HubSpot is excited to announce today the winner of its #SummerStartup competition, an initiative to find and support the next great entrepreneur. More than 14,000 people pitched their startup ideas, who were narrowed down to 250 finalists, and ultimately, one winner: Sarah Wasser, founder of ParTea Booze Infusers.

We’re excited to announce today that Scott Brinker has joined HubSpot as VP of Platform Ecosystem. In his new role, Scott will help grow and nurture the community of technology partners building on the HubSpot platform.

HubSpot is excited to announce the launch of over 65 new software integrations. These integrations are part of HubSpot Connect, HubSpot’s technology partner program designed to help SaaS companies grow by building value-added integrations between their own software and HubSpot. In conjunction with launching these new integrations, HubSpot published a “Pledge to Integration Partners”-- a credo for SaaS companies embracing the realities of competition and what HubSpot strives to honor for its technology partners as it scales its ecosystem of integrations.

HubSpot announced today that it has acquired Motion AI, one of the top visual chatbot builders. The company’s industry-leading cross-platform technology enables anyone to create a chatbot for their site, via SMS, on Facebook Messenger, Slack, and more – no programming skills required.

HubSpot announced today the launch of Content Strategy, a new tool that helps marketers discover and validate topics to write about that match the way people now search and buy.

As a former startup, HubSpot uniquely is positioned to understand the many pain points that young companies face. We also know that startups have enough to worry about without losing sleep over how to set up exceptional marketing and sales systems. In 2016, we introduced the HubSpot for Startups program to help seed-stage startups working with accelerators, incubators, and entrepreneurial organizations to gain traction on their marketing and sales at an accelerated pace. Now, we’re ready to take that to the next level.

In July, we announced the creation of the HubSpot Partner Advisory Council (PAC), a new program designed to gather feedback from our vast network of Agency Partners, starting in North America and LATAM. Our partners are the backbone of our organization, and their feedback and insights have been invaluable as we have continued to grow our program around the globe.

At HubSpot, we have an awesome network of agency partners that are hustling hard to spread the word of inbound around the globe. Their hard work and stellar results shouldn’t go unrecognized.

HubSpot is excited to announce that it has acquired Kemvi, an artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning startup that helps sales reps deepen their relationships with prospective buyers. The company’s proprietary algorithm, DeepGraph, sifts through millions of pieces of content each day to learn what’s happening with buyers and prospects and delivers that information to sales reps. The technology will be incorporated into HubSpot CRM, giving salespeople even more tools to carry out more contextual, empathetic outreach to their contacts.

At HubSpot, we’re lucky to have a robust network of agency partners who help us spread the inbound message around the world. From boutique agencies to global firms, these companies have hustled hard to tell HubSpot’s story. Through the years, they’ve gathered valuable feedback and insight about the parts of the partner program that work, and those that don’t.