<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Alyvo Blog</title><description>Notes from building Alyvo, on Agentic Commerce, product data, Merchant agents, and customer relationships.</description><link>https://getalyvo.com/</link><language>en</language><item><title>What is a CRM, and where did it come from?</title><link>https://getalyvo.com/blog/what-is-crm/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://getalyvo.com/blog/what-is-crm/</guid><description>CRM was never really software — it&apos;s a question: how do you remember your customers, and do the right thing for them at the right time? From card files, catalogs, and databases to AI agents — a history of tools absorbing one kind of labor at a time.</description><pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>