Braze, Inc. Class A BRZE

A surplus of cash can mean financial stability, but it can also indicate a reluctance (or inability) to invest in growth. Some of these companies also face challenges like stagnating revenue, declining market share, or limited scalability.

Shares of customer engagement platform Braze (NASDAQ:BRZE) jumped 9.4% in the afternoon session after Cantor Fitzgerald reiterated an Overweight rating on the stock with a $38 price target, pointing to a pipeline opportunity following an artificial intelligence collaboration agreement with Amazon Web Services.

Investing.com -- Needham analyst Scott Berg identified three software stocks as top picks following a recent market selloff triggered by Meta's Enterprise Platform announcement, noting that the new offering does not directly compete with enterprise software vendors in his coverage universe.

LAS VEGAS, September 29, 2026--Braze (Nasdaq: BRZE), the leading customer engagement platform that empowers brands to Be Absolutely Engaging™, today announced the winners of its 2026 Torchie Awards, recognizing brands and marketers setting a new standard for customer engagement through creativity, collaboration, AI, and measurable business impact.

LAS VEGAS, September 29, 2026--Braze (Nasdaq: BRZE), the leading customer engagement platform that empowers brands to Be Absolutely Engaging™, today announced at Forge, its annual customer conference taking place September 28-30 at Fontainebleau Las Vegas, that it has signed a strategic collaboration agreement (SCA) with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to help brands accelerate innovation and deliver more relevant, personalized customer experiences at scale.

LAS VEGAS, September 29, 2026--Braze (Nasdaq: BRZE), the leading customer engagement platform that empowers brands to Be Absolutely Engaging™, today unveiled three major additions to its AI portfolio, alongside new conversational AI capabilities across messaging channels. Together, they help marketers bring 1:1 decisioning to more customer journeys, automate critical campaign quality assurance, and work with Braze directly from the AI tools they already use, all while engaging customers with int

A number of stocks fell in the afternoon session after a deepening Treasury selloff and higher oil prices pushed the benchmark 10-year yield to 5.218%, reinforcing expectations of further Federal Reserve rate hikes.

Investing.com -- Oppenheimer analysts say the artificial intelligence transition in software has moved beyond experimentation and into a phase where companies must demonstrate measurable returns on investment. Enterprise AI spending remains strong, but customers and investors now focus on business outcomes rather than adoption metrics alone. AI is becoming a recurring operating expense, with chief financial officers evaluating investments alongside labor costs and demanding clear returns.

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Braze (BRZE) has been drawing fresh attention after recent trading left the stock down about 20% over the past month, even as its customer engagement platform continues to generate annual revenue of roughly $834 million. For context, Braze shares have slipped about 19.9% over the past month and are down 24.2% year to date on a share price basis. Meanwhile, the 1 year total shareholder return of 21.1% and 3 year total shareholder return of 47.1% suggest longer term holders have also felt...

NEW YORK, September 24, 2026--Braze (Nasdaq: BRZE), the leading customer engagement platform that empowers brands to Be Absolutely Engaging™, today announced that it has been named a Leader in the 2026 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Multichannel Marketing Hubs for the fourth consecutive year. Braze was positioned highest among multiple evaluated vendors in Ability to Execute and furthest in Completeness of Vision.

SmarterSends, the distributed marketing platform built for franchise, field, and local marketing teams, today announced two new capabilities for Braze customers: Two-Way SMS and simplified One-Click Retargeting for local operators. Both ship ahead of FORGE 2026, Braze's annual customer engagement conference, where SmarterSends will be on-site September 28-30 at the Fontainebleau Las Vegas.

NEW YORK, September 14, 2026--Braze (Nasdaq: BRZE), the leading customer engagement platform that empowers brands to Be Absolutely Engaging™, today announced that tennis champion and entrepreneur Venus Williams will headline Forge 2026, taking place September 28–30 at Fontainebleau Las Vegas. Williams will join chef and humanitarian José Andrés, actor and comedian Jimmy O. Yang, and marketing visionaries from some of the world’s biggest brands for three days of conversations, insights and practi

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