Funding
Kevel Raises $52M to Scale AI Ad-Serving APIs
Ad-serving infrastructure vendor Kevel has secured $52 million to scale its API-first platform and AI-driven tooling for commerce media, targeting retailers building their own ad businesses.
Ad Serving
Ad Serving
Perplexity Blocks Time Ads Served to AI Agents
Perplexity has blocked ads served to AI agents on Time's site, labeling them 'deceptive.' The dispute exposes a new front in ad serving: what happens when programmatic units render for AI crawlers and agents rather than human eyeballs.
Publisher Monetization
Time Starts Serving Ads to AI Bots and Crawlers
Time is now serving ads to AI crawlers and bot-driven traffic, testing a new monetization path as LLMs reshape publisher referral patterns. The move raises fresh questions about ad serving, measurement, and invalid-traffic classification.