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Tinuiti

Performance-driven digital marketing & e-commerce agency

Overview

Tinuiti is a marketing agency that provides performance-driven, full-funnel digital marketing and e-commerce services, helping brands elevate through unified visuals, messaging, and creativity. The company combines strategic planning with hands-on execution, supporting clients from early planning to campaign rollout. Its approach relies on data and algorithms to maximize marketing impact in a privacy-first world, anchored by a proprietary tool called Bliss Point that identifies the optimal level of marketing investment to maximize ROI across channels. Tinuiti differentiates itself with its Bliss Point product, a data-driven, measurement-focused framework, its audience- and channel-specialized strategy, and events like Tinuiti Live that showcase ongoing innovations. The overarching goal is to help brands achieve sustainable growth by delivering precise targeting and persuasive messaging across multiple touchpoints, driving higher ROI and stronger brand performance.

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Rated C on Competitive Edge
Rated C on Growth Potential
Rated C on Differentiation

Industries

Data & AnalyticsConsultingEnterprise Software

Company Size

1,001-5,000

Company Stage

Growth Equity (Venture Capital)

Total Funding

$16.8M

Headquarters

New York City, New York

Founded

2004

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  • October 2026 launched Bliss Point MCP Server; e.l.f. is already testing it.
  • September 2026 added Wes Harris as COO to scale complex enterprise mandates.
  • 2026 wins include Carter's, SNIPES USA, Wolverine, Serta Simmons, and Allies of Skin.

What critics are saying

  • Enterprise clients internalize media buying with AI, compressing agency retainers by 2027.
  • Headcount fell to 1,184 by March 2026, risking delivery strain on larger AORs.
  • Holding-company rivals and platform-native tools can commoditize Tinuiti's measurement advantage quickly.

What makes Tinuiti unique

  • Bliss Point links audience, creative, media, and measurement in one operating system.
  • Tinuiti sells integrated media-commerce execution across search, social, Amazon, and TikTok Shop.
  • The October 2026 MCP Server exposes proprietary measurement data to client AI agents.

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Benefits

  • 401(k) with 4% match
  • Health, dental, and vision insurance
  • Parental leave
  • Equity
  • Health & wellness stipend
  • Pet insurance
  • Training & development

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6 month growth

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1 year growth

6%

2 year growth

6%
Tinuiti
Oct 29th, 2026
Tinuiti named finalist in both U.S. Media and Independent Media categories for Adweek's 2026 Agency of the Year.

