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S7 · E20
June 17 · 37 min
Season 7, Episode 20: Shopify as a marketing operating system (with Venkat Prabhu)
On this week's episode of the podcast, I am joined by Venkat Prabhu, Director of Product for Shop Campaigns at Shopify, to discuss the platform's evolution into a comprehensive marketing operating system for eCommerce merchants. We explore the major announcements from Shopify's Spring Editions, specifically focusing on how the platform leverages commerce data and AI to simplify advertising for businesses of all sizes. Among other things, we discuss: How AI-driven automation empowers small businesses to participate in the digital marketing ecosystem Whether centralized platforms like Shopify can solve the persistent problem of cross-channel attribution If risk-free advertising models will become the standard for merchants entering the digital economy Why the integration of commerce data into advertising algorithms creates a unique competitive moat What happens when a commerce platform evolves into a holistic marketing operating system How deep integration with AI agents like ChatGPT will redefine discovery for online shoppers Thanks to the sponsors of this week’s episode of the Mobile Dev Memo podcast: ⁠⁠INCRMNTAL⁠⁠⁠. True attribution measures incrementality, always on. Xsolla⁠. With the Xsolla Web Shop, you can create a direct storefront, cut fees down to as low as 5%, and keep players engaged with bundles, rewards, and analytics. ⁠Branch⁠. Branch is an AI-powered MMP, connecting every paid, owned, and organic touchpoint so growth teams can see exactly where to put their dollars to bring users in the door and keep them coming back Interested in sponsoring the Mobile Dev Memo podcast? Contact Mobile Dev Memo advertising. The Mobile Dev Memo podcast is available on: Spotify YouTube Apple Podcasts
June 10 · 47 min
Season 7, Episode 19: Can AI Save Journalism? (with Peter Stuart)
On this week's episode of the podcast, I am joined by Peter Stuart, the co-founder of Velora, an AI operating system for specialist publishers. Peter returns to the podcast to discuss the rapidly evolving landscape of AI in journalism and to explore how editorial teams are integrating these tools into their daily operations. Among other things, we cover: How AI tools like LLMs can effectively augment journalistic research and fact-checking processes without compromising editorial integrity If the increasing efficiency of AI content pipelines will ultimately diminish the perceived value of human-led investigative reporting Why some media organizations remain hesitant to integrate AI while others aggressively leverage it for content curation and distribution When the line between AI-assisted writing and pure machine generation becomes indistinguishable to the average consumer of digital news How AI platforms can help journalists reclaim time for high-value reporting by automating mundane administrative and formatting tasks Thanks to the sponsors of this week’s episode of the Mobile Dev Memo podcast: ⁠⁠INCRMNTAL⁠⁠⁠. True attribution measures incrementality, always on. Xsolla⁠. With the Xsolla Web Shop, you can create a direct storefront, cut fees down to as low as 5%, and keep players engaged with bundles, rewards, and analytics. ⁠Branch⁠. Branch is an AI-powered MMP, connecting every paid, owned, and organic touchpoint so growth teams can see exactly where to put their dollars to bring users in the door and keep them coming back Interested in sponsoring the Mobile Dev Memo podcast? Contact Mobile Dev Memo advertising. The Mobile Dev Memo podcast is available on: Spotify YouTube Apple Podcasts
S7 · E18
June 4 · 48 min
Season 7, Episode 18: Understanding Amazon's advertising advantages (with Adam Epstein)
On this week's episode of the podcast, I am joined by Adam Epstein, the co-founder and CEO of Gigi, to talk about Amazon’s strategic advertising advantages. Among other things, we discuss: The value of Amazon’s deterministic identity spine, which spans ninety percent of US households Whether Amazon can successfully transition its e-commerce data dominance into non-endemic categories like automotive and pharmaceutical services The risks faced by independent demand side platforms like Trade Desk as tech giants internalize inventory What role agencies will play in a future where AI agents manage cross-channel programmatic media buying autonomously When shoppable TV transitions from a niche consumer behavior to a primary driver of performance marketing results How the integration of Amazon’s retail data with AI chatbots might permanently displace traditional search-based product discovery Thanks to the sponsors of this week’s episode of the Mobile Dev Memo podcast: ⁠⁠INCRMNTAL⁠⁠⁠. True attribution measures incrementality, always on. Xsolla⁠. With the Xsolla Web Shop, you can create a direct storefront, cut fees down to as low as 5%, and keep players engaged with bundles, rewards, and analytics. ⁠Branch⁠. Branch is an AI-powered MMP, connecting every paid, owned, and organic touchpoint so growth teams can see exactly where to put their dollars to bring users in the door and keep them coming back Interested in sponsoring the Mobile Dev Memo podcast? Contact Mobile Dev Memo advertising. The Mobile Dev Memo podcast is available on: Spotify YouTube Apple Podcasts
S7 · E17
May 27 · 53 min
Season 7, Episode 17: The New Economics of Building an Audience (with Danny Frankel)
