AdTech Evolution
645 companies that became something else — acquired, rebranded, merged, or shut down. Today’s landscape is built on yesterday’s.
Featured lineage: Snap Inc.
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Acquired by MiQ · 2026
Rocket Lab was a mobile app growth and user acquisition platform that helped developers and marketers scale their apps through data-driven a…
Became WPP Production · 2026
Hogarth Worldwide is WPP's content production powerhouse — 10,000+ staff.
Shut down · 2026
Microsoft Invest was Microsoft's demand-side platform (DSP) for programmatic advertising, evolved from AppNexus and Xandr Invest, scheduled …
Acquired by Zeta Global · 2025
Cheetah Digital was an enterprise cross-channel customer engagement platform that helped brands build direct, loyalty-driven relationships w…
Acquired by Zeta Global · 2025
Marketing automation and customer engagement platform that was acquired by CM Group (now Marigold) in 2019, specializing in omnichannel pers…
Splicky was a real-time bidding (RTB) demand-side platform (DSP) specializing in mobile advertising, enabling advertisers to programmaticall…
Acquired by Zeta Global · 2025
Sailthru is a cross-channel personalization platform specializing in email, web, and mobile engagement for media and retail brands, now oper…
Acquired by Magnite · 2025
Streamr.ai was an AI-powered streaming analytics and audience intelligence platform designed to help media companies and advertisers optimiz…
Acquired by Roq.ad · 2025
Zeotap Data is the third-party audience-data arm divested from Zeotap to Roqad on Sept 2 2025 (undisclosed terms).
Became Apple Ads · 2025
Apple's advertising platform that enables app developers to promote their apps through paid search placements in the App Store across Apple …
GroupM is the world's largest media investment company, managing over $60 billion in annual media spend across multiple agency brands includ…
Became Comcast Advertising · 2025
Effectv, the television advertising sales division of Comcast, rebranded to Comcast Advertising's Media Solutions in April 2025, having conn…
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