Tinuiti named finalist in both U.S. Media and Independent Media categories for Adweek's 2026 Agency of the Year. Oct 29 2026 Tinuiti is the only agency shortlisted in both categories, a pairing that reflects holding-company scale with independent agility NEW YORK - October 29, 2026 - Tinuiti, a leading independent media agency, today announced it is the only agency that has been named a finalist for Adweek's 2026 Agency of the Year in two categories: U.S. Media Agency of the Year and Independent Media Agency of the Year. The dual recognition is rare. Of the 21 U.S. Media Agency of the Year winners since 2003, 20 were holding company shops and only one has been an independent. Appearing on both shortlists underscores the unique power of its model in a way a single category couldn't. Its clients get the scale, sophistication, and performance depth to compete with the largest media networks in the country, and the speed, flexibility, and accountability of a true independent. Very few agencies can claim both, and Tinuiti is the only one Adweek recognized for it this year. I'm incredibly proud of its teams and the momentum they drive for its clients every day. Abbey Klaassen, CEO, Tinuiti This year's shortlist placement for U.S. Media Agency of the Year and Independent Media Agency of the Year reflects both sides of Tinuiti's unique model. The first is scale and sophistication: the enterprise depth, full-funnel capabilities, and performance power to stand alongside the largest holding company networks in U.S. media. The second is agility and independence: the speed, flexibility, and client-first commitment of an independent agency, powered by the Bliss Point Marketing Operating System, which unifies audience, creative, media, and measurement. Ancestry, the global leader in family history, offers tangible proof of that model's power. After moving its business to a holding company, the brand returned to Tinuiti in 2025 for a full-funnel media AOR - showing that brands no longer have to choose between enterprise scale and the speed, accountability and performance depth of an independent. Demonstrating that enterprise-level scale, Tinuiti manages $4.5 billion in media, with 40% of clients operating across 120+ countries. At the center is Bliss Point, Tinuiti's proprietary Marketing Operating System, connecting audience, creative, media, commerce, and measurement. Groundbreaking Brand Equity and Holistic ROAS tools reveal business outcomes traditional measurement misses, while Adaptive Commerce lets purchase behavior shape the audience, message, media, and retail experience before the next dollar is committed. That capability was on full display when Tinuiti brought its largest-ever cohort of clients to the 2026 Super Bowl, including e.l.f. Beauty, eos, Instacart, and Liquid I.V. - using proof not to make marketing smaller or safer, but to give clients confidence to bet bigger. Adweek's Agency of the Year is the publication's flagship awards program and recognizes the agencies setting the bar for creative and innovative work across creative and media categories. Finalists are evaluated on standout work, growth, innovation, talent retention, and diversity over the course of the year, and only a small group of agencies is shortlisted in each category. Earning a place on the shortlist puts an agency among the most closely watched in the industry. Adweek's 2026 Gold, Silver, and Bronze Agency of the Year winners will be published in its December issue on December 8, 2026. View the full Adweek Agency of the Year 2026 shortlist nominees here. The recognition follows a period of ongoing momentum for the agency, including the recent launch of the Bliss Point Model Context Protocol (MCP) Server, which opens Tinuiti's proprietary measurement layer directly to AI agents, and a series of Agency of Record wins with Carter's, Inc., SNIPES USA, Wolverine World Wide, Inc., Serta Simmons Bedding, and Allies of Skin. Tinuiti continues to invest in senior talent to support this period of rapid enterprise growth and the increasing demand for connected media and commerce strategies. Earlier this month, the agency welcomed EJ Watson as Vice President, Client Partner, EMEA; Danay Escanaverino as Vice President, Affiliate Marketing; and Kellie Martin as Senior Director of Social Commerce; extending its integrated model across the UK and EMEA and deepening expertise in affiliate and social commerce. About Tinuiti Tinuiti is a media agency that not only builds brands, but architects business outcomes, creating immediate and lasting growth for clients. At the center is Tinuiti's Bliss Point Marketing Operating System - the ultimate brand and performance unifier - which fuels decisions across Audience, Creative, Media and Measurement. This approach allows Tinuiti to treat each client's business like its own - making smarter decisions, faster, and with greater accountability. With over $4.5 billion in media under management and 1,200 employees across the U.S., Mexico and EMEA, Tinuiti delivers measurable impact for leading brands. For more information, visit https://tinuiti.com/.

TEDPress
Oct 22nd, 2026
Tinuiti expands leadership in EMEA, affiliate, and Social Commerce as more brands unite Media and commerce.

