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Thryv launched the Thryv Growth Platform on August 4, 2026, recasting its small-business software around online visibility, AI lead prioritization, marketing attribution, and optional expert support for local…
Thomson Reuters published the first benchmark results for Thomson on July 31, 2026. The proprietary large language model starts from an open-source foundation, then uses mid-training and post-training…
The Verge reported on August 4, 2026 that brands and agencies are planting brand-friendly questions and replies in Reddit communities in hopes that large language models will pick…
Shopify Q2 2026 earnings delivered $3.583 billion in revenue, up 34% year over year, while gross merchandise volume reached $115.567 billion, up 32%. The results cover the quarter…
Palantir Technologies reported second-quarter 2026 revenue of $1.935 billion, up 93% year over year, while U.S. commercial revenue reached $764 million, up 149%, in its SEC-filed earnings release…
Pipedrive acquires Outfunnel, the sales-and-marketing automation startup behind the top-rated app on Pipedrive Marketplace. Financial terms were not disclosed. Pipedrive says it will bring automatic sales-marketing synchronization into…
Freshworks reported $237.4 million in second-quarter 2026 revenue, up 16% year over year and 15% in constant currency. The company also raised its full-year revenue estimate to $963.5…
Obsidian Security announced an $85 million Series D on August 4, 2026, led by Crescent Cove Advisors, at a $1.1 billion valuation. Existing investors Greylock Partners and Menlo…
Bending Spoons agreed on August 4, 2026, to acquire Airtable in an all-cash transaction that values the operating business at $1.285 billion and implies approximately $2.25 billion of…
Visa has signed a definitive agreement to acquire BioCatch for $2.4 billion in cash from funds advised by Permira and other shareholders. The Visa BioCatch acquisition remains subject…
Reuters reported on August 3, citing an unnamed White House official, that the Trump administration had finalized voluntary cybersecurity tests for measuring the hacking capabilities of the most…
WooCommerce published an IDC InfoBrief it sponsored on July 27, 2026, with a headline forecast: IDC projects that AI agents could replatform $500 billion in digital spending by…
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