{"podcast":{"title":"Frontier CMO Podcast by Think with Google","slug":"frontier-cmo-podcast-by-think-with-google-7619785","podcast_index_feed_id":7619785,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/PDP6186156462","website_url":"https://www.youtube.com/thinkwithgoogle","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/a6bf2a5c-cec5-11f0-ba01-af363fc5f5ad/image/63f3c08db64525db00becb455769e5e4.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Presented by Think with Google","episode_count":25,"summary":"In the AI era, marketing should be unstoppable, and its future is being written in real time. Frontier CMO talks to the leaders shaping it. Join Joshua Spanier, Google's VP of AI and Marketing Strategy, in his deep-dives with the leaders, marketers, technologists who are rewriting the playbook. Welcome to the Frontier. We’re asking the questions other won’t: How do marketing leaders prove ROI to executives? What does a modern marketing strategy look like when AI and analytics are reshaping the rules every day? Each episode of Frontier CMO explores the real-world playbooks leaders are using to navigate the AI-powered landscape. From marketing trends and branding breakthroughs to advancements in digital marketing, social media, content marketing, and B2B marketing, Frontier CMO breaks down what’s working and what’s not to help you navigate this new landscape. Subscribe to Frontier CMO on YouTube, Apple, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts to get alerted when the first episode drops in January.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-04T18:18:36.030552+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/frontier-cmo-podcast-by-think-with-google-7619785"},"episode":{"title":"Vidhya Srinivasan on Agentic Commerce and the AI Rewiring of Marketing","slug":"vidhya-srinivasan-on-agentic-commerce-and-the-ai-rewiring-of-marketing","published_at":"2026-02-13T09:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/frontier-cmo-podcast-by-think-with-google-7619785/vidhya-srinivasan-on-agentic-commerce-and-the-ai-rewiring-of-marketing","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/frontier-cmo-podcast-by-think-with-google-7619785","url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/PDP1445176149.mp3","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/PDP1445176149.mp3","summary":"Marketing is being rebuilt from the infrastructure up. Search is changing. Commerce is becoming agent-driven. Measurement is being redefined in real time. And the line between engineering and marketing is disappearing. In this episode of Frontier CMO, host Josh Spanier sits down with Vidhya Srinivasan, Head of Ads and Commerce at Google. As the leader responsible for Google Ads, YouTube Ads, Shopping, Merchant Center, Gemini integrations, and payments, Vidhya is helping architect how the modern marketplace actually works. The conversation explores what “agentic commerce” really means, why the Universal Commerce Protocol could reshape how brands interface with AI systems, and how Gemini is already rewiring performance, creative, and intent matching across the ad stack. Vidhya explains why CMOs don’t need to code — but must become technologically fluent — and outlines a five-part leadership blueprint for navigating AI transformation with optimism, speed, and accountability. 00:00 – The Vision: Reducing the “Commute Cost” from Desire to Purchase 00:28 – Engineering Meets Marketing: Why the Worlds Are Merging 01:31 – Inside Google Ads & Commerce: The Scale of the Role 03:13 – Agentic Commerce & the Universal Commerce Protocol Explained 04:29 – AI Search, Longer Queries & Reimagining Ads 05:05 – YouTube Creators, Culture & the Creator Partnership Hub 06:18 – How Gemini Powers Google’s Ad Systems 07:06 – Why Trust Is the Foundation of AI Advertising 07:51 – What CMOs Must Understand in the AI Era 14:19 – Measurement, First-Party Data & Cracking Attribution 21:38 – Leading AI Transformation: A 5-Point Playbook 25:32 – The Holy Grail: The Right Ad, Right Person, Right Moment","meta_description":"Marketing is being rebuilt from the infrastructure up. Search is changing. Commerce is becoming agent-driven. Measurement is being redefined in real time.…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1751,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/frontier-cmo-podcast-by-think-with-google-7619785/episodes/vidhya-srinivasan-on-agentic-commerce-and-the-ai-rewiring-of-marketing/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/frontier-cmo-podcast-by-think-with-google-7619785/vidhya-srinivasan-on-agentic-commerce-and-the-ai-rewiring-of-marketing.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}