<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Ad Tech on Dave Marquard</title><link>https://marquard.org/categories/ad-tech/</link><description>Recent content in Ad Tech on Dave Marquard</description><generator>Hugo</generator><language>en</language><lastBuildDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2026 07:00:00 -0700</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://marquard.org/categories/ad-tech/index.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title>Measurement is the last neutral layer in ad tech — and it's being captured</title><link>https://marquard.org/posts/measurement-last-neutral-layer/</link><pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2026 07:00:00 -0700</pubDate><guid>https://marquard.org/posts/measurement-last-neutral-layer/</guid><description>Three unrelated companies moved to own the scorecard within thirty days, and more captures are easy to call.</description></item><item><title>Fox bought Roku's data, not its screens.</title><link>https://marquard.org/posts/fox-bought-roku-data-not-screens/</link><pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2026 09:00:00 -0700</pubDate><guid>https://marquard.org/posts/fox-bought-roku-data-not-screens/</guid><description>Roku feeds Nielsen&amp;rsquo;s measurement panel, so Fox now holds a stake in the scoreboard grading its own networks.</description></item><item><title>The agentic buy/sell loop just closed. What is the PM for now?</title><link>https://marquard.org/posts/agentic-buy-sell-loop/</link><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2026 09:00:00 -0700</pubDate><guid>https://marquard.org/posts/agentic-buy-sell-loop/</guid><description>Whoever defines the outcome and proves it happened owns the layer agents can&amp;rsquo;t commoditize.</description></item><item><title>Ad tech is trifurcating. Stop benchmarking every DSP against The Trade Desk.</title><link>https://marquard.org/posts/ad-tech-trifurcating/</link><pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2026 09:00:00 -0700</pubDate><guid>https://marquard.org/posts/ad-tech-trifurcating/</guid><description>Each pole carries a different structural risk, from a cracking identity graph to an untested ad sales motion.</description></item><item><title>Viant bought TVision. Independent measurement is next.</title><link>https://marquard.org/posts/viant-tvision-independent-measurement-is-next/</link><pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2026 09:00:00 -0700</pubDate><guid>https://marquard.org/posts/viant-tvision-independent-measurement-is-next/</guid><description>Neutrality answers a question buyers have stopped asking, so measurement gets priced as a feature.</description></item><item><title>The "we have AI" moat is gone. Ad tech sells outcomes pricing next.</title><link>https://marquard.org/posts/ai-moat-gone/</link><pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2026 09:00:00 -0700</pubDate><guid>https://marquard.org/posts/ai-moat-gone/</guid><description>Proprietary signal plus outcome-tuned evals close the loop that a model claim alone never could.</description></item></channel></rss>