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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]

Key Information

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][6] AppNexus was reportedly sold for $1.6 billion, while most news outlets speculated the company did not sell for less than $2 billion.[7]

In October 2019, Xandr purchased Clypd, a privately held technology company focused on enabling programmatic buying of linear television advertising.[8]

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.[9]

Founders and financing

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AppNexus was founded by former Right Media staff, CTO Brian O'Kelley, and Mike Nolet, product manager and director of analytics,[10] with Michael Rubenstein, a former vice president and general manager at Google DoubleClick, who joined AppNexus as president in September 2009.[11] The company was financially backed by Microsoft, Khosla Ventures, First Round Capital, Venrock,[12] 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.[13]

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AppNexus was an American multinational that developed and operated a cloud-based software platform for programmatic , enabling the real-time buying and selling of digital ad inventory across publishers and advertisers. The platform powered marketplaces for internet advertising, supporting demand-side platforms (DSPs), supply-side platforms (SSPs), and ad exchanges to optimize ad transactions through data-driven automation. Founded in 2007 by Brian O'Kelley and Mike Nolet in , AppNexus emerged from the founders' prior experience at Right Media, an early acquired by Yahoo. Headquartered in with additional offices worldwide, the company quickly scaled, raising approximately $344 million in funding from investors including WPP, Technology Crossover Ventures, and , and achieving unicorn status with a valuation exceeding $1 billion by 2014. By 2017, AppNexus reported annual revenue of approximately $200 million and employed over 1,000 people globally, establishing itself as a leader in the ad tech sector through innovations in and for ad optimization. In 2018, AT&T acquired AppNexus for approximately $1.6 billion to bolster its advertising capabilities amid its merger with Time Warner, integrating the platform into the newly formed division as its core technology. Under , AppNexus continued to expand but faced challenges in achieving profitability within the telecom giant's broader ad strategy. In December 2021, sold , including AppNexus, to for about $1 billion, rebranding the DSP as Microsoft Invest to integrate with Microsoft's advertising ecosystem. In May 2025, Microsoft announced the shutdown of Invest (formerly and AppNexus) by February 28, 2026, citing a strategic shift toward AI-powered tools and deprioritization of third-party programmatic platforms, resulting in layoffs and the end of the standalone service. Despite its discontinuation, AppNexus's technology significantly influenced the evolution of programmatic , processing billions of ad transactions daily at its peak and setting standards for scalable, cloud-based ad infrastructure.

History

Founding

AppNexus was founded in September 2007 in by Brian O'Kelley and Mike Nolet, both of whom had previously served in key roles at Right Media, an early that was acquired by Yahoo earlier that year. O'Kelley had been the CTO at Right Media, where he led the development of its exchange technology, while Nolet worked as a and director of analytics, contributing to the platform's real-time capabilities. Their experience at Right Media, which involved scaling infrastructure for high-volume ad transactions, directly informed the new venture's direction. The company's initial purpose was to provide a -based hosting and platform for web applications, targeting industries requiring scalable such as , healthcare, and advertising technology. Drawing from the founders' ad tech background, AppNexus aimed to offer a proto-platform-as-a-service (PaaS) solution that addressed limitations in existing options like early AWS, particularly for real-time applications. This focus evolved from the need for robust, low-latency capable of handling massive transaction volumes, a challenge they had encountered at Right Media. In its early days, AppNexus faced significant challenges in securing initial seed funding and establishing its technical foundation. The founders raised an initial seed round in 2007 from prominent investors including and , which provided crucial capital amid a favorable pre-financial crisis environment. However, the 2008 market crash led to cash constraints, forcing careful while building out data centers and real-time processing systems from scratch. These efforts included developing hardware and software to support high-throughput operations without relying on commoditized cloud providers.

