Today's B2B Growth Pulse
RecVue adds Revenue Share app to Salesforce AgentExchange
RecVue launched its Revenue Share solution on the Salesforce AgentExchange marketplace. The app automates partner, channel and multi‑party revenue‑share calculations within Salesforce Revenue Cloud and Agentforce Sales, replacing spreadsheets and custom code while delivering audit‑ready traceability and contract‑specific compliance.
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By the numbers: Ilant Health raises $15M Series A
Hyundai Presses Boston Dynamics for Tens of Thousands of Atlas Robots by 2029
Hyundai Motor Group has asked Boston Dynamics to deliver tens of thousands of Atlas humanoid robots for its automotive plants, targeting a 30,000‑unit annual capacity. The demand coincides with leadership upheaval at Boston Dynamics and a broader push by Kia to embed Atlas robots in its 2028‑2029 factories.
SSH Group to Acquire EMS in $2 Million Deal, Expanding Mining Services
Australian metals firm SSH Group Ltd signed a binding agreement to acquire Elphinstone Mechanical Services (EMS) for A$2.5‑3.0 million ($1.7‑$2.0 million). The cash‑and‑stock deal adds heavy‑mining services in Perth, Karratha and Mackay, and is expected to be earnings‑accretive, though SSH shares fell...
The Business You Build Vs. The Business That Builds Itself
Many founders equate more leads and hires with growth, but the underlying model often lacks compounding power. The article argues that simply increasing inputs leads to a perpetual cycle of revenue inflow and outflow, leaving the business feeling heavier rather...
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What Keeps SMBs From Using Embedded Payments
Vertical SaaS platforms can leverage deep customer insight, but up to 40 % of SMBs that sign up for embedded payments never activate the feature. The gap stems from generic messaging, cumbersome onboarding and unclear pricing, not from resistance to change....
Why Your Salesforce Lead Routing Isn’t Delivering Speed-to-Lead (and How to Fix It)
Many sales teams rely on Salesforce’s static lead assignment rules, which allocate leads without considering a rep’s real‑time availability or workload. This creates speed‑to‑lead leakage, longer response times, and uneven lead distribution, harming conversion rates and team morale. The article...
FIRSTLINE Launches in Dubai to Turn Guest Influence Into Measurable Business Growth
Freedom International Group has launched FIRSTLINE in Dubai, a performance‑based loyalty platform for high‑end restaurants. The solution integrates with SevenRooms, allowing venues to track spend, referrals and rewards without adding upfront marketing costs. Backed by $2.5 bn in assets, the rollout...
What to Say in Your First Outreach Message
Salespeople often hear silence because their first outreach messages are too long, self‑focused, or misdirected. The article advises keeping the initial email to two‑three sentences, leading with a prospect‑specific problem, and avoiding a personal introduction in the first line. It...
Vanessa Hudgens’ A Star Is Born Kids’ Brand to Make a Splash With New Licensing Deals
Vanessa Hudgens’ children’s lifestyle label A Star Is Born has secured long‑term multicategory licensing deals with Centric Brands and Jay Franco & Sons, with product roll‑out slated for 2027. Centric will handle soft‑goods—over 90 items ranging from apparel to bath accessories—while Jay Franco...
Three Ways to Succeed in a New Market
Three precision‑machining shops illustrate distinct pathways to capture new markets. Coastal Machine pivoted from oil‑gas to aerospace by investing in DMG MORI five‑axis machines and real‑time monitoring, achieving a 60/40 aerospace‑oil‑gas mix. Aerotech Machining paired its large‑part aerospace business with a...
Winx Health Has Tripled Its Retail Revenue in the Last Three Months. Now, It’s Launching Into Walmart
Women’s health startup Winx Health is launching its products in more than 1,200 Walmart stores, Walmart.com and the Walmart app after tripling retail revenue in the past three months. The rollout features its UTI “Test + Treat” kit and a...
How to Research a Prospect in 5 Minutes Before You Ever Hit Send
CueGrowth, an AI‑driven prospect enrichment platform, promises to cut SDR research time from roughly 15 minutes per lead to about five minutes by automatically surfacing real‑time business signals such as hires, funding rounds, and product launches. The tool enriches uploaded...
