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How is AI used in sales and marketing?

AI that prospects, answers sales questions, writes campaigns or supports account teams.

17 passages from 8 organizations; 17 checked against the source. The page states no conclusion: these are the organizations' own words.

When Account Executives use Kai, they produce 2x the sales activity, create 17% more opportunities, generate 26% more revenue opportunities, and close 39% more deals when compared to the same sellers in weeks they don't use it.

Sharadh KrishnamurthyEngineering manager, Agent Foundation team · Leader, Stripe

Post: Stripe developer blog, Stripe developer blog, July 30, 2026.

  • 2x output change, account executives' weeks using Kai vs the same sellers' weeks without it, as of 2026-07
  • 17% output change, account executives' weeks using Kai vs the same sellers' weeks without it, as of 2026-07
  • 26% output change, account executives' weeks using Kai vs the same sellers' weeks without it, as of 2026-07
  • 39% output change, account executives' weeks using Kai vs the same sellers' weeks without it, as of 2026-07

Checked against the source [ Grade B ] Said in the last year Passage page

We continue to enhance our toolkit for ad buyers, including AI features that help to dynamically adjust content mix to optimize campaign performance

WalmartPublished by the organization itself (earnings call), no named author

Earnings call: earnings call transcript via MarketBeat (third-party transcript site), earnings call transcript via MarketBeat (third-party transcript site), May 21, 2026.

Checked against the source [ Grade A ] Said in the last year Walmart: $713 billion revenue, FY2026 (year ended 2026-01-31) Passage page

We decreased spending on external marketing suppliers, such as translation, production, CRM and social agencies, by $7 million in the first quarter of 2024 (as compared to the first quarter of 2023) and we attribute 37% of this decrease to the use of AI

KlarnaPublished by the organization itself (regulatory filing), no named author

Regulatory filing: SEC filing (the company's own regulatory report), SEC filing (the company's own regulatory report), February 26, 2026.

Checked against the source [ Grade A ] Said in the last year Klarna: $3.5 billion revenue, FY2025 Passage page

Take new feature requests. They used to be copied by hand into Salesforce, about 300 a month. In May, an account manager saved a prompt to Glass that pulls them straight from customer calls. Now we capture 20,000 a month.

Eric GlymanCo-founder and co-CEO · Executive, Ramp

Post: Ramp company blog (signed by CEO Eric Glyman), Ramp company blog (signed by CEO Eric Glyman), October 13, 2026.

  • 20,000 function agent volume, feature requests captured per month, as of 2026-10. Level not stated

Checked against the source [ Grade B ] Said in the last year Ramp: $1.5 billion revenue, annualized revenue (ARR), by early June 2026 Passage page

Or another question, sales. Asking questions about, what is this feature? How do I sell it? Is it available in Brazil? What's the use case? What's the price? All of these things are fully understood. And gadget, if it does not understand, routes it to the right person.

Geoff CharlesChief Product Officer (CPO) · Executive, Ramp

Talk: What product looks like when coding is solved | Geoff Charles (Ramp CPO), Lenny's Podcast (YouTube channel); Geoff Charles's talk at the Lenny and Friends Summit, recorded 2026-09-10, September 25, 2026.

Checked against the source [ Grade B ] Said in the last year Ramp: $1.5 billion revenue, annualized revenue (ARR), by early June 2026 Passage page

seller productivity has increased by 20%

Will GaybrickPresident, Technology and Business (also styled President of Product and Business) · Executive, Stripe

Interview: Tokens Are the New Dollars | Stripe's Will Gaybrick & David George (podcast episode: "Stripe’s AI Strategy: Build More, Not Less"), The a16z Show (podcast and YouTube channel of Andreessen Horowitz, an investor in Stripe), August 17, 2026. Reported by David George.

  • 20% output change, as said 2026-08-17

Checked against the source [ Grade C ] Said in the last year Passage page

Colleague usage of AI tools increased threefold during H1 2026 and we launched AI-powered client intelligence which converts advisor calls into actionable insights

NatWest GroupPublished by the organization itself (regulatory filing), no named author

Regulatory filing: NatWest Group results announcement (the company's own regulatory results report), NatWest Group results announcement (the company's own regulatory results report), July 31, 2026.

Checked against the source [ Grade A ] Said in the last year NatWest Group: £16.6 billion revenue, FY2025 Passage page

I think there's almost 1,000 use cases today, though we'd say that the really important ones are 50 across risk, fraud, marketing, hedging, prospecting, note-taking, idea generation, document reading.

JPMorgan ChasePublished by the organization itself (earnings call), no named author

Earnings call: earnings call transcript via Webull (third-party transcript site), earnings call transcript via Webull (third-party transcript site), July 14, 2026.

Checked against the source [ Grade A ] Said in the last year JPMorgan Chase: $182 billion revenue, FY2025 Passage page

we're seeing uptake of these tools, whether it's our legal team or marketing team or developers. And we think it's creating employees with superpowers.

Dara KhosrowshahiChief Executive Officer · Executive, Uber

Earnings call: Uber Q1 2026 earnings call transcript (FactSet CallStreet corrected transcript, hosted on Uber's investor site), Uber Q1 2026 earnings call transcript (FactSet CallStreet corrected transcript, hosted on Uber's investor site), May 6, 2026.

Checked against the source [ Grade A ] Said in the last year Uber: $52 billion revenue, FY2025 Passage page

Agentforce can resolve customer issues swiftly and accurately with answers grounded in our trusted, unstructured content unified in Data 360

SalesforcePublished by the organization itself (regulatory filing), no named author

Regulatory filing: SEC filing (the company's own regulatory report), SEC filing (the company's own regulatory report), March 2, 2026.

Checked against the source [ Grade A ] Said in the last year Salesforce: $41.5 billion revenue, FY2026 (ended 2026-01-31) Sells AI tools Passage page

we're not saying, "Wow, we need fewer sellers." We're saying, "So, we need a lot more sellers."

Will GaybrickPresident, Technology and Business (also styled President of Product and Business) · Executive, Stripe

Interview: Tokens Are the New Dollars | Stripe's Will Gaybrick & David George (podcast episode: "Stripe’s AI Strategy: Build More, Not Less"), The a16z Show (podcast and YouTube channel of Andreessen Horowitz, an investor in Stripe), August 17, 2026. Reported by David George.

Checked against the source [ Grade C ] Said in the last year Passage page

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