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ChurnZero, the leading Customer Success platform and partner, has launched a free version of Customer Success AI (CS AI™), the first generative artificial intelligence built into a Customer Success platform. Starting today, any Customer Success professional or team can use CS AI to ideate and draft customer engagements, content, and strategy ideas on demand, with no ChurnZero subscription necessary to use the tool.

Sesame Labs, a Web3 marketing platform that equips Web3 marketers with the tools they need to reach, engage, and attract users, today announced it has raised a $4.5 million seed funding round. The round is being co-led by Wing Venture Capital and Patron, with participation from DoubleJump, Forte, MoonFire, Samsung, Twin Ventures, and angel investors including Balaji Srinivasan, chief technology officer at Coinbase and founder of Earn; Robin Chan, co-founder of fractal; and Ryan Spoon, ex-chief operating officer at Sorare.

Acxiom, the customer intelligence company whose data-driven solutions create business growth by enabling better customer experiences, announces its public, cloud-based Data Clean Room built in partnership with Snowflake, the Data Cloud company. This offering, Powered by Snowflake, allows customers to securely share data sets with partners and platforms to identify high-value consumer segments, lapsing customers, co-branding, loyalty, and prospecting opportunities – without revealing personally identifiable information (PII).

NP Digital, a leader in performance marketing, today became the first independent performance marketing agency to receive the Universal Technical Institute (UTI) Agency Partner of the Year. The UTI marketing team presents the award for exceptional service and effective management of the integrated team across all UTI online marketing initiatives.

Sendinblue, a leader in digital marketing, is pursuing its ambitious growth strategy with the acquisition of Captain Wallet, a pioneering start-up and leader in mobile wallet marketing. This acquisition showcases a new strategic direction for the company: addressing the needs of retailers and large accounts by adding a customer loyalty and retention channel.

HR Path welcomes Unites States-based company Terra Information Group into the HR Path Group as they further establish their North American expertise and presence. HR Path is a global HR leader for more than 22 years, that supports companies as they undergo digital transformation.

Vultr recently earned certification from the prestigious MACH Alliance, a global consortium of companies and organizations dedicated to promoting open standards, interoperability, and vendor choice in the technology industry. Like Vultr, the MACH Alliance aims to create a more transparent and trustworthy digital ecosystem where customers have more control over their data and technology choices.

Bharti Airtel (NSE:BHARTIARTL) (“Airtel”), India’s leading communications solutions provider, and Vultr, the world’s largest privately-held cloud computing company, today announced a strategic partnership to offer cloud solutions to enterprises in India. Airtel will offer Vultr’s extensive suite of cloud solutions to its enterprise customers, especially those in the digital space and help them gain unrivaled global reach and cost-performance advantage to build, test, and run demanding cloud workloads.

G2, the world’s largest and most trusted software marketplace, today announced the winners of its annual Best Software Awards. Determined by G2’s proprietary algorithm based on verified user reviews and publicly available market presence data, hundreds of software companies and products have been named across 30 different “Best of” lists. “While there are hundreds of winners named to our Best Software Awards, it’s worth noting that there are well over 100,000 companies and products listed on G2” The awards recognize the top 100 global software companies and top 100 global software products, while more tailored lists — like those for specific regions and personas — spotlight a smaller set of 50 winners.

Aleph Group Inc, a leading global enabler of digital advertising, connecting 21,000+ advertisers across 115+ markets worldwide, has announced their majority acquisition of Clever Ads, a technology platform that automates client acquisition and ad spend management for Meta, Microsoft, Google, TikTok and Twitter. The acquisition will bring together Aleph's extensive global reach with Clever Ads' technology platform development capabilities, providing opportunities for further growth, and deepening relationships with the world's leading digital media players and their advertisers.