On this week's episode of the podcast, I am joined by Danny Frankel, the founder of Punchup Live, a digital platform and ticketing ecosystem built for stand-up comedians. We explore how the economics of content distribution and audience building are being fundamentally rewritten. Danny provides a unique perspective on the shifting landscape of social media, the rise of clipping farms, and the digitization of live entertainment markets. Among other things, we discuss: How clipping farms and Discord communities are distorting organic distribution algorithms for independent creators across social media platforms Whether the extreme efficiency of AI-driven content recommendation engines is leading to user burnout and eventual platform rejection Why the traditional touring model is inverted for comedians compared to musicians and how that affects audience building strategies What the phenomenon of blue dot fever reveals about shifting consumer behavior and transparency in the secondary ticketing market If the current fragmentation of the live entertainment ecosystem prevents artists from accurately predicting and capturing true market demand How the lack of audience portability across major social platforms forces creators to adopt direct-to-fan communication tools like email When the innovator's dilemma will force legacy platforms to choose between advertiser needs and the long-term health of creators Thanks to the sponsors of this week’s episode of the Mobile Dev Memo podcast: ⁠⁠INCRMNTAL⁠⁠⁠. True attribution measures incrementality, always on. Xsolla⁠. With the Xsolla Web Shop, you can create a direct storefront, cut fees down to as low as 5%, and keep players engaged with bundles, rewards, and analytics. ⁠Branch⁠. Branch is an AI-powered MMP, connecting every paid, owned, and organic touchpoint so growth teams can see exactly where to put their dollars to bring users in the door and keep them coming back Interested in sponsoring the Mobile Dev Memo podcast? Contact Mobile Dev Memo advertising.
May 19 · 47 min
The Prosperous Society, Part 4: Per commercium virtus
The Prosperous Society is a podcast series by Mobile Dev Memo that articulates an AI Bull Thesis for the digital economy. It argues that the pervasive application of AI to the digital economy will be broadly economically expansionary, leading to increased individual prosperity, expanded consumer choice, and greater human agency. In Episode 4, the conclusion to the series, I outline the AI-enabled flywheel to the Prosperous Society and make the case that it results in a more differentiated, more personalized, and economically expansive new digital economy: AI increases productive possibility, and Advertising increases matching precision, and Matching precision increases specificity, and Specificity increases expressive individuality, so Society becomes more differentiated, not less. But I also consider the existence of an acceptable boundary for this personalization. At what point do siloed, wholly unique digital experiences become corrosive to social cohesion? And how should that boundary inform the investments that are currently being made into AI infrastructure, such that they are put to the best possible use? Thanks to the sponsors of this week’s episode of the Mobile Dev Memo podcast: ⁠⁠INCRMNTAL⁠⁠⁠. True attribution measures incrementality, always on. Xsolla⁠. With the Xsolla Web Shop, you can create a direct storefront, cut fees down to as low as 5%, and keep players engaged with bundles, rewards, and analytics. ⁠Branch⁠. Branch is an AI-powered MMP, connecting every paid, owned, and organic touchpoint so growth teams can see exactly where to put their dollars to bring users in the door and keep them coming back Interested in sponsoring the Mobile Dev Memo podcast? Contact Mobile Dev Memo advertising. The Mobile Dev Memo podcast is available on: Spotify YouTube Apple Podcasts
S7 · E16
May 13 · 44 min
Season 7, Episode 16: AI and video games (with Julian Togelius)
On this week's episode of the podcast, I am joined by Julian Togelius, a professor of computer science at NYU and director of the NYU Game Innovation Lab. We delve into how games serve as the perfect sandbox for AI development, the potential for generative tools to revolutionize production workflows, and how the future of play might involve infinite, procedurally generated worlds that adapt to every player's unique style. Among other things, we discuss: How AI researchers leverage the inherent fun and learning mechanisms within video game environments Whether the financial markets function as a complex game requiring the same reinforcement learning strategies used in digital play If consumer backlash against AI-generated assets will ultimately give way to the promise of faster and more ambitious development cycles What possibilities exist for truly open-ended games that utilize real-time world generation to create infinite, personalized player journeys How the role of the game developer shifts toward system architecture and critical thinking as coding becomes increasingly automated When and if world models will transition from impressive tech demos to foundational tools for interactive entertainment Thanks to the sponsors of this week’s episode of the Mobile Dev Memo podcast: ⁠⁠⁠⁠INCRMNTAL⁠⁠⁠. True attribution measures incrementality, always on. Xsolla⁠. With the Xsolla Web Shop, you can create a direct storefront, cut fees down to as low as 5%, and keep players engaged with bundles, rewards, and analytics. ⁠Branch⁠. Branch is an AI-powered MMP, connecting every paid, owned, and organic touchpoint so growth teams can see exactly where to put their dollars to bring users in the door and keep them coming back Interested in sponsoring the Mobile Dev Memo podcast? Contact Mobile Dev Memo advertising.
