📢 Every publisher has the right to consent, credit, compensation, and control. It's time to start acting like it. In this clip from The Community Exchange Podcast, Mary Liz McCurdy, SVP of Business Development at The Atlantic, joins Matthew Scott Goldstein (msg) to break down the four C's every publisher should be demanding in any AI deal, and why advocating for these protections is necessary for the entire information ecosystem. 🎧 Full episode: https://lnkd.in/edRknWse
About us
OpenWeb’s mission is to improve online conversation. As a product company, OpenWeb partners with publishers and brands to build strong, direct relationships with their audiences. OpenWeb’s technology empowers its partners to build vibrant communities rooted in healthy conversations and robust social experiences. OpenWeb works with more than 5,000 partners, hosting more than 150 million active users each month. Founded in 2015, OpenWeb has over 350 employees in New York City, Tel Aviv, Kiev, San Diego, Canada, London and Paris and is backed by world-class investors including Insight Partners, Georgian, Entrée Capital, The New York Times Company, Samsung Next, Dentsu, and ScaleUp. To date, the company has raised $390 million in funding and is currently valued at over $1.5 billion. To learn more about OpenWeb’s platform visit OpenWeb.com, or follow @OpenWebHQ on LinkedIn and Twitter.
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http://www.openweb.com
External link for OpenWeb
- Industry
- Software Development
- Company size
- 201-500 employees
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- New York
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- Privately Held
- Founded
- 2015
- Specialties
- Content Distribution, Publishers, Online Communities, Comments, Audience Engagement, Website Engagement, Social Media, Commenting, and Engagement
Products
OpenWeb
Online Community Software
It’s time to save online conversations. There’s a crisis of toxicity online. The platforms meant to bring us together are tearing us apart. It doesn’t have to be this way. We create trusted spaces for communities to thrive. OpenWeb's community engagement and commenting system turns publishers into hosts, comments into conversations, and casual readers into active, vibrant communities. We’re building a more open, healthier web.
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Updates
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Cannes Lions 2026. We'll be there — will you? 🌴 This year we're bringing our biggest team to the Croisette. Come find Jim Daily, Haim Sasson, Kelly Andresen, Steven Goldberg, Eran Kattash, Thomas Coyne, Alex Paikkos-Wheeler, Michael Vier, Kevin Sewell, Omry Polakiewicz, and Ron Sharir. Let's talk about what's next for media, publishing, and marketing. ☀️ 👉 Book a meeting with the team: https://lnkd.in/efm3yUn6
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🎙️ Season 4 of The Community Exchange Podcast wraps up in style! In our Season 4 finale, we sit down with Mary Liz McCurdy, SVP of Business Development at The Atlantic, for a sharp conversation on the future of journalism, navigating AI as a publisher, and what it takes to turn one of America's most storied magazines into a thriving modern media business. In this episode, Mary Liz joins Matthew Scott Goldstein (msg) to discuss: — From the Stanford Daily to Google to The Atlantic — a career built around saving journalism — The four C's every publisher needs in any AI deal: consent, credit, compensation, and control — Partnering with startups to fight misinformation, deepfakes, and AI slop — How The Atlantic maps threats and opportunities across the entire content supply chain And more! 🎤 Watch the full episode now and dive into a conversation you won't want to miss. Catch the full episode on your favorite platform: Website: https://lnkd.in/edRknWse Spotify: https://lnkd.in/ep2Qcv6d YouTube: https://lnkd.in/efbpemxC 👀 Watch past seasons + learn more at openweb.com/podcast 📅 Stay tuned for what's coming next season!
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No passport needed. ☀️ We turned a Manhattan rooftop into everyone's imaginary summer destination for our NYC office summer party! Amalfi, Tulum, Rome, Barcelona, Paris, you name it. All it took was the right outfit and a good spritz. Same city. Every vibe. 🌴 We're hiring — come join the crew: https://lnkd.in/deKKkk8S
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Celebrating #PrideMonth with pride. 🏳️🌈 We stand with our LGBTQIA+ colleagues, communities, and users — this month and every month. Together, we're building a more inclusive web for all.
