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Analyst
Vasily Karasyov
Period: Reporting periods mapped to calendar 2024 Q4 – 2026 Q2 (7 quarters).
- Questions
- 22on tracked calls
- Challenge rate
- 9%2 of 22 questions
- Companies
- 5questioned at least once
- Reporting periods
- 7with questions
These figures cover the whole profile: every tracked question, all reporting periods.
How to read these numbers
Challenge rate is the share of questions that pushed back, pressed for specifics or questioned management’s assumptions. It describes how questions were asked on the calls tracked here; it does not measure whether any view turned out to be right.
Rounding. Rates are rounded to whole percentages, so a small share can show as 0% even when some questions were challenging. The count beside each rate is exact; “none of N questions” means no question was challenging.
No questions recorded. “—” means there is nothing to calculate: no questions were recorded for that period on the calls tracked here. It does not mean there was no activity.
Fewer than 3 questions. A company-level rate is withheld when fewer than 3 questions were recorded for that company; the questions are still counted everywhere else.
Small samples. Profiles with fewer than 10 questions are marked Limited sample.
Reporting periods. Questions are grouped by the calendar quarter each company’s fiscal reporting period maps to, not by the date of the call. Periods without a calendar mapping are listed separately under their fiscal label.
Questions asked
Grouped by company, most questions first. Open a company to read its questions, newest reporting period first.
Showing 22 of 22 questions from 5 companies
TTDThe Trade Desk, Inc.7 questions · 7 reporting periods · 1 of 7 challenging
Calendar 2026 Q2
how should we now think about your long-term profitability framework, how you approach that side of the business, given the revenue trajectory?
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New CFO Nate Olmstead said TTD retains a long-term focus and will invest with conviction where returns are attractive while being equally disciplined elsewhere, applying rigor to how it evaluates and allocates investments. He declined to lay out a specific long-term profitability framework, saying the company would keep investors updated as the work progresses.
Calendar 2026 Q1
your Chief Strategy Officer, Samantha Jacobson, is leaving the company to join OpenAI. So now that it's public, I was wondering if you could share the details around this event
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Green confirmed Jacobson joining OpenAI, praised her highly. She remains on TTD Board of Directors. Emphasized TTD has been quietly assembling a strong team of meaningfully senior leaders with deep operational experience. Said recent recruiting efforts are a major source of optimism.
Calendar 2025 Q4
I wanted to ask you about what you would see as the most -- the biggest organizational improvements over the last 12 months
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Green discussed clear ownership, operational rigor, streamlined go-to-market with eliminated overlap. Specific number of people assigned to every brand/agency with clearer accountability than ever. JBP pipeline greatest ever. Acknowledged need for better systems to manage product rollout pace and deliberateness.
Calendar 2025 Q3
Can you tell us maybe what you're seeing in terms of broader advertising and macro environment, if there are any trends that you see that will benefit -- the Trade Desk next year?
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Green described a 'tale of 2 cities': CPG/retail under tariff/inflation pressure vs forward-thinking brands in financial services, healthcare, insurance embracing measurement. Noted CMOs under CFO pressure asking tougher questions about walled garden metrics. TTD is single largest source of third-party demand for most publishers worldwide.
Calendar 2025 Q2
how do you see that dynamic playing out in terms of ad spend in the remainder of the year? And how are you factoring that into your Q3 guidance?
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Green detailed the tariff impact timeline: Q4 stable, Q1 intensifying, early April volatility in auto/CPG, then stabilization. Noted TTD's large-brand concentration is short-term negative but argued volatile environments historically accelerate programmatic adoption due to agility and measurability.
Calendar 2025 Q1
what exactly do you think will be the downstream implications for DSPs like The Trade Desk, the SSPs
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Green argued Google must relinquish some marketplace roles per antitrust verdicts, SSPs will finally compete fairly, and the net effect is a healthier ecosystem benefiting TTD most.
Calendar 2024 Q4
can you probably share a little more detail about what you observed about the difference between you and the industry
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Green acknowledged macro was a factor but emphasized TTD has outperformed in similar environments before (2022). Conceded Kokai rollout was slower than anticipated, some missteps involved people decisions.
APPApplovin Corp6 questions · 6 reporting periods · 0 of 6 challenging
Calendar 2026 Q2
what does it mean for the industry? Does the overall spend grow as a result?
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Adam reframed to his non-zero-sum thesis -- differentiated data lifts the whole market and the gaming customer's P&L -- without directly engaging Unity Vector's runtime-signal specifics. Partial.
Calendar 2026 Q1
can you explain your vision there? You say you will never do brand, right? You have Wurl
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Adam described CTV as the holy grail for performance marketing, enabling SMBs to buy big screen and prove ROI. Still early in development; will signal when ready to scale.
Calendar 2025 Q4
what gives you confidence that once you get enough data, it will work as well or competitive
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Adam said ecommerce is already competitive with largest social platforms despite having only thousands of pixeled sites versus potential 10M+. More data penetration will compound model improvements through self-learning.
