Investor Relations for Tech Startups: What You Need Before You Think You Need It

Investor Relations for Tech Startups: What You Need Before You Think You Need It Most tech founders think investor relations is something you need when you are public — or at minimum, when you are raising a significant round. In practice, the companies that execute the best Series A and Series B raises, and that... Read More

AI in Retail, Retail Tech, AI in SEO

Guest Column

AI Customer Experience Needs Trust to Scale

April 16, 2026

AI is the Judgement-Free Customer Service Offering, If Done Right

By Janet Vito, SVP of Marketing at Cyara As AI becomes further engrained in our lives, it’s not only become a part of everyday work, but also a trusted tool for interactions that would feel awkward, sensitive, or emotionally uncomfortable with another person. To better understand how this shift is affecting customer experience, we recently surveyed... Read More

AI Automation, AI in Retail, Retail Tech

Guest Column

AI Shopping Behavior Is Reshaping Retail

April 16, 2026

92% of AI-Assisted Shoppers Say AI Shapes What They Buy. Is Your Content Keeping Up?

By Nich Weinheimer, Chief Strategy Officer, Skai During the 2025 holiday season, generative AI and AI agents drove an estimated $262 billion in global retail revenue, accounting for roughly 20% of total sales. Traffic from AI search channels like ChatGPT and Perplexity doubled year over year. Shoppers referred from AI-powered search converted at nine times the... Read More

AI in Retail, Retail Tech, AI in SEO

Interviews

April 10, 2026

How AI and Data Are Rewriting B2B Growth Craig Dempster, CEO of Trilliad

Nearly all organizations have adopted some sort of AI tool (if not multiple), but many say that the ROI isn’t there. Why is this happening? What’s holding back B2B companies from seeing true success with today’s advanced AI tools? AI doesn’t fix broken systems. It accelerates them. That’s the core problem. Most organizations are dropping... Read More

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Interviews

Why Ad Algorithms Optimize the Wrong Metrics

April 7, 2026

The Algorithms Are Optimizing the Wrong Things

By: Tylynn Pettrey, SVP, Analytics & AI at Chalice AI For years, digital advertising has been guided by a simple principle: optimize what can be measured. That approach helped scale the industry, but it also shaped the behavior of the systems behind it. Over time, algorithms became highly effective at identifying and prioritizing signals that... Read More

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Guest Column

April 2, 2026

How Deniz Gezgin Is Positioning Eightpoint at the Center of Native’s Evolution

1. How has the adoption of native direct deals influenced your ability to reach target audiences? At Eightpoint, native direct deals have fundamentally shifted us from distribution-driven monetization to intent-driven monetization. Because we control high-frequency user touchpoints—browsers, launchers, and utility apps—we’re not just aggregating traffic, we’re capturing real-time behavioral intent signals at scale, particularly within... Read More

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Interviews

AIOps for Network Security and Performance

March 31, 2026

How AIOps Elevates Network Security, Performance, and Business Resilience

Maintaining robust network security in today’s threat climate is a challenge. Adhering to best practices is just as difficult. However, both are necessary to ensure that organizations can continue running efficiently and securely with minimal interruption or downtime to the network. This is easier said than done, but with the array of technologies available today,... Read More

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Guest Column

March 26, 2026

Why Technology Public Relations Must Balance Speed with Responsibility

The Pressure of Fast-Moving Innovation In the age of AI and emerging technology, innovation moves at an unprecedented pace.Tech PR teams are under pressure to communicate developments quickly, keeping audiences informed and maintaining relevance. However, speed without careful consideration can undermine credibility. Public relations professionals must balance urgency with responsibility to ensure messaging reflects both the... Read More

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Guest Column

GrubMarket Raises $50M to Expand AI Food Supply Chain

February 3, 2026

GrubMarket Raises $50M Series H, Expands AI-Powered Food Supply Chain Reach

GrubMarket, the AI-driven powerhouse transforming the American food supply chain, has raised approximately $50 million in a Series H financing round. The funding, led by Future Food Fund, Portfolia Funds, and other investors, values the company at a pre-money $4.5 billion, marking a significant step up for one of the world’s largest private food technology and eCommerce firms. Read More

AI in Retail, Retail Tech, Artificial Intelligence (AI)

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