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Flexible agentic marketing startup Kana Intelligence scores $15M in seed funding

Mike Wheatley / siliconangle - Marketing professionals have a mountain of artificial intelligence tools to choose from, but the founders of a new startup called Kana Intelligence Inc. believe there’s still an urgent need for a platform that can adapt to user’s needs. The company today …


Agentic sales AI emerges: startups turn calls into revenue signals

Moltbook: Netscape Moment or Bot Daycare?

15 days / techstrong / Alan Shimel

Agaton raises $10 million to expand its AI platform for sales teams

15 days / tech / Tamara Djurickovic

Atomico-backed Plato secures $14.5M for sales AI in wholesale trade

15 days / techfundingnews / Sofia Chesnokova

Stealth AI startup Agaton raises $9M to turn calls into revenue intel

15 days / techfundingnews / Abhinaya Prabhu


Industry adoption: private equity embeds AI to streamline operations

Private Equity Firms Embrace AI to Streamline Operations

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Kana seed raise: founders launch agentic marketing platform with $15M

Kana Raises $15M in Seed Funding

15 days / finsmes / FinSMEs

Flexible agentic marketing startup Kana Intelligence scores $15M in seed funding

16 days / siliconangle / Mike Wheatley

Kana Raises $15M to Power Flexible AI for Marketers

16 days / ventureburn / Ekemini


Vertical AI agents for revenue: hotels and SMB marketing adoption

Dutch AI Marketing Company Aizy Secures €2 Million Funding

15 days / startuprise / Kailee Rainse

Dutch AI marketing company Aizy secures €2 million, reaching €22 million valuation less than a year after launch

15 days / eu-startups / Rahul Raj

HappyHotel Raises €6.5M Series A To Advance AI-Powered Hotel Revenue Management

15 days / startuprise / Kailee Rainse

happyhotel secures €6.5M Series A to develop AI-based solutions for hotel revenue management

15 days / tech / Tamara Djurickovic

Exclusive: German startup happyhotel raises €6.5 million to build AI agents for hotel revenue management

15 days / eu-startups / Rahul Raj

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Perplexity Abandons AI Advertising Strategy Over Trust Worries

Tim Hardwick / macrumors - AI company Perplexity is stepping away from advertising over concerns that it will erode user trust, despite moves by rivals to introduce ads as an alternative money-making strategy.Perplexity was one of the first AI services to embrace ads in 2024, after…

#ai #digitalmarketing #aiethics #genai #business #media #assistant #ads #advertising #perplexity

AI ads debate is more about culture war than business decision

16 days / semafor / Rachyl Jones

Perplexity walks away from ads to differentiate from OpenAI and Google

16 days / techspot

Perplexity Executives Think Ads Will Butcher Trust in AI

16 days / gizmodo / Ece Yildirim

Perplexity Ditches Ads for Subscription-First Growth

16 days / winbuzzer / Markus Kasanmascheff

Perplexity pulls advertising from its search engine, calling itself an "accuracy business"

16 days / the-decoder / Maximilian Schreiner

Perplexity Pulling Sponsored Answers From AI Platform

16 days / pymnts / PYMNTS

Perplexity Abandons AI Advertising Strategy Over Trust Worries

16 days / macrumors / Tim Hardwick

Perplexity joins anti-ad camp as AI companies battle over trust and revenue

16 days / theverge / Robert Hart

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Apple Launches Apple Music Connect With New Pitch and Marketing Tools

iclarified - Apple has officially launched Apple Music Connect, a new portal described as the home for direct music delivery partners. The platform launches first with a suite of marketing tools that let labels and distributors pitch upcoming releases to Apple's globa…

#digitalmarketing #apple #business #distributions #apps #music #media #applemusic #ads #advertising

Apple Launches Apple Music Connect With New Pitch and Marketing Tools

16 days / iclarified

Apple Music Connect Launches, Providing Resources for Labels and Distributo

16 days / iphoneincanada / Steve Vegvari

Apple Music Connect is reborn as a marketing tool for the music industry

16 days / appleinsider

Apple Music Connect Launches as Promotional Resource for Labels and Distributors

16 days / macrumors / Tim Hardwick

Back to Top / Wednesday, February 18, 2026, 8:21 am / permalink 19351 / 4 stories in 16 days


Tesla Drops 'Autopilot' From California Marketing to Avoid 30-Day Sales Ban, DMV Says

Maria Garcia / implicator - Tesla removed Autopilot from California marketing, settling a DMV case filed in 2021. California accounts for nearly a third of Tesla's U.S. sales.

#techpolicy #selfdriving #cars #government #tesla #law #automotive #ev #advertising #california

Tesla drops 'Autopilot' branding in California after DMV order

16 days / theregister / Richard Speed

Tesla Drops 'Autopilot' From California Marketing to Avoid 30-Day Sales Ban, DMV Says

16 days / implicator / Maria Garcia

Tesla stops using 'Autopilot' to promote its EVs in California

16 days / engadget / Mariella Moon

Tesla won’t use the term ‘Autopilot’ in California anymore

16 days / theverge / Jess Weatherbed

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