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NexPhrase Introduces Self-Learning AI for Real-Time Communication Coaching

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AI Platform Becomes First AI Coaching Platform to Learn From Real Conversations and Evolve Automatically

Amplinyx Inc. announced the launch of Self-Learning AI, a new capability within the NexPhrase platform that enables AI coaching to adapt and improve based on user interactions and team performance patterns. The feature marks the first time an AI communication coaching platform has combined real-time guidance with continuous learning that evolves from actual conversational outcomes.

Following the platform’s Team Plan launch earlier this month, NexPhrase observed that static AI coaching, regardless of sophistication, fails to capture the nuanced communication patterns that distinguish high performers from their peers. Self-Learning AI addresses this limitation by analyzing user feedback on suggestions, tracking conversation outcomes, and sharing successful techniques across entire teams automatically.

“Traditional AI coaching treats every conversation as if it’s identical, same generic suggestions, same static playbooks, same post-call analysis that comes too late to help,” said Sukhman Singh Sandhu, CEO and Founder of Amplinyx Inc. “Self-Learning AI fundamentally changes that paradigm. Every conversation makes the AI smarter. Every insight from your best performers becomes available to your entire team instantly. We’re not just coaching conversations; we’re building collective intelligence that compounds over time.”

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How Self-Learning AI Functions

The system operates on two distinct levels: individual learning and team learning.

At the individual level, Self-Learning AI monitors how users respond to coaching suggestions during live conversations. When users accept, reject, or modify recommendations, the AI analyzes these choices alongside conversation outcomes to refine future guidance. Over time, the system learns communication patterns specific to each user’s style, product knowledge, and buyer personas.

At the team level, Self-Learning AI captures successful techniques from any team member and makes them available organization-wide. When a sales representative discovers an effective approach to handling pricing objections, the system identifies the pattern, submits it for team leader approval, and distributes the insight to all team members once approved.

Core Self-Learning Capabilities

The platform delivers four primary learning functions designed for sales teams, customer service departments, and professional training programs:

Adaptive Suggestion Engine: AI recommendations evolve based on what works for each user’s communication style, moving beyond generic playbooks to personalized coaching that reflects individual strengths and buyer relationships.

Outcome-Based Learning: The system tracks whether conversations progress positively after specific suggestions, correlating recommendation acceptance with deal outcomes and customer satisfaction metrics.

Team Knowledge Distribution: Successful communication techniques discovered by any team member propagate automatically to colleagues, subject to team leader approval through a streamlined review workflow.

Transparent Learning Controls: Users maintain complete visibility into what the AI has learned through an accessible learning prompt, with options to edit, refine, or reset learning at any time.

Market Context and Research Findings

Industry research indicates that AI coaching delivers measurable performance improvements when integrated with real-time guidance and learning capabilities. Studies suggest teams using AI coaching regularly achieve significantly higher win rates compared to teams without AI support, while deal cycles accelerate when AI provides guidance during key conversations.

The challenge for most organizations has been that AI coaching systems typically operate with static knowledge bases that require manual updating. Self-Learning AI eliminates this maintenance burden by continuously incorporating new insights from actual customer interactions rather than theoretical training scenarios.

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Continua Brings Amazon, Google, Instagram, and TikTok Shopping to Social AI

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Ahead of Black Friday and Cyber Monday, consumers can now shop inside group chats

Continua, the company pioneering Social AI, announced the addition of Amazon, Google Shopping, Instagram, and TikTok to its artificial intelligence for group chats. Just in time for the holiday season, Continua users can now collaborate on family wish lists, teacher gifts, white elephant ideas, and more, all inside of existing group conversations. Users can also ask Continua to search for the lowest price on specific items.

“We know that holiday season can be overwhelming, and that so much of the planning to make it magical happens in group chats,” said Shane Hulse, Head of Product at Continua. “Rather than do multiple online searches and port those links into text chats, Continua enables its users to brainstorm ideas and take action on those purchases inside the group chat.”

Just in time for the holiday season, Continua users can now collaborate on family wish lists, teacher gifts, white elephant ideas, and more, all inside of existing group conversations.

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56.1% of holiday shopping this year will be done on mobile devices, according to a recent study from Adobe. With the new shopping integration, Continua is eliminating the annoyance of copy and paste from browsers. Users can ask the AI agent for gift ideas, browse the results, and “add to cart” with ease.

“Our goal with Continua has always been to use artificial intelligence to deepen human-to-human connection,” said David Petrou, Founder and CEO of Continua. “With these new shopping tools, we are providing family and friends with the ability to surprise and delight each other during the holiday season, while reducing the stress it takes to pull off all those memorable moments.”

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Creatio Publishes LATAM Edition of The State of AI Agents & No-Code, Revealing AI Agent Adoption and No-Code Momentum

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Findings show that nine in ten organizations in Latin America will treat AI agents as a strategic priority by next year

Creatio, a global vendor of an agentic CRM & workflow platform with no-code and AI at its core, announced the release of The State of AI Agents & No-Code: Latin America Edition. The report uncovers how business and technology leaders across the region are evolving their approach to AI, moving from early experimentation to enterprise-level strategy, and how no-code tools are accelerating this shift.

The research, based on Creatio’s 2025 AI Agent and No-Code Adoption Survey, respondents represent a broad range of roles in digital transformation, operations, and technology.

Findings reveal that AI agents have rapidly become a board-level topic across Latin America. More than half of business and technology leaders in the region report that AI is already being discussed at the board level, while nearly all expect it to become a core strategic priority within the next year. This shift demonstrates how quickly organizations are moving beyond pilot projects and into coordinated AI strategies that connect technology investment with long-term business outcomes.

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According to the report, leaders in Latin America are focusing their AI agent efforts on growth and operational excellence. The strongest adoption areas include sales, marketing, customer success, and IT operations. Most leaders see AI as an enabler of reinvention rather than a means of workforce reduction, with the majority expressing optimism about AI’s potential to transform enterprise operations.

No-code technology is playing a major role in helping organizations turn that optimism into action. The survey shows that 77 percent of Latin American companies have already implemented low-code or no-code platforms, with most deploying them at the departmental level. This approach is helping businesses bridge skills gaps, modernize legacy systems, and move faster on AI-driven innovation without relying solely on technical teams.

Leaders also point to persistent challenges around data quality, system integration, and internal expertise. Many view no-code and AI-native platforms as essential to addressing these barriers by allowing non-technical employees to participate directly in building and improving AI-enabled workflows. This is helping organizations reduce dependency on scarce technical talent while increasing innovation capacity across the enterprise.

“In Latin America, AI has evolved from a buzzword into a true business driver,” said Agustin Alaman, VP LATAM at Creatio]. “Executives are no longer discussing AI in theory. They are acting on it, deploying AI agents to empower teams, drive growth, and deliver measurable impact. Combined with no-code innovation, this shift is setting the stage for the next era of enterprise transformation.”

The findings suggest that Latin American organizations are entering a more mature phase of AI adoption. They recognize both the opportunities and the challenges ahead, and they are leveraging no-code technology to accelerate implementation and democratize innovation. With AI agents now reaching the boardroom, the region is poised to play a leading role in the global movement toward intelligent automation.

