The Rundown: Q1 dealmaking cools across ad tech and martech as AI remains the hottest ticket

The last two weeks witnessed separate mergers and acquisitions in the ad tech sector, a stark contrast to the opening three weeks of the year, according to statistics from LUMA Partners released this week. 

The deals in question were Viant’s intended $40 million purchase of TVision, an announcement made a day after True Anthem’s takeover by JWX, the entity formed from the union of JW Player and Connatix, was made public

Both of these deals were confirmed just a week after MiQ revealed two separate M&A moves in successive months, with the corporate development lead at the programmatic trading specialist, Paul Silver, describing current market conditions as a “buyer’s market,” to Digiday.     

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‘Everything is coming down’: ChatGPT ads are getting cheaper

Advertising in ChatGPT is already getting cheaper. The rate advertisers pay to reach every thousand users has fallen from $60 at launch nine weeks ago to as low as $25 now — and counting.

It’s early days, but marketers quoted Digiday a range of prices.

Ad agency Jellyfish is currently onboarding its first client into the pilot. Jai Amin, the agency’s chief of media activation, said that while the $60 base rate holds, he’s seeing averages closer to $45 depending on composition for inventory.

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