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Amandeep Singh Kochar, EVP Experience Strategy and Martech Head, Havas CX India

  Amandeep Singh Kochar Joins Havas CX India as EVP Experience Strategy and Martech Head

  • by Martech Desk
  • 3 days ago

Havas CX India has appointed Amandeep Singh Kochar as EVP Experience Strategy and Martech Head, reinforcing its focus on customer experience, data and technology-led transformation.

10 AI Trends That Will Define the Next Era of Marketing

  10 AI Trends That Will Define the Next Era of Marketing

  • by Brij Pahwa
  • 1 week ago

From AI agents and predictive measurement to workflow redesign and responsible AI, these 10 trends will shape how marketing works next.

Martech

  Martech’s Crossroads: CMOs Confront Five Looming Challenges

  • by Brij Pahwa
  • 1 week ago

From AI adoption and data privacy to martech complexity and ROI pressure, CMOs face five critical challenges shaping marketing’s future.

ElevenLabs Crosses $330 Million ARR as Voice AI Adoption Accelerates

  ElevenLabs Crosses $330 Million ARR as Voice AI Adoption Accelerates

  • by Martech Desk
  • 1 week ago

Voice AI company ElevenLabs crossed $330 million in annual recurring revenue last year, reflecting rapid enterprise adoption of synthetic voice technology.

Martech Revolution: How AI-Powered Tools Are Reinventing the CMO’s Playbook

  Martech Revolution: How AI-Powered Tools Are Reinventing the CMO’s Playbook

  • by Brij Pahwa
  • 1 week ago

AI-powered martech is reshaping the CMO’s role, from personalization and automation to data-driven growth. Here’s how marketing leaders are adapting.

Dev Mehta, Director of Marketing, PointGuard AI

  Dev Mehta Appointed Director of Marketing at PointGuard AI

  • by Martech Desk
  • 1 week ago

PointGuard AI has appointed Dev Mehta as Director of Marketing to strengthen brand strategy and go to market efforts in AI security.

Researchers Develop Self-Healing AI Systems to Address Digital Aphasia

  Researchers Develop Self-Healing AI Systems to Address Digital Aphasia

  • by Martech Desk
  • Jan 12, 2026

Researchers have developed self-healing AI systems that can identify and repair internal failures, reducing errors linked to digital aphasia in neural networks.

Five AI-Driven Martech Shifts That Will Redefine Marketing in 2026

  Five AI-Driven Martech Shifts That Will Redefine Marketing in 2026

  • by Brij Pahwa
  • Jan 12, 2026

From AI agents to unified data and responsible AI, these five martech shifts will redefine how marketing strategies are built and executed in 2026.

The Invisible AI Tools CMOs Are Quietly Pouring Money Into

  The Invisible AI Tools CMOs Are Quietly Pouring Money Into

  • by Brij Pahwa
  • Jan 9, 2026

CMOs are shifting budgets from flashy AI to invisible tools like decision engines, orchestration, and predictive models that quietly deliver real marketing ROI.

Case Study: Shriram Finance’s Digital Funnel Overhaul Delivers 171x ROI

  Case Study: Shriram Finance’s Digital Funnel Overhaul Delivers 171x ROI

  • by Brij Pahwa
  • Jan 8, 2026

How Shriram Finance overhauled its digital lead funnel using personalization, nudges, and automation to achieve 171x ROI and slash acquisition costs.

If Your MarTech Stack Ignores Agentic Metadata, It’s Already Obsolete

  If Your MarTech Stack Ignores Agentic Metadata, It’s Already Obsolete

  • by Anupama Mitra
  • Jan 7, 2026

As AI agents enter marketing workflows, agentic metadata is emerging as a critical layer for transparency, governance, and scalable AI-powered martech stacks.

This Is How A Perfect Martech Stack Should Look Like

  This Is How A Perfect Martech Stack Should Look Like

  • by Brij Pahwa
  • Jan 5, 2026

What a perfect martech stack looks like for large enterprises—key layers, tools, and principles CMOs need to turn complexity into growth.

Five Martech Predictions Scott Brinker Made in 2020 That Are Running Marketing in 2026

  Five Martech Predictions Scott Brinker Made in 2020 That Are Running Marketing in 2026

  • by Brij Pahwa
  • Jan 3, 2026

Scott Brinker’s 2020 martech predictions—from no-code creators to AI-led ops—are shaping how marketing teams operate in 2026.

