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CIBC Innovation Banking Provides Growth Capital to AI-Powered Go-to-Market Platform Landbase

CIBC Innovation Banking Provides Growth Capital to AI-Powered Go-to-Market Platform Landbase SAN FRANCISCO & TORONTO--( BUSINESS WIRE )--CIBC Innovation Banking has provided growth capital financing to Landbase, an AI-powered go-to-market automation platform. The funding will support Landbase's growth plans and product development. Landbase's platform leverages machine learning technology to automate sales and marketing workflows. The company's GTM-1 Omni  agentic AI   model enables businesses to streamline their go-to-market processes through automated prospect research, personalized messaging, and campaign optimization. CEO Daniel Saks on Transforming Go-to-Market Strategies Daniel Saks, CEO of Landbase, said: "Traditional go-to-market approaches have been plagued by fragmented teams, high costs, and inefficiencies. With Landbase, we're transforming this landscape by introducing intelligent automation that combines the best of AI and human pe...

2024 Saw the Rise of the AI SDR. In 2025, Agentic AI Will Go Further and Transform GTM Strategies Forever

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Twenty-twenty-four marked a pivotal moment for AI-supported sales. Upstart developers of the technology received record levels of funding. New platforms were unveiled. And customer adoption — or at least experimentation — soared. It’s no surprise that AI-empowered sales tools are expected to grow at double-digit rates for years to come. The  Global AI Sales Assistant Software Market  alone was valued at $18.58 billion in 2023 and is projected to grow at a CAGR of 20.2% from 2024 to 2030. By then, it will be worth $67.36 billion, according to Virtue Market Research (2024). However, the news on AI-enabled sales technology is not universally upbeat. The number of startups that develop this technology is unsustainably high. Some technologists have embraced brash tactics that make sales professionals uneasy. One launched a campaign in late 2024 suggesting that organizations should “ stop hiring humans .” And while solving one problem — the difficulty of eliminating man...