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At CDP World 2025, Treasure Data Signals an Evolution from CDP to AI Marketing Cloud

matt-garrepy

<hr /> Every conversation I'm having right now with vendors, agencies, and enterprises is squarely focused on agentic AI. Without question, it represents a game-changing initiative for organizations as they look to transform their operations – and prepare for the promise of the agent-to-agent ecosystem.While I've been steadily tracking the evolution of digital experience platforms and their customer data layers, I've also been paying close attention to the pure-play CDPs and data platforms, each of which is leveraging its composable position and innovating in unique ways. As the data warehouse takes on an even more strategic role in the AI landscape, we're seeing more transformation – and faster. That's certainly been the case with <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://cmscritic.com/products/hightouch">Hightouch</a>, a composable CDP and AI decisioning platform that's keenly focused on activating data warehouses to power personalized marketing. They've been aggressively solving some of the key operational challenges within the data channel, adding <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://cmscritic.com/hightouch-adds-new-ai-powered-adaptive-identity-resolution-to-its-cdp">AI-Powered Adaptive Identity Resolution</a> to its CDP, and even <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://cmscritic.com/hightouch-partners-with-narrative-io-to-power-multi-vendor-identity-resolution-and-activation">partnering with Narrative I/O and Snowflake</a> to provide multi-vendor identity resolution and activation.Hightouch is definitely blazing its own trail, ignited by an <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://cmscritic.com/u-cant-touch-this-cdp-hightouch-nails-80m-series-c-to-power-its-ai-decisioning">$80 million Series C</a> that closed earlier this year. While AI decisioning continues to be a key emphasis (and a category we're following with several other vendors), the company is driving its position as a data and AI agent platform for marketers. With agentic AI exploding at the seams – and the potential for extending agents beyond vendor ecosystems – it's clear that Hightouch is making a strong play as it telegraphs its differentiated value in this area. Now, it's adding the right talent to lead the charge by bringing an AI heavy hitter to its ranks. Announced today, <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/akilesh-bapu-24b333258/">Akilesh Bapu,</a> co-founder and former CEO of <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.deepscribe.ai/">DeepScribe</a>, has joined Hightouch as Head of AI Product Development. Bapu will lead the company’s AI product strategy, focusing on the development of autonomous, context-aware marketing agents that leverage Hightouch’s Composable CDP foundation.<h3 id="adding-an-ai-luminary-to-the-team">Adding an AI luminary to the team</h3>AI talent acquisition is fast becoming a key strategy for organizations, with leading tech brands like Meta and OpenAI <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.cnbc.com/2025/09/06/ai-talent-war-tech-giants-pay-talent-millions-of-dollars.html">spending hundreds of millions</a> on human capital to drive their strategies. Successful experience and demonstrable outcomes are key fixtures on the resumes of many candidates entering these roles, which makes the playing field much tighter – and incredibly competitive. Bapu is a rare gem in the AI talent pool. His technology credentials certainly put him at the top of the ladder, but they're bolstered by his proven business acumen. During his tenure at DeepScribe, he helped pioneer a medical AI solution that provides ambient clinical documentation by listening to patient-provider conversations in real time. Based on the input, DeepScribe automatically generates accurate medical notes that integrate into electronic health records, helping doctors save time and focus more on patient care.It's clear that governance, compliance, and trust were key considerations for Bapu and his team at DeepScribe. The sensitivity to a highly regulated intersection of AI and healthcare data has equipped him with the added muscle for managing risk relative to data privacy. No small task.As CEO, he also successfully built DeepScribe's growth strategy, leading multiple funding rounds and scaling the business through partnerships with major health systems. His work has established him as one of the foremost executives in applied AI, and he sees ample opportunity for leveraging his experience with Hightouch.A graduate of the esteemed UC Berkeley College of Engineering, Bapu was previously an NLP research scientist at <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/19024048/">Berkeley Artificial Intelligence Research</a>, where he focused on deep learning. He even has some Apple DNA in his work history. He is also a <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.forbes.com%2Fprofile%2Fdeepscribe%2F&amp;esheet=54331279&amp;newsitemid=20251001835418&amp;lan=en-US&amp;anchor=Forbes+30+under+30+honoree&amp;index=1&amp;md5=a5a00a53af80fed5a4be049367454795">Forbes 30 under 30 honoree</a>. <h3 id="powering-context-aware-marketing-agents">Powering context-aware marketing agents</h3>As we know in the CMS category, context is now driving the AI horizon. The same is true for CDP, where marketing presents a uniquely powerful domain for agentic AI. This is due to its closed-loop posture, which supports workflows that are fully autonomous and continuously optimized against enterprise data. Context-aware marketing agents are intelligent systems. They use AI to collect and interpret real-time data about a customer's behaviors, or "context," to deliver highly personalized and relevant marketing actions. Unlike traditional chatbots that use predefined scripts, these agents can adapt their behavior by remembering past interactions, analyzing user intent, and integrating data from various sources. CDPs (at least the best ones) are designed with scale as a cornerstone. With integrations across leading data platforms – including <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.snowflake.com/en/">Snowflake</a>, <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://cmscritic.com/products/databricks">Databricks</a>, and <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://cmscritic.com/products/google-cloud-platform">Google</a> – Hightouch is positioned to bring its enterprise-grade context to agentic reasoning, and do it at incredible scale. This could provide significant value to brands that are banking on agentic strategies to help drive the future of their personalized marketing by leveraging unfettered access to data. “As foundation models rapidly commoditize, the real breakthroughs will emerge at the application layer,” said Bapu. “Hightouch’s combination of deep enterprise data access and agentic reasoning creates the conditions for AI marketing agents that not only assist, but truly operate autonomously to drive measurable outcomes.”