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Congrats to Gavin Uberti, Robert Wachen, and the Etched team for closing their $120m A Round! 💫 Also, big congrats to the Oceans venture team for recognizing Etched's potential and adding them to the portfolio of incredible founders and companies. As my good friend John Sheehy says, "Drop a quarter in the machine, buckle up, and enjoy the ride!" Link to coverage in the comments section.👇🏼 #startups #artificialintelligence #innovation

Marketers and growth-leaders, take note: Announcing Ketch Privacy Experiences! 👇🏼 I just got back from #CannesLions, where just about every marketer talked about customer experiences and building and sustaining customer relationships and trust. But when you bring up data privacy, marketers often look the other way or say that's not their responsibility. I disagree. If you are responsible for brand building, customer experiences, and lifetime value, you need to be in the room where the data privacy conversations occur. I'm not suggesting you take the lead, but you should be on the cross-functional team, ensuring that your data privacy processes and solutions enable your marketing objectives. If you agree, I've got some exciting news to pass along to your organization's data privacy leaders – we've just dropped our next-gen Privacy Experiences product! 🤩 Imagine this: designing and deploying customized, responsive privacy and consent experiences without having to call your developer for every significant change. It may seem like a fantasy, but rest assured, this is indeed a reality. Here's what you get with our magical 400+ no-code configuration options: 🔹 Over 400 ways to customize every pixel of your privacy banners, modals, and preference centers – because why settle for obnoxious pop-ups, when you can have carefully crafted and on-brand? 🔹 No-code, create-your-own preference centers that even your marketing team will love, with customizable icons, graphics, and links 🔹 Responsive SDKs for iOS, Android, and React – because your privacy banners should work everywhere, not just on your desktop, with minimal developer help 🔹 A real-time WYSIWYG editor and preview so you can see your changes instantly As our Co-founder and CEO, Tom Chavez, so eloquently puts it: "Ketch is reshaping the future of permissioning, privacy, and consent." Translation: we're making privacy management actually enjoyable. #marketing #data #customerexperience super{set}

In Cannes for the umpteenth time, and missing this guy 👇🏼 This picture popped up in my iPhone memories today. It was taken on June 18, 2019, in Cannes. In 2019, I wrote the following caption: “Just two boys from Kalamazoo, Michigan, hanging out together in the French Riviera.” Greg Welch and I grew up in Kalamazoo, and our dads were friends and business associates. I had the good fortune of meeting Greg when I was a young lad, and he has been a good friend of our family ever since. Thanks for all the memories, Greg. The whole marketing community and I are missing you in Cannes this year! #marketing #Leadership #CannesLions AnneMarie Suarez-Davis

Delta Air Lines said it's time to check in, so it's go-time for #CannesLions As with past years, I'm kicking the weekend off at the Institute for Real Growth's IRG Cannes Summit! The summit is a powerful platform to connect with peers and experts, all with the goal of increasing CMO impact and driving more Humanized Growth. Kudos to Marc de Swaan Arons, Frank van den Driest, and the IRG team for their vision and commitment to the CMO community. For the week on La Croisette, reach out if you are interested in discussing: 👉🏼 Retail/Commerce Media - super{set} 👉🏼 Data Permissioning and Next-Generation Data Privacy - how Ketch helps brands collect and mobilize permissioned data for growth. 👉🏼 AI - I'll be running around with AI Trailblazers Co-Founders Greg Kahn and Shiv Singh. (We will miss Co-Founder Amit Shah, but he needs to stay back and manage Instalily's explosive growth. 🚀) 👉🏼 Belonging, Representation, Inclusion, Diversity, and Equity—WeAreBRIDGE CEO and Founder Sheryl Daija and many BRIDGE board members will be in Cannes to discuss and act on this critical topic. 👉🏼 Marketing Talent Development - The brilliant Sherilyn Shackell, Founder & Global CEO of The Marketing Academy, speaks on Monday, June 17th, from 11 - 11:30 in the Atelier Rotonde. The session title: "How To: The Art of Bouncing – Tips for Building Resilience." Also, I'm excited to see one of my TMA mentees in person next week. :-) Safe travels, and see you next week! #marketing #artificialintelligence #startups

This is what the future of tech looks like 👇🏼 Incredible turnout this morning at the Instalily and AI Trailblazers Women in AI breakfast. The panel conversation was informative, insightful, and inspiring! I loved Jenny Fielding’s closing comment urging women to get in the room where it happens. Shatter the ceiling; bust through walls; don’t relent! Kudos to all the panelists 👏🏼👏🏼 Aisha I., AI Policy, Meta Besiana Ylldisi, Startup & VC Engagement Manager, Google Cristin Connerney, Founding Engineer, Instalily Jenny Fielding, Co-founder + Managing Partner, Everywhere Ventures Nadine ElAshkar, Founder, Lilo Kaya Yurieff,  reporter at The Information (moderator) Thank you to Amit Shah, Greg Kahn, Shiv Singh, and Marisa Thalberg for their hard work and dedication in organizing this remarkable event. Your efforts are truly appreciated! #artificialintelligence #startups #womenintech super{set}

