This episode of The ADOTAT Show is now live on Spotify, and yes, it’s one of those rare ones where people speak in complete thoughts.
Pesach Lattin runs a double-header conversation with Amol Waishampayan, the product philosopher behind Full Throttle AI, and David Regn, who helped build Stream into a 27-year force of nature without burning the place down. Together, they step straight into adtech’s identity mess and do something deeply unfashionable: they talk like adults.
What comes up:
• First-party identity, and why the industry treated it like optional kale until cookies entered hospice care
• “95%+ confidence” household identity, which turns out to be less magic and more math, plus a few uncomfortable truths
• Third-party data: useful, sure, if navigating by fog brings you joy
• Mid-market miniaturization, where measurement finally gets shrink-wrapped instead of locked behind enterprise gates
• Automation that replaces five humans and three spreadsheets, not the kind that needs constant supervision and snacks
• Leadership delusion, or how “tools” won for years while “outcomes” were avoided like an audit
• Desert-island adtech: no dashboards, no WiFi, just coconuts and the realization that common sense might be doing more work than software
Also included: Flash nostalgia, Newgrounds deep cuts, and Pesach attempting to strand two executives on an island for content. Because this is what passes for media now.
Stay Bold, Stay Curious, and Know More than You Did Yesterday.
— Pesach
