Allison Schiff

If AI agents can plan and buy media, who needs a holding company? Good question. Toward the end of Omnicom's third quarter earnings call on Thursday, Tim Nolan, an equity analyst at independent financial research firm SSR, asked Omnicom's leadership how t... See more

Zeta Global has made 19 acquisitions in as many years. But, according to CEO and Founder David Steinberg, it turns down more deals than it closes. 'We'll look at, I don't know, 100-plus deals to do just one,' Steinberg said the week after announcing Zeta'... See more

Kevel has new funding and a shopping list. On Wednesday, the retail media infrastructure company announced a $52 million Series D. Kevel plans to use some of that money to fund potential acquisitions, CEO and Founder James Avery told AdExchanger. 'There a... See more

Conventional wisdom says that you need clean data before you can use AI. But Rebecca Sykes isn't so sure the data needs to be pristine. Sykes, a partner at The Brandtech Group who leads its emerging technology practice, says generative AI can work with th... See more

Jackson Engles, CEO of Minerva, is a realist. He knows that the data his AI startup is built on probably won't be a competitive edge for more than a couple of years. 'Yes, sure, we have data that can help create better outcomes,' Engles told AdExchanger. ... See more