Satya Nadella Takes Direct Role to Accelerate Microsoft’s AI Execution

  Satya Nadella Takes Direct Role to Accelerate Microsoft’s AI Execution

  • by Martech Desk
  • Jan 2, 2026

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella is taking a more hands on approach to AI development, streamlining decision making to speed up innovation and deployment.

Instagram CEO Warns of Eroding Trust as AI Blurs Lines Between Real and Synthetic Content

  Instagram CEO Warns of Eroding Trust as AI Blurs Lines Between Real and Synthetic Content

  • by Martech Desk
  • Jan 2, 2026

Instagram CEO says rapid advances in AI have weakened digital trust, urging users and platforms to reassess how authenticity is verified online.

Why CMOs Are Losing Visibility Over Their Own Marketing Stack

  Why CMOs Are Losing Visibility Over Their Own Marketing Stack

  • by Brij Pahwa
  • Dec 31, 2025

As marketing teams adopt AI and SaaS tools at speed, CMOs are losing visibility over fragmented, invisible martech stacks, creating governance, data, and ROI challenges.

Proof Marketing

  Proof Marketing: Why Consumers Trust Receipts, Screenshots, and DMs More Than Ads

  • by Anupama Mitra
  • Dec 30, 2025

As consumer skepticism grows, brands are finding that real proof—screenshots, receipts, reviews, and DMs—builds more trust than polished ads, reshaping modern marketing strategies.

Venture Capital Looks to AI Agents and IPO Revival in 2026 Outlook

  Venture Capital Looks to AI Agents and IPO Revival in 2026 Outlook

  • by Martech Desk
  • Dec 29, 2025

Venture capital investors expect AI agents, selective IPOs and evolving funding models to shape technology markets and startup growth in 2026.

AI Prompt Gurus and the Hidden Middle Layer Transforming Indian Marketing Teams

  AI Prompt Gurus and the Hidden Middle Layer Transforming Indian Marketing Teams

  • by Brij Pahwa
  • Dec 29, 2025

A new middle layer of AI prompt engineers, automation orchestrators, and data translators is quietly reshaping Indian marketing teams as brands scale generative AI across campaigns and workflows.

ServiceNow

  ServiceNow Steps Up Acquisition Strategy With Major Cybersecurity Bet

  • by Martech Desk
  • Dec 29, 2025

ServiceNow intensifies its acquisition strategy with a multi billion dollar cybersecurity deal as it expands AI driven enterprise capabilities.

India Has the MarTech Tools, But Not the People

  India Has the MarTech Tools, But Not the People

  • by Brij Pahwa
  • Dec 24, 2025

Indian brands are investing heavily in MarTech and AI platforms, but a widening talent gap is preventing companies from fully using the tools they already own.

Reverse Influencing: When Consumers Start Shaping AI, Not Brands

  Reverse Influencing: When Consumers Start Shaping AI, Not Brands

  • by Anupama Mitra
  • Dec 24, 2025

As AI-led discovery grows, consumers are influencing how brands are described, ranked, and recommended—shifting power from brand messaging to collective user signals and behaviour.

AI Is Empowering Consumers to Complain, and Brands Are Bracing for Impact

  AI Is Empowering Consumers to Complain, and Brands Are Bracing for Impact

  • by Anupama Mitra
  • Dec 23, 2025

AI-powered tools are enabling consumers to generate sharper, more persuasive complaints, forcing brands to rethink customer service, trust, and response strategies in the age of generative AI.

MarTech Mayhem: Marketers Under Pressure in the AI Era

  MarTech Mayhem: Marketers Under Pressure in the AI Era

  • by Brij Pahwa
  • Dec 22, 2025

The explosion of AI-powered martech tools is increasing pressure on marketers, reshaping roles, widening skills gaps and driving burnout as teams struggle to keep pace.

AI-Generated Product Pages Are Breaking E-commerce Trust

  AI-Generated Product Pages Are Breaking E-commerce Trust

  • by Anupama Mitra
  • Dec 18, 2025

AI-generated product descriptions are creating accuracy issues on e-commerce platforms, raising concerns around consumer trust, misleading claims and the need for stronger human oversight.

