Ep 241: Inside AppsFlyer's vision for AI-powered measurement

AppsFlyer’s Chief Business Officer, Gal Ekstein, has spent more than 20 years across adtech and martech and now leads AppsFlyer’s global go-to-market. In this episode, Gal discusses their recent $1 billion investment from Moloco, Google, Meta, and Unity. He explains how this investment will advance independent measurement in the AI era, accelerate the company’s expansion from mobile to omnichannel measurement, and impact the broader mobile ecosystem.
He also breaks down how AppsFlyer is applying AI through its MCP, agent hub, and self-serve tools; why attribution, identity resolution, and consistent conversion definitions must form the foundation of an AI-powered marketing stack; and why automating on unreliable signals only makes bad decisions happen faster.
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Questions addressed in this episode
- What does AppsFlyer’s new investment from Moloco, Google, Meta, and Unity mean for the company and the broader mobile ecosystem?
- Why do major advertising platforms have an incentive to support an independent measurement provider?
- How will the new investment accelerate AppsFlyer’s product roadmap?
- How is AppsFlyer expanding from mobile attribution into omnichannel measurement?
- What does it mean to measure the customer journey across mobile, web, CTV, PC, console, commerce media, and retail media?
- How is AppsFlyer incorporating AI into its measurement platform and advertiser workflows?
- What role will AI agents and AppsFlyer’s MCP play for partners and advertisers?
- Why are consistent signals, attribution, identity resolution, and conversion definitions so important before marketers automate?
- What will the mobile marketing stack look like in 2030?
- What should app marketers prioritize now to prepare for an AI-driven marketing ecosystem?
Timestamps
- 00:20 — Introducing Gal Ekstein
- 01:10 — Gal’s background and role at AppsFlyer
- 02:28 — AppsFlyer’s $1 billion investment from Moloco, Google, Meta, and Unity
- 05:33 — Why major ad platforms want independent measurement
- 08:49 — What comes next for AppsFlyer after the investment
- 09:36 — AppsFlyer’s roadmap: omnichannel measurement, data collaboration, and autonomous marketing
- 12:43 — Expanding measurement beyond mobile to web, CTV, PC, console, and commerce
- 14:54 — How AI changes measurement and attribution
- 16:21 — AppsFlyer’s MCP, AI agents, and self-serve tools
- 18:43 — AppsFlyer and Remerge’s partnership around privacy-safe measurement and retargeting
- 21:24 — How AI is changing the advertiser workflow
- 22:52 — What the mobile marketing stack could look like in 2030
- 24:20 — Why measurement must come before AI-powered activation
- 26:13 — Rapid-fire questions with Gal
- 28:28 — Gal’s advice for app marketers preparing for the AI era
Quotes
- (3:10) “We signed a definite agreement of investment with Moloco, Google, Meta, and Unity to advance independent measurement for the AI era. Those four competitors are coming together to make sure that AppsFlyer stays an independent and unbiased company.”
- (9:11) “Last year we actually became a modern marketing cloud and we’re about to invest much more in omnichannel measurement. Coming from mobile, we want to take that expertise into the other digital channels.”
- (18:54) “We’ve worked closely with Remerge for more than 13 years. Remerge consistently ranks as one of the leading media sources and top retargeting partners, often trailing only after Google and Meta.”