Button Appoints Lauren Newman as CRO to Drive $12B Sales Growth
Button announced the hiring of industry veteran Lauren Newman as chief revenue officer. Newman, who delivered a 220% year‑over‑year EBITDA increase at Red Ventures, will oversee revenue‑generating initiatives as the company leverages its AI‑driven commerce platform that has already generated...
Parag Agrawal’s Parallel Web Systems Secures $100 Million Series B, Valued at $2 B
Former Twitter chief Parag Agrawal’s AI startup Parallel Web Systems closed a $100 million Series B round led by Sequoia Capital, pushing its post‑money valuation to roughly $2 billion (Rs 19,020 crore). The funding will accelerate product rollout for its real‑time web‑enabled AI agents and...
Pmtbox Closes $15 Million Seed Round to Build Unified Enterprise Commerce Platform
pmtbox announced a $15 million seed financing led by a group of Utah fintech founders, aimed at expanding its engineering and risk teams and accelerating go‑to‑market for its unified commerce layer. The round also brings Alex Bean and Nick Thomas onto...
Kuaishou Partners with Zhejiang Supermarkets to Push Offline Retail, Targeting Growth Revival
Kuaishou has announced a partnership with local Zhejiang supermarket chains to embed its Kuaishou Supermarket brand inside physical stores. The move comes as the platform’s e‑commerce GMV growth fell to 17% in 2024 and it faces a regulatory probe, prompting...
Rising CPA Forces B2B Marketers to Embrace Build‑Based Demand Generation
B2B marketers are moving away from pure bid‑adjustment tactics after cost‑per‑acquisition (CPA) spikes across a retail media market projected to hit $69.33 billion in 2026. The shift emphasizes high‑quality creative, product‑feed hygiene, and rolling demand‑generation programs to restore efficiency.
Actively Secures $45M Series B to Build AI Sales Agents Aimed at Salesforce
Actively announced a $45 million Series B round, valuing the startup at $250 million. The funding will accelerate its AI‑driven sales‑assistant platform that creates a custom agent for each account, a move seen as a direct challenge to Salesforce’s legacy CRM model.
Bentley Systems Gains FedRAMP Authorization for ProjectWise Cloud, Opening Federal Market
Bentley Systems announced that its ProjectWise and OpenGround platforms have received FedRAMP Moderate Impact Level authorization, allowing U.S. federal agencies to deploy the cloud‑based tools for infrastructure design and management. The clearance removes a key security barrier and positions Bentley...
USA TODAY Co. AI Licensing Beats Ad Revenue in Q1 2026, Driving $18.8M Surge
USA TODAY Co. reported that AI licensing revenue of $18.8 million in the first quarter of 2026 exceeded its traditional advertising earnings, marking the first time AI services have become the larger revenue line. The surge helped lift net income to...
Atlassian Posts 32% Revenue Jump in Q3 2026 on AI‑Driven Cloud Growth
Atlassian announced a 32% year‑over‑year revenue increase to $1.8 billion for its fiscal Q3 2026, crediting AI‑enhanced cloud services and strong enterprise adoption. The earnings beat sent the stock up nearly 30% and underscored the company’s shift away from legacy data‑center...
AD Posts 28% Surge in Member Purchases and Adds 74 New Members in Q1 2026
AD announced a 28% increase in member purchases and a net gain of 74 members in the first quarter of 2026, driven by its recent merger with The Commonwealth Group and a wave of acquisitions. The growth underscores the power...
CEO Interview with Geoffrey Rodgers of Chameleon Semiconductor
Chameleon Semiconductor, led by CEO Geoffrey Rodgers, provides a soft embedded FPGA (eFPGA) IP fabric delivered as synthesizable RTL, allowing post‑silicon programmability in ASICs and SoCs. The company targets a "design‑for‑change" model, letting customers update functionality after tape‑out and avoid...
Lenovo Appoints Sumir Bhatia as APAC Chief Commercial Officer to Lead Hybrid AI
Lenovo named veteran Sumir Bhatia as its inaugural Chief Commercial Officer for the Asia Pacific region, launching a dedicated commercial organization to sell hybrid AI solutions. The move follows the planned retirement of COO Ivan Cheung and signals a tighter...
