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Criteo named first ad tech partner to OpenAI’s ChatGPT ad pilot (Digiday)
Amazon Explores Helping Other Apps Sell Chatbot Ads (The Information)
A New Pitch Deck Reveals X Is Using Grok to Sell Brand Safety (ADWEEK)
Content Creators Didn’t Kill Publisher Video. They Rebuilt The Ad Model (AdExchanger)
Third-Party AI Agents Can Now Plug Into LiveRamp’s Platform (ADWEEK)
Future of TV Briefing: How Paramount’s and Warner Bros. Discovery’s ad tech stacks stack up (Digiday)
Onetag Acquires Aryel to Create the New Value Exchange for Programmatic Ads (MarTech Cube)

From Incremental Reach to Performance Engine: NBCUniversal’s Kristina Shepard on Streaming TV
Kristina Shepard, EVP of Streaming and Performance Sales and Partnerships at NBCUniversal, joins the AdTechGod Pod to unpack the evolution of streaming from incremental reach to performance engine.
Special Episode: Location, Loyalty, and Building a Super App: Life360’s Mike Zeman on Modern Marketing
AdTechGod interviews Life360 CMO Mike Zeman about his career path, the role of customer trust and centricity in advertising, and how Life360 uses location data for marketing. They also discuss industry trends, brand building, AI’s impact on marketing careers, and the importance of mentorship and networking.

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Ad Agencies Build Custom AI Search Visibility Tools in Hours
Agencies including Havas, Broadhead, and Supergood are developing their own generative engine optimization (GEO) tools using large language models and coding assistants like Anthropic’s Claude Code. These systems analyze how brands appear in AI-generated responses, track competitors, and help agencies advise clients on improving visibility in platforms such as ChatGPT.
Havas created Brand Insights AI, which runs prompts across multiple models to measure brand mentions and citations. The platform operates in nearly 100 countries and more than 60 languages and is licensed to clients as a SaaS product. Other agencies report building early versions of similar tools in a single evening, emphasizing flexibility and cost control compared with third-party GEO platforms as brands focus more on AI-driven discovery.
Amazon Extends Its Audience Data to Netflix Ads
Amazon Ads will soon allow U.S. media buyers to use Amazon Audiences when running Netflix campaigns through the Amazon DSP, starting next quarter. The move follows Netflix’s decision to make its inventory available programmatically in Amazon’s platform. Advertisers will be able to target Netflix viewers using Amazon’s commerce and browsing data, which includes trillions of signals tied to shopping behavior, interests, and lifestyle indicators. Amazon says its identity graph covers about 90% of U.S. households, allowing marketers to connect streaming impressions with potential purchase activity.
The update reflects Amazon’s broader push to position streaming as a performance channel rather than only a reach vehicle. As the upfront season approaches, the company is emphasizing new ad tech tools and measurement capabilities that connect content exposure to measurable outcomes such as conversions and sales.
The Trade Desk Unveils OpenTTD
The Trade Desk introduced OpenTTD, a new partner portal designed to consolidate access across its growing ecosystem of services.
Announced during LiveRamp’s RampUp conference in San Francisco, the platform provides a single login and integrated analytics for companies that operate in multiple roles within The Trade Desk environment. Brands such as DoorDash that buy media, sell advertising, and provide data on the platform previously needed separate accounts and interfaces. OpenTTD brings these activities together in one dashboard. The portal also gives partners deeper insights into performance, including more detailed analytics on audience segments and data marketplace activity tied to products like Audience Unlimited.
The goal is to simplify workflows while helping advertisers, publishers, and data sellers better demonstrate performance and revenue opportunities across the platform.


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