<h3 id="why-it-matters">Why it matters</h3>Hightouch is already setting a high bar in the pure-play CDP category. They are reimaging their place in the space with a compelling vision for AI and how agents can be harnessed across the data landscape. As a composable solution, Hightouch is uniquely positioned with the modularity and flexibility to accelerate innovation as enterprises push into new areas with agentic AI. Now, with a proven talent like Bapu shaping its AI product strategy, the company has assembled a dynamic foundation to challenge the market with its differentiated value.Context-aware marketing agents represent an evolutionary step in AI-powered agentic capabilities. They're a big part of this story, providing a continuous cycle of perceiving, analyzing, and acting that can elevate hyper-personalized marketing strategies in compelling ways. With the increased efficiency and scale, brands can harness these agents to make smarter, faster decisions while tapping autonomous workflows that are continuously optimized against enterprise data. By investing in a visionary roadmap for their applications, Hightouch can pull further ahead – and lay the framework for future capabilities. Hightouch is also being steered by a young, brilliant, and fiery leadership team that's focused on disruption. Bapu is cut from the same cloth, and the combined resources could deliver a powerhouse braintrust for new ideas that are accelerated by an AI-centric posture. And bringing in a talent at Bapu's level is sending a strong signal to the market about their overall confidence.“Akilesh’s track record of building transformative AI products and his conviction around the future of agentic workflows make him an extraordinary addition to the team,” said <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/tejasmanohar/">Tejas Manohar,</a> co-founder and CEO of Hightouch. “Together, we’re building the most advanced AI marketing agents in the industry.”Data is at the center of everything. To compete, modern brands need this kind of forward-thinking technology in their composable stacks to power what's next in the agentic race – and Hightouch just leveled up. While the roadmap has arguably been amplified with Bapu's addition, you should still focus your evaluation on core capabilities relative to your goals and consider the pricing model based on your anticipated scale. But Hightouch should be on your short list.  <hr /><h4 style="text-align:center" id="looking-for-guidance-on-hightouch?-talk-to-an-expert.">Looking for guidance on Hightouch? <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://cmscritic.com/contact">Talk to an expert.</a></h4><hr /><h3 id="upcoming-events">Upcoming Events</h3> <img style="width:31.61%" src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2025/08/storyblok-joyconf-2025-logo.jpg" /><h4 id="storyblok-joyconf-2025"><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://joyconf.storyblok.com/">Storyblok JoyConf 2025</a></h4>October 14-15, 2025 – Amsterdam, Netherlands November 4, 2025 – New York, NY November 6, 2025 – Los Angeles, CAJoin us at JoyConf 2025, where the future of content meets the people shaping it. Built for developers, marketers, and digital innovators, this free conference goes way beyond product updates or yet another strategy playbook. It’s where you’ll get inspired, get real, and get connected – to ideas, to the community, and to what’s possible when you build joyfully. Whether you're building lightning-fast frontends or launching cross-channel campaigns, this is where content becomes connection and collaboration becomes second nature. Come for the talks. Stay for the community. Leave with joy. <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://joyconf.storyblok.com/">Save your spot.</a> <img style="width:28.9%" src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2025/08/sitecore-symposium-2025.jpg" /><h4 id="sitecore-symposium-2025"><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://symposium.sitecore.com/">Sitecore Symposium 2025</a></h4>November 3-5, 2025 – Orlando, FLAt Sitecore Symposium, you’ll learn how to meet your customers where they are – across channels, moments, and touchpoints that didn’t exist a year ago. You’ll hear how the boldest brands in the world are transforming content into outcomes and creating experiences that are fast, relevant, and human. Join 1,500 marketers, digital leaders, and technologists in Orlando to see what’s possible when personalization scales, AI accelerates creativity, and trust becomes your competitive edge. This is the Third Wave of the Internet. And this is your moment to lead in it. <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://symposium.sitecore.com/">Get your tickets today.</a> <img style="width:31.44%" src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2025/08/cms-kickoff-2026-logo.png" alt="" /><h4 id="cms-kickoff-2026"><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.boye-co.com/conferences/cmskickoff26">CMS Kickoff 2026</a></h4>January 13-14, 2026 – St. Petersburg, FLMeet industry leaders at our fourth annual CMS Kickoff – the industry's premier global CMS event. Similar to a traditional kickoff, we reflect on recent trends and share stories from the frontlines. Additionally, we will delve into the current happenings and shed light on the future. Prepare for an unparalleled in-person CMS conference experience that will equip you to move things forward. This is an exclusive event – space is limited, <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.boye-co.com/conferences/cmskickoff26">so secure your tickets today.</a>

Hightouch Taps AI Luminary Akilesh Bapu to Accelerate Push into Context-Aware Marketing Agents

<hr /> Today’s marketers and brands need unfettered control over their data. They want to own and access it quickly and securely. To power that thirst for agency and extensibility, they need more consented ID backing them up. But getting there requires a cost-conscious solution that utilizes the most trusted connections across multiple providers – without the friction of any duplication.Now, <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://cmscritic.com/hightouch-adds-new-ai-powered-adaptive-identity-resolution-to-its-cdp">Hightouch</a>, a composable CDP and AI Decisioning platform, has launched a new composable identity partnership with <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.narrative.io/">Narrative I/O</a> that shows real potential for combining the best in data, technology, and governance.Hightouch continues to push the innovation boundaries with its customer data solutions. The company has been deploying new features regularly, including <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://cmscritic.com/hightouch-adds-new-ai-powered-adaptive-identity-resolution-to-its-cdp">AI-powered adaptive identity resolution</a> capabilities. By leveraging Narrative I/O’s data collaboration features, they’re now enabling marketers and media networks to assemble <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://aws.amazon.com/neptune/identity-graphs-on-aws/">identity graphs</a> by combining first-party data with over 30 third-party identity providers – directly and seamlessly in <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.snowflake.com/en/">Snowflake's</a> AI-powered Data Cloud.With this connection, brands and teams can activate audiences at scale across a massive cache of over 250 marketing channels, all while maintaining strict data governance controls.“Our customers consistently asked for more control over their identity data and activation strategies,” said <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/guptakashish/">Kashish Gupta,</a> Co-Founder and Co-CEO at Hightouch. “Our Composable Identity partnership with Narrative and Snowflake answers that call – enterprises own their data, control their identity graph, and can activate audiences how they choose while maintaining strong governance over data use. It's about giving power back to the customer.”Composable strategies are still raging, particularly in the age of agentic AI. This is reflected in the <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://cmscritic.com/an-alliance-for-ai-to-unlock-trusted-agent-to-agent-ecosystems-the-mach-alliance-is-evolving">MACH Alliance’s positioning</a>, crystallizing how organizations are relying on composable, cloud-native solutions to drive AI transformation and enable greater control over data and activation. The Narrative I/O partnership also reinforces what Hightouch sees as a shift in adtech and martech away from single-vendor lock-in and dependency.There’s an important distinction with the Hightouch/Narrative I/O partnership that's worth pointing out. With most traditional identity providers, customer data is treated as a proprietary asset. But this unified solution is challenging the status quo with a deep emphasis on transparency, flexibility, and control – giving enterprises true ownership over their most valuable asset: customer data.