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GTM 139: AI Agents Are Changing Everything — Microsoft’s VP of AI Agents on the New Era of Work and Software | Ray Smith

Sales Hacker

The GTM Podcast is available on any major directory, including: Apple Podcasts Spotify YouTube Ray Smith is the VP of AI Agents at Microsoft. 51:42 Why agentic AI makes customer relationships and long-term value even more critical. GTM 139 Episode Transcript Scott Barker: Hello, and welcome back to the GTM podcast.

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Why AI Has Taken Longer to Come to Sales Than Coding with Artisan’s CEO

SaaStr

While AI has exploded in coding (Cursor) and legal (Harvey) and parts of GTM (Clay), sales itself is still waiting for its breakthrough AI moment. They’ve rocketed to $6m ARR in just a few months. The latest AI B2B to go through hyper-growth. Here’s why—and what’s coming next.

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AI, Sales + GTM in 2025/2026: This Changes Everything with Jason Lemkin and Owner CRO Kyle Norton

SaaStr

The humans who remain will need to excel at the uniquely human aspects of selling: relationship building, complex problem solving, and strategic influence. More specialization in human roles, with AI handling the connective tissue between specialized functions. This doesn’t eliminate the need for human sellersit elevates the bar.

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Build Customer Loyalty in the First 30 Days

Sales Hacker

Hello and welcome to The GTM Newsletter by GTMnow – read by 50,000+ revenue professionals weekly to stay up-to-date and scale their companies and careers. Even a brief in-person meeting can reinforce a strong working relationship. They put a face to your brand and underscore a commitment to the customer’s success.

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The AI Tradeoff: Preserving Human Skills in an AI World

Sales Hacker

Hello and welcome to The GTM Newsletter by GTMnow – read by 50,000+ to scale their companies and careers. GTMnow highlights the strategies, along with the stories from the top 1% of GTM executives, VCs, and founders behind these strategies and companies. A playbook for rebuilding GTM muscle 1. AI as a coach, not a crutch.

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GTM 140: How Microsoft Scaled from $600M to $5B: The Enterprise Playbook with Hayden Stafford

Sales Hacker

The GTM Podcast is available on any major directory, including: Apple Podcasts Spotify YouTube Hayden Stafford is the President and Chief Revenue Officer (CRO) at Seismic, where he oversees the global go-to-market (GTM) organization, including pre-sales, sales, customer success, services, partners, and more.

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How B2B marketing is becoming a strategic growth driver

Martech

With access to deep data insights, marketing leaders now co-create go-to-market (GTM) strategies with sales and product teams. Additionally, it will support relationship-building at scale, ensuring automation complements human engagement rather than replacing it.