Latest News | Brian Hanson

Musk’s AI chatbot Grok reportedly encouraged Trump to capture Venezuela’s president

President Trump reportedly asked for Grok's opinion before invading Venezuela and capturing Nicolás Maduro.

techcrunch.com•Oct 1, 2026

ChatGPT can now virtually try on clothes for you

OpenAI is rolling out new shopping features for ChatGPT that let users virtually try on clothing and accessories using their own photos and save products they like to a Favorites library.

techcrunch.com•Oct 1, 2026

Google thinks SpaceX’s Starship has to launch 1,600 times before space data centers get off the ground

Google launched its first advanced chip into orbit to pave the way for space data centers.

techcrunch.com•Oct 1, 2026

Sales

Best enterprise CRM software: A buyer’s comparison

The best enterprise CRM software unifies customer data across large, complex organizations while supporting demanding requirements for security, governance, integrations, and AI oversight. Compared with small-business tools, enterprise CRM software is designed for greater organizational scale, more complex permissions, multi-region requirements, and deeper in

blog.hubspot.com•Oct 1, 2026

Marketing

Diagnosing AEO gaps: A content audit guide

If you’ve been asked to diagnose and fix AEO gaps, the first step is to conduct an audit. For most brands, an AEO gap is any reason an AI answer engine can’t (or won’t) use its page as a source.

blog.hubspot.com•Oct 1, 2026

OpenAI cuts ties with 3 safety researchers, WSJ reports

OpenAI has parted ways with three safety researchers after an internal investigation found they mishandled sensitive company information, report says.

techcrunch.com•Oct 1, 2026

Opus 5.5 loves to tell you ‘this matters’ (and other AI writing tells)

Opus 5.5’s biggest tell is the word “dependable,” which pops up 23 times more often than in human samples.

techcrunch.com•Oct 1, 2026

The eternal complement

Advanced AI may matter most for the routine work behind breakthrough ideas. Explore why execution could shape the next economy and the pace of progress.

openai.com•Oct 1, 2026

Amazon releases its own Jev clone as decision models flood the web

Amazon Web Services' Strand Labs has released the latest Jevalike decision model, Strands Decider 2B.

techcrunch.com•Oct 1, 2026

Shopify debuts Canvas, a way to build online stores by chatting with AI

Shopify’s new Canvas site builder lets merchants create and customize their online stores by chatting with its AI agent Sidekick, while watching the changes happen in real time.

techcrunch.com•Oct 1, 2026

How Albertsons Companies is reimagining retail from the inside out

Albertsons Cos. is using ChatGPT Enterprise and the OpenAI API to help teams work faster and make grocery shopping easier for millions of customers.

openai.com•Oct 1, 2026

Photon held a funeral for mobile apps. Now it has $4.5M to help replace them with agents

The startup helps developers build AI agents that work over iMessage, SMS/RCS, email, and other messaging platforms. It's a bet that consumers will increasingly use agents instead of downloading apps.

techcrunch.com•Oct 1, 2026

Introducing Flow by ServiceNow: a new AI service desk that deploys instantly

ServiceNow announced Flow, an AI service desk that the company says can be deployed in a day without infrastructure, an implementation project, or employee training, with eligible existing customers able to activate it without additional procurement costs.

businesswire.com•Oct 1, 2026

Marketing

Growth7 Launches AI Marketing Platform That Turns CRM Data Into Pipeline Action

Growth7 announced an AI marketing platform that uses CRM data to recommend or execute actions across email, SMS, AI voice, and social, while also offering lead sourcing, content and social automation, website edits, and campaign reporting.

einpresswire.com•Oct 1, 2026

Hearing tech startup Legato launches its AI hearing glasses

The glasses stem from the startup’s goal of making hearing care more accessible by addressing the cost, comfort, and stigma associated with traditional hearing aids.

techcrunch.com•Oct 1, 2026

Helport AI Publishes White Paper on AI Labor and the Evolution of Enterprise Digital Workforces

Helport AI published a white paper describing digital workers used for case analysis, enterprise-system interactions, customer outreach, collection-note recording, and case-status updates, and reported that its training and production-launch cycle was reduced by approximately 50%.

globenewswire.com•Oct 1, 2026

Satlyt, founded by a former Google and SpaceX product manager, raises $8M to run AI on satellites