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Sevenstar Websolutions Unveils AI-Optimized PPC Revolution – Promising 5x ROI for Businesses in 2025

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Sevenstar Websolutions, a Noida-based full-service digital marketing agency, announced the launch of its new AI-optimized PPC (Pay-Per-Click) Platform, designed to deliver up to a three-fold return on investment (ROI) for businesses in 2025.

Applying proprietary machine learning models, real-time bid algorithms, and insights from first-party customer data, the Sevenstar Websolutions platform advertises campaigns across channels of search, display, and social optimization. In early beta tests with the platform, average CTR increases exceeded 45%, and CPA reduction averaged nearly 30%.

The Challenge: Rising Ad Costs and Declining ROI

With a global spend on digital advertising expected to cross $910 billion in 2025, marketers find themselves at the twin crossroads of rising CPCs or cost-per-click and lower engagement rates. Sevenstar Websolutions AI-Powered PPC directly addresses this problem by acquiring knowledge from data points and then dynamically AI automated self-adjusting the campaign to ensure that it performs optimally in real time.

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According to official statements from the CEO of Sevenstar Websolutions, more pressure has never been put on marketing ROI. Increasing ad costs and growing changes in privacy with shrinking attention spans have led to businesses requiring smarter tools. Hence, an AI-based PPC system gives them thrice the ROI by automating bidding, fine-tuning creatives, and targeting with unmatched precision.

It is a timely innovation, as this is a time that poses challenges for businesses in India and beyond, wherein economic challenges and the shift in consumer behavior are largely in focus concerning digital ad markets. Global digital ad spend in 2025 is expected to grow by 12%, yet efficiency per dollar spent is on the decline. Sevenstar Websolutions wants to fill that gap with their cutting-edge AI-optimized PPC ads.

The main concern in PPC, as seen from the SME and enterprise clients served, is wasting money on ad placements that don’t perform well and on that static targeting. There is now a need for a system that can dynamically reallocate budgets on high-value user segments based on live-performance signals and adapt creatives for an uplift in ROI.

The new offering includes:
• Real-time performance insights and AI-powered budget recommendations
• Automated A/B Testing of ad-creatives and landing pages
• Integration with CRM and first-party data to refine audience segments
• Transparent reporting covering compliance with global privacy standards

Also, clients from e-commerce, fintech, and B2B services have already reported better lead quality, conversion rates, and ad expenditure per acquisition. Sevenstar Websolutions plans to continue its phased rollout through Q1 and Q2 2025, with global expansion and partner ecosystem development to follow in Europe and North America.

Key Features of the AI-Powered PPC
• Real-Time Bid Intelligence: Continuously refines keyword bids and placements across Google, Meta, and YouTube.
• Creative Intelligence Engine: It automatically tests variations and instantaneously deploys the winning creative.
• Audience Prediction Layer: Uses first-party data to uncover high-converting user behavior.
• Smart Budget Allocation: Detects low performances in settings while distributing all budgets at the highest ROI-aware channel.
• Performance tracking: Provides a transparent and visually trackable ROI based on AI analytics.

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Sendbird Achieves the AWS Generative AI Competency

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Sendbird Achieves the AWS Generative AI Competency

Sendbird Inc., the AI customer experience company powering conversations for over 300 million people every month, announced that it has achieved the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Generative AI Competency. This specialization recognizes Sendbird as an AWS Partner that helps customers adopt and implement AWS services, tools, and infrastructure for generative AI.

Achieving the AWS Generative AI Competency differentiates Sendbird as an AWS Partner that has demonstrated technical proficiency and proven customer success, supporting customers in augmenting the customer experience, delivering hyper-personalized and engaging content, streamlining workflows, and achieving actionable results enabled through the use of AWS generative AI services. Sendbird possesses the experience and expertise shown from successful projects for addressing customer challenges using generative AI solutions as an enabler of their digital transformation strategies for augmenting the customer experience, delivering hyper-personalized and engaging content, streamlining workflows, and delivering actionable results powered by generative AI technology from AWS.

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“Earning the AWS Generative AI Competency reflects our commitment to helping companies bridge the gap between AI prototypes and production-ready systems,” said John Kim, co-founder and CEO of Sendbird. “I’m looking forward to exploring this challenge further on stage at re:Invent 2025, where we’ll discuss how to build agentic AI systems that companies can trust at scale.”

The AWS Competency Program helps customers identify AWS Partners with deep expertise and proven success in using AWS technologies to implement generative AI solutions.

Sendbird’s generative AI leadership is reflected in delight.ai — Sendbird’s branded AI concierge experience built to deliver trustworthy, omnipresent, and proactive customer engagement. Powered by Sendbird’s Agent Memory Platform (AMP) and governed by the company’s Trust OS framework, delight.ai brings enterprise-grade control, observability, and safety to every interaction. By carrying memory across channels such as chat, SMS, email and voice, it enables brands to deliver personalized, continuous, and deeply human experiences while confidently adopting production-ready generative AI at scale.

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“Introducing delight.ai marked a significant milestone in bringing AI into the heart of our operations,” said Eugene Kim, CEO of Hanssem, one of Korea’s leading home furnishing brands. “Sendbird is more than a technology provider — they are a collaborative partner who works alongside us to solve challenges with a shared perspective. With Sendbird, we’ve been able to accelerate our AI adoption and scale our capabilities with confidence.”

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TNL Mediagene Launches INSAIDA, New Video News Program Offering Deeper Analysis of Business and Society in Japan

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TNL Mediagene Launches INSAIDA, New Video News Program Offering Deeper Analysis of Business and Society in Japan

The Company today announced the launch of INSAIDA, a new video news program designed to deliver deeper visual analysis of business, economics and society

INSAIDA combines Business Insider Japan’s editorial reporting with video-native storytelling to meet the growing demand for trustworthy, easy-to-understand news in video format

The program leverages Business Insider Japan’s multi-angle coverage and editorial expertise to provide context-rich reporting for younger digital-native audiences

INSAIDA content will be distributed through Business Insider Japan’s official YouTube channel from November 19, 2025

TNL Mediagene announced the official launch of INSAIDA by Business Insider Japan (“INSAIDA”), a new video news program that delivers visually driven, in-depth reporting on business, economics, international affairs and societal trends. The program is produced under the leadership of veteran broadcast journalist Toru Nakamaru, who was appointed Head of Video at Business Insider Japan in October 2025.

Business Insider Japan, launched in 2017, has grown to more than 23 million monthly page views¹ establishing itself as a trusted source for reporting on the signals of change across business and society in Japan.

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The launch of INSAIDA marks a major step in expanding its editorial capabilities into video, combining Business Insider Japan’s proven reporting strength with visual storytelling that enhances comprehension.

As video consumption continues to accelerate, particularly among Gen Z and millennial audiences, the Company aims to strengthen its content offerings in formats that meet evolving user behavior while maintaining the journalistic credibility that Business Insider is known for.

*1 Measured by Google Analytics for the period 2024/7-2025/6. Figures are a sum of onsite and external media figures.

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Atento Reinforces Its Global and Strategic Leadership With a Technological Focus on The United States and Latin America

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Atento Reinforces Its Global and Strategic Leadership With a Technological Focus on The United States and Latin America
  • Atento will continue to offer its advanced technological solutions in all markets, consolidating its position as a global leader in the transformation of Customer Experience through Artificial Intelligence, process automation, and advanced analytics.

