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- 5 Nov 2026 ChatGPT's ad growth is outrunning the proof that it works: Digiday charts ad reach on ChatGPT across countries and how the advertiser mix is widening beyond retail, using Similarweb, Graphite and Sensor Tower data. · Digiday, Krystal Scanlon
- 2 Nov 2026 IntentGEO: Intent-aware Generative Engine Optimization for Recommendation: Report by arXiv
- 31 Oct 2026 Do GEO Gains Survive the Live Web?: Report by arXiv, Runze Kong et al.
- 21 Oct 2026 AI Search News: October 2026: Article by Similarweb, Darrell Mordecai
- 20 Oct 2026 Inside Un_prompted: Seven Lessons on Marketing & Growth When Agents Are the Customer: Thesis by Craft Ventures
- 16 Oct 2026 Causal Value Attribution of Marketing Labels in LLM-Generated Ads: Report by arXiv, Danhong You; Wei Jiang; Zhiqiang (Eric) Zheng
- 16 Oct 2026 Location, Location, Generation: Where You Ask Matters for Generative Engine Optimization: Report by arXiv, Mahe Chen; Nick Koudas
- 14 Oct 2026 Winning the Relay Race: Long-Running Agents in High-Value Customer Journeys: Thesis by Andreessen Horowitz
- 8 Oct 2026 OpenAI's Vijaye Raji on the architecture behind a $1B ads business: Video by ICONIQ
- 29 Sept 2026 Who Gets Paid When AI Does the Shopping?: Thesis by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), Alex Immerman; Santiago Rodriguez
- 17 Sept 2026 Profound raised $180M: Series D · led by Sequoia Capital; Kleiner Perkins · New York, United States
- 3 Sept 2026 Archive raised a Strategic: led by Anti Fund; Florida Funders
- 2 Sept 2026 Conveo raised $50M: Series A · New York, United States
- 1 Sept 2026 How marketers are measuring AI search: Thesis by Bessemer Venture Partners
- Sept 2026 2026 Outlook Study: September Update: Report by IAB
- Sept 2026 Brandtech's Pencil launches Scribble, an AI orchestration layer for marketers: Announcement of an agent that routes a marketing brief to the right models and tools, with the Pencil CEO's move to group technology chief. · The Brandtech Group
- Jul 2026 The Next Phase of AI: From Adoption to Accountability: Report by IAB
- 19 Jun 2026 AI Doesn't Make Boring Companies Interesting.: Thesis by Earlybird
- 8 Jun 2026 In 2026, Less than One Third of Google Searches Still Send a Click: Report by SparkToro, Rand Fishkin
- 27 May 2026 AI in GTM: What's actually working: Thesis by Notion Capital
- 14 May 2026 Nectar Social: Rewriting the Modern Marketing Playbook: Thesis by Menlo Ventures, Amy Wu Martin
- 14 May 2026 The Listicle Rank Effect: What 200K AI Responses Across 8 AI Engines Reveal: Report by Peec AI
- May 2026 State of Marketing Attribution 2026: Report by CaliberMind
- May 2026 State of Martech 2026: Report by chiefmartec / MartechTribe, Scott Brinker; Frans Riemersma
- May 2026 The New Martech Stack for the AI Age: Report by Databricks
- 29 Apr 2026 Hightouch raised $150M: Series D · led by Goldman Sachs Alternatives (Growth Equity); Bain Capital Ventures
- 4 Apr 2026 daydream raised $15M: Series A · led by WndrCo · San Francisco, United States
- 26 Mar 2026 The AI-Forward GTM Tech Stack: Thesis by Battery Ventures, Joe Chernov; Bill Binch
- 24 Feb 2026 Profound raised $96M: Series C · led by Lightspeed Venture Partners · New York, United States
- 9 Feb 2026 Of course they're putting ads in AI: Thesis by Andreessen Horowitz
- Feb 2026 Martech for 2026: Report by chiefmartec, Scott Brinker
- 28 Jan 2026 Leading Flora's $42M Series A, The AI-Native Creative Platform Rethinking How Design Works: Video by Redpoint Ventures
- 15 Jan 2026 AI ads, agentic interfaces, and the future of internet monetization: Thesis by NEA
- 13 Jan 2026 The AI Ad Network: Thesis by Scale Venture Partners
- 22 Dec 2025 How Brands Stay Visible When AI Decides: Podcast by Kleiner Perkins
- 24 Nov 2025 Beyond SEO: The State of AEO, According to Vendors, Agencies, and Marketers: Report by Battery Ventures
- 18 Nov 2025 Agentio raised $40M: Series B · led by Forerunner
- 18 Nov 2025 Peec AI raised $21M: Series A · led by Singular
- 18 Nov 2025 We raised $21M Series A to help brands win in AI search: The Berlin company's announcement of its Series A and 1,300+ brands and agencies onboarded since February 2025. · Peec AI
- 10 Nov 2025 AirOps raised $40M: Series B · led by Greylock · United States
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