Oracle Shares Plunge 50% Amid $300 B OpenAI Deal Concerns
Oracle's shares have tumbled roughly half from their September peak after investors flagged concentration risk tied to a $300 billion five‑year partnership with OpenAI. Despite 41 of 51 Wall Street analysts rating the stock a buy and projecting a 43% upside,...
RoshAi Rolls Out Level‑4 Autonomous Trucks for Ports and Mines, Targets $6 M Revenue
RoshAi announced the commercial rollout of retrofit‑ready Level‑4 autonomous trucks for ports and mining operations, projecting operating revenue of ₹50 crore ($6 million) this fiscal year. The move addresses India’s acute driver shortage and expands high‑level autonomy beyond road‑way commuting.
Lift AI Unveils 85% Accurate Buyer‑Probability Scoring to Boost GTM Performance
Lift AI introduced a website buyer probability scoring system that predicts visitor purchase intent with over 85% accuracy. The tool evaluates hundreds of micro‑behaviors to prioritize high‑probability leads, aiming to fix the low ROI of current intent‑signal models.
Alphabet's AI-Driven Cloud Surge Narrows Valuation Gap with Apple in 2026
Alphabet's AI‑powered cloud business accelerated 63% YoY in Q1, pushing its market capitalization above Apple’s for the first time since 2019. The shift narrows the valuation gap between the two tech giants, highlighting enterprise AI as a decisive growth engine.
Five9 Beats Q1 Revenue Forecast, Cites AI-Driven Growth
Five9 reported first‑quarter revenue that exceeded analysts' expectations and pointed to AI‑driven revenue acceleration as a key growth driver. The earnings beat underscores the rising importance of AI in the cloud contact‑center SaaS market.
BofA Keeps Buy on Eli Lilly, Sets $1,133 Target After Strong Q1
Bank of America reaffirmed its Buy rating on Eli Lilly, lifting its price objective to $1,133—about 21% upside—following a first‑quarter that beat sales and earnings expectations. The analyst firm highlighted the drugmaker’s obesity and GLP‑1 momentum and adjusted its valuation...
Most Agencies Pay $5k/Mo for Leads that Go Nowhere.
Most agencies charge around $5,000 a month for LinkedIn leads that seldom convert. The author built a low‑code stack using n8n, Apify, GPT‑4, and PhantomBuster to automate prospect scraping, personalized outreach, and connection requests. AiSDR then takes over the follow‑up,...
Think Like an AE: Master TAM, CAC, ABM
The fastest way to earn your AE seat, is to start thinking and talking like one. It's not about closing harder. It's about thinking differently about the business you're selling into. SDRs book meetings. AEs navigate complex enterprises. And that navigation requires...
YouTube's Creator Partnerships API Gives Brands Data Access but No Commerce Tools
YouTube announced its Creator Partnerships API at the NewFronts earlier this spring, granting select ad‑tech firms access to creator performance metrics. The rollout solves the data gap for marketers while leaving e‑commerce attribution unaddressed, prompting brands to rethink influencer strategies.
BofA Lifts Meta Price Target to $835 as AI Spend Sparks Debate
Bank of America analyst Justin Post raised Meta Platforms' price target to $835 from $820, citing strong ad revenue and AI opportunities. The upgrade comes as Meta's AI‑heavy capital spending draws investor caution, highlighting a split view on the cost...
How to Build a Verified Doctors’ Email List in the USA
The article outlines how to build a verified doctors’ email list in the United States, presenting five tested methods ranging from a paid B2B lead‑finder to free public registries. It highlights Saleshandy Lead Finder as the fastest, most accurate option,...
Syngene International Names Abhijit Zutshi as Chief Commercial Officer to Drive Global CRO Growth
Syngene International Limited has appointed Abhijit Zutshi as Chief Commercial Officer. The 27‑year pharma veteran will oversee sales, marketing, client partnerships and digital initiatives, positioning the contract research organization for accelerated revenue growth and expanded global reach.