Atento Luxco 1, one of the leading global providers of customer experience management and business transformation outsourcing (CXM/BTO) services, announced a strategic agreement for the sale of its traditional services subsidiary in Spain to ABAI, a customer management solutions company leader in the Spanish market.

The transaction, once approved by the competition authorities, will allow the company to focus on the US and LatAm markets and on technological solutions, where it has a solid track record of success. This decision strengthens Atento’s commitment to developing innovative technologies that transform how companies manage customer experience and deliver measurable, sustainable results.

Atento thus reinforces its position as a leader in Business Transformation Outsourcing (BTO) services and deepens its commitment to purposeful technological innovation based on Artificial Intelligence, robotic process automation (RPA), and predictive analytics, with practical, effective solutions that remove technological and operational barriers.

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Atento will redirect its strategic efforts to Latin America and the United States, prioritizing the development and implementation of advanced technologies to transform and improve the customer experience in its key markets. As part of the agreement, ABAI will assume management of the local operation in Spain, ensuring operational continuity in the country. This strategic step opens up new opportunities for both companies, strengthening their capabilities to compete in their respective areas of interest.

A Strategic Milestone for Global Growth

Dimitrius Oliveira, CEO of Atento, states that: “The transaction strengthens our position to respond to the demands of a dynamic and highly competitive market, while maintaining our focus on providing value to our customers. This strategic transition will allow Atento to continue to lead the digital transformation of CX, with a clear focus on technological solutions based on Artificial Intelligence and advanced analytics.”

Backed by an ecosystem of advanced technology solutions and its proprietary AI Studio platform, Atento continues to democratize technology to optimize customer and employee experiences worldwide. Tools such as Atento Conversations, with more than 32 million interactions, or Advanced Insights, which has analyzed more than 125,000 hours of processes, stand out for generating tangible results in efficiency and personalization. These innovations have transformed sectors such as energy, finance, and payments, resulting in significant improvements in customer satisfaction and operational optimization.

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Commitment to CX transformation

This initiative reinforces Atento’s commitment to driving CX transformation into an increasingly technology-driven landscape.

Atento thus reinforces its purpose of making CX technology more accessible, more human, and more transformative. The company remains focused on technology investments (mainly in artificial intelligence), reinforcing its strategy as a leader in the BTO market and offering the best portfolio of technology-driven services in its main markets: Latin America and the United States.

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Datatonic Taps Industry Leader to Accelerate AI & Data Expansion Across the Americas

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Datatonic Taps Industry Leader to Accelerate AI & Data Expansion Across the Americas

Datatonic has appointed Stephen Charko as Head of Sales, Americas, where he will lead transformational data and AI growth across key verticals and deepen strategic enterprise relationships. Charko brings decades of experience scaling data and analytics businesses at Gartner, Telemetry, and most recently KPMG, where he more than doubled the Deal Advisory Analytics practice.

Datatonic, a ten-time Google Cloud Partner of the Year data and AI consultancy that works with leading, global enterprises such as the United Football League, Wizards of the Coast, and premier streaming service Cineverse, has announced the appointment of Stephen Charko as Head of Sales, Americas, effective November 3, 2025. Based in Toronto, Charko will lead the company’s regional AI, data, and analytics sales strategy across key enterprise verticals including Telco, Media & Entertainment, Agency, Retail, and Financial Services and Insurance (FSI).

After making its mark on the North American market in the past two years, Datatonic enters its next phase of acceleration in the region. Charko leads the expansion of Datatonic’s commercial footprint, deepening strategic enterprise relationships, and driving ROI-positive AI adoption across the region.

“As we enter a new chapter of growth in the Americas, Stephen’s leadership will be key to uniting our sales vision across the AI continuum and doubling down on delivering measurable business value for our clients,” Cyril Marques, Managing Director, Americas, said.

Charko joins Datatonic at a pivotal moment for enterprise AI. As demand accelerates for trustworthy, revenue-generating solutions, he brings his considerable experience in scaling high-performing analytics organizations. At KPMG Canada, Charko more than doubled the Deal Advisory Analytics practice, exceeding 50% year-over-year gains in the most recent fiscal cycle. His earlier leadership roles at Gartner and data-science startup Telemetry further solidify his record of building complex analytics programs that deliver measurable business outcomes. He holds an MBA from McMaster University.

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“When looking at where AI is heading, it was clear Datatonic held the definitive position,” said Charko. “They don’t just build solutions; they engineer business advantage. By harnessing the full power of the Google Cloud ecosystem, Datatonic helps clients move from AI experimentation to enterprise-wide profitability.”

Expertise to Prove AI’s ROI

According to Gartner surveys, 30% of generative AI projects will be abandoned after proof of concept by the end of 2025, citing unclear business value as a top reason. (1) Organizations frequently cite proliferating data environments, unclear use cases, and the absence of scalable deployment frameworks as barriers to success. This environment has created heightened demand for partners capable of operationalizing AI at scale, especially those with deep hyperscale alignment.

“AI has reached the point where experimentation isn’t enough,” said Charko. “Datatonic is uniquely built for this moment because we take clients into production and drive adoption through rapid upskilling, enablement, and change support.”

Driving Value Across Core Industries

Datatonic’s data and AI solutions are already deployed across some of the most data-intensive sectors in the Americas. Under Charko’s leadership, the company will continue accelerating high-value, production-ready AI that delivers measurable business impact, including:

  • Accelerating Cloud Modernization: With Datatonic’s Gemini-powered Migration Accelerator, clients have reduced complex dashboard load times by 80% and cut time-to-data by 75%, enabling faster, more confident analysis of ERP data.
  • Reducing Operational Costs at Scale: By Deploying an invoice processing solution, Datatonic create a system capable of reducing invoice costs for each invoice as much as 70% and improved customer satisfaction.
  • Transforming and Enriching Data: Datatonic standardizes, cleanses, and enriches fragmented datasets across platforms to ensure accuracy, completeness, and readiness for AI and analytics workloads.
  • Revolutionizing Media Stream Searches: Reduced content search and discovery times by 90% compared to traditional streaming service search times. Trimmed customer churn by 15% with user search upgrades.
  • Detecting Fraud in Real Time: Built a fraud-detection model that operates at 90%+ accuracy with <6% false positives, representing ~$100M in fraudulent transactions per year. Improved serving latency of ~20ms, preserving seamless customer experience.

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“Datatonic is the premier Google Partner not just because of their technical expertise, but because they cut through the hype,” said Charko. “Their mission is to turn AI from a roadmap item into a quantifiable ROI driver – and that execution focus is what truly sets them apart.”

A Strategic Step in Datatonic’s Global Expansion

Datatonic’s momentum is fueled by its award-winning engineering teams, expanding global client base, and leadership in Google Cloud innovation. The company is highly regarded for its production-grade data and AI deployments. Charko’s appointment signals a strategic acceleration of Datatonic’s Americas expansion at a time when enterprise AI moves into a new era defined by maturity, urgency, and measurable outcomes.

