Banzai Adds 179 Customers in August 2024 as New Technology Improvements Drive Growth

Strong Organic Growth as Company Focuses on Scaling AI-Powered Demand Generation Platform

SEATTLE, Sept. 17, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- (NASDAQ: BNZI) (“Banzai” or the “Company”), a leading marketing technology company that provides essential marketing and sales solutions, today announced the addition of 147 customers in August 2024, for a total of 1,434 in 2024, demonstrating strong organic growth and customer loyalty for its AI-driven platform of essential MarTech data, analytics, and data-driven applications.

In 2024, Banzai has added users including Cisco, Sprinklr, Globe Life Insurance, and LoanDepot. This includes 981 new customers and 453 reactivating customers. August 2024 new customer acquisitions improved 24% over the prior year period. Customers included leading companies in software, technology, healthcare, and finance utilizing Banzai’s platform to improve their marketing efforts and efficiently engage their pipeline.

“Thousands of customers are now relying on Banzai, and in August we welcomed brands including Sage, Borealis Group, Millworks Analytics and University of Connecticut (UConn) to our roster,” said Joe Davy, CEO of Banzai. “Especially validating were the 65 reactivations, highlighting the long-term benefits and trust our customers place in Banzai’s solutions, and our ability to provide exceptional service and continuous improvement.”

“Our Reach product, which can deploy multi-channel outbound campaigns, continues to gain traction with 4 new customers in August, as we continue to innovate and expand its offerings. Recent and ongoing enhancements to the platform provide new data sources, greater intelligence, better reporting and transparency as part of our strategy to empower customers to grow their businesses and achieve marketing success,” concluded Davy.

Melissa Mason, VP of Product, added, “With our strong customer acceleration, and as marketers need to deliver more growth with less resources, we are highly focused on delivering additional cutting-edge marketing technology solutions. Looking ahead, we are streamlining the room experience and increasing room size of our Demio platform, enhancing CRM enterprise-grade CRM integrations with HubSpot and Salesforce, and expanding partnerships with HubSpot to better support their 190,000+ customers.”

About Banzai

Banzai is a marketing technology company that provides essential marketing and sales solutions for businesses of all sizes. On a mission to help their customers achieve their mission, Banzai enables companies of all sizes to target, engage, and measure both new and existing customers more effectively. Banzai customers include Square, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Thermo Fisher Scientific, Thinkific, Doodle and ActiveCampaign, among thousands of others. Learn more at . For investors, please visit .

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