MadTech Daily: Tencent Nearly Triples AI Spending; Anthropic Investors Eye $2 Trillion-Plus Valuation for Autumn IPO
In today’s MadTech Daily, we discuss investors betting on a USD$2tn (£1.50tn) IPO valuation for Anthropic and Tencent’s AI push sending capex soaring 176%.
14 Aug 1min
MadTech Daily: French Publishers Cry Foul Over Google AI Summaries; Perplexity Moves to Block Time's Ads
In today's MadTech Daily, we discuss French publishers taking Google to the competition regulator over AI Overviews, Perplexity moving to block Time's ads aimed at AI agents, and Disney+ and Hulu addi...
13 Aug 1min
Ciaran O'Kane on Nielsen Acquiring DoubleVerify
In this MadTech Podcast mini special, Ciaran O'Kane of ExchangeWire and FirstPartyCapital joins John Still to discuss Nielsen acquiring DoubleVerify.Under Nielsen, DoubleVerify keeps its brand and rem...
13 Aug 10min
MadTech Daily: Big Tech Faces Wave of Social Media Addiction Lawsuits; YouTube Raises Bar for Creators
In today's MadTech Daily, we discuss an appeals court allowing thousands of addiction lawsuits against Meta, Google, TikTok and Snap to proceed, YouTube raising the bar for creators to join its moneti...
12 Aug 1min
MadTech Daily: Meta Hit With Additional $567m Child Safety Penalty; Burnham Fast-Tracks Subscription Trap Crackdown
In today's Digest, we discuss a New Mexico judge ordering Meta to pay an additional USD$567m (£419.5m) over child safety issues,Burnham fast-tracking subscription trap crackdown as cost-of-living tour...
11 Aug 1min
MadTech Daily: Nielsen to Acquire DoubleVerify; eBay Leans Into Live Shopping
In today's MadTech Daily, we discuss Nielsen acquiring DoubleVerify in a $2.15 billion deal, eBay leaning into live shopping as it chases Whatnot and TikTok Shop, and AANA and ADMA merging to form the...
10 Aug 1min
MadTech Daily: Amazon's Ad Revenue Reaches USD$76bn, Disney's TikTok Creator Content Deal
In today's MadTech Daily, we discuss Amazon's ad revenue reaching USD$76bn (£57.04bn), Disney's TikTok creator content deal, and DeepSeek raising prices amid surging AI demand.
7 Aug 1min