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Context Joins Brandi AI’s Global Agency Partnership Program to Help Clients Strengthen Trust, Recognition and Visibility Across Generative AI Platforms

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Context Joins Brandi AI's Global Agency Partnership Program to Help Clients Strengthen Trust, Recognition and Visibility Across Generative AI Platforms

New partnership enables Context to deliver greater client value by helping brands understand, measure and improve how they appear in AI-generated answers on ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, and Perplexity

Context Public Relations, a full-service communications and marketing agency, and Brandi AI™, the industry’s most comprehensive, intelligence-driven platform for enterprise AI visibility and Generative Engine Optimization (GEO), have jointly announced a new partnership. Context has joined the Brandi Agency Partnership Program, a global initiative empowering agencies to help clients strengthen their presence and authority in AI-generated answers.

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As generative AI reshapes how audiences discover and evaluate brands, agencies have a new responsibility: ensuring their clients are visible and trusted where decisions now begin. Through its partnership with Brandi AI, Context will help clients uncover how their brands are represented across AI platforms, identify opportunities to strengthen credibility and translate that insight into lasting market trust.

“With Brandi AI, we can finally show clients how they appear inside AI-generated answers and just as importantly, why they do or don’t show up,” said Jenni Livesley, managing director at Context. “Brandi AI reveals what’s influencing visibility across tools like ChatGPT and Claude —from missing context to weak trust signals — so we can take clear, data-backed action. It’s giving brands visibility and control in the AI discovery layer where buying decisions increasingly start but have been impossible to measure.”

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“Agencies partnering with Brandi AI are changing the game for how brands create value in the AI era,” said Leah Nurik, co-founder and CEO of Brandi AI. “Together, we’re helping clients to truly understand how their brands are seen, cited and trusted by AI—and to turn those insights into stronger, more authentic visibility in AI-driven discovery.”

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Streann Media Partners with World Legends Padel Tour for AI-Powered Digital Production at Miami Finals

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Streann Media Partners with World Legends Padel Tour for AI-Powered Digital Production at Miami Finals

Streann Media to Enhance Digital Experience for World Legends Padel Tour with Advanced AI and Streaming Technologies

The World Legends Padel Tour (WLPT), an international sporting circuit featuring former global football stars, has selected Miami-based technology company Streann Media as its official digital partner for the 2025 Miami Finals. The event, scheduled for November 29–30 at the Ultra Padel Club, marks the closing stage of the tour’s expanding global calendar.

Recognized as the first global padel circuit centered around former sports legends, the World Legends Padel Tour has rapidly expanded its international presence. The 2025 season includes stops in major cities such as London, Paris, Rome, Madrid, Amsterdam, Istanbul, and New York, culminating in Miami for the Finals.

The Miami Finals will showcase an exceptional lineup of former international football stars, including Francesco Totti, Christian Vieri, Fernando Llorente, Vincent Candela, Luca Toni, Andriy Shevchenko, Xabi Prieto, Luca Ceccarelli, Diego Perotti, Germán Denis, Tommaso Locatelli, and Marco Materazzi. Their participation continues to elevate WLPT as a unique convergence of elite sport and global football heritage.

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As part of the collaboration, Streann Media will oversee all digital aspects of the Miami event. This includes a multi-camera production system for match coverage and the awards gala, real-time video feeds for the venue’s large-format screens, and the full management of social media content through an on-site production team. The Finals will be streamed through a newly created World Legends Padel Tour channel on StreannStudio.ai, the company’s AI-powered video platform designed for creators, brands, and communities.

StreannStudio.ai will serve as the central hub for all digital content related to the Miami Finals. The platform integrates live studio capabilities, on-demand video hosting, highlight generation, and channel programming tools within a single environment. Fans will have access to live match broadcasts, replays, behind-the-scenes content, interviews, and AI-generated short-form clips throughout the event.

In addition to live and on-demand content, official social media coverage for the Miami Finals will be produced using SocialCap.ai, Streann’s artificial intelligence tool for automated captions, post text, and short-form content creation. World Legends Padel is expected to release regular updates during the tournament weekend across its social channels.

“The Miami Finals are a key moment for the World Legends Padel Tour, and partnering with Streann allows us to elevate the digital experience for our fans worldwide,” said Alessandro Moggi, President of World Legends Padel Tour. “Streann’s production capabilities and AI-powered platforms will help us deliver high-quality coverage across every channel.”

“This partnership reflects the convergence of sports, technology and global entertainment,” said Giovanni ‘Gio’ Punzo, CEO of Streann. “With StreannStudio.ai and SocialCap.ai, we are introducing advanced video and AI workflows that will enhance the way fans engage with the World Legends Padel Tour Finals.”

The collaboration aims to expand the tour’s digital reach by combining Streann’s video production and AI technologies with the growing international interest in padel, one of the world’s fastest-developing sports. With centralized streaming, AI-assisted content creation, and continuous social distribution, the Miami Finals will represent the most digitally integrated stage of the 2025 World Legends Padel Tour season.

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Brandfuel Launches AI-Native Product Experience Management Platform, Unifying the eCommerce Content Lifecycle from Creation to Conversion

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Brandfuel Launches AI-Native Product Experience Management Platform, Unifying the eCommerce Content Lifecycle from Creation to Conversion

After completing a successful beta program, Brandfuel announced the general availability (GA) of its AI-native Product Experience Managment (PXM) Platform, built to help small to mid-size eCommerce brands and agencies centralize, optimize, and scale their product content operations.

Brandfuel brings together the tools and intelligence required to manage every stage of the content lifecycle—from onboarding, to enrichment and scoring to testing, publishing, and performance tracking—within a single unified platform.

“Brandfuel was built to solve one of the most persistent challenges in eCommerce: haphazard product onboarding leading to fragmented, inconsistent, and underperforming product content,” said Andy Lloyd, CEO of Brandfuel. “By combining AI automation with brand intelligence, we’re giving teams the ability to continually improve product performance and customer experience to provide a more contextual and relevant Shopify store—without adding headcount.”

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A Unified Platform for Product Content Excellence

Built as a comprehensive product experience management platform (PXM), Brandfuel provides a customizable and extensible platform that helps digital commerce teams improve conversion rates, enhance customer experience, and eliminate content chaos through a tightly integrated suite of AI-driven capabilities:

  • Company Brand Profile Training: Captures each brand’s unique DNA—personas, competitors, and SEO keywords—to guide personalized content creation.
  • Product Data Enrichment: Automates image analysis, ALT tags, per-product competitors and personas, and keyword/GEO targeting.
  • Product Content Scoring: Evaluates content across SEO/GEO, grammar, localization, and brand voice consistency. The extensible platform allows brands and agencies to create an unlimited number of criteria to meet their specific needs.
  • Multi-Language, Multi-channel Support: Enables global scalability with automated content localization and translation and support for tailored content for all the major marketplaces.
  • A/B Content Testing: Automatically and continuously identifies the lower-performing product content variations and creates new versions, automatically publishing to the relevant sales channels.
  • Publishing & Approval Workflows: Simplifies collaboration and governance across distributed content teams while tracking all variations and providing integrated brand feedback.
  • ROI Dashboard: Quantifies the impact of content improvements on engagement and conversion metrics.
  • Klaviyo & Meta Campaign Integrations: Extends optimization into marketing campaigns for performance feedback loops to increase the Return on Ad Spend (ROAS).

