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Mars signals beyond the news: 27 signals from 4 sources

The latest Mars signal on this page is from Sep 29, 2026 (Patents): "Mars was granted a patent for a packaging carton design." The busiest sources: Employee growth (13), Patents (7) and Podcasts (4).

Signals
27
Sources
4
Last 90 days
13
Latest
Sep 29, 2026

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Latest Mars signals by source

27 signals for Mars across 4 sources.

  1. Patents · Patent grant

    Mars was granted a patent for a packaging carton design.

    In September 2026 Mars patented a carton design for presenting and protecting packaged products in retail and distribution settings.

    Patent title
    Packaging carton
    Grant date
    Sep 29, 2026
    Inventors
    James Baltz, Leah Dyckes, Robert Wheatcroft, Alex Millington

    Google Patents

  2. Patents · Patent pace

    Mars, Incorporated's patent output is steady: 42 grants in the past year, 4 in the past 30 days.

    Over the past year Mars, Incorporated received 42 US patent grants, concentrated in image processing / graphics and computer vision; the recent pace (7 in 90 days) is steady versus its trailing baseline.

    Grants, 12 months
    42
    Grants, 90 days
    7
    Grants, 30 days
    4
    USPTO assignee
    Mars, Incorporated

    Google Patents

  3. Podcasts · Pain point disclosed

    Business for Good Podcast discusses Mars: pain point disclosed

    "this is something that I hear about a lot from the bigger food companies that I talk to. This is the scariest thing. The reliability of ingredients, both the supply and the price. Cocoa prices for Mars is the top of their mind. It's all they can think about."

    Podcast
    Business for Good Podcast
    Episode
    Inside the Alt Protein Job Market with Noga Golan
    Speaker
    Noga Golan
    Speaker role
    Third party

    Business for Good Podcast

  4. Patents · Patent grant

    Wrigley was granted a patent for a candy design.

    In September 2026 Wrigley received protection for the appearance of a candy product used in the confectionery market.

    Grant date
    Sep 15, 2026
    Inventors
    Qishan Luo, Ka Ho Clement Young

    Google Patents

  5. Web traffic · Traffic snapshot

    mars.com received 689K monthly visits with traffic from 5 countries.

    Minimal AI traffic at 0.5% (~3,404 visits). Top: chatgpt.com (78%), perplexity.ai (4%).

    Monthly visits
    689,134
    Month over month
    -2.8%
    3-month change
    -1.4%
    Global rank
    78,127
  6. Podcasts · Efficiency focus

    Technovation with Peter High (CIO, CTO, CDO, CXO Interviews) discusses Mars: efficiency focus

    "Mars you want to reduce your alerts by 80% that is not going to be just you know throwing an agent at this problem that's going to be deeply understanding what that process is what the individual workflows are and then we can figure out which part of the you know which part of the stack we..."

    Podcast
    Technovation with Peter High (CIO, CTO, CDO, CXO Interviews)
    Episode
    Tines Co-Founder Thomas Kinsella on Governing the Rise of Wild Code
    Speaker
    Thomas Kinsella
    Speaker role
    Counterparty

    Technovation with Peter High (CIO, CTO, CDO, CXO Interviews)

  7. Podcasts · Leadership change

    Uncensored CMO discusses Mars: leadership change

    "I had just done an internal announcement to 170,000 associates that I was going to be leaving my post."

    Podcast
    Uncensored CMO
    Episode
    Why AI should drive growth, not just efficiency – Najoh Tita-Reid
    Speaker
    Najoh Tita-Reid
    Speaker role
    Third party

    Uncensored CMO

  8. Web traffic · Sustained decline

    mars.com shows sustained decline with 3 consecutive months of decreases, down 27% overall to 699K.

    Minimal AI traffic at 0.6% (~4,163 visits). Top: chatgpt.com (65%), perplexity.ai (4%).

    Monthly visits
    698,589
    Month over month
    -11.5%
    3-month change
    -26.7%
    Global rank
    73,614
  9. Employee growth · Customer success and support team growth

    82 Customer Success and Support employees (2.6% of company), stable year-over-year.

    The Customer Success and Support department currently has 82 employees out of 3,191 total (2.6%). The department is stable year-over-year, representing a change of approximately +0 employees.

    Department
    Customer Success and Support
    Department headcount
    82
    Department growth, 1 year
    0%
    Total headcount
    3,191
  10. Employee growth · Marketing team growth

    152 Marketing employees (4.8% of company), stable year-over-year.

    The Marketing department currently has 152 employees out of 3,191 total (4.8%). The department is stable year-over-year, representing a change of approximately +0 employees.

    Department
    Marketing
    Department headcount
    152
    Department growth, 1 year
    0%
    Total headcount
    3,191

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One POST /v1/companies/enrich call with mars.com returns Mars signals from 14 more signal types (reddit-company, podcast-company, glassdoor-company and more), each with its source. Or ask Claude through MCP.

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curl -X POST https://signals.autobound.ai/v1/companies/enrich \
  -H "X-API-KEY: $AUTOBOUND_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "domain": "mars.com",
    "signal_types": ["reddit-company","podcast-company","glassdoor-company",
      "product-reviews","linkedin-post-company","twitter-company-posts",
      "youtube-company","website-intelligence","patents-company",
      "federal-contract-award","conference-speaker","hackernews",
      "producthunt-launch","seo-traffic"],
    "limit": 20
  }'

Questions about Mars other signals

What signals does Autobound track for Mars besides news and filings?
This page lists 27 signals for Mars from 4 sources: Employee growth (13), Patents (7), Podcasts (4) and Web traffic (3). Every row is dated, and most link to the post, review or record.
What are people saying about Mars online?
The newest posts on this page: Sep 15, 2026, Podcasts (Business for Good Podcast): Business for Good Podcast discusses Mars: pain point disclosed. Sep 7, 2026, Podcasts (Technovation with Peter High (CIO, CTO, CDO, CXO Interviews)): Technovation with Peter High (CIO, CTO, CDO, CXO Interviews) discusses Mars: efficiency focus. Aug 18, 2026, Podcasts (Uncensored CMO): Uncensored CMO discusses Mars: leadership change.
Has Mars been granted patents recently?
Yes. The newest grant on this page: Sep 29, 2026, Patents (Google Patents): Mars was granted a patent for a packaging carton design.

Source. Reddit, podcasts, Glassdoor, product reviews, LinkedIn, X, YouTube, company websites, patents, federal contracts, conference talks, Hacker News, Product Hunt, web traffic and employee growth, from the Signal API.

Method. The latest 15 signals per source from the last 12 months. Posts that do not name the company, replies, repeats and unreadable rows are removed. Traffic and headcount keep their newest measure.

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