Assertion Supported AI assessment confidence: 95% certainty 4/5 debate potential 1/5

AppNexus acquired WPP's tech assets and powers its digital media buying

Michael Rubenstein · Michael Rubenstein and Catherine Williams, App Nexus // Data Driven #31 // Nov 2014 · Nov 20, 2014 · at 2:38

Michael Rubenstein, President of AppNexus, describes AppNexus's strategic partnership and technology integration with WPP, the world's largest ad agency.

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“We acquired their technology assets, they made an investment in our company, and today our technology powers the digital buying of the largest ad agency on earth.”

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The claim, plainly

AppNexus acquired WPP's technology assets, received an investment from WPP, and powers the digital media buying of WPP.

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Assessment

All three core components of the claim are confirmed by public announcements and news coverage: WPP invested $25 million in cash in AppNexus (increasing its equity stake to nearly 15%), AppNexus acquired WPP's publisher ad-serving technology Open AdStream (operated as Xaxis For Publishers), and AppNexus's platform served as the foundational ad technology infrastructure powering digital media buying for WPP's GroupM and Xaxis.

In September 2014, WPP announced a $25 million cash investment in AppNexus, raising its equity stake to nearly 15%.
AppNexus acquired WPP's ad-serving technology Open AdStream (OAS / Xaxis For Publishers).
Under the deal, AppNexus's ad tech platform served as the primary infrastructure powering real-time digital media buying for WPP's GroupM and Xaxis.

Checked against

[1] wpp.com [2] sec.gov [3] prnewswire.com [4] wsj.com [5] businessinsider.com [6] mediapost.com [7] fusiondiginet.com

AppNexus acquires WPP Xaxis technology assets 2014 AppNexus WPP investment technology assets Xaxis digital media buying

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AppNexus processes over 100 terabytes of data daily

“To a company today that's processing over a hundred terabytes of data daily and has got massive internet scale.”

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Disclosure

AppNexus has raised around $250 million in venture capital

“We haven't quite raised three hundred million, but we've raised almost that much, around two hundred fifty million dollars, so a lot of venture capital”

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