Early Customer Results

Early adopters have already seen measurable benefits from Brandfuel’s unified approach to product content.

“Brandfuel has transformed how our agency delivers eCommerce content at scale,” said Anthony Severo, Founder of Inclined Agency. “Our clients are now seeing faster time-to-market, consistent brand voice, and measurable gains in conversion—without expanding their teams.”

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Comviva unveils its AI vision for MarTech with GenAI-Driven MobiLytix® Real Time Marketingthe platform

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Comviva unveils its AI vision for MarTech with GenAI-Driven MobiLytix® Real Time Marketingthe platform

Comviva, a global leader in digital transformation solutions across customer experience management, data monetization, and digital financial services, announced the unveiling of its GenAI driven MobiLytix® Real Time Marketing (RTM) with advanced AI capabilities designed to help enterprise marketers drive higher conversion, retention, and customer lifetime value.

The new MobiLytix platform introduces powerful GenAI capabilities that significantly reduce manual interventions empowering marketers to design smarter faster and high engagement campaigns across customer journeys. Marketers can instantly generate message variations, tailor content for different segments, and surface actionable insights through conversational prompts that simplify reporting and analytics—translating complex performance data into clear guidance marketers can use immediately. This accelerates campaign creation, improves content quality, and leads to higher-performing engagements.

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The platform gives marketing teams a new level of agility, making them largely self-sufficient in campaign planning and execution by leveraging AI-driven decisioning and a library of proven, pre-defined templates for common high-impact use cases—enabling concept-to-launch of even the most complex campaigns in quick time.

With the new release, Comviva has also laid the AI foundation for a new wave of autonomous AI agents. These agentic capabilities are designed to continuously learn from campaign performance, optimize creative, offers and timing in real time, and operate under marketer-defined governance and approvals—evolving toward self-optimizing marketing orchestration.

Speaking on the launch Manish Singhal, Head – MarTech Solutions at Comviva said, “Tomorrow’s marketing teams won’t just run campaigns; they will command an intelligent ecosystem of AI agents that plan, optimize and execute in real time. With the new GenAI driven MobiLytix Real Time Marketing, that future starts now. We are moving from marketing automation to marketing autonomy—where AI agents continuously learn, optimize and orchestrate, while marketers stay firmly in control. Marketing functions can now actively improve campaign performance, lift conversion rates, strengthen customer retention, and deliver sustained business growth leveraging the platform.”

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With an intuitive new UI, modular architecture, and enterprise-grade scale, MobiLytix RTM is engineered to power the next wave of growth for digital-first businesses. At its core, the platform combines more than 120 advanced predictive and prescriptive AI models with a modern AI decisioning engine to personalize every interaction using a live 360° customer profile across multiple lines of business and channels in real time. Its enhanced journey orchestration workspace and modern UI give marketers a faster, more intuitive way to build journeys, collaborate across teams, and optimize programs in real time.

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UNICEPTA Launches Integration with Microsoft 365 Copilot to Simplify Reputation Intelligence

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UNICEPTA Launches Integration with Microsoft 365 Copilot to Simplify Reputation Intelligence

The integration empowers stakeholders to act on insights instantly, reducing complexity and accelerating reputation management.

UNICEPTA, a global media intelligence provider within The Marketing Cloud, part of Stagwell announced the launch of an integration with Microsoft 365 Copilot to make its reputation and media intelligence capabilities directly accessible within Copilot. The collaboration enables communications and reputation leaders to access, analyze, and act on real-time insights without leaving their core Microsoft environment – eliminating friction, reducing tool complexity, and improving decision speed.

In an era where communications teams face rising data volumes and unprecedented speed of change, fragmented dashboards and disconnected systems have become a major obstacle to strategic work. The integration directly addresses this challenge: instead of forcing teams to adopt yet another platform, it brings intelligence to the tools they already use every day.

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“AI should make complex work feel simple – not the other way around. By embedding UNICEPTA directly into Microsoft 365 Copilot, we’re turning everyday workspaces into intelligent command centers for communicators. Teams can ask questions in plain language, get instant insights, and make reputation-critical decisions in the moment. This is what the future of communications looks like: intelligence that’s always on, right where the work happens,” said Martin Schulze, Head of Product at UNICEPTA.

Chantrelle Nielsen, Director of Product Management for Microsoft 365 Copilot at Microsoft added, “UNICEPTA’s deep expertise in media intelligence and its ability to simplify complexity make it possible to turn reputation data into clear, actionable insights within Microsoft 365 Copilot. This integration enables communicators to move from static reporting to real-time, AI-powered reputation management — right where their work happens.”

Through the integration, UNICEPTA’s AI Agent connects securely to its proprietary, LLM-powered data layer via Microsoft connectors within the client’s environment. Clients maintain complete control over how the integration between the agent and connector is deployed across their organization – no information is shared with Microsoft. Access can be configured for specific user groups, and the agent can be embedded directly within Teams, Word, or PowerPoint. This architecture is designed to scale seamlessly across industries and enterprise environments.

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A real-world example illustrates the impact. A communications team working on a campaign can ask Copilot in Teams about “the tonal sentiment of current media coverage.” The UNICEPTA AI Agent instantly connects with the relevant media intelligence data and provides information on sentiment, reach, and key topics, and provides relevant insights on the latest developments in media. Everything can directly be integrated in Word or into a PowerPoint presentation. What once required hours of manual work now happens in seconds – giving teams more time to act strategically.

For users, the benefits are clear: less tool overhead, faster decision-making, and full data control in an environment they already trust. In a landscape where speed, clarity, and reputation protection are paramount, the integration with Copilot represents a powerful step toward making AI truly work for communications.

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Matador AI Named Nissan USA Preferred Partner in first AI Category

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Matador AI Named Nissan USA Preferred Partner in first AI Category

Matador AI, a leader in artificial intelligence and automation solutions for the automotive industry, is now an Official Preferred Partner of Nissan USA in its new AI Lead Nurturing category. Since first working with Nissan dealers in 2020, Matador AI has helped hundreds of Nissan retailers modernize lead follow-up, increase showroom appointments, and convert more shoppers into lifelong customers.

“We’re proud to be recognized in Nissan USA’s first-ever AI Lead Nurturing category as an official Preferred Partner,” said Nick Cossette, co-founder and CEO of Matador AI. “AI is no longer a ‘nice to have’. it’s becoming the engine of modern retailing. When every customer gets an instant, intelligent response, dealers unlock higher engagement, more appointments, and a smoother buying journey for both customers and staff.”

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Consideration for the designation included multiple rounds of product evaluations, performance reviews and capability assessments. The Nissan team evaluates how each platform handles lead nurturing, AI-driven messaging, compliance, reporting, and integration readiness. Matador AI received the approval only four months after completing its application.

Matador AI is automotive’s #1 ranked conversational AI platform, built to fully automate sales and service conversations for dealerships. Its AI sales and AI service agents help dealers follow up with customers, schedule and confirm appointments, and keep customers engaged throughout the ownership lifecycle. Matador also powers dealership-branded chat AI and voice AI that answer questions, qualify shoppers, and capture more opportunities, 24/7, whether customers connect online, by text, on a website, or by phone.

