Major agencies are investing in ID and data solutions, with WPP’s purchase of InfoSum the latest acquisition. In her latest feature, Shirley Marschall looks at the real reason why the ad tech arms race is really hotting up… What do these [...]

Seedtag, the global contextual advertising company, has today (April 2nd, 2025) announced the launch of its AI Intention Models, a context-driven and effective advertising approach that distinguishes between casual browsing and transactional readiness in real-time, without relying on personal data. Designed [...]

Chalice AI, the US-based advertising technology company, today (April 1st, 2025) announces its expansion into the EMEA market, led by Freddie Turner, former managing director of MiQ UK. This marks a significant milestone in Chalice AI's mission to revolutionise advertising [...]

Eight months on from Labour’s victory in the UK’s last general election, how has our ad tech ecosystem been impacted? We examine the changes introduced by Keir Starmer and his party, as well as the industry’s trajectory for the near [...]

This week, we recap major advancements in the AI and advertising industries. In today’s MadTech Daily, we unpack possible tariff reductions, Google’s antitrust hearing, and copyright lawsuits  The AI race is heating up with major players rolling out significant upgrades. OpenAI [...]

Today's Digest looks at Instagram's partnership ads, upgrades in the AI sector and IAB's report on agencies, brands, and publishers' implementation of full-scale AI adoption. Instagram Enhances Partnership Ads Instagram is expanding its Marketing API, making it easier for advertisers to run [...]

Kinetiq, the AI-powered platform unifying global media intelligence into actionable insights, today (March 27th, 2025) announced a strategic partnership with DAIVID, a pioneer in using AI to measure and improve the effectiveness of brands’ creative, to redefine how advertisers evaluate [...]

Is AI in ad tech really all it's being promoted to be? Shirley Marschall takes a look... AI is being sold as the ultimate solution to ad tech’s biggest challenges. Privacy? Solved. Fraud? Eliminated. Performance? Optimised. Fragmentation? Gone. But what happens when [...]

In today's Digest, we look at Outsmart's plea to the UK Government to intervene in the OOH sector, the UK Government considering changes to its taxes on big Tech firms and the British public's support for AI laws. Outsmart Calls on [...]

Today's digest looks at Meta's agreement to stop personalised Ads for an individual, Yahoo Sales of TechCrunch and UK Technology Secretary urging AI Copyright Critics to Embrace Change Meta Agrees to Stop Targeting UK User with Personalised Ads  Meta, the owner of [...]