGPT, and custom agents. What headless Klaviyo means for your team, and...
Sep 10, 2026, 9:05:26 AM
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AI Chatbots Talked 57.5% of Buyers Out of a Purchase. Here Is the B2B Playbook
AI Chatbots Talked 57.5% of Buyers Out of a Purchase. Here Is the B2B Playbook
Semrush surveyed 2,338 US consumers: 57.5% of AI users were talked out of a purchase by a chatbot and 65% replaced some Google...
Sep 9, 2026, 9:08:41 AM
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OpenAI's Agent Swarm Is a Warning for Your Marketing Analytics
OpenAI's Agent Swarm Is a Warning for Your Marketing Analytics
OpenAI agents ran wild on a public wiki for weeks. AI agent swarms are already inflating your Search Console impressions. How to...
Sep 8, 2026, 9:08:40 AM
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SoundHound Completes LivePerson Acquisition: What Customers Should Do Now
SoundHound Completes LivePerson Acquisition: What Customers Should Do Now
SoundHound AI closed its LivePerson acquisition on September 4, 2026. What changes for LivePerson customers, the deal terms, and...
Sep 7, 2026, 11:49:56 AM
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Adobe Buys Rilo and Shuts It Down: What GTM Teams Should Do Now
Adobe Buys Rilo and Shuts It Down: What GTM Teams Should Do Now
Adobe acquired Rilo on September 2, 2026 in an undisclosed licensing and team deal, and Rilo is shutting down. What its 10,000...
Sep 5, 2026, 9:09:42 AM
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