According to a press release from AdHawk, no employees from Automate Ads would join AdHawk in the acquisition, but the 'underlying technology' from Automate Ads would still be acquired. On October 18, 2017, AdHawk announced that they had acquired Automate Ads for an undisclosed amount. That same month, Torba co-founded Gab, an alt-tech social networking service known for its far-right user base, with Ekrem Büyükkaya. In August 2016, Torba stepped down as CEO of the company. On June 25, 2015, the company renamed itself to Automate Ads. Kuhcoon also claimed their focus was on serving small and medium-sized advertising businesses rather than serving big businesses. In February 2015, the company claimed it was working with over 6,000 advertisers in over 90 different countries, said they would soon launch on Google Adwords, and were also planning on launching on Twitter and Pinterest. In late 2014, Y Combinator invested in Kuhcoon. In October 2011, Torba became CEO of the company.

Kuhcoon was co-founded in 2011 by Andrew Torba and Charles Szymanski, who were college roommates at the time, in Scranton, Pennsylvania. The company was founded in 2011 and was acquired by AdHawk in October 2017. American advertising technology company Automate Ads Type of businessĪndrew Torba (former CEO), Charles Szymanski (former CTO)Īt the Wayback Machine (archived March 8, 2016)Īutomate Ads (formerly Kuhcoon) was an American advertising technology company that offered products for running and creating advertising campaigns on Google and Facebook.

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