Ep 7. Live from CES: Meta, Manus, and the Ad Tech Shake-Up, with guest Sarah Caputo

Meta spent $2 billion on a company most people have never heard of, and it might be their smartest move since Instagram.

A special episode recorded live from CES 2026, hosts Shiv Gupta and Myle Younger sit down with Sarah Caputo, independent consultant and former CDO, to figure out what Meta's really up to with this acquisition. Sarah's got theories: protecting their small business revenue, making a play for wearables as the next big ad platform, and maybe finally figuring out what people actually want AI to do.

They also talk about why every ad platform now has basically the same "AI does everything" product with a slightly different name, why being operationally efficient isn't special anymore, and Sarah's take on how OpenAI should actually make money (spoiler: not by copying Google's playbook). Plus, why these new autonomous tools might shake things up for DSPs and what agencies better start doing if they don't want to become irrelevant.

You don't want to miss this one. Straight from the CES floor with perspectives you won't get anywhere else: practical, honest, and built for marketers. New episodes every Monday. Get your AI Edge here.