Stop Confusing RCS with SMS—The FCC Doesn’t
If RCS had a relationship status with regulation, it would say “It’s complicated.” In fact, RCS is frequently misplaced on a company’s regulatory map. Just…
If RCS had a relationship status with regulation, it would say “It’s complicated.” In fact, RCS is frequently misplaced on a company’s regulatory map. Just…
Earnings calls, like job interviews, are self-serving narratives. That doesn’t mean they’re untrue, just that companies carefully frame the story they want the market to…
In commerce, the shopping cart is both the vehicle and the signal of revenue. It’s the tell. If this were poker, it’d be the shopper…
Eddie DeCurtis didn’t grow up watching The Sopranos—he lived it. His father and uncle were real-life made men. His childhood wasn’t filled with bedtime stories…
When it comes to stock valuation—an admittedly flawed and volatile metric—the cohort has largely recovered from the early year beating, tracking with the broader market.…
If you measure progress by focus, Braze made a strong case this quarter. Revenue held steady at $162.1M, up 20% year over year. Free cash…
If last week Upland quit messaging, this week call-tracking analytics powerhouse Invoca declaratively entered the text-messaging market with the acquisition of Symbl.ai. For almost twenty…
Kyle Blanchard has spent his entire career chasing engagement. First, it was extraterrestrials—he studied physics and astrophysics, landed a job offer with SETI, and almost…
Deepgram’s “State of Voice AI” report shows the industry is broadly bullish about using AI for voice interfaces. While the survey contains useful insights, the…
Loyaan Egal is, quite literally, an African American—born to a Somali father and an American mother. That kind of cultural whiplash—ninth grade in Saudi Arabia,…
This week’s results delivered two very different messaging narratives: LINK is doubling down on RCS and OTT, while Upland has officially exited messaging. Upland is…
Google says it’s sending 1 billion RCS messages a day in the US. That works out to about 30 billion a month or 360 billion…