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t₀ today 2026-01-11
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Microsoft releases new agentic AI capabilities to support retailers
Highest rated content by Technology Record Read time: 4 minutes · Retail
Score: +2820
Microsoft launched "Copilot Checkout" and "Brand Agents" on Jan 9, 2026, enabling AI assistants to autonomously complete purchases for users on sites like Urban Outfitters and Etsy. The new "Catalogue Enrichment Agent" extracts product attributes from images to automate onboarding. Tactical implication: Deploy schema markups for "Brand Agents" by Q2 2026 to ensure your inventory is purchasable by Microsoft Copilot bots.
How AI agents will reshape every part of marketing in 2026
by MarTech Read time: 6 minutes · Marketing
Score: +3090
McKinsey reports 62% of organizations are experimenting with agentic AI, while 97% expect conversational agents to be mainstream within 3 years (Acxiom). MarTech argues brands must optimize for "Share of Model" by exposing catalog/loyalty data via APIs for autonomous buying agents. Tactical implication: Audit product data schema today to ensure it is machine-readable for agent crawlers.
Eight Software Markets AI That Will Transform Differently
by Dave Griffith Read time: 8 minutes · Strategy
Score: +2520
Dave Griffith argues AI coding tools trigger Jevons Paradox (efficiency increases consumption) strongly in internal tools and gaming, but weakly in Enterprise SaaS. While 25% of YCombinator startups now generate >95% of code with agents, regulated sectors face inelastic demand. Tactical implication: Shift engineering resources from maintenance of internal tools to rapid prototyping of disposable apps.
t₋1 yesterday 2026-01-10
LLM Optimization (LLMO): Get AI to Talk About Your Brand
Highest rated content by Semrush Read time: 4 minutes · Marketing
Score: +4040
AI search visitors are 4.4x more valuable than traditional organic traffic (Semrush). Google users now see LLM responses on 13.14% of all search results pages. Tactical implication: Deploy an `llms.txt` file for crawler accessibility and shift PR focus to earning mentions on high-citation domains like Reddit and Quora.
Context Graphs: The Elegant Idea Everyone's Talking About
by Dharmesh Shah Read time: 4 minutes · Marketing
Score: +3450
Autonomous agents currently fail at edge cases because they lack 'context graphs'—structured records of *why* decisions were made. Dharmesh Shah notes most enterprises are still too early in data unification to implement this 'system of reasoning.' Tactical implication: Delay full agent autonomy; instead, manually log decision logic in CRM fields to build training sets for future context layers.
5 Key Enterprise SEO And AI Trends For 2026
by Search Engine Journal Read time: 4 minutes · Marketing
Score: +3320
BrightEdge data reveals 34% of AI citations originate from PR coverage, while 10% come from social channels. 'Agentic' crawlers like GPTBot require plain-text efficiency rather than JavaScript-heavy experiences. Tactical implication: Strip JavaScript dependencies from core informational pages and implement schema markup that explicitly defines pricing and availability for agents.
The State of Newsletters 2026
by beehiiv Blog Read time: 4 minutes · Marketing
Score: +3150
Paid newsletter revenue on beehiiv surged 138% to $19M in 2025, with the median time to first dollar dropping to just 66 days. Open rates remained steady at 41% despite volume growth to 28B emails. Tactical implication: Activate paid subscriptions immediately upon launch for niche content, rather than waiting for arbitrary free-subscriber milestones.
t₋2 2 days ago 2026-01-09
3 incrementality testing mistakes — and how to avoid them
Highest rated content by Tom Leonard Read time: 7 minutes · Measurement
Score: +3580
Incrementality testing fails when treated as a verdict rather than a loop. Tom Leonard argues that a 1% lift is meaningless unless translated into incremental CPA or ROAS. Tactical implication: Define a decision tree before testing (e.g., "if iROAS < 2.0, we cut spend") to force action over observation.
The State of Newsletters 2026
by Tyler Denk Read time: 15 minutes · Email Marketing
Score: +3480
beehiiv data from 28 billion emails shows open rates rising to 41.24% in 2026, with paid subscriptions jumping 138% to $19M. Short subject lines (<20 words) drive opens, but long ones (80-100 words) double click-through rates to 7.78%. Tactical implication: Switch subject lines to <20 words for daily sends, but test long-form subjects for high-intent sales emails.
Email marketing is becoming an agent-to-agent system
by Constantine von Hoffman Read time: 6 minutes · Email
Score: +3220
Gmail and Yahoo's AI summaries now act as gatekeepers, filtering emails before humans see them. Sinch data shows 42% of consumers demand personalized promotions, pushing brands toward "agent-ready" metadata over clever subject lines. Tactical implication: Audit email HTML to ensure key offers are machine-readable in the first 1KB of code for AI summarizers.
Anthropic is going parabolic
by Marc Baumann Read time: 4 minutes · AI Strategy
Score: +2600
Anthropic is raising $10B at a $350B valuation, with 80% of revenue now coming from enterprise API customers. Claude Code alone generates over $1B in annualized revenue, signaling a shift toward industrial-grade AI utility. Tactical implication: Prioritize Claude 3.5 Sonnet for internal automated workflows where data privacy and complex reasoning outperform raw speed.
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