Series B led by Sequoia Capital accelerates Profound’s evolution into the command center for modern marketing as brands race to control their AI presence NEW YORK, Aug. 12, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Profound, the platform that helps businesses control how they appear in AI responses, today announces a $35 million Series B round led by Sequoia with continued participation from Kleiner Perkins, Khosla Ventures, Saga VC, and South Park Commons. This brings Profound’s total funding to $58.5 million. Since launching less than a year ago, Profound has attracted major high-growth and enterprise customers including Ramp, US Bank, Indeed, MongoDB, DocuSign, and Chime. More than 2,000 marketers from over…
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TORONTO, Aug. 12, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Viral Nation, a global leader in social-first transformation, today announced it has been named the Social Media Agency of Record for Rocket, the Detroit-based fintech platform including mortgage, real estate, title, and personal finance businesses. Rocket will leverage Viral Nation’s influencer marketing, social strategy, community management, and social content creation abilities to deliver raw, relatable homeownership stories that break through social media’s glossy facade. At a time when nearly 80% of social media users turn to their feeds for dream-home inspiration, Rocket and Viral Nation are moving beyond curated perfection to offer something deeper – real stories, support, and guidance for…
Implementation Guidance and Reverse Mappings Included to Support Transition Across Platforms NEW YORK, Aug. 12, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — IAB Tech Lab, the global digital advertising technical standards-setting body, today announced the release of two new mappings and implementation guidance that connects Content Taxonomy 2.1 — a classification system initially designed to categorize webpage and app content — to Ad Product Taxonomy 2.0, which is used to accurately describe the products being advertised. This effort aims to help companies refrain from using inappropriate content-based labels to describe products in ads. Content categorizations weren’t designed to represent the actual ad creative or product, and relying…
Agent Assist for email empowers teams to deliver faster, higher-quality support; comprehensive email support in Conversation Intelligence unlocks voice of the customer visibility in 100% of email exchanges SUNNYVALE, Calif., Aug. 12, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Cresta, the leading contact center AI platform for human and AI agents, announced its expansion of its Agent Assist and Conversation Intelligence solutions to email-based customer support today, enhancing support quality and efficiency while providing a single view of the voice of the customer across the enterprise. With this release, Cresta brings the breakthrough human agent augmentation it pioneered for voice and chat to email, while empowering management to work more efficiently,…
Strategic promotions position company to expand customer value and operational excellence amid rising demand for AppSec platforms to secure AI-first application development BOSTON, Aug. 12, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Legit Security, a global leader in AI-native application security posture management (ASPM) and security for AI-led application development, today announced the promotions of co-founder Lior Barak as Chief Operating Officer, Harel Gradus as Head of Customer Success and John Tierney (JT) as Vice President of Sales. These strategic appointments will propel Legit Security’s operational goals, maximize customer value and further the company’s mission to bring AppSec clarity, speed and scalability to more organizations as development teams embrace vibe coding, AI code…
The HR Analytics Market is driven by the increasing adoption of data-driven decision-making in workforce management, enabling organizations to optimize talent acquisition, employee engagement, and performance monitoring. Growing demand for predictive analytics, AI-powered HR tools, and cloud-based solutions is fueling market expansion. Additionally, the rising need to enhance productivity, reduce turnover, and improve workforce planning across industries is encouraging enterprises to invest in advanced HR analytics platforms, driving consistent growth throughout the forecast period. LEWES, Del., Aug 12, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — The global HR Analytics Market was valued at USD 5.2 billion in 2024 and is projected to reach USD 12.4 billion by 2033, expanding at a steady CAGR…
The Big Data Analytics in Banking Market is witnessing robust growth driven by rising digital transformation, exponential data generation, and the urgent need for real-time customer insights. Financial institutions are adopting advanced analytics tools to enhance fraud detection, risk management, and personalized banking services. Surge in mobile banking, cloud computing integration, and AI-powered predictive analytics further fuels demand across global markets. LEWES, Del., Aug. 12, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — The Global Big Data Analytics in Banking Market is projected to grow at a CAGR of 9.0% from 2026 to 2033, according to a new report published by Verified Market Reports®. The report reveals that the market was valued at USD…
Global enterprises are leading the AI era with Siteimprove.ai, a unified platform for accessibility, SEO/AIO, analytics and content to drive compliance and AI search visibility BELLEVUE, Wash. and COPENHAGEN, Denmark, Aug. 12, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Siteimprove, a leader in agentic content intelligence, today unveiled its product vision to transform access for the digital world with Siteimprove.ai, a unified agentic content intelligence platform. In the era of AI, the platform uniquely combines the power of high performing, accessible content on a unified platform making it discoverable by both humans and AI. IDC Analyst, James McCormick said, “The rise of Generative Search Engine is disrupting the digital landscape, requiring…
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia and NEW DELHI, Aug. 7, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — In a significant step supporting the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s ambitious digital transformation agenda, Synergy Quantum, a global leader in quantum-secure communication technologies, has officially launched operations at The Garage, the Middle East’s largest deep-tech innovation hub. Backed by the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MCIT) and supported by the Saudi Federation for Cybersecurity, Programming and Drones, this move comes as part of the Riyadh Digital Innovation District (RDID) initiative to foster next-generation digital security solutions across key national sectors. As part of this strategic expansion, Synergy Quantum will establish a Quantum Cybersecurity Sandbox, the first of its kind in the region, focused on Post-Quantum…
BEDFORD, Mass., Aug. 7, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — iRobot Corp. (NASDAQ: IRBT), a leader in consumer robots, today announced its financial results for the second quarter ended June 28, 2025. “Our second quarter performance fell short of our expectations, due to persistent market headwinds and delays in scaling production and sales of our new products,” said Gary Cohen, iRobot CEO. “While we made meaningful progress on gross margin expansion, tightened control over operating expenses, and improved net losses, our cash position continued to decline as we supported new product launches — posing ongoing challenges to liquidity and operational flexibility. Although early consumer response to our latest…