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- February 2, 2026
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Blockboard Unveils BlockVantage to Make AI‑Driven Media Buying Accountable by Default
AI has transformed how digital media is planned, bought, and optimized—especially in Connected TV. Campaigns now spin up in minutes, optimize in real time, and scale globally with minimal human input. But for all that speed, one thing has lagged behind: accountability. Blockboard is betting that gap is no longer tolerable.
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- February 2, 2026
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Datalinx AI Raises $4.2M Seed Round to Fix the Dirty Data Problem Holding Back Enterprise AI
Enterprise AI has a dirty secret: most organizations are trying to build intelligent systems on top of broken, inconsistent data. Datalinx AI wants to clean that up—at scale. The company, which positions itself as an “AI data refinery”, has raised $4.2 million in Seed funding to help marketing and data teams turn complex commercial data into AI- and application-ready assets, without armies of consultants or brittle pipelines.
PR Newswire
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- February 2, 2026
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BIGO Ads Expands Pixalate Partnership to Crack Down on Mobile Ad Fraud as IAA Risks Escalate
As mobile advertising budgets keep climbing, so does a less welcome metric: fraud. BIGO Ads, the AI‑powered programmatic advertising platform under JOYY Inc. (NASDAQ: JOYY), is responding by expanding its partnership with Pixalate, a global leader in ad fraud detection and traffic quality measurement. The goal is straightforward but increasingly difficult—to restore trust and transparency in the In‑App Advertising (IAA) ecosystem, where invalid traffic is getting smarter, stealthier, and more expensive.
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IAB Taps NBCUniversal’s Alison Levin as 2026 Board Chair as AI Reshapes Digital Advertising
The Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) is placing a familiar industry heavyweight at the helm just as digital advertising faces its next structural reset. The trade body has named Alison Levin, President of Advertising and Partnerships at NBCUniversal, as Chair of its 2026 Board of Directors, with Alan Moss, VP of Global Advertising Sales at Amazon Ads, stepping in as Vice Chair.
