DoubleVerify turned a basic question - did a real person see the ad? - into a global measurement business. Now its software is moving beyond policing impressions to steering campaigns, just as Nielsen prepares to take it private.
Barometer is a New York-based adtech company that uses AI to make podcast and digital-audio advertising safer and more precise. Its Brand Integrity Cloud transcribes and analyzes podcast episodes for content, sentiment and risk, scoring them against the GARM framework and IAB contextual taxonomy so advertisers can plan campaigns, avoid unsuitable content, and target episodes at scale. The company powers episode-level brand suitability for platforms including Spotify's Ad Exchange on The Trade Desk and Acast.