Platforms

Pinterest reported $1.2 billion in Q4 revenue, an 18% year over year increase – and its first-ever billion-dollar quarter.

Longtime Google exec Stephen Yap on why he left after more than 17 years to become CRO of Perion Network: “There’s a better future out there, one that’s a lot more efficient.”

Slap on your Ray-Ban smart glasses, ask Meta AI to remind you to post on Threads and then hop into Horizon Worlds. Welcome to the near future, according to Meta.

Jeff Green, CEO of The Trade Desk, calls it like he sees it. And he doesn’t see a future for Google monetizing the open internet via its SSP and ad server business.

Pinterest’s main focus is making it easier for users to buy through its platform. “We’re all in on shopping,” CRO Bill Watkins told AdExchanger.

Reddit COO Jen Wong shares how the company is banking on AI to push its conversation-driven performance marketing platform forward.

Tom Pachys, Co-founder and CEO of EX.CO, discusses the company’s new expanded ad server, and how it sets the offering sets them apart from other ad tech companies.

What is the future of curation in 2025? On the CES conference floor, PubMatic Chief Revenue Officer Kyle Dozeman talks about why curation is such a hot topic in ad tech.

As the ad industry awaits Judge Leonie Brinkema’s decision in US v. Google (ad tech edition), get up to speed quick with AdExchanger’s in-depth coverage.

Google and the DOJ were given roughly 90 minutes apiece to present their closing arguments, and Judge Brinkema could interrupt and ask questions throughout. She had some great ones.