Advertisers are flying blind on ChatGPT ads — Adthena wants to change that

If advertising on ChatGPT is going to be funded largely by search ad dollars, which some marketers are already anticipating, then Adthena wants to make sure it has the tech in place to help advertisers make that shift.

Its new ChatGPT AdBridge tool does this by turning clients’ existing Google Ads accounts into ready-to-run ChatGPT campaigns. It analyzes those campaigns to generate keyword lists and negative keywords that can be uploaded directly into ChatGPT’s ad platforms. It also surfaces what’s working competitively in a given category so advertisers aren’t just transplanting old campaigns but walking in with some intelligence about where to compete — including which brands are appearing in a given auction, how frequently, as well as on which prompts.

“We know with a high degree of confidence these budgets will come from search somewhere, we’ve had people say that on a customer advisory bureau,” Fletcher said. “So the best place to start is with your mature Google Ads campaigns.”

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Pinterest debuts audience extension offering on CTV

During what many have termed a sallow period for mergers and acquisitions in the ad tech space, Pinterest’s 2026 purchase of tvScientific stood out as a highlight, and the social platform is now activating it with a CTV ad launch. 

Pinterest today announced that advertisers can purchase the social platform’s audiences on third-party CTV properties, a facility made possible by its $300 billion-plus purchase of tvScientific, which it closed earlier this year. 

It’s the first time the social platform has made its 600 million monthly active users available to marketers on third-party media properties — a technique widely termed as “audience extension” — with Pinterest using this week’s POSSIBLE conference, hosted in Miami, Fla., to trumpet the launch. 

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