AI reshapes marketing: Palantir deals, ChatGPT ads, CMOs pivot
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Jun 24, 2026
AI reshapes marketing: Palantir deals, ChatGPT ads, CMOs pivot
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Marketing just did a high-speed pivot — part data infrastructure, part creative revival — and entrepreneurship got a reminder that founders come from surprising places (yes, colleges and colonial shops). Expect more tools, faster experiments, and old narratives getting a software update.
Marketing
AI, data deals, and new CMO moves are rewiring marketing
A big enterprise play: Palantir is teaming with Zeta Global to build an AI-powered marketing infrastructure that promises richer data-driven campaigns and agency-grade tooling. [P]At Cannes and beyond, marketing leaders — from CMOs at Gap and American Express to Ferrari’s new CMO hire — are stressing authenticity, speed, and creative risk, while OpenAI’s pitch that 20% of ChatGPT queries have commercial intent signals ads could follow conversational intent into the funnel.
Entrepreneurship
Where unicorn founders come from — college rankings and origin stories
The University of Georgia climbed the list as No. 8 school for producing unicorn founders, underscoring how talent pipelines and campus ecosystems still matter for startup formation. [P]Meanwhile the America 250 series reframes the nation’s founding through small-business and entrepreneurial stories, a useful reminder that business-building is as historical as it is hypergrowth-focused today.