Tinuiti expands leadership in EMEA, affiliate, and Social Commerce as more brands unite Media and commerce. NEW YORK, USANew appointments in the US and UK support growing demand for connected media and commerce strategies. New appointments in the US and UK support growing demand for connected media and commerce strategies. NEW YORK, USA Enterprise brands continue to consolidate the media and commerce journey with fewer partners, a shift that has driven a 66% increase in average deal size over two years for Tinuiti, a leading independent media agency. To extend its integrated model across the UK and EMEA and deepen expertise in affiliate and social commerce, Tinuiti today announced three senior leadership hires: EJ Watson as Vice President, Client Partner, EMEA; Danay Escanaverino as Vice President, Affiliate Marketing; and Kellie Martin as Senior Director of Social Commerce. "The brands we work with aren't just asking for more channels. They're asking for those channels to work together. EJ takes the relationships our U.S. clients trust into EMEA. Danay connects affiliate to the rest of the funnel. Kellie turns TikTok Shop into a measurable growth channel. Each brings a proven record of scaling programs for enterprise brands, and with Bliss Point, our proprietary intelligence engine, powering their expertise, clients get the clarity, speed, and momentum to scale. That connective tissue is what bigger mandates require," said Crystal Duncan, Executive Vice President, Brand Engagement, Tinuiti. With decades of specialized agency and brand-side experience, these new leaders bring proven expertise in scaling high-impact programs for enterprise brands across global markets: EJ Watson, VP, Client Partner, EMEA. Based in the UK, Watson will own senior client relationships and business outcomes for a pod of strategic accounts while serving as Tinuiti's senior in-market client delivery leader in EMEA. She will architect multi-year growth strategies, lead key client touchpoints and play a central role in expanding U.S.-based client relationships into EMEA, working closely with channel leads, Product and Analytics. She will also provide leadership and support to Tinuiti's UK-based teams. Watson brings more than 20 years of global media, marketing and commercial leadership, driving growth for brands including Adidas, IKEA, Coca-Cola, AB InBev, Shell, Mondelēz and Cricket Australia. Her experience spans retail, FMCG, consumer health, energy, sports and e-commerce across Europe, North America, Africa, Asia-Pacific and the Middle East. She most recently led global client portfolios at WPP Media, overseeing network connectivity, commercial operations, strategic planning and capability development across more than 50 markets. Danay Escanaverino, Vice President, Affiliate Marketing. A 25-year performance marketing veteran, Escanaverino will lead Tinuiti's affiliate practice, defining the next generation of performance-based partnerships as AI, privacy changes, and the shift from content to commerce reshape the space. She will guide the practice toward holistic, content-led, full-funnel partnership ecosystems, seamlessly connecting affiliate with paid social, search, commerce and influencer, and serve as a senior advisor to clients. Escanaverino has built and scaled partnership programs across agency, brand, publisher and consulting environments, leading teams of five to 60. She helped launch and scale an affiliate network through its merger into MediaWhiz, launched one of the first Latin America-focused affiliate networks at Filiado, and founded multicultural performance agency LunaSol Media, which