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  "cite_as": "Newsprint, \"Pendulum: new features and launches\", https://www.newsprint.com/companies/pendulum/, updated 2026-10-28",
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  "title": "Pendulum: new features and launches",
  "opening_answer": "We confirmed 5 product launches from Pendulum since June 2026. The latest, Launches the Actions Agent for response plans, was announced Sept. 8, 2026. We also record 1 funding round and 1 new company.",
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    "summary": "Pendulum sells agentic social listening to brand and communications teams. It reads video, audio, images and text across many social channels and languages. Monitoring Agents send alerts to Slack or Teams, Reporting Agents write clip reports, and an Actions Agent drafts a holding statement from the team's playbook.",
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