Brands at eTail Palm Springs share lessons on the ‘messy middle’ of building AI tools

This story was first published by Digiday sibling ModernRetail

When Owen Spencer first started conversations about how artificial intelligence could be used for coding at sporting goods manufacturer Revelyst over a year ago, the first response was apprehension.

This was when ChatGPT was first taking off, and Spencer, Revelyst’s former senior director of DTC applications and AI enablement, said people were concerned AI would replace their jobs if implemented into the business. But now, many of those same engineers are working across more departments and on bigger-picture projects, like helping data analysts on projects or building apps, Spencer said.

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Despite 2025 revenue beats, The Trade Desk’s stock price falls sharply after earnings update

The Trade Desk announced both Q4 and full-year revenue beats for 2025 earlier today, but a perceieved weakness in its accompanying revenue guidance for the current trading period meant its stock was down in the early hours after the bell.

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The latest numbers came amid a glut of trading updates from the publicly-listed ad tech cohort – Magnite and Taboola also issued their earnigns for the period – with all eyes on the indsutry’s largest independent demand-side platform given the previous 12 months saw its stock price drop by two-thirds.

The Trade Desk announced revenues of $2.9 billion during 2025, up 18% year on year, with $847 million of that total generated during the closing quarter of the year, up 14%, with both sets of numbers beating earlier expectations.

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