Ryan Scott

Excited to share that Aperiam has invested in Bedrock Platform. Obvious statement of the century: programmatic advertising has a complexity problem. The infrastructure that was built to give media buyers control has, over time, done the opposite. Burying teams under layers of operational overhead, legacy tooling, and opaque supply chains. Bedrock is built on a simple but powerful thesis: what if you stripped away the bloat and rebuilt the stack around what actually matters... precision, transparency, and speed to execution. Their platform combines AI-driven campaign automation with curated, premium inventory across video, CTV, DOOH, and audio, and aims to be flexible and get smarter over time. Plus, the team (Shane, Austin, Ryan, James) has deep roots in the infrastructure layer of ad tech and understands the plumbing better than almost anyone. We believe the next generation of programmatic will be leaner, faster and AI-first. Bedrock is building that.

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🚨 The landscape of CTV Advertising has undergone a significant transformation with the recent Roku-Amazon Alliance announcement at Cannes Lions. This strategic partnership marks a pivotal moment, granting access to approximately 80% of U.S. CTV households, equivalent to around 80 million homes, as highlighted by John Tomase of LinkedIn News. 👉 Initial outcomes are already demonstrating the impact of this collaboration: - 40% increase in unique viewers - 30% reduction in repeated ads - 3x surge in the value of ad spend Having been part of Roku during its early stages, witnessing this development is not merely exhilarating but also the realization of our long-standing vision to establish a dominant presence in the CTV advertising realm through strategic alliances and unparalleled scalability. This partnership signifies more than a mere business deal; it marks a seismic shift in the future landscape of television advertising. 💡 Why This Development Is Significant: 1. The Strategic Move: Scale, Data & Authenticated Reach By amalgamating Roku's CTV reach with Amazon's DSP, a colossal authenticated identity graph is being constructed—a dream come true for advertisers. This translates to reduced wastage of impressions and enhanced precision in targeted, measurable ad delivery. 2. Leveraging Artificial Intelligence Empowered by extensive first-party data and user log-ins, AI can now be leveraged comprehensively to drive hyper-personalized ad experiences. Imagine dynamic ad placements based on real-time behaviors and preferences, transcending traditional demographic targeting. 3. Addressing Key Concerns Will this consolidation potentially stifle market competition? The dynamics of pricing control might shift with increased influence in Amazon's domain. The neutrality of DSP is under scrutiny—what implications will this have for platforms like The Trade Desk? 🔮 Anticipated Developments: ✅ Enhanced focus on authenticated data and AI integration ✅ Emergence of "super-platforms" consolidating inventory and data control ✅ Encouraging brands to adapt: If you're not already optimizing for Amazon’s DSP, now’s the time. ✅ Potential for both innovation and consolidation risks This is a moment of truth for the CTV ecosystem. As we adopt smarter, AI-powered advertising, we must also ask tough questions about data control, interoperability, and competition. Do you think this will reshape the future of media buying for the better or limit it? #CTV #Advertising #Roku #AmazonAds #DigitalAdvertising #MediaBuying #Marketing #AdTech #ConnectedTV Read more: https://lnkd.in/gAzSAAeb

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Sooo... how can the same product, from the same company, with the same experience; suddenly grab market share from the market leader. No flashy launch, no innovation, no nothing. Change your brand positioning. How about if you are Anthropic (Claude), and you go up against a powerful government department like the DoW? Your intent was not brand position change; that'd be too pedestrian. There is of course, a lot of nuances in what happened; but the market does not care about the nuance - most of which I am most likely missing. The market cares about what they see and hear and feel. The Brand Positioning Deck on Amodei's laptop on never changed. Perceptions of the market changed of what Anthropic was. What it stood for, how far it will go for something as abstract, yet important as principles. As an aside: Amodei has re-engaged DoW and opened negotiations again as of late last week. Anthropic is still a business; and sometimes the market make a lot of assumptions, so you never know what is going on behind the scenes. But the users have made up their minds of what OpenAI and Anthropic stands for - rightly or wrongly. Both CEOs played a big role in this evolution. Speaking of CEOs and big companies and their 'products,'.... Nah, that'd be too easy. https://lnkd.in/gyfapkyF

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we've posted a couple of reports in the past - but I think that this one is the BEST and most interesting one we published (...so far...) this is a true comparison of "attribution" vs. incrementality - comparing the actual aggregated, weighted, and indexed results based for the clients who share attribution data with INCRMNTAL Super interesting - get it below!

