Reddit launches its answer to Advantage+ and PMax Reddit has launched Max Campaigns, its answer to Meta's Advantage+ and Google's Performance Max, into beta. From the company's press… January 7, 2026
Natura non facit saltus The New York Times reports on internal discord at Meta related to its superintelligence project (emphasis mine): In meetings this… December 17, 2025
Podcast: Building an AI-first media company (with Peter Stuart) https://open.spotify.com/episode/34OGUdy3egz2ix3mujwJEL?si=c96b89b2997a4012 In this week's episode of the podcast, I speak with Peter Stuart, the founder of Velora Digital, which publishes… December 17, 2025
Gemini in Chrome and Gmail, and Google’s AI distribution conduit In September, Google announced Gemini in Chrome, an initiative to insert Gemini touchpoints into the Chrome browser on Windows and… December 16, 2025
Ads in chatbots as a distribution necessity On December 5th, Judge Amit Mehta issued the final remedies decision in the Google Search antitrust trial. The initial remedies… December 10, 2025
Podcast: Does GenAI outperform humans with ad creative production? (with Anindya Ghose and Vilma Todri) https://open.spotify.com/episode/7HLtVRN44BtOPIB4d48aC2?si=f242f9a876ec4a7d In this episode of the podcast, I speak with Anindya Ghose from NYU and Vilma Todri from Emory University… December 9, 2025
Reddit Q3 2025 earnings: 68% revenue growth, automation suite in beta Reddit reported its Q3 2025 earnings last month: Total revenue increased by 68% year-over-year to $585 million. Ad revenue increased… November 18, 2025
Podcast: Meta’s Business AI tools and the ad-product divide (with Simon Whitcombe) https://open.spotify.com/episode/42ATqekWRdlOkaDTDhvqzp?si=c3e8bc563a2746d7 My guest on this episode of the podcast is Simon Whitcombe, the Vice President, Global Business Group at Meta.… November 18, 2025
Podcast: Heidegger’s caution https://open.spotify.com/episode/1dUofScdAVEMSFqiFq6a2B?si=8860ab0127544c6a In this episode of the podcast, which is a companion to Affiliate links, personalized ads, and chatbot revenue optimization,… November 12, 2025
Affiliate links, personalized ads, and chatbot revenue optimization Generative AI has undeniably penetrated consumer awareness at an incredible clip: this NBER paper finds that "overall genAI adoption (including… November 11, 2025
