The AI Edge Podcast

U of Digital

Openai

AI In Advertising

Agentic Commerce

Publishes	Weekly	Episodes	30	Founded	a year ago
Number of Listeners		Categories	MarketingBusinessManagement

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Ep 30. AI Slop, the Voice Box, and Why Averages Lie — with Sam Bloom, PMG

AI-generated content is back on the rise in ad inventory — and it's not just MFA farms anymore. Reddit deleted 25,000 spammy AI posts in Q1. Google took down 50,000 AI slop networks. And the ANA's latest brand safety report shows the problem is getti... more

13 Jul 2026 • 1 hr 2 min

Ep 29. Agentic Marketing Is Here — But Can AI Actually Stay On Brand? with Kashish Gupta, Hightouch

Amazon just launched Alexa Plus Agentic Ads — native checkout through voice, shoppable ads across third-party publishers, and a monetization machine that just keeps accelerating. WPP and Horizon are building agent-to-agent infrastructure. Databricks ... more

29 Jun 2026 • 47 min

YouTube

Ep 28. Apple Finally Showed Up to AI — And the Ad Industry Should Be Paying Attention, with Chris Kelly, Upwave

Apple announced its long-awaited Siri overhaul — and the reviews are basically "welcome to 2023." It's built on Gemini under the hood, while Apple simultaneously runs a privacy campaign aimed squarely at Google. Meanwhile, SpaceX went public at a two... more

15 Jun 2026 • 56 min

YouTube

Ep 27. The Platforms Know Your Brand Strategy Better Than You Do — And That's a Problem, with Dr. Cecilia Dones, 3 Standard Deviations

Google just announced the biggest overhaul to search in 25 years. The blue links aren't going away — they're just being buried. AI mode is now the default. Agents can be dispatched from the search bar. Native checkout is live. And five new ad formats... more

1 Jun 2026 • 52 min

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Recent Guests

Sam Bloom

Founder of Camelot, CEO (Camelot) and later executive at PMG

PMG (former Camelot founder)

Episode: Ep 30. AI Slop, the Voice Box, and Why Averages Lie — with Sam Bloom, PMG

Kashish Gupta

Co-founder and co-CEO of Hightouch

Hightouch

Episode: Ep 29. Agentic Marketing Is Here — But Can AI Actually Stay On Brand? with Kashish Gupta, Hightouch

Chris Kelly

Founder and CEO of Upwave

Upwave

Episode: Ep 28. Apple Finally Showed Up to AI — And the Ad Industry Should Be Paying Attention, with Chris Kelly, Upwave

Dr. Cecilia Dones

Founder of Three Standard Deviations; professor at Columbia University and NYU

Three Standard Deviations; Columbia University; NYU

Episode: Ep 27. The Platforms Know Your Brand Strategy Better Than You Do — And That's a Problem, with Dr. Cecilia Dones, 3 Standard Deviations

Stefanie Beach

Founder and CEO of The Marketeer Group; podcast host of The Digital Marketeer Podcast

The Marketeer Group

Episode: Ep 26. AI Bias Is a Business Problem — Not Just an Ethics One, with Stefanie Beach & Nadia Koski

Nadia Koski

Entrepreneur in ad tech and Cannes Lions content producer and podcaster

Independent entrepreneur

Episode: Ep 26. AI Bias Is a Business Problem — Not Just an Ethics One, with Stefanie Beach & Nadia Koski

Scott Brinker

Industry veteran, Chief MarTech, author of State of MarTech report

Chief MarTech

Episode: Ep 25. The MarTech Chrysalis: Why Marketing Is in a Messy Middle — and What Comes Next, with Scott Brinker, Chief MarTech

David Danziger

Senior Vice President of Partnerships at Dstillery

Dstillery

Episode: Ep 24. AI Is Making Ads Better — But Where Is All That Money Actually Going? with David Danziger, Dstillery

Mark Josephson

Executive coach and former CEO, Bitly, AOL veteran

Independent executive coaching

Episode: Ep 23. AI Native or Dead: What It Really Takes to Transform a Business, with Mark Josephson, Executive Coach

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Shiv Gupta

Host of The AI Edge Podcast; founder of U of Digital

Myles Younger

Co-host of The AI Edge Podcast; ad tech veteran

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5.0 out of 5 stars from 8 ratings

Informative 🤖
Easy to understand and insightful. Super conversational format!
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SarahRoseCMO
United States7 months ago
Good for the parasocial experience.
Funnier than my coworkers. Smarter too. I laughed. I learned. Subscribed. Waiting for the next episode.
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Ep 29. Agentic Marketing Is Here — But Can AI Actually Stay On Brand? with Kashish Gupta, Hightouch

Q: Where does Databricks fit into your strategy and how do you see the marketing layer evolving on top of data foundations?

Databricks is viewed as a data foundation where identity resolution and onboarding can be built; Hightouch should sit on top as the marketing layer, enabling marketers to do end-to-end activation without forcing them into a single data lake solution.

Ep 29. Agentic Marketing Is Here — But Can AI Actually Stay On Brand? with Kashish Gupta, Hightouch

Q: What's the rationale behind the LiveRamp (identity) play and how does it fit with Publicis?

The team aims to acquire LiveRamp's identity spine to augment Hightouch's data capabilities, while keeping other LiveRamp businesses and employees with Publicis; the value is in offering identity ecosystems that remain neutral and give brands choice, rather than forcing a single vendor path.

Ep 29. Agentic Marketing Is Here — But Can AI Actually Stay On Brand? with Kashish Gupta, Hightouch

Q: Kashish, how do you see the boundary between infrastructure and activation in the Hightouch model?

Hightouch focuses on solving marketing problems with portable, interoperable solutions; their approach is to offer end-to-end capabilities when needed, while staying open to integrating with existing platforms so customers can choose the best tools for each task.

Ep 30. AI Slop, the Voice Box, and Why Averages Lie — with Sam Bloom, PMG

Q: Sam, do you find whitelisting approaches work well on creator-led platforms like YouTube given the long-tail distribution of creators?

Whitelisting can be effective on platforms with a long tail, since the high-visibility creators tend to drive a large share of views and engagement; focusing on contextually relevant, pre-vetted inventory can dramatically reduce AI slop, though scalability and coverage remain challenges. It's about targeting the right subset and gradually expanding as data quality improves.

Ep 9. Welcome to Zero-Click Commerce, with Akaash Ramakrishnan, AdSkate

Q: What is AdSkate's core value proposition for marketers?

AdSkate enables brands and agencies to study creatives at a granular, metadata-driven level and to extract actionable takeaways that inform future campaigns across video, CTV, and display, acting as an accelerator rather than a replacer for existing workflows.

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A B2B-focused show that covers AI's practical impact on marketing, advertising, and tech leadership. Conversations repeatedly center on AI-enabled advertising, data strategy, governance, and the evolving role of agents and automation in business. Guests come from ad tech, marketing leadership, and AI strategy, offering actionable insights on governance, measurement, and building AI-native or AI-supported marketing organizations. The format blends industry analysis with real-world case studies, practical frameworks, and forward-looking views on tools, data ownership, and how to steer brands through an AI-driven landscape. A standout trait is tying AI developments directly to business outcomes, not just tech trends, with a candid, practitione... more

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