“Developed by people who have deep experience operating dealerships, Matador is built for the realities of automotive retail,” said Kevin Esmezyan, Chief Product Officer at Matador AI. “It helps dealers capture more of the opportunities they already pay for and move shoppers from first contact to appointment and sale. On average, our clients see a 25% lift in overall pipeline conversion after rolling out Matador.”

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Since its founding, Matador AI has been at the forefront of bringing practical, dealership-ready AI to both sales and service. Instead of forcing stores into generic workflows, Matador builds custom, dealership-specific models that mirror each rooftop’s own processes — which is what truly sets the platform apart. A growing library of revenue-driving automations addresses real dealer challenges across the business, from sales follow-up and vehicle exchange campaigns to service retention and customer lifecycle outreach. All of this is delivered through a simple, user-friendly dashboard and integrates with leading automotive CRMs and DMSs, including Elead, VinSolutions, DealerSocket, Reynolds, CDK, Dealertrack and many more.

Founded in 2019 by automotive industry leaders, Matador AI now employs more than 100 people who collectively serve more than 1,000 dealerships across North America., including a broad mix of domestic and import brands.

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BlockHorizon Launches Advanced Bitcoin On-Chain Analytics Platform Delivering Institutional-Grade Insights to All Users

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BlockHorizon introduces a unified Bitcoin-only analytics platform delivering deep on-chain insights, proprietary metrics, and research-grade tools to all users.

BlockHorizon, a next-generation provider of Bitcoin on-chain data, announced the official launch of its advanced analytics platform designed to make professional-grade blockchain insights accessible to traders, researchers, institutions, and BTC enthusiasts worldwide. By combining proprietary metrics, deep-dive analytics, and an intuitive interface, BlockHorizon aims to simplify the complexity of Bitcoin data and eliminate the fragmentation that has long challenged the industry.

For years, meaningful Bitcoin analytics have remained behind steep paywalls, complicated interfaces, and institutional-only tools – forcing analysts to navigate multiple sources, inconsistent metrics, and time-consuming manual work. BlockHorizon eliminates these barriers with a unified platform that provides over 100 real-time and historical BTC charts, one-click data exports, and on-chain insights previously available only to expert quant teams.

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“At a time when Bitcoin plays an increasingly central role in global finance, reliable data should be both accessible and understandable,” said a BlockHorizon spokesperson. “We built BlockHorizon to remove unnecessary complexity and provide a clean, powerful environment where anyone – from first-time analysts to institutional investors – can generate insights that truly matter.”

A Comprehensive, Bitcoin-Only Approach

Unlike multi-chain analytics platforms that spread their focus thin, BlockHorizon is dedicated exclusively to Bitcoin. This single-asset philosophy enables a depth of analysis rarely found in broader tools, offering clarity for users who want to understand BTC at a granular level.

The platform includes:

• 100+ Bitcoin charts, updated daily and tailored for traders, researchers, and long-term investors
• Proprietary on-chain metrics unavailable on competing dashboards
• Historical data for identifying long-term patterns and market cycles
• One-click downloads in CSV, JSON, and Excel (Pro plan)
• Access to Plan B’s full suite of Stock-to-Flow charts
• Real-time fundamentals such as total transactions, circulating supply, market cap, issuance, blocks mined, and realized cap

These tools allow users to analyze everything from miner behavior and liquidity flows to accumulation patterns and macro Bitcoin cycles.

Designed for Every Skill Level

While the underlying analytics are sophisticated, BlockHorizon’s interface is built for clarity and usability. A sleek dashboard allows users to move seamlessly between charts, compare metrics, track trends, and export data without requiring advanced technical knowledge.

This combination of power and simplicity addresses one of the biggest problems in the blockchain data industry: platforms that are either too basic or overwhelmingly complex.

“Great decisions come from great data – but only if people can actually work with that data,” the spokesperson said. “We built BlockHorizon so that deep analysis is achievable for everyone, not just for quants with specialized tools.”

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Knowlesys Announces OSINT 2.0 Era: AI-Powered Cross-Modal Analysis Forges a Digital Shield for National Security

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Knowlesys, a global leader in intelligent intelligence solutions, announced a revolutionary breakthrough in Open-Source Intelligence (OSINT), officially ushering in the OSINT 2.0 Era. This next-generation, AI-driven platform delivers unprecedented speed and accuracy in extracting, correlating, and analyzing critical information from massive volumes of public data, fundamentally enhancing the threat perception and response capabilities of governments and security agencies worldwide.

Mr. Bear, CEO of Knowlesys, stated: “In the volatile global security landscape, information is power. Our platform moves beyond mere data aggregation, making a leap from the ‘ocean of data’ to ‘precise insight,’ revolutionizing the intelligence domain. Traditional OSINT relied on manual screening and disparate tools, which simply cannot keep pace with the explosion of information. Our new platform elevates data acquisition, AI processing, and intelligence fusion to new heights, transforming intelligence work from a ‘needle in a haystack’ search to ‘precision guidance’.”

Foundational Strength: Comprehensive Data Acquisition and Pre-processing
The new Knowlesys platform first tackles the perennial challenges of OSINT—data coverage and data hygiene—by employing advanced techniques. We have developed adaptive crawlers and deep network probing technologies, enabling the comprehensive and lawful harvesting of information across the clear web, the deep web, and specific dark web forums. The platform utilizes powerful pre-processing engines to perform real-time data cleansing, including the elimination of redundancies, time and geographical normalization (Georeferencing), and the application of noise reduction algorithms to remove extraneous web ‘noise,’ establishing a reliable foundation for subsequent AI analysis.

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Technological Core: AI-Driven Cross-Modal Deep Analysis Engine
The critical breakthrough lies in our Multi-Modal Fusion Intelligence Analysis Engine, which enables seamless, parallel processing of textual, visual, and video intelligence.

Our Textual Intelligence Analysis (NLP/NLU Engine) features Deep Semantic Understanding (NLU) models that grasp subtle meanings beyond literal text, penetrating complex expressions like sarcasm, innuendo, and code words used by extremist or criminal organizations. The system conducts Real-Time Trend Analysis and Anomaly Detection, using time-series models to predict potential social unrest, cyber-attack spikes, or flashpoints of threats to critical infrastructure based on dynamic shifts in online sentiment. Furthermore, its Entity Relationship Extraction (ERE) automatically identifies and connects people, organizations, and places (Named Entities) from unstructured text, building clear relationship maps vital for criminal network analysis.

The platform’s advanced Visual Intelligence Analysis (CV Engine) is specifically optimized for Law Enforcement requirements. It achieves High-Precision Object and Contraband Recognition, accurately identifying and classifying critical items—including various weapons (knives, firearms), controlled substances (e.g., specific packaging, pills), and tools—even in low-resolution or cluttered images. It integrates cutting-edge All-Environment Facial Recognition and Comparison technology, allowing for high-efficiency identity confirmation against police databases, even when faces are partially obscured or viewed at difficult angles. Moreover, the Vehicle Information Automated Extraction (ANPR Plus) goes beyond simple Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) by recognizing a vehicle’s make, model, color, and unique identifying marks (like stickers or damage), drastically improving the efficiency of tracking and intercepting suspect vehicles. Finally, the system includes Scene Behavior Analysis and Pattern Recognition to identify and flag suspicious patterns, such as unusual quick exchanges of items in non-commercial zones or unwarranted vehicle loitering, providing early warnings for patrol intervention.