<h3 id="powering-data-collaboration-with-identity-graphs">Powering data collaboration with identity graphs</h3>We’ve talked about identity graphs in previous articles. But it’s worth a quicker refresher given their relevant value to CDPs, data warehouses, and the goal of enhancing 360° views of customers. Identity graphs are handy tools that offer a unified picture of customers and prospects based on their interactions with a product or website across a set of devices and identifiers. They’re designed for scale, and commonly used for targeting real-time personalization and advertising across millions of users. Identity graphs are another critical resource in the pursuit of understanding the customer journey. By linking multiple types of identifiers, graphs can shape a complete view of the customer, store profile data, and easily connect new consumer identifiers to profiles. They can also be used to build CDP solutions with an emphasis on data privacy regulation and other forms of compliance. As a forward-thinking data collaboration platform, Narrative I/O enables enterprises to build, own, and control custom identity graphs using multiple best-in-class providers directly in their data warehouse – and they do it for leading brands like Afterpay/Block and Fanatics. Now, by partnering with Hightouch to deliver a composable identity solution, they’re enabling enterprises with more freedom and domain via multi-vendor identity resolution and activation.  "The enterprise identity market has been broken by vendors who want to own your data and limit how you use it," said <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/tim-mahlman/">Tim Mahlman,</a> CEO of Narrative I/O. “We built Composable Identity because enterprises should control their identity graphs in their own infrastructure. But ownership without activation is just expensive data storage. Our partnership with Hightouch gives you a transparent identity graph combined with sophisticated orchestration capabilities to actually put that data to work across your entire marketing and advertising stack.”<h3 id="key-capabilities-of-a-composable-identity-solution">Key capabilities of a composable identity solution</h3>There are a few big benefits with the Hightouch/Narrative I/O partnership, starting with the core ability to create third-party identity graphs with multiple vendors. Using combined resources, enterprises will be able to deploy their own composable identity graph by combining first-party data with a wide range of purpose-built solutions through cost-optimized enrichment, accessing credit card tokens, demographic data, and specialized global providers.At the data warehouse level, enterprises will also be capable of building and controlling custom identity graphs directly in their cloud data platform with full transparency into matching logic, data quality, freshness, and match rates – all with no vendor lock-in or proprietary systems. This complete ownership in Snowflake provides further confidence at a foundational level. As mentioned, there are over 250 channels where enterprises can activate identity-enhanced audiences across web, mobile, email, and paid media platforms using <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://hightouch.com/docs/customer-studio/usage">Hightouch’s visual audience builder</a> and <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://hightouch.com/integrations">extensive integrations.</a> This offers comprehensive activation and scale that can meet the growing demands of marketing and media networks.Finally, to tackle data misuse and enhance global compliance, this composable identity partnership will provide automated governance at every layer with built-in compliance guardrails – leveraging Narrative's automated data usage controls, Snowflake's built-in data governance, and Hightouch's consent management.“Whether we are talking about marketers or media networks, privacy legislation and signal loss are impacting the ability to activate at scale across channels and attribute disparate impressions to outcomes to validate investment," said <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidallenwells/">David Wells,</a> Industry Principal, Advertising and Marketing Technology at Snowflake. “The future of owned and paid media is a federation of data and identity; consented linkages that are stitched together and packaged with an intuitive audience builder that allows optimal performance as well as ownership of one's own graph.”<h3 id="the-verdict">The verdict</h3>Hightouch has already been challenging the definition of the CDP space with its unique approach to AI decisioning and 1:1 AI agent model for lifecycle marketing. Its foundational modularity is providing a good deal of flexibility to composable enterprise stacks, and its continued concentration on yielding value at the data warehouse layer is a key consideration for enterprises looking to enrich their customer data strategies.The benefits of having an identity graph solution are evident. Leading brands are motivated to own their data assets, and having a partnership with Narrative I/O that enables this at scale across multiple vendors and channels is a win-win. Further, the emphasis on security, governance, and compliance reinforces the value play for global organizations with a variety of data privacy and regulatory concerns. If you’re evaluating CDPs, composability and interoperability should be primary considerations, as well as the flexibility and extensibility afforded by a clear agent-driven strategy. But the real proof is in the customer pudding and how the investment is translating into value. If you’re looking for examples of how Hightouch is unlocking this, I’ve previously mentioned their <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://hightouch.com/customers/petsmart">case study for PetSmart,</a> which powers the personalization story and pays it off with double-digit growth.  <figure class="media"><div data-oembed-url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8y6yHkPMg6w"><div style="position:relative;padding-bottom:100%;height:0;padding-bottom:56.2493%"><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/8y6yHkPMg6w" style="position:absolute;width:100%;height:100%;top:0;left:0" frameborder="0" allow="autoplay; encrypted-media" allowfullscreen></iframe></div></div></figure> From a pricing perspective, Hightouch offers a composable, usage-based approach that challenges the legacy MTU model and user-seat dependency. As usage grows, your costs go down – so they’re delivering value at scale over the long haul. Overall, Hightouch continues to set a high bar. Whether you’re interested in leveraging their AI Decisioning or Composable CDP, it’s worth a demo and some homework around your current infrastructure and your long-term goals.  <hr /><h4 style="text-align:center" id="looking-for-guidance-on-hightouch?-talk-to-an-expert.">Looking for guidance on Hightouch? <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://cmscritic.com/contact">Talk to an expert.