March 15, 2026 — A new global survey by marketing platform Klaviyo reveals that most consumers use AI, but few fully trust it, with 60% employing AI tools at least weekly yet only 13% expressing complete trust, impacting product discovery and purchases for marketers worldwide. The survey, conducted in December 2025 with nearly 8,000 consumers … Read more

March 10, 2026 — San Francisco OpenAI launched ChatGPT advertising goes live at $60 CPM[https://almcorp.com/blog/digital-marketing-news-march-1-10-2026], marking a significant entry into programmatic advertising via integration with Criteo on March 2, granting access to approximately 17,000 US advertisers targeting free and lower-tier ChatGPT users. The rollout, detailed in ALM Corp’s digital marketing roundup for March 1–10, positions … Read more

March 9, 2026 — Brooklyn Brooklyn-based startup Mega raised $11.5 million in an oversubscribed Series A funding round led by Goodwater Capital, with participation from Andreessen Horowitz, Atreides, SignalFire, Kearny Jackson and WNBA stars including Diana Taurasi and Breanna Stewart. The funding, announced on March 9, aims to scale Mega’s AI-powered growth engine that automates … Read more

Feb. 24, 2026 — Mktg.Tech launched an independent ranking and evaluation platform for marketing technology tools, agencies, and AI systems, providing structured, data-driven assessments based on functionality, integration, operational impact, and real-world performance. The platform, which addresses the demand for unbiased evaluations in the expanding martech landscape, uses a documented scoring methodology detailed at https://mktg.tech/ranking-methodology/. … Read more

March 12, 2026 — Paris Publicis Groupe announced the acquisition of AdgeAI, an AI-powered creative analytics platform, to bolster its predictive measurement tools amid the generative AI-driven explosion in content volume. The deal, with undisclosed financial terms, integrates AdgeAI’s technology into Publicis’ global AI production platform and Connected Identity solution for real-time insights on creative … Read more

March 2, 2026 — OpenAI launched programmatic advertising within ChatGPT through an integration with Criteo, the first major ad-tech platform to access ChatGPT inventory, charging advertisers around $60 per thousand impressions (CPM) with a minimum beta commitment of $200,000.[1] Approximately 17,000 advertisers now have access to ad placements in ChatGPT’s Free and Go subscription tiers … Read more

March 15, 2026 — Global — A Roots Analysis report forecasts the Global Digital Marketing Market Set to Reach $1.50 Trillion by 2035, expanding from $446.5 billion in 2024 to $1,501 billion by 2035 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 11.66%. The projection, distributed via Research and Markets as report #6217923, attributes growth … Read more

March 15, 2026 — A Graphite.io study has found that AI assistants dominate global search, handling 56% of worldwide queries, based on Q4 2025 data showing 45 billion monthly AI sessions globally, equivalent to 56% of traditional search engine volume worldwide and 34% in the US. The report, titled “AI Is Much Bigger Than You … Read more

March 12, 2026 — Seongnam, South Korea — LINE Plus Corporation launched ActEngine AI, a B2B AI agent infrastructure platform designed to automate customer service and sales tasks within messaging apps, enabling enterprises to achieve measurable revenue growth. The platform deploys action-oriented AI agents beyond traditional chatbots, targeting small and medium-sized businesses in LINE’s super-app … Read more

Feb. 24, 2026 — Mktg.Tech launched an independent ranking and evaluation platform for marketing technology (MarTech) tools, agencies, and AI solutions, providing data-driven assessments to help marketers navigate complex stacks. The platform evaluates solutions across categories including automation, CRM systems, analytics, AI-driven applications, specialized MarTech, and agency services, using transparent methodologies focused on functionality, integration, … Read more