James Smith

March 12, 2026 — Webflow announced its acquisition of Webflow acquires AI content-generation platform Vidoso to enhance its marketing suite Vidoso.ai, a startup specializing in multi-modal AI for generating brand-aligned images, videos, presentations, and social content, to advance its agentic web marketing platform. The deal integrates Vidoso’s technology into Webflow’s platform, enabling AI-driven creative workflows … Read more

March 4, 2026 — Böblingen and Düsseldorf, Germany METRO, a leading international wholesaler, announced a partnership with IBM iX to transform its digital marketing processes through a new Generative AI Content Workbench powered by IBM watsonx.ai. The collaboration aims to integrate data from multiple sources, enable personalized marketing campaigns, and accelerate growth in key markets. … Read more

March 2, 2026 — San Francisco — Criteo became the first ad tech partner in OpenAI’s ChatGPT advertising pilot, enabling ChatGPT advertising goes live at $60 CPM for programmatic access by approximately 17,000 brands targeting logged-in adult users on Free and Go tiers in the United States. The pilot, which began on February 9, 2026, … Read more

March 13, 2026 — Singapore Synscribe, an AI SEO and GEO startup, launched a multi-tenant SEO AI agent built on the open-source OpenClaw framework. The agent autonomously performs keyword research, creates landing pages, conducts link building and generates blog posts for B2B SaaS companies, claiming to reduce manual SEO execution by more than 90% and … Read more

March 12, 2026 — Webflow announced its acquisition of Webflow acquires AI content-generation platform Vidoso to bolster its marketing suite3, the AI startup Vidoso.ai founded in 2024, to integrate brand-aligned AI tools for generating visuals, videos, and other marketing assets into its agentic web marketing platform1. The acquisition addresses challenges in AI-generated content lacking brand … Read more

March 9, 2026 — Brooklyn Mega, a Brooklyn-based AI-powered marketing platform founded by Robbie Schneidman and Lucas Pellan, raised $11.5 million in Series A funding led by Goodwater Capital, with participation from Andreessen Horowitz, Atreides, SignalFire, Kearny Jackson, and WNBA stars including Diana Taurasi and Breanna Stewart. The funding, reported in a Forbes feature, aims … Read more

March 10, 2026 — Foxwell Digital in partnership with Motion released the Foxwell Founders Releases 2026 State of Digital Marketing Agencies Report, a benchmark survey drawing insights from over 550 global marketing leaders across more than 30 countries who manage over $1 billion in monthly ad spend. The Foxwell Founders Releases 2026 State of Digital … Read more

March 15, 2026 — A Graphite.io study released around March 13 announced that AI assistants account for 56% of global search volume, equivalent to 45 billion monthly sessions worldwide, with 34% in the U.S. The analysis, led by Graphite.io CEO Ethan Smith, highlights AI tools like ChatGPT and Gemini dominating search activity. ChatGPT holds 89% … Read more

March 13, 2026 — Seoul LINE Plus Corporation, a subsidiary of LY Corporation and operator of the LINE messaging platform, launched ActEngine AI, a B2B AI agent platform designed to automate customer service and sales directly within messaging apps. LINE’s AI agents point to messaging apps becoming sales channels[1][2]. This news from March 13, 2026, … Read more

March 15, 2026 — A Graphite.io study reveals that AI assistants now dominate 56% of global search volume, surpassing traditional engines, generating 45 billion monthly sessions worldwide, equivalent to 56% of traditional search engine volume. The analysis by Graphite.io CEO Ethan Smith, which combines web and mobile app data, shows AI tools like ChatGPT, Gemini, … Read more