Social encounters

Are there any potential partnerships in the works that the team can talk about?

It’s best not to talk about partnerships before they are agreed and finalized. But things are progressing nicely on this front :)

Do you have a favorite Brave publisher (youtube/twitch/website)?

We have over 80K publishers. I don’t want to play favorites and leave out the other 79,999.

In Italy, brave ads will be immediately visible? How will you spread the browser and token $BAT in Italy and Europe?

We roll out Brave ads in the following countries first: Canda, USA, UK, France, Germany and Japan. Brave ads will be available on desktop first, then Android and then iOS. Should be on all devices by the summer. Italy should be in the next phase of Brave ads rollout. Once we have enough users in a particular country it makes sense roll out Brave ads.

What is the estimated size of the markets in Europe, USA and Asia that BD is targeting and what percentage do you hope to capture in 1 and 3 year timeframes?

The US digital ad market is >$100 billion. That’s a large number. I don’t have numbers off-hand for Europe and Asia but the specific numbers aren’t even that important in my opinion — I know that they’re large and in need of a new solution. We’ll do our best to prove our value to advertisers over the next few years!

In 5 years what capabilities do you see being added/implemented/slightly changed to Brave Browser as a whole?

IMO, Brave ads could evolve to an incredible degree in 5 years. Exciting to see where things go!

Will there be any other use case for BAT apart from the started and when will they be implemented?

We plan to release a BAT SDK (software development kit). This will allow BAT to live outside the Brave eco-system. I am sure lots of interesting use cases will emerge as projects add BAT wallets and new ways of paying for attention and content. Off the top of my head, podcasts and video streaming will be interesting to watch.