Adobe reaches 3 million learners with free AI training

A little good news before this week’s parade of AI-powered martech: Adobe says its Digital Academy has reached more than 3 million learners this year as it expands free creative, digital, and AI training around the world. The company’s goal is to reach 30 million learners by 2030.

That includes nearly 400,000 young people in India who have gained access to creative and AI-enabled digital skills through Adobe’s partnership with UNICEF Generation Unlimited. Adobe is also working with Indian state governments to bring digital creativity and AI skills to nearly 8 million students and teachers.

There’s something for marketers, too. Adobe and LinkedIn offer free AI training for marketers in 47 languages, covering digital marketing, content creation, social media, data analytics, and agentic workflows — a useful reminder that the AI boom isn’t only about building new tools but also about giving more people the skills to use them.

Here are this week’s other AI-powered martech releases and news:

September 17, 2026

Azoma set out criteria for evaluating generative engine optimization tools that measure brand recommendations across AI shopping agents. The software tracks prompt-level brand visibility across ChatGPT, Google Gemini, Perplexity, Amazon Rufus, and Walmart Sparky, and analyzes citation sources to guide updates to content and product data.

Beasley Media Group deployed Futuri’s TopLine Enterprise platform across all operating markets to support advertising sales workflows. AI agents perform prospecting research, draft outreach communications, build media plans, generate audio and video spec spots, and compile campaign performance reports while account executives retain approval control.

Brand Engagement Network, in partnership with Cataneo, introduced interactive commercial break technology for broadcast and streaming media. Embedded AI agents converse with viewers during ad breaks to answer product questions, generate personalized recommendations, and process purchases directly within the viewing interface.

Constant Contact launched an integration connector for Anthropic’s Claude to support conversational campaign creation. Claude drafts email content, generates social media posts, suggests subject lines, formats calls to action, and transfers campaign files directly into Constant Contact for sending and tracking.

Demandbase launched Mojo, an account-based marketing agent that automates cross-channel campaign operations. It defines target audiences, creates campaign briefs, manages ad distribution across connected platforms, detects tracking errors, and adjusts execution based on performance data from previous campaigns.

Fairing launched Advanced Attribution to track purchase drivers across podcasts, television, content creators, and AI search tools. It presents dynamic follow-up survey questions to post-purchase buyers, converts open-text responses into structured channel data via auto-suggest lists, and measures offline influence.

Informa TechTarget launched Buyer Intelligence to process person-level intent signals into GTM strategy insights. The tools identify active business pain points from content consumption patterns, generate account-specific sales pitch recommendations, and map active customer market segments.

Marvin launched Live Intercept to conduct automated customer research inside websites and digital products. An AI interviewer follows custom discussion guides, asks follow-up questions in real time, redacts sensitive participant data, and aggregates video recordings and transcripts into a centralized knowledge repository.

Nimble launched AI Sequences to automate multi-channel sales follow-up workflows. The software converts a single prompt into an outreach sequence, generates personalized email copy, schedules manual phone call reminders, and sets follow-up task timing based on account context.

PilotDeck launched a website growth platform to manage SEO, generative engine optimization, and content distribution workflows. It analyzes search intent, generates keyword-targeted articles and brand visuals, and evaluates site visibility across AI answer engines.

Pipedrive launched Nova, an automated meeting intelligence tool available across all subscription tiers. It records sales calls, transcribes meeting audio, extracts key conversational insights, updates CRM fields, and suggests next steps for sales.

RSVPify launched RSVPify Cue and the RSVPify MCP connector to automate event management tasks.RSVPify Cue processes natural language instructions to build registration forms, analyze guest attendance data, and summarize event revenue, while the MCP connector links event datasets to external AI tools.

Snipp Interactive launched a ChatGPT plugin and Claude connector to manage consumer loyalty and promotional programs. The tools process receipt validations, manage reward redemptions, analyze purchase patterns, and handle customer query responses through conversational interfaces.

