SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mar 27, 2025--
Landbase, the leader in agentic AI for go-to-market (GTM), today announced the launch of its Silicon Valley-based Applied AI Lab, an elite team dedicated to advancing GTM. This launch expands Landbase’s strategic investment in its GTM-1 Omni model and Landbase platform.
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The Applied AI Lab arrives on the heels of Landbase’s successful launch of GTM-1 Omni, the first and only agentic AI model built specifically for GTM. Pre-trained on over 40 million B2B campaigns and sales interactions, 24 million companies, 220 million contacts and 10 million signals and events, GTM-1 Omni has already been automating thousands of campaigns across industries while reducing costs, increasing speed and improving conversion rates.
“Innovation is only as great as the team behind you. That’s why we created the Applied AI Lab and brought on world-class AI and ML experts to continue advancing and refining the GTM-1 Omni model,” said Daniel Saks, CEO and co-founder of Landbase. “The Applied AI Lab is more than a research and development initiative; it's where AI meets execution. With it, Landbase is strategically paving the way for more cutting-edge breakthroughs in the agentic AI-powered GTM space, fulfilling our mission to automate and scale GTM efforts efficiently. Our Applied AI Lab is just the beginning.”
Meet the Applied AI Lab team
Led by Chief Data Scientist Hua Gao — a Stanford Ph.D. and co-founder of EverString, which was acquired by ZoomInfo — the Applied AI Lab brings together top AI researchers, machine learning engineers and workflow automation experts to further expand GTM-1 Omni’s capabilities. The Applied AI Lab further advances Landbase’s mission to engineer autonomous GTM systems that drive real revenue impact.
The rest of the Applied AI Lab team possesses a vast history of working in machine learning, AI model development, large-scale automation, AI-driven decision-making and sales intelligence for noteworthy companies, including Meta, YouTube, NASA and Crunchbase.
“We've assembled a uniquely qualified team of AI engineers and researchers with deep expertise in building robust, scalable systems,” said Gao. “The composition of this team, spanning applied machine learning, large-scale automation and workflow orchestration, is purpose-built for the complexity and promise of agentic AI to accelerate the next wave of GTM innovation.”
Areas of focus for the Applied AI Lab
The Applied AI Lab will focus on three primary areas:
For more information on the Landbase Applied AI Lab, please visit https://www.landbase.com/agentic-ai.
About Landbase
Landbase is an agentic AI company that intelligently automates go-to-market workflows for businesses. Landbase has trained the GTM-1 Omni model on billions of data points, enabling organizations to launch highly relevant, omnichannel campaigns with minimal manual input. By combining machine intelligence with top human performance, the Landbase platform empowers businesses to scale their lead generation efforts autonomously, delivering proven success in improving conversion rates while lowering total cost of ownership.
Landbase's innovative Applied AI Labs team is the first of its kind led by Chief Data Scientist Hua Gao.
TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 11, 2026--
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Porter provides comprehensive flight schedules from both Toronto airports, emphasizing its continued investment in Canada’s largest city.
Toronto-City - Nashville is operated on the De Havilland Dash 8-400 aircraft, with daily service beginning today. The new route connects Billy Bishop - located just minutes from downtown Toronto - with one of North America’s most popular getaway destinations. Since launching U.S. flights from YTZ in 2008, Porter has been committed to providing elevated economy service between Toronto and key American cities. The new U.S. Customs Preclearance facility at Billy Bishop offers even greater convenience to passengers. Porter continues to build frequency and connectivity from the city’s downtown airport, providing more options for travellers than any other airline.
Service between Toronto Pearson and Quebec City will be operated by the brand new 132-seat Embraer E195-E2 aircraft, with 12 weekly roundtrip flights beginning May 12. The new route complements existing Toronto-City service. Connections are available through Toronto Pearson to Western Canada destinations such as Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Winnipeg, and Kelowna. Additionally, these flights are optimally timed for our partner Air Transat’s extensive European network accessible via YQB, including destinations such as Lisbon, Rome, Venice, Paris, and Amsterdam.
