Equativ, also known as Smart AdServer, is a privately owned company headquartered in France. Founded in 2001, it employs approximately 550 individuals and reported $401.9M in revenue as of 2024. Functioning as an advertising technology company, it specializes in RTB and programmatic solutions, offering independent ad servers, SSP, buyer tools, and media services.

2024 Revenue

Founded

2001

Headcount

671

Headquarters

France

Primary Segment

RTB and programmatic

Ownership

Privately Owned

Deployments

9

News Summary:

Equativ recently participated in a discussion on July 24, 2026, alongside leaders from Mediaplus and Truthset, focusing on establishing lasting AI foundations that prioritize adoption over acquisition and people over process. Earlier, on July 20, the company addressed CTV measurement as a significant concern in digital advertising, citing eMarketer's projection of U.S. CTV ad spending reaching $37.70 billion this year, reflecting a 13% year-over-year increase. This follows the July 7 launch of the European Media Marketplace, a joint initiative by a coalition of European media owners, telecom operators, data firms, and adtech companies, including Equativ. The marketplace aims to streamline digital advertising across the region and reduce media buying fragmentation, connecting premium publishers, first-party data, and AI-powered activation into a single buying point, as announced on July 11 by ten European groups. Previously, on July 9, Equativ collaborated with inPowered AI to explore how containerization is transforming the programmatic supply chain by integrating custom AI decisioning models directly into SSP environments.

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Equativ offers 4 products in the ad tech and services industry. Equativ's product portfolio comprises of RTB and programmatic.
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Equativ's revenues were less than $500M in 2024. Caretta Research has split Equativ's revenue into 3 different product categories, the largest of which is ad exchange. For full access to Equativ's revenue breakdown subscribe to Caretta Portal.
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Equativ's customers primarily consist of telecoms companies. Examples of Equativ's customers include AT&T, Verizon Consumer and T-Mobile. Equativ has commercial and technical partners like Adelaide, Harmonic and Deutsche Telekom.

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