A Podcast For The People About The People. The AdTechGod ® Pod celebrates the Minds Behind Adtech and offers an engaging platform where listeners can discover the stories and insights of the individuals driving the advertising technology industry. This podcast shines a spotlight on the creative and innovative minds that make adtech great, providing a unique perspective on the people behind the technology that shapes our digital advertising experiences. All guests appearing on the adtech god podcast are invited participants; they do not provide compensation to AdTechGod for their appearance. The podcast's funding is provided through preroll and midroll advertisements, which are sponsored by various companies. If you are interested in being a guest or advertising on the AdTechGod Pod (The Adtech God Podcast) please visit https://www.adtechgod.com/adtechgod-pod.
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Ep. 152: Turning What’s Happening on Screen Into an Ad Signal with Abbey Ramsey of Anoki AI
Tuesday, October 6, 2026 • Duration 27:21
AdTechGod joined Abbey Ramsey, Chief Commercial Officer at Anoki AI, to explore the evolution of video advertising and how AI is reshaping CTV. Abbey shares lessons from her career at MTV, Tremor Video, and OpenAP, and explains how Anoki uses real-time video intelligence to understand what viewers are watching and turn those moments into actionable advertising opportunities. They also discuss contextual targeting, programmatic activation, live news and sports, and how AI is changing the way advertising leaders work.
Takeaways
AI is reshaping CTV and video advertising.
Real-time context enables smarter ad targeting.
AI creates new opportunities across news and sports.
Programmatic makes AI insights easier to activate.
AI is helping leaders work faster and smarter.
Chapters00:00 Introduction00:58 Meet Abbey Ramsey02:49 Abbey’s Journey Into Ad Tech03:43 MTV and the Early Days of Streaming Video05:34 The Rise of Pre-Roll and Tremor Video07:17 ACR, Programmatic and the Evolution of TV09:14 Building Audience-Based Advertising at OpenAP10:16 What Anoki AI Does11:11 Bringing AI Intelligence to FAST and VOD12:10 Unlocking Advertising Opportunities in News13:25 Why Context Matters for Advertisers14:56 Real-Time Signals, Weather and News16:27 Turning AI Intelligence Into Programmatic Activation18:00 Where AI and CTV Are Heading Next18:27 The Future of AI in Sports Advertising19:39 Making AI Practical for the Advertising Industry21:17 Abbey’s AI-Powered Operating System23:30 Inside Anoki AI25:37 Why Relationships Still Matter in Ad Tech26:07 Closing Thoughts
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Hightouch’s Ian Maier on Turning First-Party Data Into Advertising Intelligence
Friday, October 2, 2026 • Duration 26:47
Ian Maier, General Manager of AdTech at Hightouch, joins AdTechGod to discuss how first-party data, identity, AI, and measurement are reshaping advertising. Ian shares his journey from performance marketer to ad tech leader, breaks down the challenges brands face when activating customer data, and explains how AI can help marketers turn complex data into smarter audience, creative, and media-buying decisions.
Takeaways:
First-party data needs accessibility: Brands often struggle to connect conversion data across online, offline, mobile, and other systems for effective activation and measurement.
Identity remains a major challenge: Customer data needs to be matched to addressable users for targeting, suppression, attribution, and optimization.
Data and creative work together: Strong audience targeting alone cannot compensate for creative that fails to connect with consumers.
AI can turn data into action: Hightouch is using AI agents to help marketers analyze customer and measurement data, develop segmentation strategies, and activate audiences.
AI still needs structure: Ian argues that AI needs a marketing "harness" that understands workflows, approvals, business context, and measurement to support effective media decisions.
Clean rooms still have a role: Ian sees value in data clean rooms but believes complexity and design currently limit their usefulness for some applications.
Chapters:00:00 Meet Ian Maier, GM of AdTech at Hightouch01:11 Ian’s Journey From Marketer to Ad Tech04:09 Why Data and Creative Need Each Other06:23 What Brands Get Wrong About First-Party Data09:23 How Hightouch Activates Customer Data10:59 Rethinking Identity and Data Onboarding14:16 First-Party vs. Third-Party Identity Data17:43 Identity and Targeting Across CTV20:01 Using AI to Make Sense of Advertising Data22:20 From AI-Powered Planning to Activation22:45 Is AI Making Ad Tech Easier or More Complex?24:14 Bullish or Bearish on Data Clean Rooms25:49 Closing Thoughts
Guests: AdTech God
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FreeWheel’s Gil Sommer on How Live Sports Are Changing CTV Advertising
Wednesday, September 30, 2026 • Duration 27:19
AdTechGod joins with Gil Sommer, Vice President of Product Management at FreeWheel, to explore how connected TV advertising is evolving as live sports move deeper into streaming. They discuss the technical challenges of advertising at massive scale, contextual targeting, programmatic buying, measurement, advertiser outcomes, and how agentic AI could bring greater automation and precision to direct advertising.
