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2026 Atlanta B2B buyer study: 43% turn to AI tools when vendor websites lack information, bypassing sales reps in early

HubSpot's Spring 2026 Spotlight delivers 100+ AI updates including Smart Deal Progression, AI agents, and expanded Claud

Stanford AI Index 2026: 88% of organizations use AI in core business functions, with 87% of marketers deploying generati

Salesloft adds three AI usage metrics to its analytics platform, tracking how sales teams adopt AI-assisted research too

Atlanta's CallRail launches Voice Assist, a 24/7 AI voice assistant for inbound calls.

Salesforce acquires Contentful and rolls out autonomous AI agents built for marketers.

Writer research: 79% of companies face AI adoption challenges; 59% spend $1M+ yearly but only 29% see major ROI.

Gartner survey: AI automation of marketing work to jump from 16% to 36% by 2028 as agentic AI spend hits $201.9B.

Clari + Salesloft names new CRO and CTO as the Atlanta-anchored revenue AI company builds out its platform.

Glean adds NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra to its enterprise AI search platform, improving accuracy for on-premises and private

Databricks Agent Bricks uses parallel retrieval to deliver 2x faster AI answers and 3x faster search latency in enterpri

Similarweb data shows generative AI platforms referred 226.8 million US visitors in January 2026, with longer sessions t

Key 2026 statistics on AI search behavior, zero-click rates, AI search market share, brand risk in AI Overviews, and enterprise marketing AI adoption from multiple primary research sources.

Writer's survey of 2,400 global business leaders finds 79% of enterprises face AI adoption challenges in 2026, with only 29% reporting significant ROI despite near-universal agent deployment.

Salesforce Connections 2026 unveils agentic marketing agents for prospecting, content creation, and autonomous campaign execution, including the acquisition of composable CMS platform Contentful.

Google's new AI search optimization guide defines AEO and GEO as part of standard SEO, names tactics marketers can skip, and introduces guidance for agentic website experiences.

Atlanta's Coca-Cola uses its Fuel Light 360 AI platform to cut marketing spend decisions from two weeks to one hour.

Microsoft data via Visual Capitalist: decision-making is the top workplace AI use case at 28% of all activity.

Microsoft datacenter academies at Atlanta Technical College and West Georgia Tech train Georgia's AI workforce.