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Google adds agentic commerce checkout to YouTube ads

Google launched a Business Agent beta letting advertisers add checkout to YouTube ads through its updated Universal Commerce Protocol, with product feeds carrying loyalty data.

advertisers→YouTube Ads→Universal Commerce Protocol

Red Seat Ventures signs ad-sales deal for 'Financial Audit'

Red Seat Ventures will handle ad sales and distribution for Caleb Hammer's 'Financial Audit' show, giving advertisers a way to buy ads across Tubi, YouTube, Apple Podcasts and Spotify.

Financial Audit→Red Seat Ventures→Tubi, YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Spotify

August's Demand Gen drop: viewers can start conversations with brands on messaging apps straight from a Demand Gen ad on YouTube, travel ads surface local activities and real-time offers, and Multimodal Video Creation in Asset Studio is generally available.

Drive high-quality leads and acquire customers with new messaging, travel, and creative features in YouTube’s August Demand Gen Drop.

Agentio scales SURI's YouTube creator ads for its US launch

Agentio's AI infrastructure for creator advertising helped the UK oral-care brand SURI scale a YouTube creator program to enter the US without adding headcount.

SURI→Agentio→YouTube

YouTube Ad Sales Keep Growing at Healthy Clip, Rising 13% to $11 Billion in Q2

Video giant YouTube, one of the world’s biggest entertainment businesses, continues to turn in double-digit increases in ad revenue. YouTube posted ad sales of $11.06 billion for the second quarter of 2026, up 12.6% year over year. The results exceeded Wall Street analysts expectations for ad revenue of $10.8 billion, per StreetAccount. That doesn’t include […]

YouTube’s Ad Revenue Crossed $11 Billion in the Second Quarter of 2026

The World Cup alone accounted for 1.7 billion views on the platform, Google/Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai said.