Auxia Raises $23.5M to Redefine Brand Personalization with Agentic AI

VMG Technology Partners led the latest round, with participation from over 50 industry leaders, including Google CMO Lorraine Twohill, Booking.com CMO Arjan Dijk, and former Meta Chief Business Officer David Fischer Google and Meta alumni founded Auxia to give marketing teams the same AI capabilities used by tech giants without requiring specialized data science teams [...]

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Here’s What Execs at Best Buy, Walmart, and Others Are Saying as They Brace for Tariffs

As President Donald Trump's promised tariffs on China, Mexico, and Canada become a reality, brands are anticipating that they will charge higher prices to pay for the trade war. Public company CEOs are getting prodded for answers from investors about the impact of tariffs on their businesses. ADWEEK pulled together recent earnings reports and news...

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Tom Llamas to Succeed Lester Holt on NBC Nightly News

NBC News announced on Thursday that Tom Llamas will succeed Lester Holt as NBC Nightly News anchor and managing editor, beginning this summer. Llamas will continue to anchor his weeknight NBC News Now program Top Story with Tom Llamas. "Anchoring NBC Nightly News is a profound honor and one that carries tremendous responsibility. I look...

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Google Launches AI Mode for Searches

Google is testing a new AI Mode for Search, it said Wednesday. The experimental program generates an entire page of AI-powered results in response to user queries. Unlike Google's existing AI Overviews, which surface a single AI-generated answer at the top of a user's search results, AI Mode is designed to handle more complex, multi-step...

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Longtime Hartford Reporter Tom Monahan Dies at 84

Tom Monahan, a longtime reporter for NBC Connecticut, has died at the age of 84. Monahan's wife Nancy said he was in Florida when he died. He suffered a stroke Sunday night. Monahan retired in 2010 after working at WVIT for 45 years. He started his career there in 1965 as as a booth announcer....

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Volvo Debuts Its First Ad Created Solely By AI—and There’s Not a Single Car In It

Can an automotive ad that doesn't mention or show any cars turn buyers on to the idea of dropping up to $80,000 on an electric vehicle? That's one of several questions raised by the debut of a new Volvo ad that recently aired in Saudi Arabia. Produced by Dubai-based Lion Creative for Volvo's Europe, Middle...

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