Porter’s presence at Toronto Pearson continues to grow, connecting to more than 30 routes across North America, Mexico, the Caribbean and Costa Rica.
On every Porter flight, passengers can expect genuine hospitality and an elevated level of onboard service, including no middle seats, complimentary wine and beer served in glassware, and premium snacks. Routes operated with the E195-E2 also have free, fast WiFi available for everyone.
PorterReserve fares offer passengers an all-inclusive economy experience, with fresh meals, extra legroom seats, premium pre-mixed cocktails, priority check-in, and ticketing flexibility. These options are available à la carte with PorterClassic fares.
Full schedule details are available at www.flyporter.com.
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“Porter continues to build connectivity from Toronto’s two complementary airports, providing even more options for travellers to explore this summer. Nashville and Quebec City are both popular destinations, rich in culture and history. Passengers can now connect easily to Porter’s expanding Eastern Canada network from Billy Bishop and across North America from Toronto Pearson.”
- Andrew Pierce, vice president, network planning and reporting, Porter Airlines
“Porter’s new nonstop service to Nashville marks a significant milestone in the continued expansion of Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport’s transborder network. This route improves both choice and convenience for travellers, while strengthening Toronto’s direct links to some of North America’s most in demand destinations. With the introduction of U.S. Preclearance and Porter’s ongoing investment in service from downtown Toronto, this launch underscores strong confidence in Billy Bishop Airport’s role as a passenger-focused urban airport. We look forward to continuing our partnership with Porter as we support greater connectivity, drive economic benefits, and deliver seamless travel experiences for the city and region we serve.”
- RJ Steenstra, president & CEO, Toronto Port Authority, owner and operator of Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport
“Porter’s new nonstop service to Nashville is a great example of how Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport and partners continue to evolve in ways that put the passenger first. With U.S. preclearance now in place, travellers can enjoy more choice and a smoother, more seamless experience when flying to the U.S. from downtown Toronto. This route reflects the strength of our partnership with Porter and the Toronto Port Authority, and our shared focus on delivering the kind of convenient, elevated travel experience passengers expect and value.”
- Eve Wiggins, chief operating officer, Nieuport Aviation
“Porter Airlines’ first departure from Nashville International Airport (BNA) marks an important addition to our growing international offerings. As demand for global travel continues to rise in Middle Tennessee, expanding our partnerships is essential to providing travelers with more destinations and greater convenience. Nonstop service to Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport (YTZ) offers a direct connection into downtown Toronto, giving our passengers another valuable option for international travel. We’re proud to welcome Porter as our newest airline partner and to celebrate the launch of a service that further enhances BNA’s global reach.”
- Doug Kreulen, president and CEO, Metropolitan Nashville Airport Authority (MNAA)
“We welcome Porter’s continued expansion of service to destinations across the country. Quebec City is a vibrant and important market for both business and leisure travel, and this new route gives passengers more choice, greater convenience, and easier access to the destinations they want to reach across Canada at a time when demand for domestic travel continues to grow.”
- Carl Jones, head of business aviation development, Toronto Pearson
“We are pleased to see the return of the route between Toronto Pearson International Airport and Québec City Jean Lesage International Airport, operated by Porter Airlines. These 12 flights to the Canadian metropolis are fully in line with our objective of offering more options to travellers from the region and across Québec. They also help to strengthen connectivity to popular destinations in Western Canada.”
- Stéphane Poirier, president and CEO, YQB
About Porter
Since 2006, Porter Airlines has been elevating the experience of economy air travel for every passenger, providing genuine hospitality with style, care and charm. Porter’s fleet of Embraer E195-E2 and De Havilland Dash 8-400 aircraft serves North America, including a coast-to-coast domestic Canadian network, the U.S., Mexico, the Caribbean and Central America. Headquartered in Toronto, Porter is an Official 4 Star Airline® in the World Airline Star Rating®. Visit www.flyporter.com or follow @porterairlines on Instagram, Facebook and X.
Porter Airlines continues to grow its Toronto network with new service between Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport (YTZ) and Nashville International Airport (BNA), as well as reintroducing service from Toronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ) to Québec City Jean Lesage International Airport (YQB).