S7 · E15
May 5 · 1 hr 7 min
Season 7, Episode 15: The modern mobile gaming economy (with Phil Black)
On this week's episode of the podcast, I am joined by Phil Black, one of the co-hosts of the Game Economist Cast, a podcast dedicated to game economy design, and a consultant with Game Economist Consulting. Previously, Phil held game economist and analytics roles at Amazon Games, DICE, and Scopely. Phil is also a panelist on the This Week in Games (TWIG) podcast. Phil joins me on this episode to examine the shifting dynamics of the mobile gaming economy, from the consolidation of high-revenue genres to the strategic adoption of AI and direct-to-consumer models. Among other things, we discuss: How the concentration of mobile gaming revenue into puzzle and 4X genres reshapes the competitive landscape for independent developers Whether the integration of hyper-casual mechanics into core loops represents a fundamental evolution of the modern mobile gaming economy Why the transition from visual AI outputs to deep personalization remains the primary value proposition for future game monetization What the divergence between Android and iOS installation gates reveals about the health of the global mobile marketing ecosystem If the rise of third-party web shops and direct-to-consumer models can effectively counteract the platform fees of major stores How the emergence of warbonds and sampling-based monetization strategies signals a shift away from traditional battle pass reward structures When the mobile gaming industry will move beyond post-ATT recovery strategies Thanks to the sponsors of this week’s episode of the Mobile Dev Memo podcast: ⁠⁠⁠⁠INCRMNTAL⁠⁠⁠. True attribution measures incrementality, always on. Xsolla⁠. With the Xsolla Web Shop, you can create a direct storefront, cut fees down to as low as 5%, and keep players engaged with bundles, rewards, and analytics. ⁠Branch⁠. Branch is an AI-powered MMP, connecting every paid, owned, and organic touchpoint so growth teams can see exactly where to put their dollars to bring users in the door and keep them coming back Interested in sponsoring the Mobile Dev Memo podcast? Contact Mobile Dev Memo advertising. The Mobile Dev Memo podcast is available on: YouTube Apple Podcasts Spotify
S7 · E14
April 28 · 52 min
Season 7, Episode 14: Re-evaluating agentic commerce (with Andrew Lipsman)
On this week's episode of the podcast, I am joined by Andrew Lipsman to discuss the evolving landscape of agentic commerce and retail media. Andrew is an independent analyst and consultant who runs the Media, Ads + Commerce blog, which covers the retail media landscape. Prior to this, Andrew held roles at eMarketer and comScore. This is Andrew's third appearance on the podcast. In our conversation, Andrew and I take stock of the evolution of the concept of agentic commerce since we last spoke six months ago, moving from the initial hype of autonomous AI agents to a more grounded reality of AI-assisted shopping experiences. Our conversation examines the failure of independent instant checkout experiments, the strength of established retail ecosystems like Amazon and Walmart, and the emerging opportunities in performance television and in-store digital advertising. Among other things, we discuss: Whether the failure of instant checkout experiments signals a permanent preference for direct retailer relationships over AI intermediaries How the paradox of choice and the need for basket building hinder the efficiency of single-option agentic transactions If the success of Amazon's Rufus proves that AI utility belongs on retail platforms rather than independent LLM interfaces Why the western market's fragmented ecosystem makes the development of a Chinese-style shopping super app highly improbable What the massive investment in AI infrastructure means for the competitive landscape against established giants like Amazon and Google When performance TV and in-store retail media will finally become a core priority for brand-focused chief marketing officers How Shopify's role as an audience network might evolve as direct-to-consumer brands seek diversification beyond Meta and Google Thanks to the sponsors of this week’s episode of the Mobile Dev Memo podcast: ⁠⁠⁠⁠INCRMNTAL⁠⁠⁠. True attribution measures incrementality, always on. Xsolla⁠. With the Xsolla Web Shop, you can create a direct storefront, cut fees down to as low as 5%, and keep players engaged with bundles, rewards, and analytics. ⁠Branch⁠. Branch is an AI-powered MMP, connecting every paid, owned, and organic touchpoint so growth teams can see exactly where to put their dollars to bring users in the door and keep them coming back Interested in sponsoring the Mobile Dev Memo podcast? Contact Mobile Dev Memo advertising. The Mobile Dev Memo podcast is available on: YouTube Apple Podcasts Spotify
April 21 · 41 min
The Prosperous Society, Part 3: The Collapse of the Pareto Principle