It’s happening tomorrow - the inaugural AI Trailblazers Summit NYC. 💫 If you are in NYC for Tech Week or call The City your home, check out the comments sections for a link to the summit agenda and to request an invite. #artificialintelligence #startups #AITrailblazers super{set} Shiv Singh Greg Kahn Amit Shah

Check out the coverage in The San Francisco Examiner of our recent move to a brand new HQ in downtown SF! 💫 "Tom Chavez, founding general partner at super{set}, said his company was growing and needed more space, which it found at an attractive price at 140 New Montgomery. He said the layout and details promote fruitful teamwork. Chavez said that sort of ferment is essential for super{set}, which was previously located not far away in the 100 block of Geary Street and which has launched 14 companies, one of which sold for about $200 million. “With the exposed brick and the natural flow of the space we’re in, it promotes a lot of connecting and colliding,” said Chavez, who moved into his company’s new offices four months ago. “It sounds a little elusive, but the space really creates the soil conditions for superb collaboration to happen.” Chavez said it’s good for his business to be downtown with so much artificial-intelligence activity happening in the area. He also said he has loved San Francisco since becoming a resident nearly 30 years ago, and he is glad to be part of the local “renaissance” he sees underway. “We believe in San Francisco,” Chavez said. “We know it’s on the rise, and I know that there will be a lot of other companies and people coming here to this area very, very soon. I already see them on the street.” Read the article in the comments section 👇🏼 #data #artificialintelligence #startups super{set}

If you like to stay in your lane, this event isn't for you. If you want to mix it up with innovators, disruptors, and change-makers, join us next week at the AI Trailblazers Summit in NYC. 💫 We are bringing together a unique blend of marketers, product leaders, technologists, company builders, venture capitalists, policymakers, legal professionals, journalists, creators, and even some self-proclaimed troublemakers (you know who you are 😎). This is not just another event; it's a platform for the AI revolution, a transformative shift that necessitates a diverse community to collaborate, debate, and challenge one another. Check out the incredible speaker lineup below, including my compadre, Vivek Vaidya. AI Trailblazers Summit speakers include: Allison Goldberg - SVP & Managing Partner, Comcast Ventures Bob Lord - Former SVP Cognitive Applications & Chief Digital Officer, IBM Cheryl Guerin - EVP Global Brand Strategy & Innovation, Mastercard David Lampert - Chief Information Officer, Cadwalader LLP George Mathew - Managing Director, Insight Partners Jean-Paul Jansen, Chief Marketing Officer, Mars Pet Care NA Jonathan Halvorson, MBA - Global SVP, Consumer Experiences, Mondelez Karen Levy - Chief Information Officer, Debevoise & Plimpton Katie Roof - Reporter, Bloomberg News Lisa Besserman, Head of Innovation Operations, JPMorgan Chase & Co Manish Goyal - Operating Partner, Berkshire Partners Marisa Thalberg - Chief Marketing Officer, United Parks Nihal Mehta - Founding Partner, Eniac Ventures Patrick Garcia - SVP, IT Engineering & Innovation, SRS Distribution Inc. Peter Lesser - Chief Information Officer, Skadden Arps Samantha Tucker-Samaras, Global VP Science & Technology, Unilever Sophie Kelly - SVP of Global Tequila Mezcal Categories, Diageo Suzanne Vranica - Advertising Editor, WSJ (Moderator) Bravo to the AI Trailblazers Co-Founders: Shiv Singh, Greg Kahn, and Amit Shah! See the link in the comments section for event details, agenda, and to request an invite. Also, DM me if you have any questions. I hope to see you there! #artificialintelligence #data #startups super{set} MarkovML

Excited to moderate the panel "Omnichannel Excellence: Leveraging Data to Create Exceptional Brand Experiences" on June 5th in NYC. 👇🏼 Please join us next week during NYC Tech Week for an exclusive opportunity to hear industry leaders discuss how they leverage innovative data strategies to unlock valuable insights and elevate audience experiences across channels and touchpoints. Media leaders and innovators joining me on the panel: 💡 Daniel Aversano, EVP, Advanced Advertising, Data Strategy, & Operations at TelevisaUnivision 💡 David Lundell, VP, Identity Product Management at Hearst 💡 Brandon Seltenrich, Senior Vice President, Global Privacy at Paramount Link to register in the comments section.👇🏼 #marketing #media #data Ketch super{set}