</a></h4><hr /><h3 id="upcoming-events">Upcoming Events</h3> <img style="width:31.61%" src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2025/08/storyblok-joyconf-2025-logo.jpg" /><h4 id="storyblok-joyconf-2025"><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://joyconf.storyblok.com/">Storyblok JoyConf 2025</a></h4>October 14-15, 2025 – Amsterdam, Netherlands November 4, 2025 – New York, NY November 6, 2025 – Los Angeles, CAJoin us at JoyConf 2025, where the future of content meets the people shaping it. Built for developers, marketers, and digital innovators, this free conference goes way beyond product updates or yet another strategy playbook. It’s where you’ll get inspired, get real, and get connected – to ideas, to the community, and to what’s possible when you build joyfully. Whether you're building lightning-fast frontends or launching cross-channel campaigns, this is where content becomes connection and collaboration becomes second nature. Come for the talks. Stay for the community. Leave with joy. <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://joyconf.storyblok.com/">Save your spot.</a> <img style="width:28.9%" src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2025/08/sitecore-symposium-2025.jpg" /><h4 id="sitecore-symposium-2025"><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://symposium.sitecore.com/">Sitecore Symposium 2025</a></h4>November 3-5, 2025 – Orlando, FLAt Sitecore Symposium, you’ll learn how to meet your customers where they are – across channels, moments, and touchpoints that didn’t exist a year ago. You’ll hear how the boldest brands in the world are transforming content into outcomes and creating experiences that are fast, relevant, and human. Join 1,500 marketers, digital leaders, and technologists in Orlando to see what’s possible when personalization scales, AI accelerates creativity, and trust becomes your competitive edge. This is the Third Wave of the Internet. And this is your moment to lead in it. <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://symposium.sitecore.com/">Get your tickets today.</a> <img style="width:31.44%" src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2025/08/cms-kickoff-2026-logo.png" alt="" /><h4 id="cms-kickoff-2026"><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.boye-co.com/conferences/cmskickoff26">CMS Kickoff 2026</a></h4>January 13-14, 2026 – St. Petersburg, FLMeet industry leaders at our fourth annual CMS Kickoff – the industry's premier global CMS event. Similar to a traditional kickoff, we reflect on recent trends and share stories from the frontlines. Additionally, we will delve into the current happenings and shed light on the future. Prepare for an unparalleled in-person CMS conference experience that will equip you to move things forward. This is an exclusive event – space is limited, <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.boye-co.com/conferences/cmskickoff26">so secure your tickets today.</a>

Hightouch Partners with Narrative I/O to Power Multi-Vendor Identity Resolution and Activation

<hr /> I’ve written about CDPs quite a bit. The category is rapidly evolving, particularly as data and context become more critical to the CMS and broader DXP ecosystem. There's also been the periodic acquisition of a CDP by an enterprise digital experience platform – think <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://cmscritic.com/optimizely-acquires-customer-data-platform-zaius">Optimizely buying Zaius,</a> <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://cmscritic.com/sitecore-acquires-boxever-and-four51">Sitecore absorbing Boxever</a>, and <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://cmscritic.com/contentstack-just-acquired-lytics-a-real-time-customer-data-platform-heres-why-it-matters">Contentstack adding Lytics</a> to its menu. These purchases were separated by time, but they speak to the critical need for data within their integrated offerings, especially when powering the “Holy Grail” of personalization. And as we know, that last piece is taking on a whole new urgency in the age of AI.On a more architectural level, I’ve personally been crawling through the underbelly of CDPs for years now, connecting all kinds of apps and sources, inspecting JSON packages, and worrying incessantly about MTUs – those monthly tracked users that we care so much about. Most recently, when I was working on a big cloud-based SaaS product, it was breathtaking to watch the real-time events passing into our customer data platform. But it was also alarming as you considered the scale of users and the associated price tag. Ouch.In every stack, there are multiple cost dimensions to consider, and CDPs bring their own unique challenges to the mix. Some platforms are focusing less on MTUs and zeroing in on active users, while others are embracing event-based pricing. There are also the processing resources that come in the form of compute. This is where overruns are a persistent and pesky concern. But <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://cmscritic.com/products/treasure-data">Treasure Data</a> is trying to change that. The intelligent customer data platform, which is built for enterprise scale and super-charged by AI, just unveiled a groundbreaking “No Compute” pricing model that completely decouples cost from processing resources. This could be the unearthing of buried treasure for users in a hunt for more efficient data solutions. This “No Compute” model is made possible by Treasure Data’s <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.treasuredata.com/product/hybrid-cdp/">Hybrid CDP</a> architecture. It primarily charges for the number of unified customer profiles stored and the behavioral events associated with them. This enables brands to run unlimited queries, segmentations, and activations – all without fear of runaway bills.I caught up with Treasure Data’s co-founder and CEO, <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/kazukiohta/">Kaz Ohta,</a> who provided a bit more context. In his mind, predictable costs in a CDP should be a right, not a luxury.“Our ‘No Compute’ pricing removes the biggest barrier to full CDP adoption – cost anxiety – so every team can activate data and AI agents with confidence.”Here’s some of Ohta’s vision from 2023, which is worth a listen. He lays out the challenge surrounding loyalty during periods of economic uncertainty (which takes on a more pressing urgency today), and where a CDP can unlock potential around personalization and customer experience: <figure class="media"><div data-oembed-url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88nTuVXSJ6o"><div style="position:relative;padding-bottom:100%;height:0;padding-bottom:56.2493%"><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/88nTuVXSJ6o" style="position:absolute;width:100%;height:100%;top:0;left:0" frameborder="0" allow="autoplay; encrypted-media" allowfullscreen></iframe></div></div></figure> A lot has changed in two years, but it provides a foundation for how Ohta is steering Treasure Data towards success in an increasingly competitive market. He’s a compelling figure in the customer data landscape, and this disruptive new approach to pricing could be another element that elevates the company’s preference.