Calendar 2025 Q3
if the -- your advertisers' LTV calculations are evolving, let's say, compared to a year ago compared to now
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Adam highlighted MAX supply growing at multiples of IAP market growth through better tools, newer publishers integrating ads, and expanding ad loads.
Calendar 2025 Q1
is it the same learning that's applied to gaming and e-commerce, or are those two different processes
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Matt confirmed gaming and ecommerce are separate models with independent reinforcement learning and directed enhancements, potentially stepping up at different times.
Calendar 2024 Q4
As you are rolling out your ecommerce solution offering, are you seeing already any kind of response from the incumbent competitors?
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Adam positioned APP as incremental to existing ad spend rather than competing for same dollars, expanding total advertiser budgets.
UUnity Software Inc.5 questions · 5 reporting periods · 1 of 5 challenging
Calendar 2026 Q2
can you explain to us in simple terms, please, how it's different from the previous generation
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Management described Unity 7 as a rearchitecture enabling collaboration with coding agents; direct.
Calendar 2026 Q1
I wanted to ask you about Unity Vector performance domestically and internationally.
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Management reported broad-based strength with nothing regional to call out; direct.
Calendar 2025 Q4
Would you mind giving us more details on a couple of points here.
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Management said commerce economics are small but strategically enhance Vector and the platform; direct.
Calendar 2025 Q3
Can you please tell us how the revenue from the solutions, excluding Unity Vector, did in the quarter?
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Management declined to break out non-Vector ad revenue; deflected.
Calendar 2025 Q2
So can you help us understand what it is that you're seeing unique in Vector doing differently?
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Management pointed to broad-based value delivery driving increased advertiser spend; direct.
ROKURoku, Inc.3 questions · 3 reporting periods · 0 of 3 challenging
Calendar 2026 Q1
Are there factors we should keep in mind when looking at quarter-on-quarter growth throughout the year?
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Dan directly outlined seasonality and Tier 1/2/3 partner additions as the key drivers.
Calendar 2025 Q3
would ARPU grow at double the rate of the platform revenue growth in the midterm
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Dan said ARPU will grow faster and can rise significantly but did not commit to a specific multiple.
Calendar 2025 Q1
What's the best way for us to think about the contribution of programmatic to Platform revenue growth?
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Charlie directly characterized the mix of incremental and shifted programmatic revenue.
RDDTReddit, Inc.1 question · 1 reporting period · 0 of 1 challenging
Calendar 2025 Q4
given all the solutions you're launching, DPA, Max, and so on, should we expect performance to outgrow brand again given the brand has upper comps too?
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Jen emphasized Reddit is a full-funnel solution and is investing in brand via unique formats, video and measurement in 2026.
Challenge rate by company
Every company this analyst questioned, most questions first. A company-level rate is shown from 3 questions; below that it is withheld.
| Company | Questions | Challenge rate |
|---|---|---|
| TTD The Trade Desk, Inc. | 7 | 14%1 of 7 questions |
| APP Applovin Corp | 6 | 0%none of 6 questions |
| U Unity Software Inc. | 5 | 20%1 of 5 questions |
| ROKU Roku, Inc. | 3 | 0%none of 3 questions |
| RDDT Reddit, Inc. | 1 | —Rate withheld: fewer than 3 questions |
Activity by reporting period
Questions recorded for each calendar quarter that companies’ reporting periods map to (not the call date), with the challenge rate for that period. Periods inside the range with no questions are shown as “No questions recorded”.
| Calendar period | Questions | Challenge rate | Companies |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 Q4 | 2 | 50%1 of 2 questions | 2 |
| 2025 Q1 | 3 | 0%none of 3 questions | 3 |
| 2025 Q2 | 2 | 0%none of 2 questions | 2 |
| 2025 Q3 | 4 | 25%1 of 4 questions | 4 |
| 2025 Q4 | 4 | 0%none of 4 questions | 4 |
| 2026 Q1 | 4 | 0%none of 4 questions | 4 |
| 2026 Q2 | 3 | 0%none of 3 questions | 3 |
- 2024 Q42 questions · challenge rate 50% (1 of 2 questions) · 2 companies
- 2025 Q13 questions · challenge rate 0% (none of 3 questions) · 3 companies
- 2025 Q22 questions · challenge rate 0% (none of 2 questions) · 2 companies
- 2025 Q34 questions · challenge rate 25% (1 of 4 questions) · 4 companies
- 2025 Q44 questions · challenge rate 0% (none of 4 questions) · 4 companies
- 2026 Q14 questions · challenge rate 0% (none of 4 questions) · 4 companies
- 2026 Q23 questions · challenge rate 0% (none of 3 questions) · 3 companies
Topics
Topics tagged on this analyst’s questions.
- Revenue Growth9
- Competitive Dynamics8
- Demand5
- Product Launch4
- Cloud & AI3
- Macroeconomic3
- Innovation & R&D2
- Subscriber Growth2
- Margin1
- Capital Allocation1
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- Geographic Expansion1
- Guidance Reliability1
- Trade Tariffs1
- Regulation Policy1