Persistent Systems

  If AI Is Still a Tool in Your Enterprise, You’re Already Late: Persistent CIO

  • by Brij Pahwa
  • Dec 17, 2025

In an in-depth email interview with Brij Pahwa, Debashis Singh, CIO, Persistent Systems, explains why AI has moved decisively beyond productivity gains to become the central growth engine.

AI Is Rewriting the CMO–CTO Power Balance

  AI Is Rewriting the CMO–CTO Power Balance

  • by Brij Pahwa
  • Dec 16, 2025

AI is reshaping the balance of power between CMOs and CTOs, forcing marketing and technology leaders to share ownership of data, budgets and AI-driven growth strategies.

The AI Screenshot Economy: When ChatGPT Replies Become Social Currency

  The AI Screenshot Economy: When ChatGPT Replies Become Social Currency

  • by Anupama Mitra
  • Dec 16, 2025

AI-generated screenshots from tools like ChatGPT are becoming social currency. This story explores how brands, creators, and marketers are leveraging the AI screenshot economy.

Can AI Be Funny? Humor, Memes, and the Limits of Machine Creativity

  Can AI Be Funny? Humor, Memes, and the Limits of Machine Creativity

  • by Anupama Mitra
  • Dec 15, 2025

As brands experiment with AI-generated memes and humor, marketers debate whether machines can truly understand comedy or just imitate it at scale.

India’s New Data Law Is a Wake-Up Call for Marketers: Ignore DPDP and Pay the Price

  India’s New Data Law Is a Wake-Up Call for Marketers: Ignore DPDP and Pay the Price

  • by Brij Pahwa
  • Dec 15, 2025

India’s DPDP Act 2023 introduces strict consent, data retention and breach rules, forcing marketers to rethink how they collect, store and use consumer data.

10 AI Tools That Are Transforming Content Marketing for 2025

  10 AI Tools That Are Transforming Content Marketing for 2025

  • by Brij Pahwa
  • Dec 15, 2025

Indian brands are adopting AI tools like Jasper, Canva and HubSpot to scale content creation, improve efficiency and drive ROI as content marketing becomes AI-led in 2025.

AI Ate My Budget: Why Some Brands Are Paying for Tools They Barely Use

  AI Ate My Budget: Why Some Brands Are Paying for Tools They Barely Use

  • by Anupama Mitra
  • Dec 13, 2025

As AI spending rises, Indian brands are questioning ROI. This story examines where marketing budgets are being wasted and how leaders are reassessing AI tools.

The New Marketing Class Divide: AI Haves vs AI Have Nots

  The New Marketing Class Divide: AI Haves vs AI Have Nots

  • by Anupama Mitra
  • Dec 12, 2025

A growing divide is emerging in Indian marketing as brands with strong AI systems pull ahead of those still relying on manual tools, reshaping talent, performance and competitiveness.

India’s Smartest CMOs Have Stopped Building Martech

  India’s Smartest CMOs Have Stopped Building Martech and Started Orchestrating It

  • by Brij Pahwa
  • Dec 12, 2025

India’s leading CMOs are shifting from building complex martech stacks to orchestrating AI-driven platforms, focusing on scalability, personalization, ROI, and experience-led growth.

Martech Summit

  MarTechAI Summit & Awards 2025: Agentic AI and Beyond – Redefining the Future of Martech

  • by Brij Pahwa
  • Dec 11, 2025

Most marketers use AI tools in silos (for segmentation or content, etc.), but true “agentic” systems coordinate them like a team of assistants.

Is AI Making Indian Consumers Lazy or Smarter?

  Is AI Making Indian Consumers Lazy or Smarter?

  • by Anupama Mitra
  • Dec 10, 2025

AI adoption in India is rising fast, reshaping daily habits and shopping decisions. This story examines whether AI is empowering consumers or creating new dependencies.

Martech Summit

  Martech Summit & Awards 2025 Set to Bring India’s Top Martech Leaders Under One Roof

  • by Martech Desk
  • Dec 9, 2025

The full-day summit will feature conversations on the future of customer experience, agentic AI, data strategy, creativity, automation, & the changing role of marketing leadership

The New SEO: How AI Ranks Brands by Behavior, Not Keywords

  The New SEO: How AI Ranks Brands by Behavior, Not Keywords

  • by Anupama Mitra
  • Dec 5, 2025

AI driven search is shifting from keyword based ranking to behaviour based visibility. Brands now compete on trust, engagement and intent signals as AI assistants reshape digital discovery.

