Companies

Video hosting and creation platform that enables businesses and creators to host, share, and monetize professional video content with advanced privacy controls and customization options.

YuMe was a digital video advertising platform specializing in audience-based targeting and brand advertising across connected devices, later acquired by RhythmOne to form a combined programmatic advertising company.

Alibaba Group is a multinational technology conglomerate and one of the world's largest e-commerce and digital commerce companies, headquartered in Hangzhou, China. Founded in 1999 by Jack Ma and a group of co-founders, Alibaba has evolved from a B2B marketplace into a comprehensive digital ecosystem encompassing e-commerce, cloud computing, digital media, entertainment, and advanced advertising technology. The company operates multiple platforms including Taobao, Tmall, Alibaba.com, and AliE...

AI-driven campaign type within Amazon DSP for off-Amazon performance. Launched March 2024; globally available since Oct 2024. Reports 30-90% lower CPAs vs traditional campaigns.

Amplitude is a leading AdTech platform that provides data analytics and customer behavior insights to help businesses optimize their digital marketing and product strategies.

Burson is WPP's PR powerhouse formed July 1, 2024 from the merger of BCW + Hill & Knowlton. ~6,000 staff in 43 countries. One of the top two global PR firms. WPP exploring potential sale of Burson per news reports 2025-2026.

ChannelAdvisor is a cloud-based e-commerce platform that helps brands and retailers optimize their online sales across marketplaces, digital marketing channels, and their own websites.

Claude is an AI assistant developed by Anthropic, designed to serve as a genuinely helpful tool for work and deep thinking, and it remains ad-free by design.

DAZN is a global sports streaming platform that delivers live and on-demand sports content directly to consumers via subscription.

AI-powered contextual ad targeting tool — analyzes scenes, characters, mood, emotion across Disney+ and Hulu library; allows advertisers to align creative with on-screen context. Launched Feb 9 2024 with GroupM, OMG, IPG Mediabrands, Publicis Media, Dentsu, Horizon Media as beta partners. Available across global markets following Disney audience graph rollout.

Grapeshot was a contextual intelligence and brand safety platform that used AI to analyze web content, acquired by Oracle in 2018 and integrated into Oracle Advertising.

GSD&M is an Austin-based full-service advertising agency known for purpose-driven creative work and long-standing relationships with major national brands.

IMDb is the world's most popular and authoritative source for movie, TV, and celebrity content — and a powerful advertising platform reaching hundreds of millions of entertainment-intent audiences globally.

Landor is WPP's global brand consultancy — design, brand strategy, identity systems. Founded 1941. Notable clients include FedEx, BP, Citi. Operates as part of WPP Creative division (post-Elevate28).

Leo UK (formerly Leo Burnett London) is the London agency of Leo, the Publicis Groupe creative network formed in January 2025 by merging Leo Burnett and Publicis Worldwide.

Mapp is a global marketing technology company that delivers an integrated customer engagement platform designed to help businesses create personalized, data-driven marketing experiences across multiple channels. The company's cloud-based solution combines marketing analytics, customer data management, and cross-channel campaign orchestration, enabling marketers to build meaningful customer interactions at scale. Built on artificial intelligence and machine learning foundations, Mapp's platfor...

Foundation-model training platform. Acquired by Databricks July 2023 for $1.3B. Tech became foundation of Databricks Mosaic AI.

Nanigans was a performance advertising platform specializing in Facebook and Instagram ad optimization before being acquired by Skai (formerly Kenshoo) in 2020.

Oribi was a no-code marketing analytics platform that helped businesses track conversions and user behavior without requiring developer resources — acquired by LinkedIn in 2022.

Percolate was a marketing content management and orchestration platform that helped enterprise brands plan, create, and distribute marketing content at scale.

Self-serve commerce media platform unifying sponsored listings, CTV, video, and display for retailers and transaction-based businesses. Launched July 25 2023.

RichRelevance was a pioneering AI-driven personalization platform for retail and e-commerce, later rebranded as Algonomy after merging with Manthan in 2021.

Scroll was an ad-free subscription service that paid publishers based on time spent reading, acquired by Twitter in 2021 and later shut down.