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TxtCart Accelerates Growth as Bootstrapped AI-Powered SMS Marketing Platform for Shopify
TxtCart, a leading AI-powered SMS marketing platform built exclusively for Shopify merchants, today announced significant growth milestones, including helping merchants generate more than $100 million in SMS-attributed revenue and scaling to thousands of active e-commerce brands, all without venture capital backing.
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