<h3 id="solving-the-cdp-industry’s-cost-dilemma">Solving the CDP industry’s cost dilemma</h3>When it comes to selecting a CDP, it’s fair to say that enterprises have been in a pricing pickle. On one side, DXPs have been consuming CDP players into their pre-ordained stacks with integrated capabilities. Meanwhile, pure play solutions have been energizing their feature sets to enhance their independent relevance. Composed solutions with built-in customer data layers have some obvious advantages. But do they deliver as intended? I asked Ohta about the nuances between the DXP strategy and pure-play solutions like Treasure Data and where his company might have the upper hand. “DXPs such as <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://cmscritic.com/products/adobe-experience-manager">Adobe</a>, <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://cmscritic.com/products/acquia">Acquia</a>, and <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://cmscritic.com/products/optimizely">Optimizely</a> take a different approach,” Ohta said. “They want to provide the complete stack. They bundle CDPs in their stack. However, we see many failed implementations of their CDP, just because leading DXPs mostly acquired their CDPs as a bolt-on solution. They are not really integrated. While I see the vision of DXPs, the execution of DXPs are poor: they, in reality, are Frankenstein stacks and a collection of different businesses – and that’s why buyers are not happy with them.”Within these shifting business dynamics, pricing is a key consideration and fraught with challenges. Buyers are faced with a choice between packaged CDPs that focus on metering the number of profiles and compute, or composable-only CDPs that primarily meter the number of profiles and shift the processing burden to a cloud data warehouse, creating potentially unpredictable query charges.Treasure Data’s new pricing model attempts to end this trade-off by separating economics from compute location. Customers get transparent pricing based primarily on the number of real-time, resolved customer profiles managed and the volume of associated behavioral events – think website visits, mobile app usage, email activities, and the like. “The true value is no longer just in data storage and movement, but in the intelligence you apply to it,” said Ohta. “Treasure Data is infused with AI everywhere, and now our customers pay for the value they get from AI-driven outcomes like better personalization, predictive insights, and campaign optimization – not for the underlying compute cycles.”In an age where CDPs and data warehouses need to align in all the right ways, Treasure Data is providing an optimal solution. Whether workloads are running in its high-performance database engine or inside a customer’s CDW environments, enterprise teams get the same consistent experience without having to consider infrastructure or cost complexities. In this way, it’s a bit of a godsend.I asked Ohta how this new approach to Treasure Data’s pricing model came about and how users are receiving it thus far. “Our largest customers have trillions of records and hundreds of millions of profiles managed with Treasure Data,” he said. “We pioneered this pricing model with them in the last few years and renewed their contracts under these terms. It’s worked well and now we’re rolling it out to other customers.”<h3 id="powered-by-hybrid-cdp-architecture">Powered by Hybrid CDP architecture</h3>Flexibility is a keystone attribute for any software solution. Composability can deliver on this promise, but there are instances where customers might want a hybrid approach over purely composable architectures based on specific use cases. Treasure Data conducted some research around the preference for a hybrid CDP architecture, where IT teams can choose the optimal processing environment to meet their needs. Based on its global survey of CDP buyers, 65% wanted a hybrid approach (edging up to 69% in the US). In the same report, a much smaller portion opted for packaged or composable architectures.I asked Ohta how this reinforces Treasure Data’s position.“While people talk a lot about the composable stack, the majority of buyers want choice and flexibility,” he said. “An enterprise has multiple brands, businesses, regions, and departments where they have different levels of martech and data maturity. Customers are asking to have choice over their architecture, anchored in a CDP or in a data warehouse, per brand, region, etc. Composability on its own requires the right engineering resources around, but hybrid lets you have the best of both worlds.”How does Treasure Data’s unique Hybrid CDP architecture empower IT teams with choice? In two ways: First, they can leverage its Complete Mode, where Treasure Data provides the complete CDP solution – journey orchestration, segmentation and activation, ID unification, batch and real-time connectors, storage and compute – so you can implement it as a single source of truth.There’s also a Composable Mode. Designed for more mature data engineering organizations, where a cloud data warehouse already exists as a single source of truth, Treasure Data builds a real-time cache of the customer 360 view from the CDW for instant customer data activations.One of Treasure Data's key advantages is implementing the optimal processing environment based on preferences and use case suitability. This dual-mode approach helps preserve governance, maximize CDW ROI, and guarantee sub-second performance for time-sensitive engagement. All solid benefits.<h3 id="availability-and-pricing">Availability and pricing</h3>According to Treasure Data, the new “No Compute” pricing model is generally available today for new customers and existing ones who want to make the move. It’s worth noting that there are multiple options for deploying Treasure Data, including <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://aws.amazon.com/marketplace/pp/prodview-jrcyyln5ecfgi">through the AWS Marketplace.</a> How do the pricing benefits translate in the real world? That’s the real question. The mechanics of the model make sense, and as Ohta said, they’ve seen success with existing users. Those metrics could be part of an upcoming webinar on <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.brighttalk.com/webcast/15379/650390">The Power of a Hybrid CDP: Connected Experiences with Predictable Costs</a>, which is being held on September 8th.Obviously, a CDP’s total cost is a product of its usage, and this new model presents a big shift in how that functions. As far as assessing just how impactful this might be in your own stack, you’ll need to contact Treasure Data for a personalized cost analysis. There are different features composed into various packages across the CDP product landscape, so be sure to specify your goals when engaging with their pricing team – and do your homework on available integrations and warehouse options.From a security and compliance perspective, Treasure Data has a <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://trust.treasuredata.com/">trust and security center</a> that includes all of its artifacts. It’s robust, but it’s always worth a look to ensure that you’re meeting the proper data privacy and regulatory requirements. There’s also an option to conduct a security review.<h3 id="why-it-matters">Why it matters</h3>The CDP space is heating up as the market evolves and data warehouses take on an elevated role. Organizations are struggling to turn these resources into action, and leverage CDPs to power their personalization and customer 360 efforts. Despite the consolidation within the DXP category, pure play solutions are finding value with new features – and now, new pricing models that are strengthening their posture within the composable stack.  With Treasure Data’s new “No Compute” pricing, customers are more empowered to utilize their CDP. It allows them to explore and assemble multiple segments, run various queries, and leverage its on-board AI agents – all without compute costs weighing them down. That means they’re free to align around outcomes that really matter to them, like the number of unified profiles and the behavioral events resulting from their marketing efforts.On that topic, marketers using Treasure Data will also have more latitude to keep their existing CMS or DXP and their data warehouse – and still get real-time, AI-powered engagement at a predictable cost with a CDP that integrates with all these tools. This core flexibility is a key competitive advantage for Treasure Data within the pantheon of customer data platforms. As Ohta said, AI is a big part of the feature set for marketers and enterprises. But cost anxiety is a major pain point – and they’re helping to overcome that challenge.