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A Day in the Life of An AI Enterprise

Salesforce

Imagine a company where every decision, strategy, customer interaction, and rote task is augmented by AI. To see what a day in the life of such an AI enterprise might look like, let’s travel to the year 2028 and visit Sandstone Services, a fictional 37-year old mid-size company in Minnesota providing home maintenance services.

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AI Won’t Replace Sales Reps So Much as ‘Deflect’ Them: What Support’s 70% Deflection Rates Tell Us About Sales’ Future

SaaStr

Customer support cracked the deflection code with AI. These aren’t simple FAQ bots – they’re AI agents that can access customer data, apply business logic, process transactions, and escalate intelligently. The AI Account Executive Is Arriving. The AI Account Executive Emerges. The Goal Again?

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Snowflake Buys Crunchy Data for $250m, Databricks Buys Neon for $1B. The New AI Database Battle.

SaaStr

Snowflake’s $250 million purchase of Crunchy Data and Databricks’ $1 billion acquisition of Neon represent a fundamental shift in how B2B software companies are preparing for the era of autonomous AI agents. ” Databricks CEO Ali Ghodsi noted that “pretty much every customer we have wants to leverage agents.”

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The customer data platform market

Martech

The current business environment — increasingly omnichannel but with a heavy reliance on digital — requires successful marketers to capture, analyze and leverage data to deliver timely personalized interactions across every customer touchpoint. billion in 2028. Dig deeper: Does your company need a CDP? billion in 2023 to $7.91

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M&A Is Back! Melio’s $2.5B Exit to Xero — In Just 7 Years!

SaaStr

The deal shows acquirers are hungry for revenue acceleration—Xero expects to more than double group revenue by 2028 with this acquisition. NPS of 45 and 71% TPV growth per customer in their first 12 months. This B2B2B model generated 35% of revenue while dramatically reducing customer acquisition costs. exit represents a 37.5%

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How Can Financial Services Firms Grow Business With Agentforce?

Salesforce

Financial services firms are bullish on artificial intelligence (AI), and the conversation is shifting from the benefits of an AI strategy to how to implement and realize those benefits while maintaining regulatory compliance and customer trust. Discover Agentforce Agentforce provides always-on support to employees or customers.

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Why we care about AR and VR: A guide for marketers

Martech

This is why modern marketers need to adapt to the constantly changing media and technology landscape to appeal to customers. While the marketing applications of both are still emerging, these experiences are being tested in a host of ways that customers are beginning to have exposure to. billion by 2028 at a CAGR of 48.6%.

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