Wayfair is one of the first advertisers testing OpenAI's new "Sponsored Agents" ad format, which enables customers to chat with a branded AI after clicking an ad.

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curl -X POST https://signals.autobound.ai/v1/companies/enrich \
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  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"domain":"wayfair.com","limit":20}'