AppNexus

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AppNexus Inc.
Company type Subsidiary
Industry Online advertising
Founded2007;17 years ago (2007)
Headquarters New York City, United States
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Michael Rubenstein (president)
Products Infrastructure as a service
Ad serving
Analytics
Number of employees
1000+
Parent Xandr (2018-present)

Xandr, formerly known as AppNexus, is an American multinational technology company operating a cloud-based software platform that enables and optimizes programmatic online advertising. [1] Headquartered in the Flatiron District of New York City, the company has 23 offices in North America, Latin America, Europe, Asia and Australia.[ citation needed ]

AppNexus offers online auction infrastructure and technology for data management, optimization, financial clearing and support for directly negotiated advertising campaigns. It has both demand-side platform (DSP), supply-side platform (SSP), and ad serving functionalities. It integrates with advertising sources including Google's "Authorized Buyers" ad exchange, Magnite, Pubmatic and other aggregators. [2] [3] It operates out of multiple data centers, including one in Amsterdam serving Europe and the Middle East, in a facility shared with Equinix. [4]

In June 2018, AT&T announced it was acquiring the company and putting it under its Xandr division as a subsidiary. [5] AppNexus was reportedly sold for $1.6 billion, while most news outlets speculated the company did not sell for less than $2 billion. [6]

In October 2019, Xandr purchased Clypd, a privately-held technology company focused on enabling programmatic buying of linear television advertising. [7]

In December 2021, AT&T announced that they had agreed to sell Xandr to Microsoft for an undisclosed price, subject to customary closing conditions, including regulatory reviews. [8]

Founders and financing

AppNexus was founded by former Right Media staff, CTO Brian O'Kelley, and Mike Nolet, product manager and director of analytics, [9] with Michael Rubenstein, a former vice president and general manager at Google DoubleClick, who joined AppNexus as president in September 2009. [10] The company was financially backed by Microsoft, Khosla Ventures, First Round Capital, Venrock, [11] Kodiak Venture Partners, Marc Andreessen, Ben Horowitz, and Ron Conway; as of 2015 the company had raised $250 million in financing. O'Kelley stepped down as CEO in October 2018. [12]

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  10. ↑ Archived December 12, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
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  12. ↑ Brian O’Kelley Steps Down As AppNexus CEO Published by adexchanger.com on October 5, 2018, retrieved on September 11, 2019
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