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Seismic-Highspot Merger Highlights AI Readiness Gap as Martech Releases Accelerate

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Seismic and Highspot merged into a $100M R&D AI revenue-enablement platform, but Forrester warns most customers lack the data integration and infrastructure to use advanced capabilities.

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The combined Seismic-Highspot entity will invest heavily in AI agents and engagement intelligence, but per Forrester analysts cited by MarTech, for every customer with systems ready to adopt advanced features, two or three struggle with disconnected data and poor alignment between sales and marketing. The week also saw a flurry of AI tool launches across email, video generation, search visibility tracking, and autonomous growth agents—a sign of accelerating adoption pressure across the martech landscape.

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