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Team Velocity Acquires Foundation Direct: Analyst Take

Team Velocity Acquires Foundation Direct: Analyst Take

Team Velocity has acquired Foundation Direct, a digital agency founded by former Google automotive executives, to combine media strategy with its Apollo customer experience platform. The deal raises the ceiling of what Team Velocity can deliver for dealerships while concentrating more of the digital advertising stack inside a single vendor. ECI Research examines the competitive implications, attribution risks, and AI platform roadmap questions that will determine whether this acquisition creates durable advantage.

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SurfaceGX Launches AI Visibility Repair Platform | ECI Research

SurfaceGX Launches AI Visibility Repair Platform

SurfaceGX has launched an AI Visibility Repair Infrastructure platform designed to diagnose and remediate the technical and content signals that govern how brands are discovered, interpreted, and cited by AI answer engines. The platform moves beyond monitoring to generate deployable fixes including llms.txt files, schema updates, and GitHub pull requests. ECI Research analyzes what the launch means for ITDMs, developers, and the emerging AI visibility market.

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Vapi's $50M Series B: The Enterprise Voice AI Infrastructure Play

Vapi’s $50M Series B: The Enterprise Voice AI Infrastructure Play

Vapi has closed a $50M Series B and crossed 1 billion calls served, with Amazon Ring, Intuit, and New York Life among its enterprise customers. ECI Research analyzes why this funding round signals a shift in how enterprises are operationalizing voice AI, and what the governance roadmap means for IT decision-makers and developers evaluating the space.

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