AI Agents Are ‘Nascent’ but Data Clean Rooms Are Ready for the Collaboration Era

PALM SPRINGS, CALIF. – Data clean rooms were never meant to be a silver bullet. But, as AI agents begin reaching across organizational boundaries to hoover up everything they can find, the humble clean room is getting a second look — this time, as a critical guardrail. That tension, between AI’s appetite for data and […]

 
 

Snap, CVX & Snowflake Debate The Importance of Offsite Retail Media Measurement

CANNES — Retail media networks are expanding their offsite capabilities by partnering with social platforms, offering advertisers extended audience reach and engagement. Panelists highlighted the importance of data foundations, privacy-safe collaboration, and diverse ad experiences in driving value for consumers. While measurement fragmentation remains a challenge, new technologies are enabling more granular insights across channels. Panel: […]

 
 

Snowflake Sees Emergent Data-Sharing Uses, M&A To Boost Interoperability

LAS VEGAS — In the wake of a post-cookie advertising landscape, the shift toward first-party data strategies is gaining momentum, according to Bill Stratton, Global Head, Media, Entertainment & Advertising Vertical, at Snowflake. The data cloud company is seeing brands increasingly leveraging clean rooms and first-party data. And Snowflake recently acquired another data company to […]

 
 

Snowflake’s Stratton Puts Ad Data Processes In The Cloud

The modern digital advertising industry has a difficult decision point, with many executives wanting to heed the new privacy imperative whilst nevertheless sharing that audience data with third-party data companies. That dualism would seem to be intractable – but Bill Stratton doesn’t think so. In this video interview with Beet.TV, the global head of media, […]