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AI agents are now becoming central to marketing workflows. These agents are designed to handle manual, repetitive and time-consuming work, executing tasks inside systems like CRMs, analytics environments and marketing automation tools.

However, agentic AI requires a strong foundation to deliver value. According to Deloitte, nearly 60% of AI leaders and representatives cite their primary challenge in adopting agentic AI as integrating it with legacy systems. Agents need more than just API access; they need structured context, clear guardrails and actionable instructions. Without the proper foundation, agents can create friction rather than value.

A new open standard is emerging to aid the connection of data and AI/LLM tools: MCP, or the Model Context Protocol.

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The fast pace of trends and the maturing creator economy have created bottlenecks for brand deals. Creator commerce platform LTK wants to solve that problem by allowing brands to launch flat-fee campaigns that creators can opt in to as they see fit.

The company has just released Quick Collabs, a feature in its platform for creator marketing, called Brand Platform, that launched last November pairing brands with creators, Digiday has exclusively learned. LTK claims to reach 44 million customers shopping monthly and spending over $6 billion annually — in addition to access to 400,000 creators and 8,000 retailers.

“If we make all of that data available and build toolkits into a single platform, and we give brands free unlimited seats, they’re equipped to leverage and harness creator marketing in a productive way,” LTK president and co-founder Amber Venz Box said.

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