Stream: Year-End Outlook: AI, Attribution, Community, and the Future of Content & Commerce

The Great Reset: AI, Attribution, and the New Rules of Digital Value
As we move into 2026, the structural forces reshaping content and commerce have reached a boiling point. In this comprehensive year-end roundtable, a panel of elite investors, advisors, and operators step back from the daily grind to assess the shifting balance of power between platforms, publishers, and AI.

From Pinterest’s strategic play for first-party data to the "myth" of the inevitable Google disruption, our experts dive into why predictable revenue is the ultimate engine behind modern media. We explore why "community" is no longer a buzzword but the only true defense against algorithmic volatility, and how AI is fundamentally shrinking the headcount required to reach $50M in revenue.

In This Webinar:
The Data Play: Why platform acquisitions (like Pinterest/TV Scientific) are signaling a shift toward direct attribution and away from agency-centric models.

Google vs. OpenAI: A pragmatic look at the capital requirements of AI and why Google’s advertiser ecosystem remains a formidable moat.

The Amazon Mandate: Why avoiding the "Everything Store" is a terminal mistake for modern brands and how to handle the operational complexity.

Community as Defensibility: Why DAU-to-MAU ratios and "interaction beyond the feed" are the new metrics for M&A premiums.

The Lean Scale: How AI suites are allowing five-person teams to outpace traditional 30-person organizations.

Featured Speakers:
Claire Uhar – Founder, Obscure (Moderator)
Ben Faw – Founder, Best Reviews, Advon, & Dynamism Capital
Blake Saunders – Founder, Core Advisors
Jim Ferry – Partner, Volition Capital
Michael McNerney – Publisher, Martech Record

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