Topsort vs Walmart Connect

Agentic Traffic Control Room: Understand and Manage AI Shopping Traffic

Topsort launches Agentic Traffic Control Room, a product to give retailers visibility and control over AI shopping agents, catalog gaps, sponsored offers, and agent access. Also introduces Tomi, an AI agent for commerce media operations.

It’s Not Enough to Have LLMs. Commerce Needs LCMs.

Discover why Large Language Models aren't enough for online retail and how Large Commerce Models (LCMs) like Topsort's Theo power real-time commerce decisions and agentic retail.

Topsort Launches Universal Ads, OpenAI Ads Integration, and New Product Updates

Topsort's newsroom features several new announcements: 'Meet Universal Ads: Expand Commerce Media Across CTV, Streaming, and Digital Video' (September 16, 2026), 'OpenAI Ads Are Now Available Through Topsort' (September 8, 2026), and 'Retail Media Infrastructure vs. Retail Media Network: What's the Difference?' (September 18, 2026). These represent new product features and integrations.

Walmart outlines plan to dominate TV advertising

Walmart is aggressively expanding its retail media ambitions into TV advertising. The retailer, which acquired Vizio for $2.3 billion two years ago, is now building a streaming ecosystem that includes the recent acquisition of adtech firm Vibe.co for $1.4 billion. Walmart Connect, the retailer's ad business, is pitching itself to non-endemic advertisers, leveraging Vizio's smart TV OS and Vibe.co's performance-focused streaming platform. New partnerships with Skydance and Spotify aim to extend reach, and the Yahoo DSP integration is moving to alpha. Walmart's U.S. ad business grew 38% YoY in Q2, and the company is positioning its first-party commerce data as the key differentiator for TV ad targeting and measurement, even for brands that don't sell at Walmart.

• Walmart acquired Vizio for $2.3 billion two years ago to build a streaming ecosystem.
• In August, Walmart acquired adtech firm Vibe.co for a reported $1.4 billion.
• Walmart Connect is pitching non-endemic advertisers, with new partnerships with Skydance and Spotify.

Walmart Connect Expands to Linear TV with WBD

Walmart Connect announced a partnership with Warner Bros. Discovery to bring its shopper data to linear TV, enabling addressable advertising on channels like TBS and Food Network through Walmart DSP. The deal uses a private marketplace powered by FreeWheel, offering closed-loop sales measurement. Separately, Zeta Global agreed to acquire Digital Audience, a data infrastructure firm, to enhance its identity and activation capabilities across channels. Ofcom has opened an investigation into Meta over its Instagram Instants feature, examining whether risk assessments were conducted before launch, with potential fines if breaches are found.

• Walmart Connect partners with Warner Bros. Discovery for linear TV addressable advertising.
• The deal runs via a private marketplace in Walmart DSP, powered by FreeWheel.
• Zeta Global agrees to acquire Digital Audience for undisclosed terms.

Quartile Becomes Technology Partner for ChatGPT Advertising

Quartile, a retail media optimization platform, announced it has become a technology partner supporting advertising in ChatGPT. This partnership enables participating advertisers to access ChatGPT Ads through Quartile's existing tools and workflows, expanding its AI-powered advertising capabilities into conversational discovery. ChatGPT, with over 1 billion weekly active users, is increasingly used by consumers for product discovery and purchase decisions. The integration allows brands to incorporate advertising in ChatGPT into their broader media strategies, leveraging Quartile's technology and expertise. Quartile emphasizes its 'experts + AI' approach, combining AI-driven scale and speed with strategic human judgment. The company supports thousands of brands and manages billions in annual ad spend across major commerce and digital advertising channels.

• Quartile announced a technology partnership supporting advertising in ChatGPT.
• ChatGPT has more than 1 billion weekly active users.
• The partnership enables advertisers to access ChatGPT Ads through Quartile's tools.