This CoStart blog post gives Strategic AEs a practical, six-week ABS playbook for CoStar, a $3.25B real estate data and marketplace leader. It covers stakeholder mapping, research angles, multi-threaded outreach, and ready-to-use messaging that helps book more first meetings and build internal champions in complex Fortune 1000 accounts.
Explore how Capital One’s recent AI, data, and M&A moves are reshaping its technology roadmap—and why that’s great news for savvy SaaS sellers. This post exposes where fresh budget and urgency are emerging, who to target, and exactly how to talk to them like an insider.
Gilead Sciences’ agreement to acquire Arcellx is a high‑stakes bet on next‑generation cell therapy that deepens its oncology franchise, reshapes competition in multiple myeloma, and opens new pathways for technology and SaaS selling into a more complex, integrated global enterprise.
We profile Marsh's structure, priorities, and sourcing motion, and provide concrete sales guidance. We identify key IT and procurement decision makers, including the global CIO/COO and CPO, and explain how Global Sourcing, MarshTech, and third‑party risk functions shape technology evaluations. We outline Marsh’s supplier activation, P2P, and cyber‑risk processes, and highlight recent AI, data, and digital initiatives (Databricks core, LenAI, Mercer AI platforms, BCS, P2P optimization) as signals of where pilots and “RFP‑like” evaluations are happening.
Databahn researched some of the major billion‑dollar+ acquisitions announced in the past 60–90 days (mid‑November 2025 through late January 2026). These are all multi‑billion‑dollar deals that were announced (not just closed) in that window. The blog post outlines the potential sales opportunities and sales approaches.
SoftBank’s agreement to acquire DigitalBridge for about $4 billion is a classic “picks and shovels” bet on the infrastructure behind the AI boom, combining SoftBank’s capital and AI thesis with DigitalBridge’s global data‑center and digital‑infrastructure platform. DigitalBridge expected to continue operating as a separately managed platform under its current CEO, Marc Ganzi.
In a significant leadership move that signals Intel's deepening commitment to internal renewal, the company announced on November 18, 2025, the appointment of Cynthia "Cindy" Stoddard as senior vice president and chief information officer. Effective December 1, Stoddard stepped into a role that has grown increasingly pivotal amid Intel's broader efforts to modernize its operations and reclaim momentum in a fiercely competitive semiconductor landscape.
Omnicom’s acquisition of IPG creates the world’s largest advertising holding company, reshaping the competitive landscape around “scale, data, and AI-driven marketing.” The all‑stock transaction was first announced in December 2024 and closed on November 26, 2025, at a final equity value of $9 billion in Omnicom shares for IPG. Read the sales intelligence blog post for actionable insights and sales opportunities.
