Amazon Nears $20 Billion In Ad Revenue For Q3
Amazon Ads Agent promises simpler buying, but raises transparency questions A
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Aurasell Books 85 Customer Meetings At SaaStr AI Annual
A few months after SaaStr AI Annual 2026, someone asked on LinkedIn how many leads sponsors got from the event. Steve Burton, CMO of Aurasell, answered in one line: “Don’t count leads, but we booked 85 meetings on the calendar.” Aurasell’s CMO That’s the…
Martech & AI
Anthropic Files S-1 Showing $16.3B Revenue
Plus Broadcom backstopping Anthropic’s chip debt, Meta’s $95B equity raise, the PHP2Shell flaws, and an IC fight over Instinct at $30B and OpenAI at $1.25T This week had one story that mattered more than everything else combined: Anthropic finally filed its…
Search & Content
Google’s AI overhaul of search hits snags as ad revenue growth cools
The rate of ad revenue growth decelerated in Q3 for Google’s core business despite a jump in query volume driven by AI features.
Paid & Social
AdExchanger Reports Streaming Services Haunted By Ghost Audiences
CTV upfront spend surpassed linear for the first time this year. And yet the industry continues to value audiences using metrics built for a bygone era.
Search & Content
Google Faces Worst Stock Drop Since 2004 Amid Ad Revenue Concerns
How ad tech vendors misuse extended identifiers; Google’s search ad business worries investors; and why TelevisaUnivision plans to expand its sports portfolio.
Paid & Social
Pinterest reports solid user growth in Q3
The company’s third-quarter 2026 earnings report showed more than 20 million new users since Q2, including 17 million in regions outside its core markets.