Sundial Media Group

Ascendios.ai Launches Autonomous AI Video Ad Engine

Ascendios.ai, LLC announced the commercial launch of its flagship Automatic AI Content Creation Engine on July 15, 2026. The system automates end-to-end production of high-definition targeted video ads and scalable brand assets, designed to interpret abstract niches and complex brand aesthetics. Ascendios.ai says the engine can eliminate five-figure monthly creative overheads for small mid-market companies and reclaims internal man-hours by automating scripting, visual orchestration, cinematic rendering, and targeted asset variations. The release is the first of three commercial service tracks the company plans to scale across industries.

SAIL framework gives publishers control over AI

SAIL (Standardized Agentic Intelligence Ledger) is a rights-managed framework developed by Next Net with inaugural media partner Sundial Media & Technology Group that records how AI systems access, combine and attribute publisher content, enforces publishers’ cultural and editorial guardrails, and tracks citations to drive referral traffic. Designed as a CoMP/RSL- and IAB Tech Lab CoMP-compatible transaction, receipt and market-intelligence layer, SAIL enables permissioned access, integrates publishers’ internal AI tools with third-party models, and supports pay-per-query monetization of content. Next Net has vectorized Sundial’s catalog on NVIDIA accelerated computing and uses NVIDIA AI software (NeMo, RAPIDS and NIM microservices) in its content intelligence pipeline to facilitate connections and usage reporting. Revenue is returned to publishers under negotiated terms, with Next Net taking a negotiated cut.

Agentic AI's Impact on Marketing at Possible

Digiday reported from day two of the Possible conference in Miami (April 30, 2026), interviewing senior executives about agentic AI’s implications for marketing and multicultural strategies. The Home Depot’s Molly Battin described a test-and-learn approach and interest in agentic shopping to reduce customer friction. Sundial Media Group’s Kirk McDonald said the company is using AI to mine decades of owned data to prepare for a zero-click future and stressed the continued importance of trusted connections for diverse audiences. Omnicom Media’s Joanna O’Connell discussed studying both consumer- and brand-side effects of economic instability and AI, and argued agentic AI will advance beyond LLM-only consumer perceptions. Digiday will publish more interviews from the event.