“Our hybrid architecture blends historical depth with live behavioral data for sub-second personalization, all in a no-code, self-service environment for marketing teams,” he explained. “It’s about giving marketers the speed, insight, and freedom to act on every moment of opportunity without budget surprises.” <hr /> <h3 id="upcoming-events">Upcoming Events</h3> <img style="width:31.44%" src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2025/08/cms-kickoff-2026-logo.png" alt="" /><h4 id="cms-kickoff-2026"><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.boye-co.com/conferences/cmskickoff26">CMS Kickoff 2026</a></h4>January 13-14, 2026 – St. Petersburg, FloridaMeet industry leaders at our fourth annual CMS Kickoff – the industry's premier global CMS event. Similar to a traditional kickoff, we reflect on recent trends and share stories from the frontlines. Additionally, we will delve into the current happenings and shed light on the future. Prepare for an unparalleled in-person CMS conference experience that will equip you to move things forward. This is an exclusive event – space is limited, <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.boye-co.com/conferences/cmskickoff26">so secure your tickets today.</a>

Treasure Hunt: 'No Compute' Model from Treasure Data Promises More Predictable Pricing with Hybrid CDP 

<hr /> It’s a data swamp out there, and brands are trudging through it. With customer data sprawled across a multitude of devices, platforms, and identities, enterprises are struggling to unify the chaos, glean meaningful insights, and create more personalized experiences.As people engage via a widening channel of digital touchpoints, unifying disjointed customer records has become a huge blocker. While features in CDPs and data warehouses have provided a salve, the use of <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://hightouch.com/blog/identity-resolution-tools">identity resolution tools</a> – software solutions that link customer data points across different systems – has become an essential resource for keeping the mud off your boots.But when the data picture is incomplete, things get fuzzy. This is where <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://cmscritic.com/products/hightouch">Hightouch</a> is sharpening the details with precision and giving marketers more reliable insight. The composable CDP and AI decisioning platform just introduced probabilistic Identity Resolution, an adaptive feature of Hightouch’s powerful warehouse-native customer data platform that combines AI with deterministic logic to fill in the gaps of fragmented profiles. This new capability introduces what Hightouch calls “multi-zone” identity resolution, which enables businesses to jump between high-confidence deterministic matching and higher-reach probabilistic matching within a single project setup. In this sense, it combines the best of both worlds in one unified solution within the CDP.“Most identity resolution tools are either rigid or opaque,” said <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/tejasmanohar/">Tejas Manohar</a>, Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Hightouch. “We’ve built something entirely new, a multi-zone identity engine that lets customers toggle between high-confidence deterministic graphs and higher-reach probabilistic graphs, without sacrificing transparency or control.”<h3 id="determining-the-probabilities-with-ai">Determining the probabilities with AI</h3>We live in an ever-expanding world of digital touchpoints, and consumers are engaging across a litany of devices and channels. With so much data in so many places, brands are struggling to capture clean and accurate customer data from a disjointed mountain of customer records, which is eroding the effectiveness of marketing and personalization.While identity resolution helps cut through the chaos, it has inherent challenges relative to the use case. Transactional emails, for example, perform best with high-confidence deterministic matching. Meanwhile, things like ad targeting work best with high-reach probabilistic matching. With Hightouch, you can use the right method for the right use case. Toggle to deterministic identity resolution to leverage exact matches with identical email addresses or phone numbers. Jump to probabilistic identity resolution and utilize machine learning models to infer connections between similar (but not identical) records. This can include linking a nickname and personal email to a business identity to help fill a gap.<h3 id="powerful-identity-resolution-features">Powerful identity resolution features</h3>While other platforms offer probabilistic matching, Hightouch is the first to make both probabilistic and deterministic resolution fully configurable, transparent, and warehouse-native. This enables brands to control their identity resolution logic, optimize for different downstream use cases, and preserve data ownership at every step. Features of Hightouch's adaptive Identity Resolution include its noted multi-zone matching, which enables users to adjust confidence levels up for precision or down for reach. Now you can shift your deterministic and probabilistic resolution in parallel depending on your use case. It's also highly configurable and transparent, allowing you to fine-tune your matching logic, inspect machine learning decisions, and customize golden record logic without code.Hightouch's warehouse-native architecture also allows users to perform identity resolution on their complete data, directly in the data warehouse. No need to move data into a separate CDP or black box – it's all handled in one place, and it's all configurable and transparent. With Hightouch's real-time activation, you can put merged profiles to work instantly across ads, email, customer success, and more through its deep integration ecosystem. As Hightouch contends, this isn’t a “one-size-fits-all algorithm” they’re applying, but an intelligent, transparent framework that evolves with your business needs. And with AI inside the warehouse, identity resolution steps up from being just a hygiene task to a strategic advantage.<h3 id="the-verdict">The verdict</h3>Identity resolution tools have been around for a while at both a warehouse-native and black box level, providing options that are native and outside an organization’s data stack. Proximity aside, there are implicit limitations that are exacerbated by the growing number of data sources and disjointed customer records. Hightouch is endeavoring to solve this problem with its novel multi-zone identity engine. What’s key is that customers have more power to switch between deterministic and probabilistic graphs to achieve a more complete picture and attain greater confidence. There's more control over use cases for high confidence or high reach, and this could deliver more value to marketing teams as they focus more on personalization.The artificial intelligence piece is also pivotal, unlocking more scale and potential as the lakes of data continue to grow. But this investment in AI-powered solution is precisely what’s putting this platform on the map. Hightouch is still “riding high” as it innovates along its AI decisioning capabilities, which earned it an <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://cmscritic.com/u-cant-touch-this-cdp-hightouch-nails-80m-series-c-to-power-its-ai-decisioning">$80 million Series C last February.