For long-form media, the Video Intelligence Analysis capability automatically segments lengthy videos into critical events, constructing complete time/event chains like “subject enters -> object exchange -> subject exits.” It conducts Anomaly Behavior and Movement Trajectory Analysis, monitoring video streams for unusual activities (e.g., abandoned packages, rapid assembly) and tracking the complete paths of multiple targets—essential for counter-terrorism, border security, and critical facility surveillance.

Intelligence Fusion and Strategic Decision Support
The ultimate value of the Knowlesys platform is transforming fragmented OSINT into Actionable Intelligence. The AI engine aggregates all extracted entities and relationships into a unified, Dynamic Knowledge Graph. This allows analysts, via an intuitive interface, to instantly visualize and discover hidden connections, financial flows, or secret communication networks that span different data sources and are impossible to find using traditional methods. Crucially, the platform incorporates an Intelligence Grading and Confidence Assessment Model, which assigns a confidence score to every piece of intelligence based on source reliability and analytical accuracy. This ensures decision-makers immediately focus on the most reliable and urgent critical information.

Core Strategic Value for National Security
The Knowlesys OSINT 2.0 platform offers key strategic advantages to global security agencies. It provides Preemptive Warning Capabilities, shifting security posture from reactive to proactive by enabling intervention before threats transition from the digital space to physical action. It serves as a vital tool against Hybrid Warfare, quickly dissecting the sources and spread of mass disinformation campaigns and foreign interference. By achieving high-precision, automated analysis, it ensures the Optimal Allocation of Resources, reducing the human effort spent on tedious data filtering and allowing high-value analysts to focus on strategic planning and high-level decision-making.

“OSINT 2.0 is not merely a set of tools; it is the digital foundation of a modern national security apparatus. Knowlesys is committed to providing our partners with the clearest global visibility possible,” concluded Mr. Bear.

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Advantech Partners with D3 Embedded to Supercharge AMRs with Integrated Sense and Compute Package

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Advantech Partners with D3 Embedded to Supercharge AMRs with Integrated Sense and Compute Package

The robust package leverages Advantech’s Intel Core Ultra solutions, RealSense™ Depth GMSL2 Cameras, and DesignCore® Discovery PRO Series GMSL2 Cameras to enhance AI-powered sense and compute capabilities for AMRs in industrial applications.

Advantech, a global leader in AIoT and Edge Computing announced its collaboration with D3 Embedded, a leading global end-to-end edge AI solution provider for performance-critical applications. This collaboration leverages Advantech’s AFE-R360/R760 solutions based on Intel Core Ultra, RealSense Depth D457 GMSL2 Cameras, and D3 Embedded’s customizable DesignCore® Discovery ISX031 PRO Series GMSL2 Cameras to enhance AI-powered object sensing and recognition capabilities, expanding visual applications for Autonomous Mobile Robots (AMRs). This advanced AMR solution targets key industrial applications including manufacturing, warehouse, and retail automation.

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Next-Generation End-To-End Machine Vision Platform for AMRs

AMR platforms rely heavily on vision sensor accuracy and computing performance in order to run real-time object detection, thereby achieving full robotic autonomy. Paired with the AFE-R360 and AFE-R760, D3 Embedded’s DesignCore Discovery PRO Series Cameras contain the proven Sony® ISX031 sensor, IP67 ingress protection, and features High Dynamic Range (HDR) and LED Flicker Mitigation (LFM) for high performance in dynamic lighting conditions. Additionally, the RealSense Depth D457 Cameras enable high bandwidth stereo depth vision.

Advantech AFE-R360, a 3.5″ SBC supports up to 8 MIPI-CSI lanes for low-latency visible camera inputs, and 3 x LAN & 3 x USB-C for depth and LiDAR sensors. Through an Advantech custom-designed camera I/O card, AFE-R360 can support 6 x GMSL cameras concurrently, which enables the streaming of 360° panoramic views. Its sister system with a chassis, AFE-R760, supports 4 x GMSL cameras. To facilitate the onboarding process, Advantech allows developers to collect MIPI and GMSL camera data from custom ROS Nodes in Advantech’s Robotic Suite, a software development resource provided by Advantech.

Both the AFE-R360 and AFE-R760 are built on the Intel Core™ Ultra (code name: Meteor Lake-H/U) platform, which has an integrated GPU that delivers up to 32 TOPs of AI performance. Additionally, they can connect with external MXM-type GPUs, e.g. Intel Arc or NVIDIA’s Quadro series.

“D3 Embedded is committed to providing developers with the specialized tools they require to create next-generation AI sense and compute solutions for industrial use cases.” said Scott Reardon, CEO at D3 Embedded. “By collaborating with Advantech on this AMR package, D3 Embedded can help customers get their unique products to market faster and deploy edge solutions at scale.”

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D3 Embedded accelerates advanced perception for autonomous machines by offering end-to-end solutions integrating camera and radar sensors, connectivity, custom embedded electronics, and AI. Their software and hardware design services, off-the-shelf and customizable products, and AI development capabilities can be customized for use cases in the automotive, industrial, robotics, medical, aerospace, and defense (ITAR) markets.

“At Advantech, we are devoted to enabling more robots in more scenarios. Our collaboration with D3 Embedded brings together cutting-edge compute and sensing technologies to empower AMRs with the vision and performance needed for true autonomy.” said Sandy Chen, Senior Director of Advantech North America. “This partnership exemplifies our mission to enable an intelligent planet through innovation and strategic collaboration.”

Advantech vows to make AI-powered autonomous robots more available by offering integrated sensing, compute, and software development resources, as well as camera, IMU, LiDAR, motor controllers, wireless communication modules, and industrial display panels. Its integrated controllers for robotic and autonomous systems offer a seamless development environment for ROS and Autoware.

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Mobile Ads Lead Black Friday Shoppers to Buy! New Salesfuel® Audiencescan Data Shows 51.8% Interact with Mobile Ads, and 40.2% Purchase After Seeing Them

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Mobile Ads Lead Black Friday Shoppers to Buy! New SalesFuel® AudienceSCAN Data Shows 51.8% interact with mobile ads, and 40.2% purchase after seeing them. Retailers heading into Black Friday have a major opportunity to connect with ready-to-buy consumers through mobile. New AudienceSCAN® data from SalesFuel reveals that 51.8% of Black Friday Shoppers responded to a mobile ad — the highest influence rate among all tracked media formats.

Retailers heading into Black Friday have a major opportunity to connect with ready-to-buy consumers through mobile. New AudienceSCAN® data from SalesFuel reveals that 51.8% of Black Friday Shoppers responded to a mobile ad — the highest influence rate among all tracked media formats.

These shoppers are also highly receptive to mobile messaging. They are 53% more likely than the average U.S. adult to say that advertising on mobile apps is useful to them.

And the impact goes beyond awareness:

  • 45% click through after seeing a mobile ad
  • 40.2% purchase the product or service advertised

“These insights show how critical mobile strategy is during the biggest shopping weekend of the year,” said Kathy Crosett, Senior Vice President of Research at SalesFuel. “Retailers who prioritize mobile ads — especially early in the holiday cycle — can drive both in-store and online conversions.”

