An emerging consensus among Wall Street investors, based on the earnings reports of companies like Meta and Alphabet, is that subscription software is on the way out. LiveRamp, which reported its Q4 earnings on Thursday, is staring straight down the barrel of this conventional wisdom.
Marketers claim they want control over creative production, but the moment a new AI tool hits the scene, they’re suddenly all about convenience. AI video ad platform Airpost, which launched last month, does its best to find that happy medium. Today, it announced $4.1 million in seed funding. If your company wants to give up […]
Advertisers are still figuring out what value ChatGPT’s ads may offer. Are LLMs the next frontier for search, or a new channel entirely?
ChatGPT’s initial ad rollout didn’t come as a surprise. Now, advertisers are figuring out how to make the most of this new channel.
Ad industry experts call out trends to watch in 2026 and separate the real AI use cases having an impact today from the AI hype they heard at CES.
Unusual, a new AI discoverability startup, analyzes how brands appear within AI search and provides suggestions on how to better rank.
AI search platforms are introducing ads. But if the ads don’t add value and maintain authenticity, platforms risk losing consumer trust.
The founders of six AI startups offer insights on the founding journey and what problems their companies are solving.
Criteo recently debuted new AI tech and pilot programs to a group of reporters – including a backend shopper data partnership with an unnamed LLM.
Havas Health implements Vurvey’s human-trained AI model to better understand its clients by developing synthetic AI personas.
Google on Wednesday announced the full availability of its new agentic AI tools, called Ads Advisor and Analytics Advisor.
AI tools are – for better or worse – infiltrating every step of the advertising journey, from creative and planning to execution and measurement. At the same time, some consumers are becoming increasingly skeptical as they question the authenticity and human touch of the content they encounter. “There is a lot of negative backlash against AI-generated content […]
AI is bringing accountability to ad tech’s murky middle, helping brands like EssilorLuxottica cut out bots, bad bids and wasted spend before a single impression runs.
On Monday, Brand Networks announced that Universal Ads would now be buyable through the company’s agentic ad buying platform, Aimy Ads.
A DSP, an SSP, an agency and a publisher walk into a room. Believe it or not, that isn’t the lead-in to a bad joke. It’s the model used by Medialive, a new AI startup that brings media buyers, sellers and vendors together to collaborate directly in a shared (digital) space. Joe Prusz, former CRO […]
As AI sweeps the tech landscape, new startups continue to emerge. Here are seven former ad tech execs’ thoughts on best AI practices and starting their own companies.
Optable introduced AI agents this week, allowing clients to improve their workflows with the help of AI and integrate with multiple tech platforms.
On Wednesday, Amazon introduced an agentic AI tool that brings all the image, video and audio generation capabilities of the company’s Creative Studio into its ad platform creative setup.
On Tuesday, video advertising platform Pixability launched its own agentic product, which will help marketers more quickly identify and target scalable audience segments on YouTube.
Spotlight recently partnered with Cheil UK to help the agency give its clients better insights that they can use to stand out in AI search.
Wondercraft’s new tool generates and revises audio content via natural language prompting, without the need for advanced technical skills.
A recently proposed Senate bill seeks to determine fair use cases for LLMs training on personal data and copyrighted material, along with the penalties for misuse.
When used strategically, AI can produce content on par with the quality of marketers’ work. What does that mean for the job market?
Carat is using “people-powered” AI to build agents that understand how to best reach specific audience personas.
The rapid evolution of generative AI technology has created uncertainty between brands and their agencies. But finding answers can be difficult when advertisers often don’t even know what questions to ask.
Long before the AI hype kicked off in earnest, Eric Schwartz was already working with machine learning tools to develop optimized ad tech products.
Making Science recently launched an AI tool that helps advertisers optimize their marketing campaigns while maintaining creative control.
Instead of trying to reduce AI hallucinations, AI startup Springboards is leaning into them, intentionally generating inaccurate, absurd outputs to spark creativity.
Nexstar’s digital strategy will now use Salesforce’s agentic AI capabilities, hoping to unify the sales pipeline into one system.
On Thursday, French AI start-up Olyzon (pronounced “all eyes on” – more on that in a bit) announced $5 million in additional seed funding led by US-based venture capital firm Cassius Capital.
