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Klaviyo Launches Collaborative AI Agents for CRM

Klaviyo announced on June 30, 2026 that Composer — its AI marketing agent — is entering public beta alongside major updates to Customer Agent. Both agents are built into Klaviyo’s CRM and operate on the same real-time customer profiles so marketing and service actions enrich each other. Composer audits live campaigns, surfaces ranked revenue opportunities, and can build cross-channel campaigns drawing on Klaviyo’s historical data and patterns from nearly 200,000 brands. Customer Agent is pre-trained on a brand’s data, voice and policies, supports multi-lingual and pre-built retail skills, and can act through connectors and open APIs to complete tasks (returns, apply loyalty, etc.). Early private-beta participants included AS Beauty, SPANX and Dermalogica.

Bun vs Node.js in 2026: Production Readiness

This technical review compares Bun (tested at v1.2.x) against Node.js 22 LTS on real-world workloads including an Astro + Drizzle + Postgres stack, a Hono API, and a 14-package monorepo. Bun is a single binary runtime built on JavaScriptCore and written in Zig that bundles a package manager, test runner, bundler, and script runner (bun install/test/build/run). Benchmarks show Bun excels at cold package installs, short-script startup time, and synthetic HTTP throughput; real application gains are smaller due to DB drivers and application code dominating hot paths. The article highlights compatibility frictions—native node-gyp modules, subtle process/cluster differences, test-migration edge cases, and workspace tooling assumptions—and recommends using Bun selectively (e.g., for CI installs or greenfield projects) while keeping Node for production on platforms that don’t run Bun. It also notes Node.js 22 has absorbed several developer-experience features previously unique to Bun.

Converse Hits 15-Year Revenue Low Amid Sale Speculation

Converse, the heritage brand owned by Nike, has reported a 35% year-over-year revenue decline to $264 million in the most recent quarter and is at a 15-year revenue low. The brand conducted layoffs in February and Nike disclosed upcoming organizational changes expected to generate about $300 million, prompting speculation over a potential sale to Authentic Brands Group (ABG). Industry observers say Converse has underperformed by relying heavily on the Chuck Taylor silhouette and lagging peers in cultural experimentation. ABG—known for buying and revitalizing legacy labels like Reebok—has been reported as a likely suitor, though no official talks were confirmed. Nike management said Converse remains part of Nike, Inc. and that decisive steps are being taken to return the brand to health; Converse has recently announced multiple collaborations and a signature NBA shoe as part of renewed cultural activation.