Takeaways:
Live sports are creating new opportunities and technical challenges for CTV advertising.
Contextual targeting can make live ad breaks more relevant to the action viewers just watched.
Programmatic and guaranteed buying are likely to coexist across premium streaming inventory.
Better measurement and standardization could help CTV demonstrate stronger advertiser outcomes.
Agentic AI could bring more automation and precision to direct advertising.
Chapters:00:00 Introduction01:42 Gil Sommer’s Journey Into Ad Tech04:21 How Live Streaming Changes CTV Advertising06:35 Contextual Targeting in Live Sports07:44 Handling Millions of Concurrent Viewers09:25 The Technical Challenges of Live Ad Delivery11:30 Can Live Sports Become Fully Biddable?13:50 Friction Between Advertisers and Publishers15:11 Solving CTV’s Measurement Problem18:49 Moving Ad Budgets From Linear TV to CTV21:11 Does the Ad Tech Ecosystem Need Simplification?23:33 What’s Next for Advertising24:10 Outcomes and the Future of TV Measurement25:05 Agentic AI in Advertising26:25 Closing Thoughts
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Ep 151: Tanja Mimica of Kovva on What the Future Holds for Media Buyers
Tuesday, September 29, 2026 • Duration 27:19
AdTechGod is joined by Tanja Mimica, Co-Founder and COO of Kovva, to discuss her journey from building and selling Martin to PubMatic to launching an AI-powered platform for media buyers. Tanja explains how Kovva automates cross-platform operational workflows, what AI could mean for junior media buyers, and why the future of agencies may depend on turning institutional knowledge into intelligence that compounds over time.
Takeaways:
Kovva automates operational workflows across media-buying platforms and productivity tools.
AI could shift media-buying roles toward higher-value work rather than simply eliminating them.
Kovva uses agency knowledge and playbooks to automate workflows within existing processes.
AI can help agencies retain and scale institutional knowledge across teams.
The future may be a “compounding agency” where organizational intelligence improves with every workflow.
Chapters:00:00 Introduction01:09 Tanja’s Journey Into Ad Tech02:07 Building Martin and a New DSP03:37 The Road to PubMatic04:23 From PubMatic to Founding Kovva05:49 Building a Company With Your Co-Founder and Spouse07:19 Why Tanja Built Kovva08:14 How Kovva Automates Media Buying Workflows10:00 Where Kovva Fits Into the Media Buying Process11:01 Playbooks and Agency Knowledge12:29 Will AI Replace Media Buyers?14:19 How Agency Roles Could Change16:12 The AI Adoption Gap18:21 Using AI to Train Junior Media Buyers19:46 Kovva as an Orchestration Layer21:57 What’s Next for Programmatic Advertising22:18 AI and the Future of Agency Operations24:18 Building the “Compounding Agency”25:34 Closing Thoughts
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Why Better Brand Lift Data Makes Advertising Smarter with Alistair Hill of OnDevice
Tuesday, September 22, 2026 • Duration 22:45
AdTechGod joins Alistair Hill, CEO and Co-Founder of OnDevice, to explore how advertising measurement has evolved beyond clicks. They discuss brand lift, data quality, incrementality, survey fraud, AI’s growing role in measurement, and why measurement should help improve the next campaign instead of simply reporting what happened.
Takeaways:
Clicks don’t tell the full story of brand advertising effectiveness.
Reliable brand lift depends on accurate exposure data and comparable audience groups.
Data quality is increasingly important as fraud affects survey-based measurement.
AI can turn brand lift data into smarter campaign planning and optimization.
Measurement should be the starting point for improving the next campaign, not just a post-campaign report.
Chapters:00:00 Introduction00:13 Meet Alistair Hill, CEO & Co-Founder of OnDevice01:21 How Alistair Got Into Advertising and Measurement02:11 Why Clicks Were Never Enough04:32 What OnDevice Is Solving in Brand Lift06:12 The Problem With Misleading Measurement Metrics09:59 Has Advertising Measurement Become Too Complicated?11:16 What Good Brand Lift Measurement Looks Like12:20 Data Quality, Survey Fraud and Real Audiences14:40 AI and Machine Learning in Measurement16:52 The Biggest Measurement Challenge Today18:48 The Future of Brand Lift, Outcomes and AI20:54 Why Log-Level Data Matters21:27 Alistair’s Unexpected Excel Love Story22:05 Closing
Guests: AdTech God
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Beyond Retail Media: Connected Commerce with Pacvue’s Tommy Burton
Tuesday, September 15, 2026 • Duration 25:16
AdTechGod joined Tommy Burton, VP, Global Partnerships at Pacvue, to discuss the evolution of retail media, his experience at Amazon Ads, and how AI and automation are changing commerce. They explore measurement challenges, Amazon Business, agentic shopping, CTV, and what’s next for brands navigating the growing commerce media landscape.