The Prosperous Society is a podcast series by Mobile Dev Memo that articulates an AI Bull Thesis for the digital economy. It argues that the pervasive application of AI to the digital economy will be broadly economically expansionary, leading to increased individual prosperity, expanded consumer choice, and greater human agency. In Episode 3, I make the case that artificial intelligence stands to erode the Pareto Principle as it applies to production, as AI-enabled distribution efficiencies will enable firms to reach niche, specific audiences profitably. This will result in a wider diversity of goods being produced, creating a compounding effect on economic expansion and allowing consumers to better explore and define their own preferences and tastes. Thanks to the sponsors of this week’s episode of the Mobile Dev Memo podcast: ⁠⁠INCRMNTAL⁠⁠⁠. True attribution measures incrementality, always on. Xsolla⁠. With the Xsolla Web Shop, you can create a direct storefront, cut fees down to as low as 5%, and keep players engaged with bundles, rewards, and analytics. ⁠Branch⁠. Branch is an AI-powered MMP, connecting every paid, owned, and organic touchpoint so growth teams can see exactly where to put their dollars to bring users in the door and keep them coming back Interested in sponsoring the Mobile Dev Memo podcast? Contact Mobile Dev Memo advertising. The Mobile Dev Memo podcast is available on: Spotify YouTube Apple Podcasts
S7 · E13
April 14 · 46 min
Season 7, Episode 13: Google navigates the AI advertising era (with Dan Taylor)
On this week's episode of the podcast, I am joined by Dan Taylor, the Vice President of Global Ads at Google. We discuss the profound impact of generative AI on search behavior and the technological evolution required to support the next era of digital advertising. Among other things, we discuss: How the shift from keyword-based search to conversational intent will redefine the core mechanics of performance marketing attribution Whether the increased monetization of long-tail conversational queries can offset the potential traffic loss for traditional web publishers What role LLM-based ad ranking plays in reducing irrelevant placements and improving the overall efficiency of digital campaigns If the consolidation of advertising tools into automated systems like Performance Max represents the final end of manual control Why the emergence of universal commerce protocols might eventually allow AI agents to handle the entire checkout process autonomously How the return to marketing mix modeling and first-party data signals a broader renaissance in rigorous measurement techniques Thanks to the sponsors of this week’s episode of the Mobile Dev Memo podcast: ⁠⁠⁠⁠INCRMNTAL⁠⁠⁠. True attribution measures incrementality, always on. Xsolla⁠. With the Xsolla Web Shop, you can create a direct storefront, cut fees down to as low as 5%, and keep players engaged with bundles, rewards, and analytics. ⁠Branch⁠. Branch is an AI-powered MMP, connecting every paid, owned, and organic touchpoint so growth teams can see exactly where to put their dollars to bring users in the door and keep them coming back Interested in sponsoring the Mobile Dev Memo podcast? Contact Mobile Dev Memo advertising. The Mobile Dev Memo podcast is available on: YouTube Apple Podcasts Spotify
S7 · E12
April 7 · 42 min
Season 7, Episode 12: Considering the future of Section 230 (with Ben Sperry)
On this week's episode of the podcast, I am joined by Ben Sperry, a senior scholar at the International Center for Law and Economics, to explore the shifting landscape of social media litigation. We dive deep into recent court rulings in California and New Mexico that challenge the historical protections of Section 230 by focusing on product design rather than hosted content (see a recent piece by Ben, "Treating Speech as a Bug, Not a Feature," for more background). Among other things, we discuss: Why the shift from content-based liability to product design claims might permanently dismantle the protections afforded by Section 230 How the threat of punitive damages may force platforms to implement aggressive age-gating and collateral censorship measures Whether applying product liability standards to algorithmic recommendation features creates friction with First Amendment principles Whether smaller tech entrants and startups can survive a legal environment defined by constant litigation and high compliance costs What the recent jury verdicts against Meta and Google signal for the future of algorithmic curation across the broader internet ecosystem When the focus on addictive design features like infinite scroll will begin to impact other services like streaming platforms How generative AI and large language models will be categorized under speech laws if Section 230 remains inapplicable Thanks to the sponsors of this week’s episode of the Mobile Dev Memo podcast: ⁠⁠⁠⁠INCRMNTAL⁠⁠⁠. True attribution measures incrementality, always on. Xsolla⁠. With the Xsolla Web Shop, you can create a direct storefront, cut fees down to as low as 5%, and keep players engaged with bundles, rewards, and analytics. ⁠Branch⁠. Branch is an AI-powered MMP, connecting every paid, owned, and organic touchpoint so growth teams can see exactly where to put their dollars to bring users in the door and keep them coming back Interested in sponsoring the Mobile Dev Memo podcast? Contact Mobile Dev Memo advertising.

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