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Rubicon Project was founded in 2007 by Frank Addante, Craig Roah, Duc Chau and Julie Mattern, who had previously worked together at L90/adMonitor, an online advertising network.
By April 2009, the company had raised $33 million in venture funding led by Clearstone Venture Partners, IDG Ventures Asia and Mayfield Fund. The company also secured $8 million in venture debt from Silicon Valley Bank.
In February 2014, Rubicon Project filed for an IPO and went public in April 2014 opening at over $20 per share. The stock fell back to about $16 per share later in the month.
In March 2014, the company was named number two on the top Ad Exchange Entities by comScore.
In February 2017, the company released its president and several other top executives. On March 14, 2017, CEO and founder Frank Addante stepped down from his position to take the role of chairman. The company announced Michael Barrett, previously the chief executive of mobile advertising marketplace Millennial Media and chief revenue officer at Yahoo!, would be the new chief executive.
In May 2024, Netflix announced its first expansion of its advertising partnerships to include Magnite, The Trade Desk and Google DV360.
On May 19, 2025, OSN has chosen Magnite, the independent sell-side advertising company, to power its new “Advanced TV” advertising solution. This marks the first time OSN will offer addressable advertising across its set-top box (STB) linear broadcast and video-on-demand (VOD) inventory. Using Magnite’s SpringServe video platform, targeted ads will now be delivered to OSN set-top boxes across the MENA region.
In September 2025, Magnite filed a lawsuit against Google over alleged monopolistic and anticompetitive behavior.
From Wikipedia’s article on Magnite Inc, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.6