Satlyt wants to be the Android of orbital computing, offering open software that works on many companies' satellites, versus SpaceX's closed, all-in-one iPhone-style approach.

techcrunch.com•Oct 1, 2026

Marketing

Nine10: An AI-First Agency Helping Grande Prairie Businesses Build a Stronger Online Presence

Nine10 described an AI-focused agency service for Grande Prairie businesses that includes SEO, Google Business Profile optimization, lead generation, conversion-rate optimization, chatbots, virtual receptionists, and content-creation tools.

digitaljournal.com•Oct 1, 2026

Marketing

Pipedrive rolls out Nova AI meeting tool worldwide

Pipedrive made its Nova AI meeting-intelligence tool generally available worldwide, offering sales teams pre-call briefings, meeting transcription, and draft CRM updates for review across Google Meet, Zoom, and Microsoft Teams.

itbrief.co.uk•Oct 1, 2026

Marketing

How AI Agents Are Changing the Visibility Game for Small Businesses

The article explains how small businesses can structure their websites and connect customer, order, and payment data so AI agents can help customers with tasks such as product discovery, inventory checks, orders, and returns.

mytotalretail.com•Oct 1, 2026

The Den frees up 10-15 hours a week to grow with ChatGPT Work

As it opens a new location, the social club prepares grant applications in 2 hours instead of 3 days and liquor-license materials in 3 hours instead of 4 days.

openai.com•Oct 1, 2026

Marketing

Meta launches Muse for Small Business to give SMEs access to agentic AI

Meta launched Muse for Small Business, an AI agent that can connect to Facebook Pages, Instagram professional analytics, Meta advertising accounts, and other business tools to help with operations and finding new customers.

betanews.com•Oct 1, 2026

Google releases Gemini 4 Argon, called its most powerful model yet

Google has released its latest Gemini model, marketing it as a workhorse for coding and cybersecurity work.

techcrunch.com•Sep 30, 2026

Marketing

Norzer Launches Halo One, a Complete Digital Foundation for New Local Small Businesses

Norzer announced Halo One, a digital-presence service for new local small businesses that includes social-media setup, Google Ads readiness, and visibility across AI-search tools.

digitaljournal.com•Sep 30, 2026

Valor, Atreides, and Sequoia back AI startup Flow Engineering at $750M valuation

Flow Engineering, which is bringing AI agents to hardware design, also landed Roelof Botha as an angel investor and board member.

techcrunch.com•Sep 30, 2026

Apollo Reveals the AI GTM System Bringing Data, Intelligence and Execution into a Single Engine, Ushering in the Future of Go-to-Market

Apollo announced Builder Studio, the Apollo Intelligence Layer, and Messaging OS to help revenue teams create AI-powered go-to-market workflows, prioritize opportunities, and execute customer messaging.

wowktv.com•Sep 30, 2026

OpenAI’s Jev clone could help the frontier lab stop its swarming agents

OpenAI's "Decisions API" is a Jev clone that confirms the importance of fast, cheap intelligence.

techcrunch.com•Sep 30, 2026

Meta Launches More Business-Facing Muse AI Offerings

Meta announced a Muse for Small Business offering intended to help small businesses pursue customers, create promotional campaigns, assess cash flow, identify customer-connection opportunities, and improve marketing.

mediapost.com•Sep 30, 2026

AI voice startup ElevenLabs doubles valuation to $22B

The $300 million employee tender was co-led by Wellington and T. Rowe Price.

techcrunch.com•Sep 30, 2026

Sales

Revenue operations tools: A framework for team alignment

Revenue operations tools are the connected software systems that help marketing, sales, customer success, and other revenue teams work from shared data and processes across the customer lifecycle. A CRM can serve as the system of record. Still, a RevOps stack usually also includes specialized tools for data quality, automation, revenue intelligence, forecasting, sales engag

blog.hubspot.com•Sep 30, 2026

Marketing

HuskyTail Digital Puts AI to Work Behind the Scenes to Cut Client Turnaround Time

HuskyTail Digital said it moved administrative client-work tasks to an AI-assisted workflow to reduce turnaround time while retaining human handling of performance calls, SEO blueprints, content planning, and client recommendations for service businesses.

digitaljournal.com•Sep 30, 2026

Reddit is killing RSS feeds and ending public API access because of AI bots

Reddit is ending support for RSS feeds, as the company continues tightening access to its trove of user-generated content.

techcrunch.com•Sep 30, 2026