Twilio integrated OpenAI’s GPT-Live-1 API into its telephony architecture to support full-duplex voice applications. The integration streams real-time audio between phone networks and AI models, supports voice interruptions, evaluates caller sentiment, and processes multi-language customer interactions.

Upfluence updated its creator marketing software into an autonomous platform powered by the Jaice engine. The software analyzes creator performance metrics, automates outreach, negotiates campaign fees, manages content approval steps, processes payouts, and screens video assets for brand safety compliance.

Zendesk introduced Specialized AI Agents pre-configured for specific industry service workflows. The software resolves customer service inquiries, executes multi-step business transactions, routes complex tickets to human representatives, and adapts responses using customer knowledge base records.

September 10, 2026

AI Mini Stores announced a managed ecommerce model that combines automated execution with human strategic management. AI agents perform product research, draft content, triage customer support inquiries, manage marketing campaigns, monitor inventory, summarize analytics, and detect fraud risks.

Augeo integrated SpaceXAI Grok reasoning and live X sentiment data into its THEO orchestration engine. The software generates personalized redemption offers for individual users and operates a Loyalty Media Network across rewards, promotions, and advocacy channels.

BounceBack AI launched a platform that processes hard email bounces to identify lost contacts and track career transitions. It maps job changes and highlights timing opportunities for sales teams to reconnect with former prospective buyers.

Certinia expanded its Veda suite by adding 14 autonomous agents and expanding its Intelligent Actions library to 135 tools. The platform coordinates professional services, customer success, and accounting processes across the enterprise lifecycle while executing general ledger actions through Model Context Protocol connections.

Fimo introduced an AI content management system that converts generated code into functional, self-updating websites. Software agents manage continuous site operations, including visual editing, site translations, content publishing, and search engine optimization.

Gupshup launched a self-serve Voice AI platform that lets users build, test, and deploy voice agents for phone interactions. AI agents conduct phone calls, resolve support requests, qualify inbound leads, schedule appointments, and send payment reminders across PSTN and WhatsApp telephony networks.

Klaviyo opened its marketing platform to external AI agents by making 260 MCP tools and 490 APIs accessible through third-party interfaces. The expansion introduces SQL capabilities within the Klaviyo Data Platform, translating natural-language prompts into technical queries that retrieve customer, catalog, and event metrics.

Madison Logic introduced AI Planner, an account-based marketing tool that converts campaign goals into audience segments, channel strategies, and budget allocations.It analyzes intent signals, identifies relevant topics, and maps existing content assets to target personas.

Markup AI expanded Markup AI for Marketers to Microsoft Word, ChatGPT, and Claude. Content Guardian Agents evaluate human and generated text against brand voice guidelines, flag outdated information, and check content structure for AI search citation readiness.

Observe.AI launched Performance Agents to automate contact center coaching workflows. The software evaluates conversation transcripts, identifies agent performance patterns, builds customized development plans, and tracks performance changes over time.

Qualtrics unveiled the XM Data & AI platform to model customer behavior and simulate business decisions. The software creates digital twins from customer data to test pricing adjustments, product changes, and operational policy shifts prior to implementation.

Seedtag launched the Seedtag Emotion Quotient to monitor emotional intensity across weekly online cultural moments. Its Neuro-Contextual AI, named Liz, analyzes digital content in real time to categorize layered audience emotions, interest, and intent without using personal data.

Sembly AI launched Sembly 3.0, an execution platform that converts documents, meeting data, and CRM records into branded deliverables. It researches target clients, extracts appropriate brand assets, and generates custom presentation decks, sales proposals, and case studies in over 45 languages.

Storyblok introduced Storyblok Agents, a conversational tool within its headlless content management system. The software processes natural language commands to update site content, run automated translation workflows, organize digital asset libraries, and generate multi-language copy across digital touchpoints.

Stravito released AI Persona Builder, a research platform that generates interactive buyer personas from internal brand studies. The system creates queryable customer profiles, scores individual traits against source documents, attributes statements to original files, and flags conflicting research data.