Growth and innovations

Following its founding, AppNexus initially concentrated on developing cloud-based computing to support ad networks and enable more efficient operations, securing early customers among top ad networks by . Between and , the company pivoted toward programmatic , launching its (RTB) ad platform in March , which included an and (SSP) components to facilitate automated ad transactions. This shift allowed AppNexus to process tens of billions of ad impressions monthly by late , equivalent to over ad requests per second, marking a significant scale-up from its roots. To fuel this expansion, AppNexus raised substantial venture funding between 2008 and 2014, totaling more than $230 million across multiple rounds from prominent investors including , Accel Partners, Technology Crossover Ventures (TCV), and others such as First Round Capital and . Key rounds included a $50 million Series C in 2010 led by , a $75 million Series D in 2013 led by TCV, and a $60 million Series E in August 2014 that valued the company at $1.2 billion, achieving unicorn status. These investments supported rapid headcount growth to over 400 employees by 2013 and global office expansions. By 2014, AppNexus had solidified its position as a leading ad tech platform, processing over 34 billion ad impressions daily and facilitating more than $2 billion in annual ad spend. The company expanded its client base to include major publishers such as and a wide array of advertisers, powering significant portions of open-web programmatic transactions. A cornerstone of this growth was AppNexus's development of a RTB engine, which evolved to handle hundreds of thousands of by the mid-2010s, enabling low-latency bidding at massive scale and differentiating the platform in the competitive market. This internal innovation, built on the company's early expertise, supported the platform's ability to manage complex, real-time auctions efficiently without relying on third-party .

Acquisition by AT&T

On June 25, 2018, announced its agreement to acquire AppNexus, a leading programmatic technology company. The deal was completed on August 15, 2018, integrating AppNexus into 's advertising and analytics division. Although the acquisition price was not officially disclosed, reports estimated it at approximately $1.6 billion. The acquisition was strategically motivated by AT&T's recent completion of its $85.4 billion merger with Time Warner on June 14, 2018, which expanded its media assets and heightened the need for advanced advertising tools. AT&T aimed to leverage AppNexus's platform to enhance across television and digital channels, combining it with first-party data from its telecom operations and premium video content from the newly formed . This move was intended to position AT&T as a stronger competitor to digital ad giants like and by enabling more precise, data-driven ad placements. Following the close, AppNexus's co-founder and CEO, Brian O'Kelley, was retained in his leadership role and reported directly to Brian Lesser, CEO of Advertising & Analytics. Initial integration efforts focused on merging AppNexus's technology with 's audience insights and WarnerMedia's content inventory to create synergies for personalized advertising solutions. The deal faced early challenges from regulatory scrutiny, particularly antitrust concerns tied to AT&T's growing media dominance after the Time Warner merger. U.S. Department of Justice efforts to block the Time Warner acquisition referenced AT&T's subsequent moves like the AppNexus deal as potential indicators of anti-competitive consolidation in advertising and content distribution. Despite this, the acquisition proceeded without separate formal challenges, though it amplified broader debates on in the ad tech sector.

