Brand refresh, James Carter promoted to CMO
v5.0 marks a partial brand refresh plus the promotion of James Carter to Chief Marketing Officer. Visual updates ship across the marketing site plus the in-platform navigation gets a lighter design refresh.
Brand refresh: design system
The design system gets a tighter color palette, Inter font as standard across web plus platform plus refined card plus button styling. The KALO IQ logo plus core wordmark remain unchanged.
- Tighter color palette (violet plus amber accent)
- Inter font standard across web plus platform
- Refined card plus button component library
- Logo plus core wordmark unchanged
James Carter promoted to CMO
James Carter promoted from VP of Marketing to Chief Marketing Officer effective March 4, 2026. Carter will lead marketing strategy across product positioning, brand growth plus US DTC partnerships. Sophia Miller plus the marketing team continue reporting to Carter.
- Promotion effective March 4, 2026
- Joined KALO IQ in 2023 as VP Marketing
- Reports to CEO
- Continues as primary press spokesperson
In-platform navigation refresh
Sidebar navigation in the platform got a lighter visual treatment with reduced visual noise. Navigation grouping changed to match user task flow (Discover, Run, Measure) instead of the previous flat list.
AI Discovery slow response on niche queries
AI Discovery was returning slower-than-target responses on certain niche queries where the search-space was very large. Backend query planner optimized; median response time back under 90 seconds across all niches.
Outreach template variable rendering on Safari
Outreach template variables rendered correctly in compose preview but malformed when sent from Safari in some cases. Issue traced to a browser-specific URL encoding plus fixed.
Campaign export not respecting filter state
Exporting a filtered campaign list as CSV was exporting the full list instead of the filtered subset. Filter state now correctly passed through to export.
Coming next
v5.1 ships AI Discovery general availability plus the agency partner program launch. Target: April 2026.
For developers
Visual refresh does not introduce any breaking API changes. Old client integrations continue to work without modification.
Questions or issues?
Email support@kaloiq.com for help. For platform status, see status.kaloiq.com.