she led for 12 years before a successful exit. She most recently advised Fortune 100 brands at Ebiquity. Kellie Martin, Senior Director of Social Commerce. Martin will lead Tinuiti's TikTok Shop practice, driving innovation and best-in-class execution across social commerce. She will work with account and client partner teams to integrate TikTok Shop into client solutions, represent the practice in new business pitches and audits, and convey client needs to Tinuiti's Product team. A creator, commerce and growth leader with more than 11 years of experience spanning beauty, retail, and CPG, Martin has built and scaled TikTok Shop, affiliate, and paid social programs for leading enterprise brands. She joins Tinuiti from Zero To 1, where she led TikTok Shop channel strategy for brands including P&G, Nature Made, and Carpe. She previously led paid social strategy at Junction 37, following digital media roles at Viacom and iHeartMedia. Investing behind growth. The expansion of Tinuiti's leadership team comes as the agency also scales its Bliss Point Marketing Operating System - Tinuiti's proprietary intelligence engine that unifies audience, creative, media, and measurement. Earlier this month, Tinuiti announced the launch of the Bliss Point Model Context Protocol (MCP) Server, becoming one of the first agencies to open its proprietary measurement layer directly to AI agents. Tinuiti's pioneering agency MCP Server comes as platforms such as Google, Meta, TikTok, and Amazon have each introduced MCP connections that give marketers and developers agent-based access to their respective platforms. By bringing governed, taxonomized media data directly into a brand's preferred AI environment, the Bliss Point MCP Server empowers marketers to connect cross-functional datasets, instantly query real-time performance, and automate custom workflows like pacing alerts and weekly narratives. To learn more about Tinuiti's Bliss Point MCP Server, reach out directly here. Today's announcement follows rapid enterprise growth for Tinuiti, including major Agency of Record wins such as: Carter's, Inc., Full-Funnel Agency of Record; SNIPES USA, Agency of Record; Wolverine World Wide, Inc. (Merrell(R), Saucony(R), Chaco(R), Wolverine(R), and Cat(R) Footwear), Media Agency of Record;Serta Simmons Bedding, Digital Agency of Record; and Allies of Skin, Media Agency of Record. Earlier this month, Tinuiti earned a spot on the 2026 Adweek Agency of the Year Shortlist in two major categories: U.S. Media Agency of the Year and Independent Media Agency of the Year. An esteemed industry accolade, the dual shortlist further validates Tinuiti's commitment to providing clients with the speed, objectivity, and competitive edge that come with an independent model. About Tinuiti. Tinuiti is a media agency that not only builds brands, but architects business outcomes, creating immediate and lasting growth for clients. At the center is Tinuiti's Bliss Point Marketing Operating System - the ultimate brand and performance unifier - which fuels decisions across Audience, Creative, Media and Measurement. This approach allows Tinuiti to treat each client's business like its own - making smarter decisions, faster, and with greater accountability. With over $4.5 billion in media under management and 1,200 employees across the U.S., Mexico and EMEA, Tinuiti delivers measurable impact for leading brands. For more information, visithttps://tinuiti.com/. Media Contact Details Victoria Woodside Email: Send Email October 23, 2026 - Views: 0 October 23, 2026 - Views: 1 October 22, 2026 - Views: 0 Recent comments. No comments to show.

