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Company

Omnichannel ambition.
AI at the core.

We started in the most demanding corner of media advertising. Now we're building the AI-native platform that manages the full commercial lifecycle — across every channel, every format, every market.

We're adserve, and we build the AI-native software that media companies use to plan, sell and deliver advertising across every channel. From broadcast radio to digital audio, video, social and online — adserve Studio brings AI to every stage of the commercial lifecycle: planning, scheduling, trafficking, delivery, reconciliation and billing.

Our heritage in broadcast gave us a depth of operational understanding that most ad-tech companies never encounter. We've built on that foundation to create something genuinely new — a platform that doesn't just automate what already exists, but uses AI to reimagine what's possible for media owners and their commercial teams.

Our Story

From broadcast roots to omnichannel AI

adserve was formed through the acquisition of two established ad-tech companies with deep roots in broadcast advertising technology. That origin gave us something rare: domain knowledge forged in the most operationally demanding environment in media — live linear radio, where scheduling is deterministic, inventory is finite and every second of airtime carries a value that must be protected.

We didn't stay there. Using that operational foundation, we expanded across digital audio, video, social and online — and then went further, embedding AI into the core of everything we do. Not AI as a feature added on top, but AI as the engine: intelligently optimising inventory, automating campaign workflows, generating audience insights and compressing the brief-to-air journey from days to seconds.

Today, adserve Studio is the omnichannel commercial operating system for media groups who want to sell smarter, plan faster and operate with greater intelligence than ever before.

20+
Years of broadcast ad-tech expertise
80%
of UK commercial radio runs on adserve
100%
Built in-house — zero third-party dependencies
25s
Average time from Brief to Plan creation
Our Belief

AI is about to transform media planning and scheduling forever.

For too long, the tools used to plan, sell and schedule advertising have been defined by manual processes, siloed data and incremental automation. The complexity of modern media — spanning linear, digital, audio, video and social simultaneously — demands something more intelligent.

We believe AI is the transformational force that closes this gap. Not AI that replaces human judgement, but AI that augments it — surfacing the right insights at the right moment, optimising inventory in real time, and compressing the distance between a commercial brief and a campaign on air.

That conviction drives everything we build. adserve Studio puts AI at the heart of every workflow — from the moment a brief lands to the final billing reconciliation, across every channel your organisation operates. Not a vision of the future. What our customers are doing today.

Our Values

Not wall art. Standards.

These are the standards we hire against, the commitments we hold each other to, and the principles our customers rely on.

Integrity at our core

We operate to the highest standards of honesty, reliability and transparency — with our customers, our partners and each other. Trust is earned through consistency, and we take that seriously.

Fuelled by innovation

We challenge assumptions about what AI-native advertising technology can do. Continuous improvement is not a programme — it is how we work, every sprint, every release, every conversation with a customer.

Driven by purpose

Our customers face real operational challenges — protecting revenue, scaling across channels, managing complexity that grows every year. We exist to solve those problems, and every person in this company understands the part they play in doing so.

Stronger as a team

We move forward together — with humility, respect and a shared commitment to doing right by our colleagues, our customers and the industry we serve.

Leadership

The team behind adserve

Katherine Conway

Katherine Conway

Head of Programmes

More than 15 years experience at GroupM and other agencies. Katherine leads all project, programme and staff management across the business.

Mia Donohue

Mia Donohue

Head of Customer Experience

With over 23 years IT support experience, Mia runs adserve's Customer Experience programme with a passion for delighting our customers.

James Foley

James Foley

CEO

Over 20 years of experience running successful software businesses in the UK and US. James runs the commercial operations of adserve with a passion for product and customer experience.

Searle Goott

Searle Goott

CFO

With over 20 years CFO experience, Searle has been instrumental in adserve's growth since joining in 2020. He brings significant tech experience in structure, operating model and business performance.

Piers Widdowson

Piers Widdowson

Head of Innovation

With decades of engineering leadership in ad-tech, Piers is responsible for software innovations developing the systems powering over 80% of the UK audio sector.

Inside the business

Built on collaboration and continuous improvement

Behind every release and every customer relationship stands a tight-knit team of engineers, product specialists and media experts who genuinely enjoy working together. We move fast, we challenge each other, and we share what we learn — across teams, across offices, every week.

adserve colleagues in conversation overlooking the city
Daily collaboration across product, engineering and customer experience — most decisions start as conversations, not tickets.
An all-hands meeting at adserve
All-hands sessions keep the whole company aligned on what's shipping, what's next and how customers are using the platform.
A working session reviewing what to improve next
Regular retrospectives where we honestly review what's working, what isn't, and what to fix next — the engine behind continuous improvement.
Engineering

adserve's Engineering Board

Behind every release, every architectural decision and every product commitment stands our Engineering Board — a collective of ten senior leaders spanning engineering, R&D, product, devops and quality assurance. Together, they bring decades of hands-on experience across ad-tech, AI systems, omnichannel delivery, broadcast technology and enterprise software.

The board governs the technical strategy and architectural decisions that determine how adserve Studio evolves — including the AI capabilities we embed into every workflow. This matters to our customers because the platform they depend on is built by a disciplined, cross-functional leadership group whose priority is software that is robust, scalable and fit for the demands of modern commercial media.

Our Offices

Where to find us

London

adserve EMEA

17 Hanover Square
London W1S 1BN

+44 (0)20 7177 0000 Get directions →

Los Angeles

adserve Inc

730 Arizona Avenue
Santa Monica, Los Angeles
California 90401

+1 (310) 879 2199 Get directions →

Get in touch

Interested in learning more about adserve, or want to find out how our AI-native platform can work for your organisation? We'd love to hear from you.