Target updated its app with digital tools that simplify product search, review synthesis, and order replenishment. Photo Search processes uploaded images to find matching products, Review Insights summarizes customer feedback into thematic groups, and Buy Again uses past shopping behavior to display relevant purchase recommendations.

TechEsperto expanded operations beyond CRM integration to develop connected web applications, mobile software, and AI products. The company builds cross-platform software architectures that sync enterprise CRM data with mobile and web platforms.

Telesign partnered with B2Metric to integrate customer analytics with messaging channels.B2Metric analyzes customer behavior to predict engagement opportunities, while Telesign delivers cart reminders and promotional offers through WhatsApp and email.

Upfluence converted its creator marketing software into an autonomous platform powered by its Jaice engine. The software analyzes creator performance, conducts outreach, negotiates campaign fees, manages content approvals, processes payouts, and screens creator videos for brand safety risks.

Video Generator launched a free AI video creation platform that converts text inputs into visual content. Models analyze user instructions to format, assemble, and render complete video sequences for digital campaigns and social channels.

Videowise launched AI Visibility to index user-generated video content for AI tools. The tool transcribes video dialogue, labels product visuals, extracts product attributes, and structures visual data for AI search engines to discover and cite.

Vistatec launched Vistatec Data to manage global data services for model development. The division collects, annotates, evaluates, and validates dataset formats across text, image, audio, and video media to support model alignment and testing workflows.

September 3, 2026

ActiveCampaign launched Active Intelligence: Wavelength to customize email marketing campaigns and automated customer workflows. The system applies a context engine that continuously analyzes account history, past campaign performance, website activity, and over 500 business signals to draft targeted emails, construct segments, and identify broken customer journeys.

Alchemer launched Iris, a customer experience management platform designed to automate feedback management and operational responses. The software applies AI to analyze incoming customer feedback signals, surface root causes, and trigger automated follow-up tasks across enterprise systems.

Archive launched Archie, an AI agent for creator marketing campaigns. The software applies artificial intelligence to analyze brand descriptions, evaluate creator content histories, verify audience data, and return shortlists of pre-vetted creators for specific marketing campaigns.

Auth0 released new identity security capabilities to secure machine-to-machine interactions and autonomous processes. The updates use AI risk models to continuously monitor machine authentication traffic, detect anomalous access requests, and enforce identity governance rules across cloud applications.

AutoBacklinks launched an AI agent to automate search engine link-building operations. The software discovers target websites, evaluates domain relevance, generates personalized outreach messages, and tracks backlink placements.

Bazaarvoice introduced the AI Visibility Package to format brand product data and user-generated content for generative search engines. It structures customer reviews, product details, and visual media, ensuring LLMs index and cite brand information during conversational shopping queries.

BizzContacts launched the Free Disposable Email Checker tool to assess lead data quality. The software validates email syntax, extracts web domains, and flags temporary or disposable email addresses used on web forms.

Comcast Technology Solutions unveiled a suite of video workflow tools built on its VideoAI platform for broadcasters and streaming operators. The software converts landscape video to vertical formats, translates audio tracks with voice matching, identifies optimal advertising breakpoints, and performs automated quality checks.

Crescendo launched the Crescendo Customer Experience Platform to manage and automate customer support operations. It uses AI to resolve customer inquiries across channels, assist live support representatives, score conversation quality, and optimize staffing schedules.

CrunchJunkie expanded its search analytics software to monitor brand citations inside generative search engines. The platform measures brand visibility, sentiment, and positioning metrics across conversational platforms, including ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and Google AI Overviews.

Dreamdata released new analytics features to track how buyers use conversational platforms during the purchasing journey. It analyzes brand citations in large language models, calculates attribution signals, and evaluates the influence of artificial intelligence recommendations on digital pipeline conversion rates.

Findabl AI expanded its marketing capabilities as a unified platform for multi-format digital content generation. It uses AI to synthesize custom marketing images, produce synthetic voiceovers, generate marketing videos, and edit long-form promotional copy from unified creative prompts.

