Company
Date Published
Author
Ashley Chang
Word count
463
Language
English
Hacker News points
None

Summary

Ari Paparo, the CEO of Beeswax and lead developer for their API, discusses the company's Bidder-as-a-Service platform, which allows businesses to programmatically purchase digital advertising by creating custom algorithms. The Beeswax API suite includes "Buzz," a RESTful API for managing advertising business objects like campaigns and budgets, and "Stinger," a real-time interface enabling custom ad-buying algorithms in various programming languages. The API is designed to simplify integrating complex ad tech systems, a feature not commonly offered by other ad tech vendors. Customers like Foursquare and Cognitiv utilize these APIs for targeted ad campaigns and deep learning-driven advertising strategies. Developing the API involved navigating intricate business rules, such as Google's requirements for creative pre-registration, to reduce complexity for users. Beeswax continues to evolve its API features, such as customizable data response fields and real-time data streaming, to meet customer demands.