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For years, we've watched retail media continue to fragment often operating on the promise of "closed-loop data" rather than verifiable, standardized results. In 2025, with IAB's new Commerce Media Standards going live, we're seeing the inevitable fallout: brand satisfaction with RMN transparency has plummeted from 66% to 44%. The market is demanding accountability. Brands are done asking for proprietary dashboards; they're demanding shared, IAB-aligned proof. The old JBP (Joint Business Plan) is evolving into something more like the JVP (Joint Value Partnership), where outcomes replace obligations and standardization is the currency. 👉 Read the full perspective : https://lnkd.in/giDQc9jY #RetailMedia #JBP #JVP #CommerceMedia #Transparency #MediaAMP

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Oreo's Parent Company Dropped $40M on an AI Marketing Tool Assuming this works, this investment could significantly reduce ad production costs and accelerate production time. Going forward, winning brands will need to (1) create ads that are relevant to the zeitgeist of the day, requiring fast turnaround times, and (2) the creation of multiple ads to test which ones lift brand searches the most, requiring low production costs. Avinash Kaushik and his team did a lot of this at Google, and it had a major impact. Cecelia Wogan-Silva, Ben Jones, and others at Google have done some really impressive work on this, too. While there are some valid concerns around using AI to create ads, I don't think CMOs have a choice. They must move fast on this, in the most ethical way possible. They should retain their creative talent, not replace them, and empower them with the best tools. They can also adequately pay human actors and let them decide where their AI likeness can be used. Jim Lecinski would love your take https://lnkd.in/g9BS2KvC

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My First AI Post @2025 (and thank you to the Aperiam AI Fellows and to Dawn West and Alex Netelkos for making that happen!): If viewability was the training wheels of digital measurement, attention is the carbon-fiber racing bike we’ve just learned to ride. Erica kicked us off by pointing out the obvious: “viewable” doesn’t mean “seen,” and certainly doesn’t mean “engaged.” McKinsey’s neat formula — time × focus × intent — resonated as a starting point, but the real magic is in using that across channels and across the funnel. Why does this matter now? Because omni-channel is no longer a buzzword — it’s the messy, lived reality. CTV, digital out-of-home, mobile gaming, social feeds — each has wildly different engagement norms. An attention metric gives marketers and publishers a lingua franca, a Rosetta Stone to compare value and outcomes without pretending a click on a banner is the same as leaning into a big-screen spot. Publishers want credit for premium environments. Marketers want to normalize buys across hundreds of brands, countries, and media types. Attention-weighted CPMs (ACPMs) start to solve both. Even a global CPG can look across Meta, YouTube, stadium signage, and print — and make sense of it. Is it perfect? No. Is it better than a stack of inconsistent KPIs and gut feel? Absolutely. And yes, AI is in the wings — not as the protagonist, but as the stagehand making the hard stuff easier. It can normalize messy data, connect attention signals to outcomes, and embolden teams to try bolder experiments. Which brings us to the closing provocation: What if a few brave brands and publishers agreed to really transact on attention — rough edges, no gaming, shared responsibility for outcomes? The moment feels right to test whether attention can become not just a metric, but a currency. Marc Guldimann Adelaide David Zapata AB InBev Michael Shields Cory Treffiletti Rembrand McKinsey & Company

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Audio represents 20%+ of consumer media time but under 5% of ad spend (eMarketer). For pharma brands focused on reach, frequency, and trust, this unlocks smarter investment without sacrificing accountability. "Viant Technology’s direct integration with iHeartMedia... allows both companies to match their data graphs and create shared IDs for targeting audiences in digital audio, as well as broadcast radio, where audience ID signals are scarce." Net-net: we're making hard to measure channels measurable and heping healthcare marketers better understand who they’re reaching, how often, and how audio fits into the full patient and HCP journey. Audio has always driven impact. Now, with Viant, it drives insight too. #HealthcareMarketing #PharmaMarketing #Viant #Programmatic #AddressableAdvertising #MeasurableMedia #AudioAds https://lnkd.in/ek8J-iJE

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Happy to help our partners at Amazon with this measurement initiative. Proof that real purchase data, not modeled proxies, is what closes the gap between streaming exposure and verified sales outcomes.

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