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Topsort, an auction-based advertising startup, now valued at $110M after seed round

TechCrunch

Exploring Ostrovsky’s work on auctions, together they started Topsort in 2021 to provide auction-based advertising technology, through APIs, so that smaller retailers and vendors could more easily promote without the reliance on cookies, which are poised to go away. Where will our data go when cookies disappear?

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Advertising Startup StackAdapt Snags Massive $235M Round

Crunchbase News

Advertising technologies do not interest investors as they once did, however, when you mix in artificial intelligence they take note. The Toronto-based company is a multichannel programmatic advertising platform that uses AI and automation in its software to enhance capabilities and user experience.

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Oracle’s $115 million privacy settlement could change industry data collection methods

CIO

Companies need to step up and evolve their practices, especially when it comes to data collection, by focusing on transparency and genuine consent at the moment of collection.” Rather than face a jury, Oracle agreed to a significant monetary settlement and also announced it was getting out of the business,” Barnes said.

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Adtech Startup Funding Has Collapsed

Crunchbase News

As for regulatory pressure, stricter privacy rules like the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation, or GDPR , and the California Consumer Privacy Act, or CCPA , enacted a few years ago, add to compliance costs and complexities for adtech companies, Ghose observed. It can be particularly daunting for startups.

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With Aerospike Trade Desk Achieves Hyperscale for Real-time Bidding

CTOvision

The Trade Desk is an advertising technology company that provides a self-service platform through which media buyers can purchase digital advertising. Aerospike runs at the edge as a cache for real-time […].

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N2Growth Helps Businesses Combine Strategy & Innovation for a Consumer-First Approach to Digital Transformation

N2Growth Blog

N2Growth helps companies transform information — and automate it — in ways that lead to the creation of unique value add and competitive advantages for our clients. Additionally, led the successful exists of a few advertising technology startups, then joined IBM as Watson was taking-off. Transformation is the new normal.

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Exploring AI solutions enhancing productivity and cost savings

Agile Engine

From augmenting creative work and optimizing workflows to boosting customer retention and mitigating risks, AI is a transformative technology driving sustainable growth for businesses of all sizes. Ways in which AI can help companies cut costs 1.