Before the ink was dry on the LiveRamp deal, Publicis Group CEO Arthur Sadoun had personally sent 500 emails. To clients, to partners and to rival holdcos — all carrying the same message. Nothing changes. LiveRamp stays neutral. Your data is safe.
He had to send those messages. The holdcos alone account for 5% of LiveRamp’s revenue. Losing them on day one would have complicated a rationale that goes well beyond advertising. It’s a $2.2 billion bet that the next trillion dollar market won’t go to the best media buyer. It’ll go to whoever can help clients build AI agents that their competitors can’t replicate.
Because anyone can license an AI model. That’s not the edge. According to Sadoun, the data is. Specifically, a set that spans 25,000 publisher domains, more than 500 data and tech partners in 14 markets and serves 800 clients — 250 of which are Fortune 500.
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