AudienceSCAN data indicates that nearly 25% of U.S. adults plan to shop on Black Friday this year, and many of them are also active in-store shoppers. Nearly one-fourth visit malls or retail locations twice a week, increasing the likelihood of impulse purchases and same-day fulfillment.

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Black Friday Shoppers are also heavy influencers: 24% call themselves trendsetters, meaning they often recommend products, brands and retailers to others. Their spending extends well beyond Black Friday — they significantly over-index for additional holiday shopping on Super Saturday and Christmas Eve.

Powered by the responses of 20,022+ U.S. adults, AudienceSCAN offers 1,350+ consumer personas with psychographic detail ranging from purchase intent to media influence. The data is used by sales and marketing professionals to identify the right audiences, understand what drives them, and craft campaigns that convert.

To explore additional Black Friday Shopper insights or access AudienceSCAN intelligence, visit AdMall® and SalesFuel.

Additionally, the exclusive purchase intent data in AudienceSCAN is of help to businesses seeking a reliable, accurate predictor of consumer purchases of products and/or services in the next 12 months.

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Vodacom Announces Multi-Year Strategic Collaboration with Google Cloud to Boost Africa’s AI Advancement

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Vodacom Announces Multi-Year Strategic Collaboration with Google Cloud to Boost Africa's AI Advancement

Vodacom Group, a leading pan-African telecommunications and technology company, announced a strategic collaboration with Google Cloud to accelerate its digital transformation using Google Cloud’s advanced data analytics and artificial intelligence (AI) product portfolio. The collaboration will enhance Vodacom core solutions and establish a powerful platform for creating new, disruptive products and services specifically tailored for the African market.

Under the terms of the collaboration, Vodacom will harness the capabilities of Google Cloud’s secure, scalable infrastructure to unify its vast data assets – and then apply generative AI models, including Gemini, Veo, and Imagen, across its business. This will result in improved operational efficiencies for Vodacom and also deliver new AI-powered services for African consumers.

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“This collaboration is more than a technology upgrade; it is a deep commitment to Africa’s digital revolution,” said Shameel Joosub, CEO of Vodacom. “Integrating Google Cloud’s data and AI solutions into our business will modernise our infrastructure and fundamentally shift our operational paradigm. This collaboration is essential for us to build and deploy solutions that address the unique challenges and opportunities of the continent, ensuring the transformative power of AI is accessible to millions of customers and businesses across Africa.”

Maureen Costello, Vice President, UKI and SSA, Google Cloud said, “Google Cloud is proud to support Vodacom in accelerating AI across Africa. By providing access to our most advanced generative AI models from Gemini and our leading data infrastructure, we are supporting Vodacom’s ambitious vision to build technology solutions that improve the lives of Africans.”

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The primary goals of the collaboration are centered on three strategic pillars:

  • Data modernisation and unification: Vodacom will migrate and unify its critical data platforms onto Google Cloud’s data cloud, including BigQuery. This enables Vodacom to achieve real-time insights, enhanced data governance, and a single, secure source of truth for business decisions. This foundation is essential for deploying large-scale AI models.
  • Accelerated AI adoption in Africa: Vodacom will harness Google Cloud’s AI capabilities, like Google Cloud’s Vertex AI platform and Google’s Gemini models, to rapidly integrate intelligent services into its offerings. This includes optimising network performance, enhancing customer service with AI-powered personalised care, and combating fraud through advanced machine learning models – effectively bringing powerful AI capabilities closer to African consumers.
  • Product innovation for the future: By using Google Cloud’s AI capabilities, Vodacom will focus on developing cutting-edge solutions for the African market. Initial focus areas include creating new fintech services for greater financial inclusion, developing enterprise solutions, and designing consumer experiences to improve content accessibility and education.

The collaboration announced today builds on the existing strategic relationship between Vodacom Group’s parent company, Vodafone, and Google Cloud, demonstrating a commitment to scaling digital innovation and providing enterprise-grade security and reliability across all markets.

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Semantic Intelligence: Fuelling Contextual’s Programmatic Comeback

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The outcome of Google’s long-running antitrust trial has sent a clear message to the ad tech world: The open web cannot rely on regulation to rebalance competition. Instead, it needs more advanced solutions that deliver better performance, transparency, and scale.

Enter semantic intelligence, an important evolution to contextual advertising. By lending more nuance and flexibility to advertisers’ programmatic tool kits, semantic data opens up real-time, scalable conversations between brands and their audiences, all on the open web.

Why contextual is back in focus

Contextual targeting has long appealed to businesses that want a privacy-safe, brand-safe, and scalable option across the open internet. For years, this has meant matching ads to keywords or broad site categories, such as “sports,” “finance,” “lifestyle,” or “news.”

While in some cases useful, this approach was blunt. A keyword match for “apple,” for example, might place an ad for consumer electronics next to a recipe for pie. Domain-level targeting also ignored the nuance of individual pages or placements.

With the decline of third-party identifiers and continued concerns around brand safety, contextual targeting has resurfaced as a key part of the ad tech conversation. Yet to meet modern performance expectations and rival the options on offer from Google, Meta, and other walled gardens, it too needs to evolve.

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What semantic data adds to contextual

Semantic data is one such evolution. This data is best thought of as the next generation of contextual targeting: Instead of looking only at keywords, semantic models use machine learning and knowledge graphs to understand the meaning of a page, the relationships between concepts, and even the sentiment of the content.

This renders targeting more accurate and more flexible. Consider a sneaker brand that wants to reach people interested in fitness. While legacy contextual tools might focus narrowly on running blogs or sports pages, semantic targeting can identify additional inventory opportunities alongside wellness content, local news about marathons, or an article describing how to recover from an injury.

The power of semantic algorithms

Semantic data algorithms analyze the core contextual content of webpages, disregarding unrelated editorial information. Algorithmic scoring happens for both prominence (text that appears more prominently on web pages) and relevance (the relationship of words to their related entities). This scoring system ranks the overall relevance of web pages on a live basis, enhancing and improving the results of content topic searches.

This technology increases the scale of traditional contextual advertising beyond the limited scope of domain lists. Campaigns that leverage semantic data can connect with relevant consumers wherever they are consuming relevant topics across the open internet, including on general news, entertainment, and lifestyle sites. This new approach makes marketing budgets go further and work harder, unlocking contextual access to content across the diversity of high-quality open internet publishers that would otherwise be missed.

Why semantic intelligence matters in a post-antitrust environment

Semantic data gives advertisers and publishers a practical alternative to Google: a programmatic tool that drives results without relying on closed ecosystems.

For advertisers, semantic data enables:

  • Adaptive reach: capturing audiences as their interests shift across topics and contexts.
  • Stronger efficiency: fewer wasted impressions, cleaner supply paths, and campaigns that align more closely with goals like CTR or conversions.
  • Privacy-safe precision: brand-suitable targeting without reliance on identifiers or opaque black-box systems.

For publishers, semantic intelligence delivers:

  • Better monetization: surfacing the true value of quality content that might be overlooked by keyword-based tools.
  • More relevant demand: attracting buyers whose ads fit contextually, improving performance for both sides.

These benefits make semantic data for contextual targeting a practical way to strengthen the open internet at a time when regulatory solutions are falling short.

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