Takeaways:
Retail media remains fragmented across platforms and retailers.
Measurement continues to be a major challenge for brands.
AI is making commerce data easier to access and understand.
Automation helps advertisers save time and improve campaign performance.
Agentic shopping is changing how consumers discover products.
Commerce data is connecting branding, CTV, and performance marketing.
Retail media is evolving toward a more connected commerce ecosystem.
Chapters:00:00 Introduction00:13 Meet Tommy Burton, VP, Global Partnerships at Pacvue01:13 Tommy’s Journey Through Yahoo, AOL and Amazon02:44 Joining Amazon Ads and the Rise of Retail Media04:26 Key Lessons From Building Amazon DSP05:58 From Amazon to Pacvue08:06 What Pacvue Does for Brands and Agencies09:28 Is Retail Media Still in Its Early Stages?11:14 Fragmentation and the Retail Media Measurement Challenge13:09 How Pacvue Is Using AI14:58 Unlocking the B2B Opportunity With Amazon Business17:12 Automation, Reach and Conversion Results19:04 What’s Next for Commerce Media?19:35 Agentic Shopping and the Future of Product Discovery20:24 Connecting Media to the Point of Purchase21:12 CTV, Branding and Performance Marketing23:23 Why Commerce Data Could Break Down Media Silos23:56 Where to Connect With Tommy and Pacvue
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Beyond the Genre: Bill Condon on Gracenote’s Vision for CTV Transparency
Wednesday, September 9, 2026 • Duration 29:51
AdTechGod is joined by Bill Condon, Head of Global Advertising Sales at Gracenote, to discuss why content-level transparency is becoming essential in connected TV advertising.
They explore how Gracenote’s content intelligence gives advertisers a clearer picture of where their ads appear, improves brand suitability, and helps identify premium inventory. Bill also discusses the importance of persistent content signals, the rise of truly live sports inventory, Gracenote’s work with The Trade Desk and other programmatic platforms, and what’s next for CTV advertising.
Takeaways:
CTV needs greater transparency: Advertisers need clearer visibility into where their ads actually run.
Content intelligence goes deeper: Gracenote provides detailed signals beyond broad genre categories.
Better brand suitability: Content-level data helps brands choose what to align with or avoid.
Transparency benefits buyers and publishers: Advertisers gain control while premium publishers can better demonstrate their value.
“Live live” matters: More precise signals help distinguish truly live sports from other sports content.
Content signals are becoming essential: Gracenote is bringing its content intelligence into major programmatic platforms.
Outcomes are next: Content intelligence could help improve purchase intent, brand favorability, and campaign performance.
Chapters:00:00 Welcome to the AdTechGod Pod00:13 Introducing Bill Condon of Gracenote01:26 Bill’s Journey to Gracenote03:13 The Convergence of Streaming and Traditional TV03:42 Do Advertisers Really Know Where Their Ads Run?05:17 Why CTV Still Has a Transparency Problem06:40 Gracenote’s Content Intelligence and Metadata08:23 Going Beyond Basic Genre Targeting09:01 Building a Deeper Content Graph10:42 Brand Suitability and Show-Level Signals11:22 Persistent Content Signals Across Platforms13:15 Three Key Use Cases for Content Intelligence14:09 Transparency, CPMs and the True Value of Inventory15:25 Show-Level Reporting and Post-Campaign Validation16:02 How Content Signals Benefit the Sell Side17:55 Why Premium Publishers Benefit From Transparency19:13 Dos Equis, Dentsu and the Power of “Live Live” Sports21:32 Gracenote’s Partnership With The Trade Desk24:02 The Future of Connected TV Advertising25:40 Connecting Content Intelligence to Outcomes26:22 Why Transparency Will Shape the Future of TV Advertising28:39 Closing Thoughts
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Ep 150: Apps, Ops and OEM with Mike Brooks
Episode 150
Tuesday, September 8, 2026 • Duration 27:45
AdTechGod sits down with Mike Brooks, Founder of Brooks Industries, to explore the convergence of CTV and mobile apps, the future of TV data, performance CTV, product-market fit, and how AI is creating new opportunities across advertising.
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Takeaways:
CTV and mobile apps are converging: Mike sees significant opportunity as the app and connected TV ecosystems increasingly overlap.
