# Raptive

> Raptive provides full-service advertising management, audience tools and business support to independent creators and media publishers. Formerly CafeMedia and AdThrive, it unifies publisher inventory for advertisers and is expanding into licensed AI data and commerce infrastructure.

- **Founded:** 2006
- **Headquarters:** New York, United States
- **Founders:** Michael Sanchez (Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer), Andrew Shue (Co-founder), Andy Marzka (Co-founder of predecessor AdThrive (2013)), Kelly Marzka (Co-founder of predecessor AdThrive (2013))
- **Products:** Full-service ad management, Content Optimization / Topic, Slickstream, Raptive Represents, Raptive Community
- **Notable:** More than $4 billion in cumulative payments to creators and publishers, reported June 2026., More than 6,500 premium sites and 224 million monthly people reached, reported June 2026., Company describes its network as a top-10 global digital media property, citing Comscore December 2025.

## Products & services

- **Full-service ad management** — Display and video monetization, ad placement, optimization, advertiser relationships, direct sales and performance reporting. AdThrive lineage began in 2013.
- **Content Optimization / Topic** — SEO briefs and content-update workflows incorporating technology acquired from Chia Labs, maker of Topic.
- **Slickstream** — Reader engagement and discovery suite acquired from Hivepoint.
- **Raptive Represents** — Advertiser access to diverse-owned media through specialist partnerships.
- **Raptive Community** — Dedicated, moderated fan communities with advertising monetization; launch year not verified.
- **Raptive Intelligence** — AI business unit launched with the AlchemyAI acquisition, initially focused on food expertise, licensed data and agentic commerce.
- **Raptive Compass** — Closed-beta dashboard experience combining performance data, AI insights and suggested actions; a portable MCP was announced as forthcoming.

## Achievements

- More than $4 billion in cumulative payments to creators and publishers, reported June 2026.
- More than 6,500 premium sites and 224 million monthly people reached, reported June 2026.
- Company describes its network as a top-10 global digital media property, citing Comscore December 2025.
- 2018 announcement reported a global Google Certified Publishing Partner Customer Satisfaction Award.

## Latest updates

- **2025-10** — Lowered minimum monthly pageviews to 25,000, folded Rise into Insider and retained content-quality criteria.
- **2026-06** — Launched Raptive Intelligence, acquired AlchemyAI and appointed John Roa Chief AI Officer and General Manager.
- **2026-09** — Raptive Compass support documentation described a closed beta with AI insights and prioritized actions; portable MCP forthcoming.
- **2026-09** — Eligibility documentation specifies 50% traffic from five key markets for sites below 100,000 monthly pageviews, and 40% for larger sites.

## Links

- Website: https://raptive.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/weareraptive/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/weareraptive/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/weareraptive/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WeAreRaptive/

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Last updated: 2026-10-04