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Digital Turbine operates a mobile growth platform that helps advertisers, publishers, carriers, and OEMs grow audiences and monetize mobile content. It runs a full ad stack and uses proprietary technology embedded into devices by wireless operators and OEMs, enabling on-device ad delivery and monetization without separate app downloads. It differentiates itself by device-level integration through operator and OEM partnerships, creating a direct monetization pipeline beyond app-level networks. Its goal is to maximize client revenue and mobile growth by expanding embedded monetization across a global footprint.
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CreatorIQ appoints Senthil Kumaran as Chief Technology Officer. CreatorIQ, the operating system for creator-led growth, announced the appointment of Senthil Kumaran as Chief Technology Officer. Kumaran brings more than two decades experience scaling global engineering organizations, integrating complex platforms, and building predictive machine learning systems on first-party data. He will lead CreatorIQ's global technology organization as the company accelerates its AI-driven roadmap and deepens its data advantage for brands and agencies worldwide. Kumaran joins CreatorIQ from his role as CTO of Digital Turbine, where he led large-scale engineering teams and advanced cloud-native, data-driven platforms. He previously held engineering leadership roles at Meta Reality Labs, Verifone, Yahoo!, and Xperi Inc. Over the course of his career, he has overseen global teams of more than 1,000 engineers, built predictive machine learning systems leveraging first-party data, led development of major AWS environments at scale, and integrated technology stacks, enterprise systems and products across multiple companies post-acquisition. His appointment comes at a pivotal moment for the creator economy. As AI-native applications reshape business and marketing, brands are demanding greater speed, deeper insights, and measurable impact from creator investments. CreatorIQ is positioned to meet this shift by further operationalizing its proprietary Creator Graph(TM) intelligence infrastructure and expanding AI-assisted capabilities across the platform. "AI is transforming marketing from campaign management into intelligent systems that orchestrate entire ecosystems in real time," said Chris Harrington, CEO of CreatorIQ. "Nowhere is that shift more visible than in the creator economy, where brands are managing thousands of creator relationships across global markets. CreatorIQ is building the AI-native platform to power that future - turning creator partnerships into always-on growth engines for the world's leading brands. Senthil brings the technical vision and leadership to accelerate this transformation and help define the next generation of creator marketing." Under Kumaran's leadership, CreatorIQ will focus on advancing AI-powered execution layers, accelerating product velocity, strengthening data infrastructure, and expanding integrations that reduce time to value for customers. By reducing operational complexity through intelligent systems, CreatorIQ aims to give marketers time back to invest in the inherently human aspects of creator marketing that give it the edge over traditional media. "CreatorIQ has built an extraordinary foundation - industry-leading data, the powerful Creator Graph, and a global ecosystem of customers and partners," said Senthil Kumaran, Chief Technology Officer of CreatorIQ. "As marketing shifts toward data- and AI-driven execution, the opportunity is to transform that foundation into intelligent systems that help brands and creators operate faster and more effectively. I'm excited to build on CreatorIQ's data advantage to unlock new capabilities, deepen integrations across the marketing ecosystem, and accelerate how brands launch, optimize, and monetize creator programs."
Digital Turbine to participate in 38th Annual Roth Conference. PR Newswire Today at 9:30am PDT AUSTIN, Texas, March 18, 2026 /PRNewswire/ - Digital Turbine, Inc. (Nasdaq: APPS) announced today that it will be participating in the 38th Annual Roth Conference in Dana Point, CA on March 23rd and 24th, 2026. CEO Bill Stone will participate in a featured roundtable discussion, "How AI Reshapes Media and Ad-Tech," scheduled to begin at 3:00pm PT/6:00pm ET on Monday, March 23rd. A live webcast version of the roundtable discussion will be made available on the investor relations section of Digital Turbine's website and can be accessed with the following link: https://event.summitcast.com/view/kKmFFrbEes9oUCyrRFmQ5N/5cQXngEjBJhK9AyvuwjbG9. Additionally, Mr. Stone and CFO Steve Lasher will host one-on-one and small group investor meetings at the conference on March 23rd and 24th. About Digital Turbine, Inc. Digital Turbine empowers superior mobile consumer experiences and results for the world's leading telcos, advertisers, and publishers. Its end-to-end platform uniquely simplifies its partners' abilities to supercharge awareness, acquisition, and monetization - connecting them with more consumers, in more ways, across more devices. Digital Turbine is headquartered in North America, with offices around the world. For additional information visit www.digitalturbine.com. Digital Turbine Investor Relations Contact: Brian Bartholomew Digital Turbine [email protected] SOURCE Digital Turbine, Inc. This is a paid placement. For further inquiries, please contact PR Newswire directly.
Digital Turbine shares have declined 10% over the past month, underperforming the Zacks Internet-Software industry, which grew 3%. Competitors Unity Software and AppLovin gained 7.3% and 18.2%, respectively, during the same period. The stock is trading below its 200-day and 50-day moving averages, indicating a bearish trend. Digital Turbine faces intense competition in the mobile advertising and app monetization space from AppLovin and Unity Software, whilst experiencing softness in the US, its largest revenue market. However, the company is seeing strong demand across its On Device Solutions and Application Growth Platform segments. Revenue per device grew over 20% year-over-year in both US and international markets last quarter. The Zacks Consensus Estimate for fiscal 2026 earnings stands at 36 cents per share.
Digital Turbine has appointed Ben John as Chief Technology Officer. John joins from Microsoft AI Copilot, where he served as Vice President of Engineering, to lead the company's global engineering, product architecture and AI-driven development. John brings over 20 years of experience building large-scale AI and advertising platforms. He previously served as CTO and co-founder of Xandr until its acquisition by Microsoft in 2022, and before that was CTO of AppNexus, the world's largest independent programmatic marketplace for digital advertising. He holds a PhD in Computer Science specialising in machine learning and big data mining. Digital Turbine's technology is currently live on over one billion devices and embedded across 80,000 apps, reaching over a billion users monthly.
Digital Turbine is set to report fiscal third-quarter 2026 results on 3 February. The Zacks Consensus Estimate projects earnings of 16 cents per share, representing a 23.08% increase year over year. The company's performance is expected to benefit from growth in its On Device Solutions segment, which saw a 17% revenue increase in the previous quarter, with international revenues surging 80%. The Application Growth Platform segment is also anticipated to continue its momentum, following a 20% revenue increase in the prior quarter driven by platform integration and increased advertiser demand. Digital Turbine's investments in AI capabilities, including its DTiQ machine learning platform, are expected to have supported growth. However, macroeconomic uncertainties and competition may have weighed on results. The company currently holds a Zacks Rank of three.
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Industries
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Enterprise Software
Company Size
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Company Stage
IPO
Headquarters
Austin, Texas
Founded
2011
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