MarTech Insights and Highlights from 2025

MarTech faces an 8.6% vendor churn rate despite AI expansion. Scott Brinker, VP of Platform Ecosystem at HubSpot and founder of chiefmartec.com, shares insights on navigating the evolving landscape where AI didn't consolidate MarTech but fragmented it further. He discusses context engineering as the evolution beyond prompt engineering, combining deterministic workflows with LLM capabilities for better data analysis and customer service automation. Brinker predicts 2026 will shift focus from AI for marketers to AI for customers, fundamentally disrupting traditional sales playbooks as buyers gain information asymmetry through agentic browsers and AI assistants. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .