** J.P. Morgan raises PT on online marketing software company HubSpot HUBS.N to $725 from $635, citing constructive comments from a senior company partner
** Brokerage says HubSpot is actively using its own AI tools to “close business much faster”
** Says the contact also presents a favorable view for HubSpot on the downstream impacts from DeepSeek’s R1 model
** "Partner feedback indicates that he is seeing 'AI embedded across all the Hubs' within the HubSpot platform," says brokerage
** New PT is a 10% downside to stock's last close
** Twenty-two of 30 brokerages rate stock "buy" or higher, and 8 "hold"; median PT is $775 - data compiled by LSEG
** Stock rose 20% in 2024
(Reporting by Ateev Bhandari in Bengaluru)
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