automation

Fluency plans to invest its new funding into AI and engineering to bring more automation into the platform.

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 […]

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.

US Bank CMO Michael Lacorazza on the brand’s novel use of AI: Creating avatars of key target customers to capture insights and inform ad creative.

Nexstar’s digital strategy will now use Salesforce’s agentic AI capabilities, hoping to unify the sales pipeline into one system.

Marketing Cloud Next is designed to automate manual tasks and bring enhanced personalization to customers’ communications with brands through the use of agentic AI.

AppLovin’s stock popped by more than 28% in after-hour’s trading Wednesday on the news that it plans to offload its entire apps business at a $900 million asking price by next quarter.

Agents are autonomous and thoughtful, incredibly fast and knowledgeable. They won’t replace star performers, but they will supercharge your team’s delivery.

Pacvue’s Melissa Burdick talks about the growing role of automation in commerce, the grocery wars and retail media.

Einstein 1 is a new Salesforce platform that makes it easier for companies to build AI-powered apps and experiences, including through a conversational AI assistant. Because talking to your data is a thing now.

We spoke with Justin Osofsky, Meta’s head of online sales, operations and partnerships to get a pulse on the state of Meta’s business, including automation, AI and Threads, of course.

Meta is allocating an increasing percentage of the billions of dollars it spends annually on its infrastructure toward building the company’s “capacity for artificial intelligence,” says John Hegeman, Meta’s VP of monetization.

Apple’s ATT spurred Meta to shore up its ad platform and make it less vulnerable to future changes on other platforms – but that doesn’t change the fact that regulators remain ready and raring to crack down.

If we set ChatGPT aside, AI has the potential to transform how marketing and ad tech handles data transfer between platforms.

Meta has many pots on the boil right now, and for good reason. The advertising industry is bubbling like a pan of oil. Meta has announced major new initiatives to support the metaverse (natch), AI, brand safety and suitability controls and third-party verification for the feed, automated ad products, business messaging, privacy-enhancing technologies, creator tools […]

Meta has released new products available within Meta Advantage, its newly consolidated suite of automated advertising tools, and the global rollout of Advantage+ shopping campaigns, which was in beta since earlier this year, with additional features to support Advantage+ app campaigns.

Roy Armale, VMLY&R’s global chief innovation officer, believes in tackling technology with human behavior in mind – and being careful not to let the convenience of technology alter our perception of what it means to be human.

Meta is bringing all of its automated ad products together under a single roof. Meta Advantage, which is what Meta is calling its new suite, may sound like a health plan but is really a home for Meta’s existing automated tools, including lookalike expansion, automated app ads and automatic placements, as well as the future home for other automated products in the works.

The Great Resignation has hit digital and media agencies hard. But there are some things agencies can do to stop the not-so-virtuous cycle, said Ralph Pardo, US CEO of Omnicom agency Hearts & Science, speaking at AdExchanger’s Industry Preview event in New York City on Tuesday.

Snap is bringing more machine learning into the media buying process on its platform. Although the release is not directly related to signal loss due to Apple’s AppTrackingTransparency framework, the move should help attract performance advertisers to the app. On Tuesday, Snap said advertisers can now buy multiple ad format types within a single ad […]

“The Sell Sider” is a column written by the sell side of the digital media community. Today’s column is written by Greg Garunov, EVP of business and strategic development at Sightly. Once upon a time, brands and agencies railed against walled gardens, and for good reason. They didn’t want Big Tech saying, “Trust us, your […]

New York-based startup Marpipe clinched $8 million in Series A funding with the backing of some big-name investors that it will use to fuel the growth of its creative testing platform as it looks to become an ad tech unicorn. The company, founded by 26-year-old CEO Dan Pantelo last year, uses automation to generate thousands […]

“Data-Driven Thinking” is written by members of the media community and contains fresh ideas on the digital revolution in media. Today’s column is written by Brian Bowman, CEO and founder of Consumer Acquisition. Apple’s new IDFA policy will have a profound impact, including killing the way in which most mobile app companies A/B test creative […]

Subscribe to AdExchanger Talks on iTunes, Google Play, Spotify, Stitcher, SoundCloud or wherever you listen to podcasts. Celtra is a DCO OG. The company, founded in 2016, has been in the dynamic creative optimization business for nearly 15 years. But last year, Celtra stopped classifying itself as a DCO provider and embraced a new category: […]

Google is rolling out ad products geared to local businesses struggling to adapt to new customer behaviors that have developed since the world went screwy in mid-March. It’s become a theme of the pandemic: the biggest of big tech platforms releasing advertising and commerce tools aimed at the smallest of small advertisers. “We recognize the […]

The official advertising boycott against Facebook may be over, but the same can’t be said for hate speech on the platform. Facebook took down 22.5 million posts in the second quarter alone for violating its policies against hate speech, which is more than double the 9.6 million pieces of hateful content Facebook removed last quarter, […]

Enforcement of the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) begins in less than three weeks. “And many businesses just aren’t ready,” said Cillian Kieran, CEO and founder of Ethyca, a privacy compliance startup that closed its $13.5 million Series A on Thursday. The round brings Ethyca’s total funding to $20 million since the company raised its […]

Creative optimization is one of the most effective tactics that mobile growth marketers can use to boost performance. But it’s also a pain in the butt. User acquisition managers must test an enormous amount of creative assets by size, color, copy and placement type before they find those that really work for specific pockets of […]

M&A is at an all-time low due to coronavirus fears, but some deals are getting done even in challenged sectors. On Tuesday, Bain Capital divested itself of SRDS, a 101-year-old business within Kantar that compiles contact info, audience insights and ad rates for more than 6,700 B2B and consumer-facing US-based traditional media sources. The acquirer […]