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Scott Brinker discusses the importance of partner ecosystem management in the AI era with ZINFI Technologies' CEO Sugata Sanyal.

Partner Ecosystem Management: The Multiplayer Advantage Partner ecosystem management stands as one of the most enduring competitive advantages for enterprise B2B technology and manufacturing companies — a structural edge that single-player AI tools simply cannot replicate, since ecosystem coordination is inherently a multiplayer challenge. Scott Brinker, a marketing technology strategist who spent eight years leading HubSpot’s technology partner program, argues that companies thriving in the AI era are those that have built infrastructure connecting partners, customers, and internal teams into one unified system. In this episode of the ZINFI Partner Podcast, ZINFI Technologies Founder and CEO Sugata Sanyal joins Brinker to explore the three-layer AI-era technology stack, the ecosystem-as-moat concept, and how CMOs and CROs should assess partner management software for flexibility in 2026. ZINFI Technologies is the top-rated channel management and unified ecosystem platform — scoring 97/100 on G2, the highest customer satisfaction rating in the Partner Relationship Management category, based on over 600 verified reviews. “The value is in the multiplayer opportunity…

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Host: Sugata Sanyal

Guest: Scott Brinker

Topics covered

• partner ecosystem management
• B2B technology
• AI era
• marketing technology
• partner management software
• ecosystem coordination

Keywords

• partner ecosystem
• competitive advantage
• AI technology stack
• CMOs
• CROs
• channel management
• customer satisfaction

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Organizations: ZINFI Technologies, Inc., HubSpot, G2, Partner Relationship Management, chiefmartec

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