Case study · Adtech

Octillion. From startup to acquisition.

A demand-side platform for connected TV advertising. We worked with the Octillion team for almost five years, through its acquisition by TEGNA’s Premion.

Almost five yearsWorking together
Connected TVA platform for local CTV and streaming ads
Acquired in 2024By TEGNA’s Premion unit
The client

Software that buys ads on streaming TV.

Octillion built a demand-side platform, or DSP, for local connected TV and streaming advertising. A DSP is the software advertisers use to buy ad space automatically, in real time, across many sites and apps.

In 2024, Premion, the connected TV advertising business of TEGNA, agreed to acquire Octillion. TEGNA’s CEO called it a smart bolt-on that would speed up Premion’s local CTV business.

The journey

A young company, and a platform worth buying.

StartupWe started working with the Octillion team when it was a young company
GrowthWe kept building and improving as the platform and its customers grew
AcquisitionTEGNA’s Premion unit acquired Octillion to strengthen its local CTV business
Ad tech today

Where ad tech is going, and how we help.

Streaming TV advertising keeps growing, and buyers expect better proof that their ads work. At the same time, cookies are fading, and AI is starting to run more of the daily work. Ad tech teams need engineers who can build for all of this.

AI agents for campaign workAgents that watch pacing, budgets and reporting. People set the rules
Measurement you can trustClean data pipelines and dashboards for outcomes and attention
Privacy-first dataFirst-party data and identity-light targeting, ready for a world after cookies
Fast, reliable platformsReal-time systems that stay up under heavy load
Our role

Engineers who stay, not just contractors.

For almost five years we worked alongside the Octillion team. We started with a young company, kept building as it grew, and stayed through the acquisition.

In 2024, Octillion presented XOSOFT with its Innovative Development of the Year award.

That kind of long partnership is how we like to work: the same people, clear updates and engineers who take ownership of what they build.

The Octillion team presenting XOSOFT with the Innovative Development of the Year award, 2024
Innovative Development of the Year, 2024
The Octillion and XOSOFT teams together at an Octillion offsite
The Octillion and XOSOFT teams at an Octillion offsite
In their words
Gabe, Octillion
“Straight answers, steady delivery, and engineers who genuinely own their work.”
GabeOctillion

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