Rebranding to Xandr and sale to Microsoft

In 2018, following its acquisition by , AppNexus was rebranded as to consolidate 's advertising operations under a unified platform focused on data-driven solutions integrated across the company's telecommunications and media ecosystem. The rebranding, announced at AT&T's inaugural Relevance Conference, aimed to leverage AppNexus's programmatic capabilities alongside AT&T's vast consumer data from its wireless and services to create personalized ad experiences, with the name "Xandr" serving as a nod to , the inventor associated with AT&T's origins. By mid-2019, had rebranded its core (DSP) as Xandr Invest, granting it exclusive access to AT&T's audience data for enhanced targeting across , and connected TV inventory. Under AT&T's ownership, encountered significant challenges, including high-profile leadership transitions and difficulties in achieving full integration with AT&T's broader assets amid evolving market dynamics. AppNexus co-founder and CEO Brian O'Kelley stepped down from operational duties in October 2018, shortly after the acquisition, transitioning to an advisory role within due to incompatibilities with the . This was followed by the resignation of CEO Brian Lesser in March 2020, amid reports of internal disarray and a broader reorganization of senior executives in September 2019 to streamline leadership. These changes coincided with struggles to monetize AT&T's data synergies effectively, exacerbated by the 2020 shifts in regulations and the pandemic's impact on advertising spend, which undermined the unit's strategic vision and led to perceptions of it as an underperforming investment. On December 21, 2021, agreed to sell to for an undisclosed amount, with the transaction closing in June 2022 after regulatory approvals. The acquisition, reported by some sources to be valued at approximately $1 billion, enabled to integrate Xandr's programmatic technology into , bolstering its and expanding capabilities in connected TV and data-enabled ad buying. Xandr's tools were rebranded as Microsoft Invest, providing advertisers with access to premium inventory and advanced targeting features to compete more effectively in the digital ad market. As of November 2025, has been fully absorbed into , with its legacy AppNexus technologies continuing to underpin key programmatic functions, though Microsoft announced in May 2025 plans to sunset the Microsoft Invest DSP by February 2026 as part of a strategic pivot toward AI-driven, first-party ad solutions. This integration has enhanced 's overall advertising ecosystem, but the impending DSP closure reflects a deprioritization of third-party programmatic tools in favor of proprietary platforms.

Products and technology

The technology developed by AppNexus formed the core of a full-stack programmatic platform that powered online ad transactions until its integration into AT&T's division following the 2018 acquisition, and later into Microsoft Invest after the 2021 sale to . Microsoft announced in May 2025 that it would shut down the (DSP) component of Microsoft Invest by February 2026, shifting focus to AI-powered tools, though elements like the (SSP) continued under Monetize.

Core platform

AppNexus operated as a full-stack programmatic platform, integrating an that facilitated connections between publishers and advertisers, a (SSP) for publishers to monetize inventory, and a (DSP) for buyers to purchase ad space efficiently. This architecture enabled seamless transactions in an open marketplace, supporting a wide range of media formats including display, mobile, video, and native ads, without reliance on proprietary walled gardens. The platform's design emphasized transparency and , allowing participants to access the world's largest independent programmatic , which included nearly all top publishers and advertisers by . At the heart of the platform was its (RTB) mechanism, which conducted auctions for ad inventory in under 200 milliseconds to ensure minimal latency during page loads. Using a second-price auction model, the system determined the winner based on the highest bid while charging the second-highest amount plus an increment, promoting fair competition. It accommodated various deal types, including open auctions for broad access, private marketplaces for exclusive inventory, and preferred deals for negotiated pricing, thereby catering to diverse transaction needs in programmatic buying and selling. The platform incorporated (DMP) integration to enhance audience targeting, leveraging first-party data collected from publishers alongside third-party data sources for precise segmentation and personalization. This allowed advertisers to build and activate audience profiles directly within the , such as through dedicated data seats that provided access to proprietary segments without additional external tools. Such integrations supported advanced targeting strategies while maintaining compliance with data privacy standards. Built on a custom cloud infrastructure, AppNexus demonstrated exceptional scalability, processing over 27 billion ad requests daily at its peak to handle high-volume global traffic. This robust backend, optimized for low-latency operations, enabled the platform to manage hundreds of billions of impressions across diverse digital channels without compromising performance. The infrastructure's design supported rapid expansion, as evidenced by strategic additions to reduce auction times for international users.

