The Martech Futurist Blog
by GREG KIHLSTRÖM
Perspectives on Marketing Technology, AI Adoption, and CX
Start designing for the agent journey. Martech Futurist | April 11, 2026
The CMO role is being redefined in real time. This week, Oracle embedded AI agents into marketing command centers, Visa built infrastructure for AI agents to complete purchases autonomously, and OpenAI announced plans to become a $2.5B advertising platform by year's end. These go beyond incremental updates to structural shifts in how marketing operates.