GlobeNewswire
Oct 6th, 2026
Tinuiti unveils Bliss Point MCP Server, pioneering open measurement access for AI agents.

Tinuiti unveils Bliss Point MCP Server, pioneering open measurement access for AI agents. October 06, 2026 10:54 ET | Source: Tinuiti.com NEW YORK, USA, Oct. 06, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) - In an industry built on walled gardens, Bliss Point MCP Server opens Tinuiti's decision-grade media intelligence to any AI agent a brand chooses - no closed ecosystem required. Today, Tinuiti, a leading independent media agency, announced the launch of the Bliss Point Model Context Protocol (MCP) Server, becoming one of the first agencies to open its proprietary measurement layer directly to AI agents. Powered by the Bliss Point Marketing Operating System - Tinuiti's proprietary intelligence engine that unifies audience, creative, media, and measurement - the new connection gives marketers governed access to clean, cross-channel media performance and measurement intelligence through compatible AI agents and enterprise AI environments. Unlike traditional walled-garden platforms that restrict integration, the Bliss Point MCP Server is built for total interoperability - collaborating directly with a marketer's chosen AI applications, external tech partners, and existing enterprise infrastructure. The Bliss Point MCP Server makes core Bliss Point resources - clean, normalized media data, measurement signals, and select third-party data - available through compatible versions of ChatGPT, Claude, Microsoft Copilot, and clients' own agents or business intelligence environments, subject to client permissions and configuration. Rather than asking an agent to reconcile fragmented platform reports, the Bliss Point MCP Server gives it a single, already-taxonomized view of performance to reason over. "We believe two things fundamentally. One, an AI agent is only as smart as the context, data, and guardrails powering it, and two, clients should be able to choose how they use their own data - not have that choice made for them by whichever system happens to hold it. That's what Bliss Point MCP means in practice: a client's own clean, governed data, working inside whatever agent or LLM they choose. For clients, that means faster, more confident decisions built on a foundation they actually trust. As an independent agency, we can move fast and work with the technology our clients choose," said Abbey Klaassen, Chief Executive Officer, Tinuiti. Built on the open Model Context Protocol standard, the new connection allows brands to query approved Bliss Point data and build customized workflows, giving a brand's preferred agents and tools access to the most powerful datasets and context. By taking on the heavy lifting of extracting, organizing, and unifying fragmented channel data in one place, Tinuiti's Bliss Point MCP Server gives a brand's AI tools immediate access to decision-grade intelligence, empowering teams to focus on strategic execution from day one. Tinuiti's pioneering agency MCP Server comes as platforms such as Google, Meta, TikTok and Amazon have each introduced MCP connections that give marketers and developers agent-based access to their respective platforms. By connecting its proprietary measurement intelligence to AI agents through an MCP, Tinuiti gives clients an independent intelligence layer across channels, bringing together normalized media data, measurement signals, modeling outputs, and approved third-party data in a consistent, governed format. With the Bliss Point MCP Server, marketers can: * Connect media and business data. Bring approved media intelligence into a brand's AI or business intelligence environment and combine it with sales, inventory, or CRM data for cross-functional analysis. * Get answers on demand. Ask how yesterday's performance compared with plan and receive an answer based on clean, taxonomized data, without waiting for a scheduled report or response. * Move faster during peak periods. Review pacing and prior-day results during high-volume periods, including the holiday shopping season, using the same governed data foundation available to the broader team. * Build governed workflows. Develop agents and skills, including weekly performance narratives or anomaly alerts, with Bliss Point as the underlying intelligence layer. Market interest in an open measurement layer is already translating into active adoption among major brands. Leading advertisers within Tinuiti's client roster, like e.l.f., are implementing the Bliss Point MCP Server to connect their enterprise LLMs and custom AI agents directly to the agency's decision-grade data. By moving early, these brands are establishing unified AI governance models that integrate cross-channel media performance straight into their internal business intelligence stacks - setting the operational standard for how modern marketing organizations will leverage AI agents moving forward. "e.l.f.'s ethos commits us to connecting communities and actively listening to the signals they give. An integrated platform like Tinuiti's MCP - for which we were eager to be alpha testers - should allow us to see the big picture across our media and business data with collective analysis through a governed workflow. We are always looking for new pathways to meet our community where they are," said Patrick O'Keefe, Chief Integrated Marketing Officer, e.l.f. Brands. Tinuiti built the Bliss Point MCP Server under its Agentic Deference principles, which call for approved data access, clearly defined business objectives, human accountability and governance appropriate to each use case. Building directly on this MCP foundation, Tinuiti is rolling out next-generation Dashboarding and Data Analysis Agents, designed to provide on-demand, customized answers through Bliss Point. The launch follows rapid enterprise growth for Tinuiti, driven by a 66% increase in average deal size over two years and major Agency of Record wins including: Carter's, Inc., Full-Funnel Agency of Record; Wolverine World Wide, Inc. (Merrell, Saucony, Chaco, Wolverine, and Cat Footwear), Media Agency of Record; Serta Simmons Bedding, Digital Agency of Record; and Allies of Skin, Media Agency of Record. Tinuiti has also made significant investments in senior leadership throughout 2026 to support its continued growth. Abbey Klaassen joined Tinuiti as CEO in June, with Bryan Wiener appointed Chairman of the Board. Most recently, Tinuiti welcomed Wes Harris as Global Chief Operating Officer, formalizing the COO role on its executive leadership team to connect client delivery, product, technology, and AI around the agency's biggest growth opportunities. About Tinuiti Tinuiti is a media agency that not only builds brands, but architects business outcomes, creating immediate and lasting growth for clients. At the center is Tinuiti's Bliss Point Marketing Operating System - the ultimate brand and performance unifier - which fuels decisions across Audience, Creative, Media and Measurement. This approach allows Tinuiti to treat each client's business like its own - making smarter decisions, faster, and with greater accountability. With over $4.5 billion in media under management and 1,200 employees across the U.S., Mexico and EMEA, Tinuiti delivers measurable impact for leading brands. For more information, users can visit https://tinuiti.com/.