Key features

AppNexus's platform provided advertisers with frequency capping capabilities, allowing users to set limits on the number of times an ad could be shown to the same individual within a specified period, thereby preventing ad fatigue and optimizing budget allocation. This feature was integrated into campaign setups to ensure controlled exposure across user sessions. The platform supported campaign management, enabling seamless execution across multiple formats including display, video, mobile, and connected inventory. This allowed buyers to unify strategies and reach audiences consistently regardless of device or channel, with tools for cross-device targeting to maintain continuity in user experiences. A key component was the private marketplace (PMP), which facilitated direct, invitation-only deals between buyers and sellers, offering access to premium inventory outside open auctions. This bypassed competitive bidding for negotiated terms, providing higher-quality placements and better control over pricing and availability. AppNexus incorporated AI and for bid optimization, using algorithms to adjust bids in real-time based on performance predictions and market conditions. These technologies also enabled for forecasting campaign outcomes and automated rules for deal execution, such as adjustments in first-price auctions to maximize efficiency. The reporting and analytics dashboard delivered real-time insights into key metrics like spend, impressions, and ROI, with customizable views for monitoring campaign performance. Users could access granular data breakdowns to inform adjustments and evaluate effectiveness across segments.

Innovations in programmatic advertising

AppNexus pioneered the concept of header bidding, a technique that enabled publishers to solicit bids from multiple supply-side platforms (SSPs) simultaneously through client-side JavaScript code placed in the webpage header, thereby fostering and optimizing ad . Although the broader adoption surged around 2014, AppNexus CEO Brian O'Kelley claimed the foundational idea originated as early as 2009 under the term "pre-bid," predating widespread industry use. To facilitate implementation, AppNexus developed Prebid.js in early 2015, an open-source framework that standardized header bidding integrations across demand partners, significantly easing deployment for publishers. This innovation allowed many publishers to achieve revenue uplifts of 30-50% by moving away from sequential waterfall auctions toward real-time, unified mechanisms. Building on header bidding, AppNexus extended these principles to through the development of pod bidding, which streamlined auctions for sequential ad breaks (or "pods") in video content streams, enabling more efficient allocation of multiple ad slots within a single break. In 2016, the company launched Prebid Video, an extension of Prebid.js tailored for video, which supported pod-based bidding to reduce latency and improve fill rates compared to traditional daisy-chain models. AppNexus also advocated for early adoption of server-to-server (S2S) integrations in video header bidding, shifting bid processing from client-side to server-side to minimize page load delays and enhance for high-volume video inventory. AppNexus contributed to open standards in programmatic advertising by co-founding Prebid.org in 2017 alongside Rubicon Project, establishing it as an independent body to govern and advance open-source header bidding technologies, including transparency protocols. The company was an early promoter of IAB Tech Lab's initiative, launched in 2017 to combat domain spoofing and unauthorized inventory sales by allowing publishers to list authorized sellers, thereby enhancing transparency and anti-fraud measures across the . These efforts aligned with broader IAB Tech Lab work on standards like OpenRTB, where AppNexus participated in developing protocols for verifiable impression paths. These innovations profoundly influenced the programmatic landscape, catalyzing a shift from opaque systems to competitive, real-time auctions that pressured incumbents like to introduce analogous features, such as Exchange Bidding, while empowering independent platforms like to gain market share through unified demand access. By democratizing access to premium inventory, AppNexus's technologies fostered greater competition, reduced publisher dependency on single ad servers, and established benchmarks for latency-optimized, fraud-resistant programmatic practices.

Business operations

Leadership

AppNexus was co-founded in 2007 by Brian O'Kelley and Mike Nolet, both former executives at Right Media. O'Kelley served as CEO from the company's inception through 2018, where he emphasized product vision and innovation in programmatic advertising technology. Nolet, as the initial until 2013, led efforts that established AppNexus's core platform architecture. Other key executives during AppNexus's independent phase included Michael Rubenstein, who joined as president in 2010 and oversaw business operations and growth strategies. Ben John succeeded Nolet as CTO in 2013, directing the expansion of the team to over 700 members focused on scalable ad tech . These leaders contributed to AppNexus's reputation as an -centric in its early years, prioritizing data-driven decisions and technical excellence over traditional sales approaches. Following 's 2018 acquisition, O'Kelley transitioned to an advisory role, while Lesser, a former AppNexus board member, was appointed CEO of the rebranded unit. Lesser led integration efforts until his resignation in 2020 amid 's broader media strategy shifts. Subsequent leadership under featured executives like Shailesh Rao in senior product roles, drawing on ad tech expertise to align with 's advertising ambitions. The AppNexus board during its venture-backed period included representatives from major investors such as , with partners like and providing strategic guidance on scaling and market positioning. Other notable board members were Brian McAndrews, former aQuantive CEO, and Ed Gillis from Accel Partners, who joined in 2012 to bolster governance amid rapid growth. Post-acquisition by in 2021, Xandr's leadership integrated into Microsoft's broader executive structure, with key roles reporting to Microsoft's advertising division heads rather than maintaining a standalone board.