Societe Generale

  HR Must Blend Data and Intuition in the Age of AI: Mukta Arya, CHRO APAC, Société Générale

  • by Brij Pahwa
  • Dec 5, 2025

For us, as an international bank, talk about AI began a few years ago, and we even created a group called SoGen AI to explore AI use cases for our daily banking operations.

Lenovo

  Hybrid AI, Dead Data & the Next Wave of Marketing: Global CMO of Lenovo on What Comes Next

  • by Brij Pahwa
  • Dec 4, 2025

The long term “North Star” is a world where every function in the company, from supply chain to marketing, has platforms with agents and decision tools that make work more intelligent.

Martech 2026 Report Maps by Scott Brinker and Frans Riemersma

  Martech 2026 Report Maps How AI and Data Will Reshape Marketing Operations

  • by Anupama Mitra
  • Dec 3, 2025

Martech for 2026 report launched: 127 pages covering AI agents, context engineering, automation models, vibe coding, Martech Ops 3.0, and the future of AI-driven marketing workflows.

Why Big Tech Is Failing to Personalise for India’s Billion-User Market

  Why Big Tech Is Failing to Personalise for India’s Billion-User Market

  • by Brij Pahwa
  • Dec 2, 2025

India’s billion-user market has exposed a global personalisation failure. Big Tech struggles to serve India’s diverse languages, cultures, devices and behaviours.

Comviva Launches GenAI-Powered Mobilytix for Real-Time Marketing

  Comviva Launches GenAI-Powered Mobilytix for Real-Time Marketing

  • by Martech Desk
  • Dec 1, 2025

Comviva introduces Mobilytix, a GenAI-driven real-time marketing platform designed to enhance customer engagement and campaign agility for brands.

When AI Becomes the Voice of the Brand: The New Era of Content Control

  When AI Becomes the Voice of the Brand: The New Era of Content Control

  • by Anupama Mitra
  • Nov 29, 2025

As AI accelerates content creation, brands adopt AI governance systems to stay consistent, culturally safe and on-message at scale.

India vs Global MarTech

  How India Became the Hottest Battlefield in the Global MarTech War

  • by Brij Pahwa
  • Nov 27, 2025

India emerges as the key battleground in the global MarTech race as global giants and local SaaS players compete with AI, pricing, and innovation for dominance.

Ten Martech Tools CMOs Are Quietly Adding To Their Stack

  Ten Martech Tools CMOs Are Quietly Adding To Their Stack

  • by Brij Pahwa
  • Nov 26, 2025

AI-enabled martech tools are reshaping India’s marketing workflow, boosting speed, personalisation and automation across creative, media and operations.

Private AI Models: Why Brands Are Training Their Own LLMs

  Private AI Models: Why Brands Are Training Their Own LLMs

  • by Anupama Mitra
  • Nov 25, 2025

Indian brands are shifting to private LLMs for safer, personalised, AI-driven marketing as data rules tighten and first-party intelligence becomes strategic.

Martech 2026: Tools That Will Survive and Those Doomed to Die

  Martech 2026: Tools That Will Survive and Those Doomed to Die

  • by Brij Pahwa
  • Nov 25, 2025

Martech enters a survival phase in 2026 as AI, privacy rules and budget pressure reshape stacks. Essential tools rise while outdated platforms fade.

Ashish Bajaj

  Ashish Bajaj: Why Emotions Plus Data Will Redefine the Future of Martech in the Age of AI

  • by Brij Pahwa
  • Nov 24, 2025

In this conversation, he discusses first party data, AI driven personalization, DPDP, AI agents, and what the next five years will look like for modern marketing.

Adobe to Acquire Semrush for 1.9 Billion Dollars to Strengthen AI Driven Marketing

  Adobe to Acquire Semrush for 1.9 Billion Dollars to Strengthen AI Driven Marketing

  • by Martech Desk
  • Nov 23, 2025

Adobe is acquiring Semrush for 1.9 billion dollars to expand its AI powered search and marketing capabilities across its digital experience portfolio.

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