Buy Side Meets Sell Side.
Live Q&A with CEOs telling the truth about where Ad Tech is headed.
AdTech AdTalk
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Buy Side Meets Sell Side. Live Q&A with CEOs telling the truth about where Ad Tech is headed.
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Recent Episodes
July 31, 2026
I Have a Thesis
<p>After recovering from a truly bizarre pre-roll video featuring an opossum massage, hosts Adam Heimlich and Gareth Glaser dive deep into defining their core operating philosophies for Chalice and Gamera. Adam lays out his "Two Architectures" thesis, arguing that enterprise advertisers require unique, one-at-a-time AI stacks based on their own data, rather than the "pooled stacks" used by small businesses, to prevent brand equity erosion and slows growth. Gareth counters with a critique of the shaken faith in programmatic, specifically among publishers moving back toward direct sales, necessitating a new thesis on "Trust in Programmatic."</p><p>The hosts litigate the complete lack of standards and enforcement in "seller-defined" programmatic fields, which publishers have historically gamed to satisfied generic, pooled DSP algorithms that fail to spread value across opportunities. The conversation shifts to the distinction between data, measurement, and optimization. Adam asserts that Chalice is uniquely optimizing empirical page metrics—like network calls and refresh rates—against robust per-advertiser valuations. Gareth advocates for a zero-trust approach, positioning Gamera as the necessary neutral third party to objectively label inventory and create feedback loops for publishers.</p><p>In the news segment, the hosts analyze Omnicom’s recent earnings call, slamming CEO John Wren for punting on analyst questions regarding whether AI efficiency savings benefit the agency or the advertiser. Adam and Gareth express deep skepticism over agency claims of multi-year internal AI builds, suggesting they are likely relying on generic tools from Google and Microsoft. They close with Ian Whitaker’s analysis of Microsoft versus Meta capex spending, analyzing why the market rationalizes Microsoft’s compute investments as widgets to be sold, but remains skeptical of Zuckerberg’s ability to translate massive hardware bets into an impregnable advertising moat.</p><p>00:00 Apossum Massage Madness & Intro02:29 The Adam Loves AdTech Blog Engagment04:31 Adam's Thesis: The Two Architectures of AI Advertising08:23 Gareth's Thesis: Shaken Faith in Programmatic09:37 The Lack of Trust & Standards in Bidstream Fields11:44 Publisher Shenanigans & The Failure to Spread Value13:20 The Need for Neutral Third Parties & Zero Trust16:40 Objective Site Assessment vs. Gamed GPIDs22:00 The App Nexus Origins of Curation24:30 Why Curation Works: Beating the DSP Algo29:23 Does AdTech Actually Care About Advertiser Performance?31:47 Dissecting Data, Optimization, & Measurement34:54 Viewability Table Stakes vs. Gamed Inventory39:50 JS Logs, iframes, and Closing the Pub Loop43:30 Gamera Business Model & Free Publisher Monitoring45:41 News Pubs & Oracle's Brand Safety Vacuum50:50 News: Agency Earnings, AI Savings & The John Wren Punt52:55 Moving too Fast: The Pony Scheme Analogy55:51 News: Meta vs. Microsoft Capex & Ian Whitaker Analysis59:12 Social Media is Just a Website1:00:32 Singularity & Next Week: Kaiju Open Weight Model Fight</p><p></p>
July 24, 2026
Is It Recipe Sites? Or Is It Cake?
Hosts Adam and Gareth explore evolving user IDs, retail media networks, programmatic economics, and SSP innovation, offering insights into ad tech's future.
July 10, 2026
Fruit of the Poisonous Tree
Adam and Gareth interview industry experts on AI's media pollution, Alex Karp's ontology insights, and Google's anti-competitive "Buyer Direct" product.
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