Episode Details

Your daily read on where AI meets go-to-market, hosted by Jack King. This week's stories, capped off today (July 24, 2026):

• OpenAI launches Presence — a managed platform for production voice & chat agents, with BBVA, SoftBank, and IAG as early enterprise partners. The unlock is governance and trust, not raw capability. OpenAI · VentureBeat
• ServiceNow crosses $1B in AI ACV — up 40%+ sequentially; agentic AI in production up 9x in nine months; 123 deals over $1M. CEO Bill McDermott calls it "the agentic front door to the enterprise." SiliconANGLE
• Zoom Revenue Accelerator — new AI that drives revenue action, not just insight, coaching reps on the next move in live deals. Telecom Reseller
• HubSpot Agent Hub & Agent Builder — public beta for one place to build, monitor, and coordinate GTM agents that share customer context, targeting "agent sprawl." Martech Notes · CMSWire
• EU AI Act Article 50 goes live August 2 — chatbot disclosure, deepfake labeling, and machine-readable marking of AI output become enforceable; fines up to €15M or 3% of global turnover, even as watermarking mandates outpace the tech. Sidley · TechTimes
• Model Context Protocol grows up — the 2026-07-28 spec (biggest revision yet) ships a stateless core, MCP Apps, a Tasks extension, and stable enterprise-managed authorization; 10,000+ public servers, 97M+ monthly installs. MCP Blog · InfoQ

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