Episode Details

Episode 38. Here's what happened today in AI and go-to-market. The intelligence layer under revenue went agentic, conversation data turned into live action, the bill for securing AI agents came due, Europe's disclosure clock hit 16 days, AI music grew up in court, and a Chinese startup neared a billion in sales while open-sourcing its best models.

Today's stories:

• 6sense launches its MCP Server (open beta) — proprietary GTM intelligence (buying stages, 6QA, intent) callable from any AI agent, no integration required. MarTech Series
• Clari + Salesloft launch Salesloft Conversation Intelligence — buyer signals become a live layer that feeds agents and sharpens the forecast in real time. GlobeNewswire
• The agent-security reckoning — record H1 cybersecurity M&A (219 deals, ~$9.1B) as buyers race to govern AI-agent and machine identities. Momentum Cyber
• EU AI Act Article 50 is enforceable Aug 2 — AI disclosure and content-marking rules land in 16 days; whoever publishes AI media owns the obligation. EU AI Act
• AI music matures as the labels litigate — ElevenLabs pushes licensed-data Music v2 while Suno and Udio face Sony and Universal suits. Decrypt
• Z.AI nears $1B in annual sales — the GLM maker is set to be the first independent Chinese AI firm to hit the mark, led by coding agents and open weights. Bloomberg

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