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Careers in AdTech follow the market—not a straight path. In this Signal & Noise episode, Evgeny Popov shares a full-stack view across publishers, agencies, DSPs, and CTV. From acquisitions to ACR data and measurement challenges, we explore how TV is becoming a data-driven channel—and why those who understand the entire ecosystem are best positioned to win.

Who wins and who loses when media buying goes agentic? AdCP isn’t just a new protocol—it’s a shift in where media decisions happen. As allocation moves upstream from auctions to agent-driven negotiation, DSPs, SSPs, publishers, and agencies all face structural disruption. This isn’t about better automation. It’s about control—and a fundamental reshaping of how the market operates.

The current market is full of adjacent providers and short on anyone willing to own the full chain between product value and commercial execution. What fills that gap is not just strategy and not just execution. It is GTM Intelligence. By GTM Intelligence, I don't mean RevOps dashboards, sales intelligence, or pipeline inspection tools. I mean the decisioning layer that determines what matters, what deserves focus, what the market needs to hear, and where the commercial

The old martech stack is not just messy. It is starting to get in the way. In this GTM Slop piece, Brett House breaks down Scott Brinker’s new report on the AI-era martech stack and explains why the shift from rigid stacks to composable systems matters for speed, integration, data, and growth. The real advantage will not come from buying more tools. It will come from building a growth system that moves faster, decides better, and executes with less friction.

AdTech has powerful tech but weak marketing. In this Signal & Noise episode, Joe Zappa (Sharp Pen Media) explains why CEOs must lead messaging with clear beliefs—not jargon. Learn how to stand out in a crowded market, build strong narratives, avoid “AI slop,” and turn authenticity into a competitive advantage.

What if your next biggest competitor is not another vendor, but Claude Code deciding your category does not need to be bought at all? This piece looks at how coding agents are starting to shape technical vendor selection, why that changes GTM, and what B2B software and AI companies need to do now to avoid getting bypassed before a salesperson ever gets involved.

At RampUp in San Francisco, hosted by LiveRamp, industry leaders gathered to discuss the future of identity, data collaboration, retail media, and AI in advertising. In this Signal & Noise episode, hosts recap the event and share insights from top AdTech voices on how privacy, data, and AI are reshaping modern marketing.