Amazon AWS Posts 28% YoY Growth, JPMorgan Lifts Price Target to $330
Amazon reported a 28% year‑over‑year increase in AWS revenue, its fastest growth in 15 quarters, while earnings beat expectations across the board. JPMorgan responded by lifting its price target for Amazon to $330, reflecting confidence in the AI‑driven expansion of...
Meet Customers Where They Are, Not Copy Channels
The marketing channel that works for someone else won't work for you. Copying their channel without understanding why it worked for them is cargo-culling. Start with the customer. Where do they go when they have the problem you solve? Show up there in...
Rocket Lab’s $1.85 B Backlog Fuels 28.5% Stock Surge, Showcasing Sales Strength
Rocket Lab’s order backlog swelled to $1.85 billion in the latest quarter, propelling its shares up 28.5% in April. The surge reflects the company’s ability to win and execute commercial launch contracts, positioning it as a fast‑growing player in the space‑services...
Former Genpact CEO Urges B2B SaaS Firms to Cannibalize Revenue with AI
In a Newsweek AI Impact Forum webinar, former Genpact CEO Tiger Tyagarajan told enterprise software leaders they must deliberately cannibalize current revenue by embedding AI, shifting from task‑based tools to outcome‑focused services. He argues the move is essential for long‑term value...
Leverage Existing Partners: You’re More Resourced Than You Think
It doesn’t matter how limited your resources are inside your business because you’re probably more resourced than you think you are. You are likely resourced with partners who are already invested, already credible, and already reaching the people you want to...
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Accenture Leads $110 Million Series C in Netomi, Boosting Agentic AI for Enterprise CX
Accenture Ventures spearheaded a $110 million Series C round for San Francisco‑based Netomi, pairing the funding with a strategic partnership to embed the startup’s agentic AI platform into enterprise customer‑experience operations. The deal also brings Adobe Ventures on board, signaling a broader...
B2B Video Delivers Triple Engagement and 20× Shares
Video is dominating B2B 👇 • 3x more engagement • 20x more shares • +47% CTR • 93% see ROI 🚀 If you’re not using video, you’re losing engagement. Via Giuliano Liguori (@ingliguori) #Marketing #B2B #Video https://t.co/pZb2QFEUTc
Closing the Insight‑Action Gap Boosts Deal Velocity
MyPOV: The gap between revenue insight and action is where deals stall. @Clari + @Salesloft just closed it. @CR_MSchneider with the hot take on their platform integration and new MCP server. Read more here: https://t.co/LMsf37cTul
Thoughtly Raises $5.5M to Embed AI Agents in CRMs, Targeting Lead‑coverage Gaps
Thoughtly closed a $5.5 million seed round led by Armory Sq. Ventures to launch a no‑code, omnichannel AI platform that embeds virtual agents directly into CRM workflows. The funding brings its total to over $8 million and aims to eliminate the industry‑wide...
LinkedIn Q1 Revenue Jumps 12% as B2B Marketers Double Down
LinkedIn reported a 12% year‑over‑year revenue increase in the first quarter, driven by growth across Talent Solutions, advertising and platform engagement. The surge underscores expanding B2B marketing spend on the professional network and hints at deeper monetization opportunities for Microsoft’s...
SmartRound Appoints Naoki Nakao as VP of Revenue to Drive AI‑plus Platform Shift
SmartRound announced that Naoki Nakao, a former Mizuho Bank banker and head of its investor success team, will serve as executive officer and Vice President of Revenue. The move is positioned as a catalyst for the company’s shift from a...
Parallel Web Systems Secures $100 Million Series B, Valued at $2 Billion
Parallel Web Systems, founded by former Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal, closed a $100 million Series B led by Sequoia Capital, lifting its valuation to $2 billion—nearly three times its November estimate. The funding will accelerate the rollout of its autonomous AI agents...
Digital Wave and ChannelEngine Link Data Platforms to Power 1,300 Marketplaces
Digital Wave Technology and ChannelEngine announced a partnership that connects Digital Wave’s ONE platform with ChannelEngine’s network of over 1,300 global marketplaces. The integration automates product‑data enrichment, pricing and order management, promising faster time‑to‑market and higher data quality for brands...