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LiveRail

Defunct

San Francisco, California, United States · Founded 2007

51-200 employees

Sourced & current · updated Jul 22, 20262 of 4 facts verified

LiveRail was a programmatic video advertising platform acquired by Facebook August 2014 (~$500M). At the time, the largest video SSP/exchange in the world. Facebook attempted to extend Audience Network targeting via LiveRail to off-Facebook video inventory. Shut down by Facebook end of 2017 as Facebook pivoted away from external video ad tech.

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Stack tier: Ecosystem Services (A)

Supply Side Platform (SSP)Video Advertising Platform

Was the world's largest programmatic video SSP and exchange at the time of its acquisition by Facebook in 2014

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Pre-call brief from ATDb — sourced from the live database, current as of Jul 22, 2026. Not a static screenshot.