Financing and acquisitions

AppNexus secured its initial venture funding through a Series B round of $8 million in September 2008, led by , Kodiak Venture Partners, and First Round Capital. This was followed by an additional $5 million extension in the same series in November 2009 from the same investors. The company continued raising capital with a $50 million Series C round in October 2010, backed by , Kodiak Venture Partners, First Round Capital, and . A $75 million Series D round followed in January 2013, bringing total funding to approximately $140.5 million at that point. By 2014, AppNexus had raised over $200 million cumulatively through its early- and late-stage rounds, culminating in a Series E investment of $60 million in August from an undisclosed Boston-based public equity and asset management firm, with potential to expand to $100 million. This round closed at $110 million in November 2014, including a $25 million contribution from WPP as part of a . In April 2015, AppNexus raised $62.7 million in a Series F round from undisclosed investors. Subsequent rounds included a $31 million investment in September 2016 from , Yahoo Japan, and prior backers. Overall, AppNexus raised approximately $381 million across 11 rounds from 2007 to 2016. The Series E round valued AppNexus at $1.2 billion, marking it as a in the ad tech sector. Despite filing confidentially for an IPO in 2016 amid improving market conditions, the company did not proceed with a , citing unfavorable dynamics in the ad tech space influenced by volatile IPO performances of peers like . To expand its capabilities, AppNexus pursued several acquisitions. In 2014, it acquired Alenty, a viewability firm, to enhance ad visibility capabilities. Later that year, it completed the purchase of Open AdStream from Xaxis (a WPP ), integrating advanced ad-serving technology and adding 174 staff. Additional buys included MediaGlu in December 2014 for enhanced mobile video capabilities, Yieldex in March 2015 for yield optimization tools, and Latin America in 2015 to bolster its presence in emerging markets; these moves incorporated expertise from several smaller data and analytics firms. Following its acquisition by in 2018 and subsequent integration into , AppNexus ceased independent financing activities, operating under the parent's resources without separate funding rounds. This structure persisted after acquired in 2021.

Global presence

AppNexus was headquartered in New York City's Flatiron District, with additional offices in the United States including , opened in 2011 to support West Coast operations, and . The company expanded internationally during the early , establishing a office in 2011 to bolster European presence, followed by a office in 2014 to enter the Australian market, and a office by 2017 as part of broader growth. At its peak before the 2018 acquisition by , AppNexus employed over 1,000 people across its global offices, spanning , , , and . To adapt to regional markets, the company implemented localized strategies, such as launching a GDPR compliance initiative in 2017 that involved reviewing and restricting partners to ensure data privacy standards in . In , AppNexus formed a with in 2016, including a $10 million , to integrate its programmatic advertising tools with local publishers and enhance . Following the rebranding to and Microsoft's 2021 acquisition, which closed in 2022, the workforce integrated into , bringing over 1,000 employees initially focused on ad technology. By 2025, under , operations have become primarily U.S.-centric, with the standalone international footprint significantly reduced after the announcement to sunset the DSP (formerly AppNexus) by February 2026, shifting emphasis to AI-driven advertising within Microsoft's ecosystem.

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