Last updated 2026-07-12
- Acquired by Teads for $900M, Feb 2025
- Raised $637.5M Post-IPO Debt, Feb 2025
- Raised $200M private-equity round, Jul 2021
Total raised
$1.1B
Last: Post-IPO Debt 2025-02
Stage
Acquired
Founded
2006
Headcount
500+
HQ
New York City, United States
Sector
Media & Entertainment Technologies
About
Outbrain is a native advertising platform that connects advertisers to consumers on the open web through personalized content recommendations. Founded in 2006, the company utilizes AI and machine learning to deliver targeted ads and content, helping publishers monetize their sites and advertisers reach their target audiences. Outbrain merged with Teads in February 2025 and now operates under the Teads brand.
Funding history · 10 rounds · $1.1B total
2007-01
Seed
$1.0M
2008-02
Series A
$5.0M
2009-02
Series B
$12.0M
2011-02
Series C
$11.0M
2011-12
Series D
$35.0M
2013-10
Series E
$35.0M
2015-07
Private Equity
$50.0M
2016-05
Private Equity
$45.0M
2021-07
Private Equity
$200.0M
2025-02
Post-IPO Debt
$637.5M
Team · 18
Yaron Galai
Founder · Co-Founder and Chairman of the Board
Ori Lahav
Founder · Co-Founder and General Manager, Israel
David Kostman
Chief Executive Officer
Yossi Amara
Chief Information Officer
Alex Erlmeier
Chief Revenue Officer
Veronica Gonzalez
Chief Administrative Officer & General Counsel
Jason Kiviat
Chief Financial Officer
Yonatan Maman
Chief Technology Officer
Daphna Michaeli
Chief People Officer
Asaf Porat
Chief Operating Officer
Andraž Tori
Chief Product Officer
Stephanie Himoff
Executive Vice President, Global Publishers
Yaffa Krindel
board
Kate Taneyhill Jhaveri
board
Mark Zagorski
board
Arne Wolter
board
Shlomo Dovrat
board
Nithya B. Das
board
Sectors & technology
Primary sector
Media & Entertainment Technologies
Technologies
Target customers
Business model
B2B
Highlights
Patents
Tags
ad-technative-advertisingcontent-discoverydigital-marketingartificial-intelligencemachine-learning
Full data — links, identifiers, deals & radar signals (jobs, patents, research, more)
External links
| Website | outbrain.com |
|---|---|
| linkedin.com/company/outbrain | |
| X / Twitter | twitter.com/outbrain,Outbrain |
| facebook.com/Outbrain | |
| YouTube | youtube.com/channel/UCuIERgQs6_yifnrV5Ve2AIg |
| instagram.com/outbrain | |
| Wikipedia | en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outbrain |
| Wikidata | wikidata.org/wiki/Q17051632 |
Identifiers & details
| Legal name | Outbrain Inc. |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2006 |
| Employees (exact) | 2000 |
| Wikidata QID | Q17051632 |
Acquisitions & public offerings
Acquired by Teads 2025-02 $900.0M
| Acquired | Date | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Teads | 2025-02 | $900.0M |
| Video Intelligence | 2021-11 | $55.0M |
| Ligatus | 2019-02 | |
| AdNgin | 2018-06 | |
| Zemanta | 2017-07 | |
| Revee | 2016-03 | |
| Visual Revenue | 2013-03 | |
| Vertical Acuity | 2012-12 | |
| Scribit | 2012-12 | |
| Surphace | 2011-02 |
Radar intelligence
Patents
| EPO | 39 |
|---|
Publications (Crossref)
| Works | 10 |
|---|
GitHub
| Top repos | go-secretcrypt, gracefulshutdown, tensorflow, go.uuid, ahocorasick |
|---|
Web history (Wayback)
| Domain | outbrain.com |
|---|
Wikidata
| QID | Q17051632 |
|---|