AppLovin Goes Public as a $28.6 Billion Company

But it's facing serious challenges from Apple's privacy update

AppLovin, a mobile app developer and tech platform, hit the Nasdaq today at a valuation of $28.6 billion.

Top line

The company, founded in 2011, raised $2 billion in its public offering. It joins a wave of other ad-tech companies, such as PubMatic and Viant, that have recently gone public or sold majority stakes amid an extremely bullish market.

Between the lines

Despite the frenzy of exits, the mobile advertising industry as a whole is facing a serious threat from an imminent Apple update that would limit tracking across its devices.

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