AI agents execute first autonomous media buy with real money

On October 16, 2025, AI agents completed the first agent-to-agent media buy using real funds, handling creative, targeting, and approval under human oversight.

The numbers

20 Companies signed on to the Ad Context Protocol
3.0 Version of AdCP extending protocol to whole advertising lifecycle
2.0 Version of AAMP releasing Buyer and Seller Agent SDKs
1.0 Version of Agentic Real Time Framework released for public comment

Sources

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