The retail media network space continues to heat up as another giant prepares to make an entrance. Costco is building an ad network that can draw on shopping data from 74.5 million household members. The network remains at the testing stage and Costco is said to be in conversations with various adtech vendors.

CDP Zeta Global has unveiled Athena, a “superintelligent” voice-activated interface that delivers instant answers, smarter decisions, and agentic actions throughout the Zeta platform. It activates a suite of agentic apps that can adapt to each user’s specific goals and styles. Early access will begin later this year, with a suite of agentic apps to follow in the first half of next year.