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| And I thought it was important to reiterate why I feel so confident about our position and our prospects |
| Second, we are reinforcing our position as the ad tech AI leader |
| We are poised for growth |
| Today, I'm really excited to discuss our strong finish to the year in Q4, reflect on the progress we made in 2023, and explain why I'm so confident about our growth prospects in 2024 and beyond |
| We continue to gain share within the political vertical heading into the US presidential election cycle |
| Our international business is poised to continue helping drive our growth |
| This record spend helped drive revenue growth of 23% for the year |
| Once again, significantly outpacing the broader digital advertising market |
| The Trade Desk is very well positioned as the advertising industry evolves |
| In closing, I'm very pleased with our performance in 2023 and our setup in 2024 |
| So 23% growth in 2023 on top of very strong growth in 2022 is once again leading the market |
| We expect 2024 to be even stronger |
| We ended the year with a strong Q4 and our teams have carried the momentum into the start of the year |
| I believe we are uniquely positioned to grow and gain market share, not only in 2024 but well into the future, regardless of some of the pressures that our industry is facing, whether it's cookie deprecation, growing regulatory focus on walled gardens, or the rapidly changing TV landscape |
| These industry shifts represent tremendous growth opportunities for us |
| But perhaps even more encouraging, we're seeing significant performance improvements for advertisers who are using UID2 and this is accelerating adoption |
| We're seeing strong CTV growth across EMEA and Asia as more CTV inventory comes online |
| Considering our unique ability to generate both strong top line growth and profitability, we continue to manage the business with a balanced perspective that allows us to wait investment opportunities while retaining flexibility for margin improvement |
| I am particularly proud of the $284 million of adjusted EBITDA we generated during the quarter, representing a margin of 47%, which helped drive full year adjusted EBITDA margin to about 40% and full year free cash flow of over $540 million |
| And for those who are prepared, like The Trade Desk, it is an opportunity to win share |
| So we're confident that we're in a fantastic position |
| And that is incredibly robust |
| We remain optimistic about the prospects for our business this year and in the years to come |
| And we continue to see positive results from increased utilization of first party data |
| So, who is ready for cookie deprecation? So, I believe here at The Trade Desk, we're in a phenomenal position |
| We ended the year with a strong cash and liquidity position |
| As I mentioned, CTV across international regions was particularly strong during the fourth quarter and throughout 2023 |
| And the reception was phenomenal |
| 2023 was an excellent year |
| Just like CTV, digital audio benefits from a highly authenticated, logged in audience |
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| There are fears out there that just a massive influx of CTV inventory at a lower CPM could depress CPMs across the segment without necessarily driving more demand |
| And I am very concerned about the impact that cookies will have on things like journalism that are pretty dependent on browser-based traffic |
| I believe Privacy Sandbox is an incredibly complex product, understood fully by very few people, which will likely degrade the Chrome user experience for publishers and brands, but especially for users |
| These macro changes hurt those, especially content owners and publishers who don't have authentication |
| So it is actually hard to keep up with, but the broad strokes haven't changed a lot and the product is continually disappointed as you'll read from most op-eds outside of Google |
| But this threat to publishers comes as there are daily reports of journalism outlets laying off major swaths of their newsrooms amid a really tight business climate |
| And the open internet will continue to challenge the walled gardens as the place where the very first advertising dollar is spent |
| While there may be many reasons for the struggles that journalism outlets are having, one of the dirty secrets of the industry is that, authentication rates there are surprisingly low |
| Increased complexity with decreased functionality is hardly a compelling offering |
| For nearly all of 2023, there was uncertainty, particularly around economic growth rates and recessionary fears |
| And as the quarter went on, we saw some advertisers really lean in and some advertisers see some pressure |
| So it wasn't a dramatic move, but the fear that it's going to go from 36% to 100% removal has lots of people concerned |
| While there is more than enough pressure on TV content owners to expand relevant ad programs, there is probably even more pressure on big players of audio |
| Others have reported that declines in publisher CPMs in Chrome, where cookies have been deprecated, are around 30% |
| The side of this that I'm really worried about though, is the publisher side |
| It's a very difficult thing to do in our space |
| And then, of course, there's lots of speculation about what Google's motives are in doing all these things at this exact moment when they're under a tremendous amount of pressure |
| And I was concerned that the amount of change would make them afraid of adopting something new simply because of how much it changed, rather than really considering all the reasons why we did it |
| That's potentially devastating for publishers, of course |
| And our relationships with agencies has never been stronger |
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