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CFOs are done writing blank checks for AI innovation that never ships. As Adrian Bridgwater explores in his latest for Techzine, 2026 is when the music stops for pilot purgatory. The focus is shifting toward operational sanity, where AI success is measured by real KPIs, reduced cycle times, and measurable revenue. Our CTO Tal Lev-Ami points out that while every generation of models gets better, the winners will be those who prioritize production readiness over flashy demos. See where the industry is heading: 🔗 https://okt.to/AhXRsD

29 billion image views. +335,000 views per second. 🤯 The data from Black Friday 2025 is clear: the shopper journey is more visual, more mobile, and more automated than ever before. 📈 Video Boom: Views increased by 26% compared to 2024. 📱 Mobile First: Mobile traffic saw a 15% increase compared to desktop. 🤖 AI Adoption: A staggering 80% growth in AI usage across enterprise and small businesses. What could be done differently during the next big shopping push? Swipe through the insights and download our playbook to unwrap your way to a more successful holiday season. https://okt.to/r0xvJH

Need sharper images and smaller file sizes without extra effort? HEIF is a modern image format that delivers high quality with efficient compression. It supports transparency, multiple images, and editing metadata in one file. If you care about performance, storage, and flexibility, this format can make a real difference especially on Apple devices. 🎥 Learn more:

Partner Kickoff Europe is almost here — Vienna, Feb 11–12! We’re gearing up for two incredible days with our European partner community as we align on strategy, innovation, and growth for 2026. 🔥 Agenda Highlights: • Partner‑First Strategy for 2026 — led by Karim Iskandar & Ben Rund • PXM & MDM Roadmap in the era of Agentic AI & Commerce • Syndigo University LIVE — hands‑on classroom training + immediate certifications • Competitive Deep Dive & Analyst Perspectives with Helen Grimster • Implementation Best Practices with Sachin Kumar & Partners 🙌 Huge shoutout to our sponsors & partners joining us in driving innovation and elevating PXM + MDM excellence across Europe. Advellence Solutions AG, Sharedien, Cloudinary , ThoughtSpark 📍 Location: Hotel Almanac Palais Vienna Let’s make 2026 our biggest year yet. 💥Register: https://ow.ly/cq3O50XWwoY #Syndigo #PartnerKickoff #PIM #MDM #PXM #Alliances #EUEvent #Vienna2026

Automation is great for efficiency, but customers are starting to crave intimacy. The brands that win in 2026 will be those that define hyper-personalization through human behavior rather than just data segments. In a new piece for TechDay US, our CTO Tal Lev-Ami predicts a paradox where campaigns become more automated while the content itself feels more personal. Scaling these unique, one-to-one visual experiences is the next big hurdle for retail. Check out the four predictions shaping the future of visual commerce: 🔗 https://okt.to/tPF0Ln

Building a Flask app is great. Writing boilerplate logic for media uploads, storage, and optimization is not. It's time to take your media workflow from "painful but necessary" to "effortless and scalable." This new guide shows Python developers how to automate the entire media lifecycle, images, video, and audio so you can focus 100% on building the features your users love. Read the tutorial and level up your Flask deployment: https://okt.to/utAqlC

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llms.txt gives your AI agent "house rules" for reading documentation. Think of it like robots.txt, but for LLMs. If you are a developer working inside Cursor, you can use this concept to automate Cloudinary image transformations. By wiring up our MCP Server and providing the right transformation rules, you can steer the AI toward valid, minimal syntax, so you spend less time fixing URLs and more time shipping. This deep dive covers: 👉 Setting up the MCP server in Cursor3. 👉 Priming the agent with llms.txt context4. 👉 Generating complex transformation URLs (like circular crops with text overlays) purely through prompting. Read the guide: https://okt.to/jeBW2Z

Scaling a platform often hits a wall when manual moderation cannot keep up with user uploads. This bottleneck forces teams to choose between growth speed and community safety. Automating this through Cloudinary allows for real time analysis before content ever reaches your audience. It ensures a safe environment while keeping the production pipeline moving. Read the technical breakdown for safer UGC here. https://okt.to/ZC8V0p