Observed Signal · Feb 12, 2026 · Technology Integration · Source: ExchangeWire · Impact: 3/5 · Sentiment: Positive
Revolutionizing Ad Buying: xpln.ai Integrates with Index Exchange
xpln.ai announced on 12 February 2026 a global integration with Index Marketplaces, Index Exchange’s omnichannel platform, making xpln.ai’s attention segments directly available within the SSP. The integration enables advertisers and agencies to activate attention-based audience segments with a single click, target high-attention inventory, and limit or exclude low-attention placements prior to campaign launch. xpln.ai positions the capability as a way to move attention measurement from post-campaign analysis to automated pre-bid optimisation. Index Exchange and xpln.ai state the partnership aims to simplify programmatic workflows, improve media quality and boost campaign effectiveness by embedding attention data into sell-side decisioning.
Integration embeds attention measurement into a major SSP marketplace, simplifying activation and pre-bid optimisation of attention-based segments — a meaningful improvement for programmatic media quality and campaign effectiveness though not a platform-level industry shift.
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Key Takeaways & Evidence Grounding
- On 12 February 2026 xpln.ai announced a global integration with Index Marketplaces (Index Exchange’s omnichannel platform).
- xpln.ai’s attention segments are now available directly via Index Marketplaces for one-click activation within the SSP.
- The integration enables targeting of high-attention environments and limiting or excluding low-attention inventory before campaigns run.
- Fabien Magalon, CEO and co-founder of xpln.ai, and Cadi Jones, SVP of EMEA at Index Exchange, provided statements endorsing the collaboration.
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Index Exchange Enhances Ad Targeting with Attention Data Integration
Index Exchange has integrated attention-based audience segments from measurement provider Xpln.ai into its Supply-Side Platform via Index Marketplaces. The integration makes Xpln.ai’s attention segments available for activation inside the SSP, enabling advertisers and agencies to target inventory with high attention scores or exclude low-attention environments during programmatic buying. Index Exchange and Xpln.ai say embedding attention data directly into the buying workflow simplifies operations by removing separate post-campaign measurement steps and allows pre-campaign optimization of attention-based inventory. Cadi Jones (SVP EMEA, Index Exchange) and Fabien Magalon (CEO & Co‑Founder, Xpln.ai) are quoted describing the expected benefits for media strategy, transparency, and performance.
xpln Launches Ideal Attention Time Metric
Attention intelligence startup xpln.ai announced a new metric called Ideal Attention Time to quantify how much attention an ad creative needs to drive basic business outcomes such as product understanding and brand recognition. Founded in 2022, xpln combines frame-by-frame computer-vision analysis, eye-tracking, surveys and panel data from external partners to label creative elements and model the minimum attention threshold required for recognition. Insurance company AXA — a longtime xpln customer and the first adopter of the metric — found its content required roughly three seconds to attract attention and five seconds to trigger brand recognition, prompting creative changes (for example moving the logo earlier) that increased average attention time and reduced cost per attentive second. xpln says the metric helps advertisers avoid under- or overpaying by predicting how much attention specific creative designs need across platforms and formats.
Mobkoi Expands Attention Measurement Partnership with xpln.ai
Mobkoi and xpln.ai announced an expanded global strategic partnership to deepen integration of xpln.ai’s attention measurement and optimization technology into Mobkoi’s mobile advertising offering. The collaboration aims to give brands and agencies richer, attention-based metrics for mobile campaign planning and creative evaluation. xpln.ai has measured over one billion impressions in the past 12 months; Mobkoi reports average attention across its advertising formats exceeding 5.5 seconds, with its Interscroller format delivering attention times 150% above display benchmarks. The partnership is positioned to deliver transparent, enriched attention data to help advertisers assess creative formats and media environments against attention-driven performance signals.
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