Nectar Social Raises $30M Series A to Build the Agentic Operating System for Modern Marketing. The San Francisco‑based startup announced a $30 million Series A round led by Menlo Ventures’ Anthology Fund—backed by AI pioneer Anthropic—with participation from True Ventures, GV (Google Ventures) and Gwyneth Paltrow’s Kinship Ventures. Co‑founders Misbah and Farah Uraizee, former Meta executives, used the capital to roll…

The Arizona‑based studio It All Started With A Idea announced a new AI driven strategist built exclusively for Google Ads, positioning it as the first agentic solution with Google‑approved Gemini access. Paired with a companion auditor called Buddy, the offering promises to shift small‑business media buying from “lever‑pulling” to strategic coaching. What the Announcement Entails…

SAN MATEO, Calif., May 15 — Shoplazza, the cloud‑based commerce platform that powers direct‑to‑consumer (DTC) brands, used SaaStr AI Annual 2026 to roll out an AI‑native Commerce Operating System built around a suite of conversational agents. The launch marks the company’s most aggressive push into AI‑driven commerce automation to date. A new layer of intelligence for online retail Shoplazza’s…

MediaGo’s SmartBid 3.0 Wins Two Stevie Awards, highlighting AI‑driven advances in programmatic bidding, as the San Francisco‑based ad‑tech firm announced on May 15, 2026. The company’s upgraded bidding engine earned Bronze Stevie® Awards in both “Artificial Intelligence / Machine Learning Solution – Other” and “Technology Innovation of the Year – Software,” marking its fourth consecutive year of recognition from…