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We've been building for this moment. 🌍⚽ The World Cup is the internet's biggest live event. 6 billion people reacting, debating, celebrating, and losing their minds in real time, across dozens of languages, all at once. And today, Aida is ready for it. We're thrilled to announce two massive new capabilities: 🧠 Contextual Moderation — Aida now reads the room. Sports fans don't talk like everyone else. Banter, sarcasm, hyperbole, "he absolutely destroyed them" hits different in a match thread than anywhere else. Aida gets that now, keeping great communities alive without killing the energy that makes them great. 🌐 100+ Language Coverage — Every language represented at the World Cup. Every fan, in every market, gets a trusted space to participate. No fan left behind. No community left unprotected. This is what world-class community moderation looks like at a global scale. And we're just getting started. 🔥 Check out our blog for more information: https://lnkd.in/eNM7FCnw
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📢 The future of media is human connection, and publishers are sitting on more of it than they realize. In this clip from The Community Exchange Podcast, Kelly Andresen, our very own EVP of Demand Sales, joins Matthew Scott Goldstein (msg) to make the case that the trusted voices behind great journalism are a powerful and underutilized asset. Building experiences around those human connections is the real opportunity ahead for publishers. 🎧 Full episode: https://lnkd.in/e7DPJ9wS
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Cannes Lions 2026 is right around the corner and we'll be there with a full crew. 🤝 Jim Daily is leading the charge, joined by Haim Sasson, Kelly Andresen, Steven Goldberg, Eran Kattash, Thomas Coyne, Alex Paikkos-Wheeler, Michael Vier, Kevin Sewell,Omry Polakiewicz and Ron Sharir. Come say hello. We're there to listen as much as we're there to talk. 🌴 À bientôt. 👉 Reserve your time with us: https://lnkd.in/efm3yUn6
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🎙️ Season 4 of The Community Exchange Podcast continues! In Episode 8, we sit down with Kelly Andresen, EVP of Demand Sales at OpenWeb, for a sharp conversation on the future of advertising, the enduring power of storytelling, and what it takes to build lasting relationships in a world increasingly shaped by AI. In this episode, Kelly joins Matthew Scott Goldstein (msg) to discuss: — Why the open internet is becoming more attractive as walled gardens get crowded — The shift from impressions to outcomes as the core advertiser metric — Why human relationships matter more than ever in a world run by AI — How attention, not scale, should define advertising success going forward And more! 🎤 Watch the full episode now and dive into a conversation you won't want to miss. Catch the full episode on your favorite platform: Website: https://lnkd.in/e7DPJ9wS Spotify: https://lnkd.in/eKCnJ5WV YouTube: https://lnkd.in/eedaVEzA 👀 Watch past seasons + learn more at openweb.com/podcast 📅 New episodes drop weekly. Don't miss what's next.
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May 2026! ✅ Big partnerships, great conversations, new roles, and even bigger things on the horizon. Here's how we showed up: 🎙️ The Community Exchange Podcast Season 4: Episode 4: Matt Sanchez (Yahoo) — The Product Mindset Media Needs Now Episode 5: Vineet Khosla (The Washington Post) — AI, Trust, and the Future of News Episode 6: Karen Oh (Ziff Davis) — Where Publishing Meets Innovation Episode 7: Nikhil Kolar (Microsoft AI) — Rebuilding the Economics of the Internet for AI Check out Season 4 episodes and previous episodes: https://lnkd.in/eSPd8-Er 🌴 Next stop, the Croisette. The OpenWeb team will be at Cannes Lions 2026 — book your meeting now and let's connect: https://lnkd.in/efm3yUn6 💼 We're Hiring. Looking for your next move? We're hiring a Director of Product Management (Ad Platform), an Account Executive (Ad Sales), and more. Check out our open roles at openweb.com/careers/. June is already looking great. 🚀