Trying to replace the targeting capabilities lost to new privacy rules is arguably a new national sport.  The team of Strategus, Intent IQ, and PubMatic has entered the game with a Connected TV-to-mobile retargeting play that matches a brand’s first-party data with audiences in IntentIQ’s DMP, and then buys ads through PubMatic.  The key is IntentIQ’s ability to cross-reference Connected TV households with mobile devices without using personal or device identifiers.

Twilio is making its third layoff in fifteen months, a 5% cut that will remove about 300 people from the payroll. CEO Jeff Lawson blamed higher spending on go-to-market roles for the Segment CDP, which has not produced the expected results. Some cuts will also reduce sales spending on the Flex cloud-based contact center.

It barely feels like news when industry giants add AI features, since that’s what they’re expected to do. But lots of people use their products, so their announcements are probably of higher interest than most. With that in mind, let’s note that Adobe has just announced general availability of agents for audience creation, journey orchestration, experimentation, journey insights, website optimization and agent support.