</a>Earlier this year, I spoke with Hightouch’s <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://cmscritic.com/hightouch-taps-adam-greco-as-product-evangelist-strengthening-its-leadership-in-composable-cdps">Product Evangelist, Adam Greco,</a> about the evolution of the company’s composable CDP and how it’s challenging the category. As I observed at the time, Hightouch is plotting a unique course, and this latest foray into native, AI-powered identity resolution is further evidence of that.  <hr /><h4 style="text-align:center" id="looking-for-guidance-on-hightouch?-talk-to-an-expert.">Looking for guidance on Hightouch? <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://cmscritic.com/contact">Talk to an expert.</a></h4><hr /> <h3 id="upcoming-events">Upcoming Events</h3> <img style="width:31.83%" src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2025/01/cms-connect-2025-logo.png" alt="" /><h4 id="cms-connect-25"><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.boye-co.com/conferences/cmsconnect25">CMS Connect 25</a></h4>August 5-6, 2025 – Montreal, CanadaWe are delighted to present the second annual summer edition of our signature global conference dedicated to the content management community! CMS Connect will be held again in beautiful Montreal, Canada, and feature a unique blend of masterclasses, insightful talks, interactive discussions, impactful learning sessions, and authentic networking opportunities. Join vendors, agencies, and customers from across our industry as we engage and collaborate around the future of content management – and hear from the top thought leaders at the only vendor-neutral, in-person conference exclusively focused on CMS. Space is limited for this event, <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.boye-co.com/conferences/cmsconnect25">so book your seats today.</a>

Hightouch Adds New AI-Powered Adaptive Identity Resolution to its CDP

U Can’t Touch This CDP: Hightouch Nails $80M Series C to Power its AI Decisioning

<hr /> Since 2018, <a target="_blank" href="https://cmscritic.com/products/hightouch">Hightouch</a> has been “high touch” when it comes to data. The pioneering composable customer data platform (CDP) and AI decisioning company has been on a tear recently, doubling its revenue<a target="_blank" href="https://getlatka.com/companies/Hightouch"> </a>and growing its team.Hightouch is finding success with enterprises that prefer flexible, composable alternatives to traditional CDPs, which are often plagued by rigid and costly infrastructures. By leveraging data and AI across their organization, Hightouch enables its users to deliver personalized customer experiences, optimize performance marketing, and move faster.This unique approach – turning data warehouses into marketing engines – has earned it a growing list of high-profile customers, including PetSmart, Warner Music Group, Calendly, Spotify, and GameStop.Now, Hightouch is tapping the human power of a seasoned analytics veteran and industry thought leader as it aims to drive more growth. Today, the company announced that it has hired <a target="_blank" href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/adamgreco/">Adam Greco</a> as Product Evangelist, where he will focus on supporting Hightouch's mission to empower marketing and data teams.If you're “tuned in” to the data and analytics space, Adam's name needs little introduction. With more than two decades of experience driving innovation and strategy in the field, he's been shaping the roadmap at leading tech firms like <a target="_blank" href="https://cmscritic.com/products/salesforce">Salesforce</a> and Omniture – which was <a target="_blank" href="https://techcrunch.com/2009/09/15/breaking-adobe-to-acquire-omniture-for-approximately-1-8-billion/">acquired in 2009 by Adobe</a> for $1.8 billion. In the wake of that acquisition, Adam wrote the definitive book on Adobe Analytics. During his most recent tenure at <a target="_blank" href="https://cmscritic.com/products/amplitude">Amplitude</a> – a leading product analytics platform provider – I spoke with Adam about the evolution of CDP, the value of data, and how critical these technologies are within the stack. "CDPs should be more insights and analytics-driven, capable of looking at problems in experiences," he said. “Every vendor will need a CDP of some kind because they want to collect data from every touchpoint: mobile apps, OTT, web, etc. Pulling it all together and creating action is key.”<h3 id="doubling-down-on-growth-and-disruption">Doubling down on growth and disruption</h3>At its core, Hightouch is a data activation platform that specializes in synchronizing customer data from data warehouses into a variety of high-utility tools. These include CRMs, email and marketing automation platforms, and advertising networks (to name a few). Founded in 2018 by <a target="_blank" href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/joshcurl/">Josh Curl</a>, <a target="_blank" href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/guptakashish/">Kashish Gupta</a>, and <a target="_blank" href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/tejasmanohar/">Tejas Manohar</a>, Hightouch started life outside the CDP boundaries as a travel booking Slackbot. The company pivoted during COVID-19 circa 2020, after developing reverse ETL technology to sync data from warehouses to SaaS tools. The move to the CDP space has certainly proven lucrative: the space is projected to grow to $15.3 billion by 2026.Since the transition, Hightouch has been enabling organizations to transform high-value data assets into actionable insights and strategies without the need for extensive engineering. This is accomplished through an elegant suite of no-code features – making data activation easier, so almost anyone can build audiences, orchestrate customer journeys, and uncover customer insights.As of 2024, Hightouch has <a target="_blank" href="https://sacra.com/c/hightouch/">raised over $92 million</a> across its Series A and B. Powered by this funding, the company has invested heavily in advanced AI and machine learning capabilities, unlocking even more opportunities for marketers to activate their data and drive measurable results. Hightouch positions itself as an alternative to more traditional CDPs like Twilio's <a target="_blank" href="https://cmscritic.com/twilio-acquires-segment-for-3-2b-adds-market-leading-cdp-for-building-data-driven-apps">Segment</a>, which typically require data to be stored in their proprietary systems. This approach of leveraging existing data warehouses as the central data repository has resonated with companies looking to avoid data duplication and maintain control over their data infrastructure. For this reason, large enterprises like Warner Music Group have chosen Hightouch over a traditional CDP, even after performing a three-year evaluation process.As a CDP, Hightouch has been focusing on AI for quite some time, exploring more efficient ways to automate processes and scale its capabilities across large pools of data. In August of last year, the company announced the launch of <a target="_blank" href="https://hightouch.com/blog/introducing-ai-decisioning">AI Decisioning</a> – its new AI marketing product – which is also available as a <a target="_blank" href="https://www.snowflake.com/en/data-cloud/workloads/applications/native-apps/">Snowflake Native App.