The mobile growth marketing platform Liftoff reported its second-ever quarterly earnings last week. Shares were up by almost 25% after the company exceeded its revenue target and projected an optimistic profit margin outlook moving forward.
For the first time, a new feature in Google Ads breaks down the dollar amount a campaign saved from IVT blocking and exactly how much Google is crediting the campaign for bots caught post-billing.
AI is taking over the media and tech industries in the name of simplification, and marketers are pining for provable campaign outcomes, including from TV. These shifts are also causing significant change in Agency Holdco Land, according to Angela Steele, the chief client officer for WPP Media US.
No major retail media player has taken as circumspect an approach to ad revenue as Shopify. But the company has recently taken its next important step with a product called Campaign Autopilot.
OpenAI’s head of monetization, Benji Shomair makes the case for ads as a way to bring ChatGPT to more people, with user trust taking priority over advertiser demands.
In Q3, The Trade Desk beat the admittedly pessimistic revenue forecast it set for itself earlier this year. But growth has stalled.
Viant is doubling down on CTV with its $20 million Waymark acquisition, betting that AI-generated ads can bring more advertisers to streaming TV.
TIME is using AI agents to draft proposals and troubleshoot campaigns – but not to replace the human relationships that drive ad sales.
Stop Buying Lemons, With SWYM.ai
DSPs only see a fraction of available ad supply, and SSPs have no idea which impressions actually drive results, says SWYM.ai CEO Ravi Patel. That’s how buyers end up paying again and again for low-performing inventory. But it’s time to break the cycle.
AI Creative In The Programmatic Loop
The latest bolt-on to a DSP isn’t solving for media or measurement – it’s AI-generated creative. Inside the Viant-Waymark acquisition. Plus: CEO Jeff Green said The Trade Desk is open to M&A. So what kind of company could The Trade Desk buy?