Gearset updated its Salesforce DevOps platform with new continuous deployment and automated testing tools. It scans release pipelines, predicts deployment risks, analyzes metadata dependencies, and suggests fixes for deployment errors.

Givsly extended its values-based advertising platform to political campaign operations. It uses AI to align digital advertisement delivery with specific voter values, track campaign spend allocations, and route designated advertising proceeds to partner non-profit organizations.

Helical Insight released an open-source business intelligence platform with integrated data analytics features. It uses AI to translate user text queries into SQL database commands, generate data visualizations, and construct interactive reporting dashboards.

Influencer launched Creator-First Answer Engine Optimization, a platform to track brand recommendations in AI search tools. It analyzes how conversational search engines cite creator content, measure social authority signals, and track brand visibility across generative answer platforms.

Innovid expanded its NIVO platform by integrating Meta Ads Model Context Protocol server capabilities. The platform automates connected television creative production, syncs dynamic ad variations with Meta social campaigns, and measures cross-channel campaign metrics.

Knorex expanded its digital advertising platform by releasing KAI Assist and integrating XPO Model Context Protocol server capabilities. The platform automates advertising campaign setups, generates audience segments, optimizes bid strategies, and adjusts channel budget allocations.

Local Media Consortium launched the AI Accelerator initiative to support local news publishing organizations. The initiative provides access to machine learning tools that summarize local news stories, automate content tagging, optimize subscription paywalls, and translate articles across digital publishing networks.

Operata launched the Control Layer platform to monitor the quality of customer service interactions across human and virtual support channels. It analyzes agent speech patterns, tracks system telemetry, monitors technical call quality, and flags communication friction points in real time.

Optimizely released purpose-built artificial intelligence models designed for enterprise digital marketing operations. They apply domain-specific machine learning models directly inside the marketing platform to generate campaign creative variations, predict content performance, and personalize website experiences.

Prospectr Digital launched a rebuilt lead generation platform designed for business-to-business sales teams. It uses AI to verify contact information, identify purchasing intent signals, and score inbound prospect accounts.

Sabio partnered with Gentoro to implement agentic artificial intelligence technologies across digital advertising operations. The system streamlines programmatic ad buying, automates creative assembly, processes audience data, and optimizes campaign delivery across connected television platforms.

SEOPulse launched an enterprise visibility platform designed to track brand positioning across generative answer engines. The application queries major LLMs, calculates brand share of voice, and identifies content gaps within conversational search results.

Sinch launched Mailgun Inspect on the Salesforce AgentExchange marketplace to streamline email campaign testing. It analyzes email rendering across inbox clients, detects spam trigger patterns, and evaluates sender domain reputation metrics before broadcast.

Skipio acquired RapidTalk to expand its customer engagement messaging software. The combined platform applies conversational AI models to respond to inbound customer text messages, schedule sales appointments, and execute automated follow-up sequences.

Webflow launched an agentic web development platform to automate website building and design workflows. It converts natural language descriptions into web layouts, writes site copy, optimizes page code, and maintains design systems across enterprise digital assets.

WizCommerce launched an AI CRM platform designed for wholesale product distributors. It can process purchase orders, analyze client buying histories, surface reorder opportunities, and generate tailored quotes for sales representatives.

Yext expanded its enterprise marketing platform to increase brand visibility across generative answer engines. It can format business data, update directory citations, and sync structured product information across conversational search engines.

August 27, 2026

3CLogic released the AI Agent Evaluator software to evaluate and score interactions with voice-based artificial intelligence agents. The software applies artificial intelligence to analyze spoken conversations, assess response quality, generate performance metrics, and trigger automated quality-assurance workflows within service management platforms.

Auxia launched Agent Studio, an operating system for marketing workflows. The platform applies artificial intelligence agents to analyze raw campaign data, map customer funnel drop-offs, generate creative briefs, and automate campaign changes across third-party marketing tools.

BioBrain introduced an AI-native operating system for market research and data intelligence. The system applies multimodal artificial intelligence algorithms to clean quantitative survey data, analyze qualitative voice and facial signals, and filter web conversation patterns across international markets.

Crescendo launched an artificial-intelligence customer-experience platform to manage enterprise customer service operations. The platform applies native artificial intelligence models across customer service interactions to handle incoming inquiries, route tasks, and update internal workflows.

Dun & Bradstreet integrated the D&B Commercial Graph data set into the Perplexity artificial intelligence engine. Perplexity applies its conversational artificial intelligence models to extract structured corporate identity, financial risk, and market data from the graph in response to user search queries.

Findabl AI launched Search Engine Optimization services targeting artificial intelligence search engines. The service uses artificial intelligence prompt research tools to analyze brand visibility, track citation metrics, and identify content gaps across platforms such as ChatGPT and Perplexity.

Hey DAN released the Hey DAN AI voice entry platform for sales operations. The platform applies machine learning models and speech recognition to transcribe phone conversations, extract key buying signals, and input structured interaction records directly into CRM systems.

Impact.com partnered with Microsoft to launch an affiliate marketing program for the Minecraft game franchise. The platform applies artificial intelligence algorithms to match content creators with campaign offers, track referral metrics, and detect invalid referral traffic.

Informa TechTarget launched the B2B AI Authority Index to track corporate visibility across digital research channels. The tool applies artificial intelligence analytical models to evaluate how business software buyers discover, evaluate, and cite brands within artificial intelligence search engines.

KERV expanded its CTV partnership with LG Ad Solutions to launch interactive video ad formats across international markets. The platform applies computer vision artificial intelligence to analyze video frames, identify on-screen objects, and generate clickable product overlays on smart televisions.

LoopMe expanded its PurchaseLoop advertising platform to optimize lower-funnel campaign performance metrics. The platform applies over 2,000 machine learning models to analyze brand campaign engagement signals, process mobile SDK behavioral data, and adjust programmatic ad bidding to drive application installation targets.

OneIMS launched an AI Visibility Audit service for industrial supply and manufacturing companies. The service applies natural-language AI queries across multiple answer engines to evaluate how accurately platforms describe specific B2B vendor capabilities.

Optimove integrated the OptiGenie conversational agent into its native marketing platform. The platform applies natural language processing models to interpret plain-text commands, construct customer segments, design campaign logic, and generate reporting dashboards.

Practifi launched Sentir, a CRM platform built for wealth management firms. The platform applies specialized artificial intelligence agents directly inside the database to summarize client conversations, draft meeting briefs, and calculate relationship metrics.

Similarweb launched an artificial intelligence advertisement tracking system within its intelligence suite. The software applies machine learning scraping algorithms to monitor ad placements, calculate share of voice, and track brand citations inside conversational artificial intelligence models like ChatGPT and Google AI Overviews.

Solitics launched SAAI, an agentic artificial intelligence platform designed for retail banking institutions. The software applies autonomous artificial intelligence agents to analyze real-time customer transactional data, determine intent, and send personalized financial communications across digital banking channels.

Sprout Social released its Trellis artificial intelligence agent for enterprise social media management. The software applies conversational artificial intelligence models to query historical social performance data, surface shifts in audience sentiment, and execute custom reporting tasks based on user prompts.

System1 launched Test Your Ad Screen, a testing platform for early-stage video ad concepts. The system applies predictive artificial intelligence algorithms to evaluate raw ad animatics and forecast the long-term impact on brand equity before final video production.

Temu developed an internal artificial intelligence marketing platform to purchase programmatic media. The platform applies machine learning algorithms to evaluate customer purchasing history, dynamic ad creative performance, and bidding efficiency without third-party web tracking cookies.

Veuno released a free AI Visibility Checker tool for business-to-business organizations. The application uses natural language processing tools to query major large language models and generate reports on how AI assistants describe and recommend specific brands relative to competitors.

Everything enterprise teams need to grow visibility across search and AI.