</a><h3 id="a-modern-day-legend-in-the-data-world">A modern-day legend in the data world</h3>Adam's arrival comes at a pivotal moment as Hightouch continues to redefine what’s possible for enterprises in the customer data space. As Product Evangelist, he will support Hightouch’s continued expansion and help users unlock the full potential of their data. He will also focus on educating and empowering customers to lean into new data and AI technologies safely and scalably.Adam's career reads like a blueprint for success in the analytics and data industry. As one of Omniture’s first customers and employees, Adam has been at the forefront of digital transformation for decades. His skills include hands-on expertise in online marketing, website design, voice of customer (VOC), and CRM integration with digital analytics. His contributions to the field are vast, and he has helped thousands of marketers optimize their digital experiences. As such, he will likely elevate Hightouch's perception as a market-leading authority. Over the years, Adam has become a trusted voice, sharing his insights as a speaker and board member for several data technology organizations. His leadership roles at companies like Salesforce and <a target="_blank" href="https://cmscritic.com/products/amplitude">Amplitude</a> have further cemented his reputation as an innovator who understands the practical and strategic sides of data. To date, Adam has written over 200 blog posts related to Adobe Analytics. He also penned <a target="_blank" href="https://www.amazon.com/Adobe-SiteCatalyst-Handbook-Insiders-Guide/dp/032185991X">The Adobe SiteCatalyst Handbook: An Insider's Guide</a>, which has enjoyed positive reviews since its original publication over a decade ago. This followed his tenure at Omniture, where Adobe's acquisition revealed its focus on integrating management and metrics to drive its future strategy – and it appears that the deal is still paying off. "I've been through more than anyone on planet." That's how Adam described his 25 years in the Adobe Analytics world. As Adobe's reign over the digital experience space expanded, he consulted around the AEM product and continued to roadmap the critical role of analytics.Adam has also been active in supporting the broader industry. In 2019, he joined Further's <a target="_blank" href="https://www.apolloplatform.com/">Search Discovery</a> practice, where he supported digital analytics customers in doing more with data. He also played an instrumental role in the growth and development of Search Discovery's <a target="_blank" href="https://c212.net/c/link/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=2638129-1&amp;h=2362026&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.searchdiscovery.com%2Fapollo%2F&amp;a=Apollo">Apollo</a><a target="_blank" href="https://c212.net/c/link/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=2638129-1&amp;h=1357526835&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.searchdiscovery.com%2Fapollo%2F&amp;a=%C2%A0solution"> solution</a> and its related service offerings.“Adam knows what it takes to do digital transformation at the world’s biggest companies, and we’re beyond excited to have his expertise at Hightouch,” said <a target="_blank" href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/briankotlyar/">Brian Kotlyar</a>, VP of Marketing at Hightouch. “He uniquely pairs a big vision with pragmatic, hands-on knowledge of how to make it real for marketers in any company. His passion for helping organizations use data to drive growth aligns perfectly with our mission.”<h3 id="why-it-matters">Why it matters</h3>Hightouch is challenging traditional CDPs and redefining how businesses think about data activation. As the world of marketing and data continues to evolve, the need for scalable, flexible solutions has never been greater. Hightouch’s vision of a composable, AI-driven future is no longer just an ambitious goal – it’s a reality. CDP has also been an incredibly lively sector in 2024, particularly as digital experience platforms (DXPs) have sought to leverage their own capabilities as part of their differentiated value. Most recently, <a target="_blank" href="https://cmscritic.com/products/contentstack">Contentstack</a> – a headless CMS turned composable DXP – <a target="_blank" href="https://cmscritic.com/contentstack-just-acquired-lytics-a-real-time-customer-data-platform-heres-why-it-matters">purchased Lytics</a>, a key player in the customer data landscape.Brass tacks: Adam is an unmatched commodity in the realm of data and analytics. His expertise and leadership will undoubtedly benefit Hightouch and likely lift its brand perception upon his hiring alone. But given his track record, the company can reasonably predict a greater long-term impact on its roadmap.With Greco’s guidance, customers can expect even more innovative solutions to help them stay ahead in an increasingly data-driven world. His deep knowledge and leadership can further solidify Hightouch as a go-to platform for enterprise marketing and data teams seeking to unlock the full potential of their data."I'm thrilled to join Hightouch and help drive the future of data activation," he exclaimed. "The potential to transform how organizations leverage their data is immense, and I'm excited to work alongside the talented Hightouch team to help customers navigate the complexities of modern data infrastructure."CDPs have proven essential to the enterprise stack. As competition and choice escalate, pure-play platforms certainly have their work cut out for them in a fragmented marketplace. But Hightouch continues to differentiate itself against key players like Segment with its composable offering – an asset that will serve them well as they look to further disrupt the competitive landscape. If they maintain those attributes and execute, they might want to consider a new tagline: “Can't touch this.” <hr /><h3 id="upcoming-events">Upcoming Events</h3> <img style="width:30.46%" src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2024/11/cms-summit-25.png" alt="" /><h4 id="cms-summit-25"><a target="_blank" href="https://www.boye-co.com/conferences/cmssummit25">CMS Summit 25</a></h4>May 13-14, 2025 – Frankfurt, GermanyDon't miss the first European edition of our prestigious international conference dedicated to the global content management community! CMS Summit 25 will bring together top-notch speakers, our renowned learning format, and engaging social events. Hear from leading practitioners like Deutsche Bahn, Dr. Oetker, and more – and join customers, agencies, and CMS vendors as we discuss current trends and what's ahead for the content and digital experience fields. Connect and network at the only vendor-neutral, in-person conference focused on CMS. Space is limited for this exclusive event, <a target="_blank" href="https://www.boye-co.com/conferences/cmssummit25">so book your seats today.</a> <img style="width:31.83%" src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2025/01/cms-connect-2025-logo.png" alt="" /><h4 id="cms-connect-25"><a target="_blank" href="https://www.boye-co.com/conferences/cmsconnect25">CMS Connect 25</a></h4>August 5-6, 2025 – Montreal, CanadaWe are delighted to present the second annual summer edition of our signature global conference dedicated to the content management community! CMS Connect will be held again in beautiful Montreal, Canada, and feature a unique blend of masterclasses, insightful talks, interactive discussions, impactful learning sessions, and authentic networking opportunities. Join vendors, agencies, and customers from across our industry as we engage and collaborate around the future of content management – and hear from the top thought leaders at the only vendor-neutral, in-person conference exclusively focused on CMS. Space is limited for this event, <a target="_blank" href="https://www.boye-co.com/conferences/cmsconnect25">so book your seats today.</a>

Hightouch Taps Adam Greco as Product Evangelist, Strengthening Its Leadership in Composable CDPs

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