Martech Edge
Sep 16th, 2026
Tinuiti turns Meta Creative signals into media investment intelligence.

Tinuiti turns Meta Creative signals into media investment intelligence. Published on: Sep 16, 2026 As Meta increasingly uses creative signals to influence automated ad delivery, Tinuiti is introducing a dashboard designed to translate creative fatigue and diversification data into media-spend and performance decisions. Creative fatigue has long been visible to performance marketers through declining engagement and rising acquisition costs. What has been harder is determining how much media investment is exposed to the problem and when additional creative production can materially change the outcome. Tinuiti is targeting that gap with a new capability inside its Bliss Point Marketing Operating System. The agency says its Meta Creative Health Dashboard is the first solution to translate Meta's newly available Creative Fatigue and Creative Diversification signals into financial and operational guidance. The dashboard combines Meta's creative-health signals with spend, performance, format and placement data. Rather than treating creative performance as an isolated media metric, the system is designed to connect creative conditions with the amount of advertising investment potentially affected. One of the dashboard's primary functions is estimating media spend exposed to fatigued or declining ad sets. Bliss Point also calculates the associated ROAS gap against what Tinuiti describes as healthy performance baselines. That approach changes the conversation around creative refreshes. Instead of asking whether a campaign needs more assets based primarily on media-buying experience, marketing teams can use the dashboard to identify affected ad sets, estimate the financial exposure and determine where additional creative variation may be warranted. The platform also evaluates creative diversification across formats and placements. This matters as automated media-buying systems increasingly determine where and when advertisements are delivered. A campaign that relies too heavily on a narrow group of assets can potentially limit the options available to an automated delivery system. Tinuiti says API-based alerts can surface Meta's fatigue signals and direct media buyers and creative teams toward the ad sets requiring attention. The objective is earlier intervention, rather than waiting for performance deterioration to become obvious in campaign reporting. The development reflects a broader change in paid media. Automation has reduced the number of manual decisions marketers make around bidding, targeting and delivery, increasing the importance of the inputs that automated systems use to optimize campaigns. Creative is becoming one of those inputs. Meta has increasingly emphasized creative diversification as advertisers move toward more automated campaign structures. That makes creative operations less of a downstream production function and more closely connected to media performance. For marketers, however, a platform signal is not necessarily a business recommendation. The value of Tinuiti's approach lies in connecting the signal to spend and performance data, potentially giving marketing and finance leaders a common framework for evaluating creative investment. Tinuiti says the dashboard is designed to provide that financial context by showing where fatigue exists, how much spending may be affected and where a creative refresh could have the greatest potential impact. These are Tinuiti's product capabilities and positioning rather than independently verified performance results. The launch also fits into Tinuiti's broader expansion as a full-funnel media agency. The company reports that its average deal size has increased 66% over the past two years and that it has secured nearly 50 integrated, multichannel or agency-of-record wins since January 2024. Those figures are company-reported. The more important industry development is the increasing convergence of creative intelligence, media measurement and automated advertising. As platforms make more delivery decisions algorithmically, marketers need better visibility into which creative variables are influencing those systems and what happens financially when creative performance deteriorates. Market landscape. Meta's advertising ecosystem has become increasingly automated, shifting more campaign optimization decisions toward machine-learning systems. That puts greater emphasis on the quality and diversity of creative inputs available to those systems. For advertisers, this creates a measurement challenge. Traditional creative reporting often focuses on individual asset metrics, while media reporting concentrates on spend, conversions and ROAS. Connecting those datasets can provide a clearer view of whether creative is contributing to media efficiency or becoming a constraint. Tinuiti's dashboard sits within that intersection, combining platform-generated creative signals with broader campaign and investment data. Strategic outlook. The role of the creative team in performance marketing is changing as automated media buying becomes more sophisticated. Creative volume alone is unlikely to solve fatigue. Marketers also need to understand where creative concentration exists, which formats and placements are underrepresented, and whether new assets produce measurable improvements after deployment. That makes creative intelligence increasingly relevant to both CMOs and media buyers. The next stage of paid-media optimization could involve treating creative as a measurable component of media infrastructure rather than simply an input into campaigns. The critical question will be whether platforms, agencies and advertisers can establish reliable links between creative-health signals and incremental business outcomes. Top insights. * Tinuiti's Meta Creative Health Dashboard connects Creative Fatigue and Creative Diversification signals with spend, performance, formats and placements. * The dashboard estimates media investment exposed to fatigued ad sets and calculates potential ROAS gaps against Tinuiti's performance baselines. * Creative diversification is becoming more important as automated advertising systems rely increasingly on creative signals to influence campaign delivery. * API-based alerts are designed to help media buyers and creative teams identify deteriorating ad sets before performance problems become more costly. * The launch illustrates a broader shift toward treating creative as measurable media infrastructure rather than a separate production function.

Yahoo Finance
Sep 10th, 2026
Tinuiti appoints Wes Harris as global chief operating officer to drive enterprise growth

Tinuiti, an independent media agency, has appointed Wes Harris as global chief operating officer. Reporting to chief executive officer Abbey Klaassen, Harris will help scale the agency's operating model as it takes on more complex mandates from enterprise brands. Harris previously served as global chief operating officer of R/GA and global chief transformation officer at Havas. He most recently advised companies on business operations and AI transformation. In his new role, Harris will focus on connecting client delivery, product, technology, talent, and AI around Tinuiti's key priorities. He aims to improve how the agency allocates talent and investment, translates innovation into client value, and scales delivery whilst maintaining agility. A key priority will be strengthening the connection between product development and client delivery, and advancing Tinuiti's AI transformation.

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