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Rubicon Project is a programmatic advertising platform that automates the buying and selling of digital advertising inventory across publishers, demand-side platforms, and agencies. Operating as a publicly traded company, it processes over 1 billion in advertising spend annually and takes approximately 20-25% of transaction value as revenue, generating around $250 million in annual revenue. Joe Pruse, Chief Revenue Officer, has been with the company for over 9 years and credits the company's success to rapid innovation, including technologies like header bidding and the Intogal acquisition, which continue to maintain competitive advantage in a fast-evolving industry.