# Moloco

> Moloco is a Redwood City-based machine learning company that helps app developers, retailers, and streaming platforms turn their first-party data into performance advertising. Its DSP, Commerce Media, and Streaming Monetization products use deep neural networks to make billions of bidding decisions every day for customers like Wayfair, StockX, Costco, Netmarble, and Yogiyo.

- **Founded:** 2013
- **Headquarters:** Redwood City, California, United States
- **Founders:** Ikkjin Ahn (Co-Founder & CEO), DJ Sungjoon An (Co-Founder & CTO)
- **Team size:** ~930 employees (April 2026)
- **Products:** Moloco Ads (DSP), Moloco Commerce Media, Moloco Streaming Monetization (MSM)
- **Notable:** Deloitte Technology Fast 500 winner, Google Cloud Customer of the Year (Cross-Industry), Financial Times Fastest Growing Companies

## Products & services

- **Moloco Ads (DSP)** — Cloud-based demand-side platform for mobile app marketers, using ML to predict user lifetime value and drive performance acquisition.
- **Moloco Commerce Media** — End-to-end retail media platform that lets commerce companies stand up sponsored-product and display ad businesses on their own properties.
- **Moloco Streaming Monetization (MSM)** — Enterprise ad-tech for streaming and OTT publishers, enabling both brand and performance ads across CTV inventory.

## Achievements

- Deloitte Technology Fast 500 winner
- Google Cloud Customer of the Year (Cross-Industry)
- Financial Times Fastest Growing Companies
- Business Insider Top Hottest Ad Tech Companies
- Reached $1.5B valuation in 2021 Series C
- Powers retail media for 125,000+ advertisers

## Latest updates

- **2026-04** — Headcount reaches ~930 employees.
- **2026-01** — Costco added Moloco to scale its retail media network.
- **2025-09** — Announced partnership with Skai to expand global retail media access.
- **2025** — Migrated retail media matching to Google Cloud Vertex AI vector search; ~10x capacity and up to 25% latency reduction.

## Links

- Website: https://moloco.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/moloco
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/MolocoVAN
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Moloco
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/molocoinc/

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Last updated: 2026-05-28