TV data is still evolving: Advances in streaming and ACR data could unlock a new generation of advertising products and targeting capabilities.
Product-market fit comes first: Startups need to focus on solving a specific problem instead of chasing every new opportunity.
Performance CTV has real potential: Mike believes TV can drive measurable installs and conversions, particularly for mobile-first brands looking beyond traditional acquisition channels.
AI is making big data actionable: Mike sees practical AI value in modeling large datasets and turning complex signals into useful insights for advertisers and streaming companies.
Chapters:00:00 Welcome to the AdTechGod Pod00:13 Meet Mike Brooks01:05 Mike’s Journey Through Apps, Ad Tech, and CTV05:06 Building Partnerships at LG Ad Solutions06:10 The Convergence of CTV and Mobile Apps08:27 What the Industry Is Underestimating08:58 The Future of TV and Streaming Data11:54 Why Product-Market Fit Matters13:48 The Power of Focus for Startups16:33 Is Performance CTV Really the Future?18:06 Using CTV to Drive Installs and Conversions20:00 Rethinking the “Performance TV” Label21:58 AI’s Role in Advertising and Consulting24:25 Final Thoughts and How to Connect
Guests: AdTech God
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Ep 149: From Amazon to AI-Powered Commerce with Marissa Ramirez of ShopSense AI
Tuesday, September 1, 2026 • Duration 25:41
AdTechGod is joined by Marissa Ramirez, Chief Commercial Officer at ShopSense AI, to discuss her journey from Amazon to the startup world, how AI is connecting content with commerce, the future of shoppable CTV, and why better ad experiences could help strengthen the open internet.
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Takeaways:
Marissa shares how her decade at Amazon shaped her approach to building and scaling ad tech products.
ShopSense AI uses specialty AI to connect inspiration across video, audio, images, and text to commerce opportunities.
Better, more relevant ad experiences could help the open internet compete with walled gardens.
Shoppable CTV needs to go beyond simply adding QR codes and create more intentional consumer experiences.
Specialty AI models could play an increasingly important role in media planning, creative, commerce, and advertising infrastructure.
Chapters:00:00 Welcome to the Ad Tech God Pod00:47 Marissa Ramirez’s Journey Into Ad Tech03:07 Building and Scaling Products at Amazon04:04 What Kept Marissa at Amazon for a Decade05:44 Moving From Amazon to ShopSense AI06:00 What ShopSense AI Does07:06 Why Marissa Made the Startup Leap09:25 The Open Internet vs. Walled Gardens10:23 Why Better Ad Experiences Matter13:04 Building a New AI and Commerce Category15:06 What Drives Shoppable Content Engagement16:58 Misconceptions About Shoppable CTV19:37 Moving Beyond the QR Code20:53 ShopSense AI’s Role in the Advertising Ecosystem21:51 The Future of AI and Ad Tech23:19 Closing Thoughts
Guests: AdTech God
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CTV Gets Smarter: James Grant of Equativ on AI, Identity & Outcomes
Wednesday, August 26, 2026 • Duration 31:50
AdTechGod sits down with James Grant, SVP of Equativ, to explore the evolution of connected TV, AI-powered media planning, performance TV, and the future of streaming advertising. James also shares lessons from powering live sports advertising and why outcomes, identity, and new CTV ad formats are shaping the next era of ad tech.
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Takeaways:
- AI agents are making media planning more efficient and dynamic.
- Performance TV is creating new opportunities for measurable CTV outcomes.
- Live sports streaming requires scalable ad serving, testing, and strong project management.
- Pause ads and home-screen formats can create less intrusive CTV experiences.
- Contextual signals, outcomes, and deterministic identity will shape CTV’s future.
Chapters:01:05 Introduction to the AdTechGod Pod01:18 Meet James Grant of Equativ02:17 James’ Career Across TV and Ad Tech05:08 Building Equativ’s CTV Business06:25 The Biggest Opportunities in Connected TV08:40 AI and Equativ’s Media Planning Agent10:41 Moving Beyond Copy-and-Paste Media Buying12:51 AI, Workflow Efficiency and Creative15:27 Combining AI, Creative and Media Buying16:50 Live Sports and Streaming Advertising17:34 Equativ and MagentaTV18:55 Lessons From Large-Scale Live Streaming21:10 What Broadcasters Need to Get Right23:54 The Changing CTV Ad Experience24:48 Why Pause Ads Are a Major Opportunity27:13 Equativ’s TV Operating System Partnership28:15 The Future of CTV and Streaming31:11 Deterministic Identity and What Ad Tech Is Missing32:07 Closing Thoughts
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