{"id":17476,"date":"2022-11-30T17:42:44","date_gmt":"2022-11-30T22:42:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-digit\/?post_type=hck-submission&#038;p=17476"},"modified":"2022-11-30T17:57:50","modified_gmt":"2022-11-30T22:57:50","slug":"dynamic-yield-scaling-personalized-shopping-from-mcdonalds-to-mastercard%ef%bf%bc%ef%bf%bc","status":"publish","type":"hck-submission","link":"https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-digit\/submission\/dynamic-yield-scaling-personalized-shopping-from-mcdonalds-to-mastercard%ef%bf%bc%ef%bf%bc\/","title":{"rendered":"Dynamic Yield: Scaling Personalized Shopping from McDonald\u2019s to MasterCard\ufffc\ufffc"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">THE BIG <em>M<\/em>ACQUISITION<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p>\u201c<em>McDonald\u2019s is acquiring Dynamic Yield to create a more customized drive-thru<\/em>\u201d<\/p><cite>&#8211; <em>TECHCRUNCH (<\/em>MARCH 25, 2019<em>)<\/em><\/cite><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>These headlines caused waves across the world in 2019 as many questioned why a fast-food giant was paying $327 million for an Israeli-based AI startup. The reasoning lay behind McDonald\u2019s \u201cAccelerating the Arches\u201d growth and digital transformation strategy, which drove their acquisition of <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dynamicyield.com\/experience-os\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.dynamicyield.com\/experience-os\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Dynamic Yield<\/a><\/strong> to improve customer experience, loyalty, and conversion to increase average order value.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-digit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/mcd-innovation-animation-1920_0.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-digit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/mcd-innovation-animation-1920_0-1024x576.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17495\" width=\"687\" height=\"386\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-digit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/mcd-innovation-animation-1920_0-1024x576.gif 1024w, https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-digit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/mcd-innovation-animation-1920_0-300x169.gif 300w, https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-digit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/mcd-innovation-animation-1920_0-768x432.gif 768w, https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-digit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/mcd-innovation-animation-1920_0-1536x864.gif 1536w, https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-digit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/mcd-innovation-animation-1920_0-600x338.gif 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 687px) 100vw, 687px\" \/><\/a><figcaption><em>Source: McDonald&#8217;s<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">ABOUT DYNAMIC YIELD<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Dynamic Yield is a personalization and recommendation platform founded in 2011. Over the years leading up to their acquisition, the organization had focused on developing machine learning and AI technologies to enable enterprises across multiple geographies to deliver and optimize personalized and synchronized customer interactions. Under the complete ownership of McDonald\u2019s, Dynamic Yield further expanded its customer base across verticals and doubled its sales revenue. To date, Dynamic Yield\u2019s technology has been globally deployed to McDonald\u2019s drive-thru and in-store ordering kiosks, powering 13-15 million transactions per day across 15,000 quick-service restaurants (QSR).&nbsp;&nbsp;Dynamic Yield currently offers a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) platform with advanced technology offerings to personalize the customer experience and increase revenue for more than 400+ brands across the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dynamicyield.com\/case-studies\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.dynamicyield.com\/case-studies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">retail, financial services, travel, and restaurant industries<\/a>, among others.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-digit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/dy.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-digit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/dy-698x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17551\" width=\"602\" height=\"883\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-digit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/dy-698x1024.png 698w, https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-digit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/dy-205x300.png 205w, https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-digit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/dy-768x1127.png 768w, https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-digit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/dy-1047x1536.png 1047w, https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-digit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/dy-409x600.png 409w, https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-digit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/dy.png 1131w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 602px) 100vw, 602px\" \/><\/a><figcaption><em>Source: Dynamic Yield<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">VALUE CREATION &amp; CAPTURE \u2013 AI AS A SERVICE<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Dynamic Yield\u2019s core offerings are built on top of a self-training deep learning system, <strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dynamicyield.com\/adaptml\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.dynamicyield.com\/adaptml\/\" target=\"_blank\">Adapt ML&#x2122;<\/a><\/strong>, that adapts and optimizes digital shopping experiences by extrapolating buying intent from customer data and predicting the most likely products a user is interested in.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-digit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/Screenshot-2022-11-30-at-17.09.42.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-digit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/Screenshot-2022-11-30-at-17.09.42.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17512\" width=\"543\" height=\"554\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-digit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/Screenshot-2022-11-30-at-17.09.42.png 849w, https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-digit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/Screenshot-2022-11-30-at-17.09.42-293x300.png 293w, https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-digit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/Screenshot-2022-11-30-at-17.09.42-768x785.png 768w, https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-digit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/Screenshot-2022-11-30-at-17.09.42-587x600.png 587w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 543px) 100vw, 543px\" \/><\/a><figcaption><em>Source: Dynamic Yield<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The biggest advantages of using deep learning over traditional ML approaches are the ability to develop additional functionality automatically based on different and often unexplainable (i.e. black box) combinations from an initial set of given features, as well as to unravel non-trivial and non-linear relationships between user and product information (i.e. contextual, textual, visual, etc.) to generate quality recommendations. Deep learning requires more data than traditional ML to unlock its desired advantages \u2013 essential data that Dynamic Yield has continuously been acquiring over 10 years of working with clients in various markets and geographies. <\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-digit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/The-rise-of-deep-learning-based-recommendations-Inline-1-1024x385-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-digit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/The-rise-of-deep-learning-based-recommendations-Inline-1-1024x385-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17556\" width=\"556\" height=\"353\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-digit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/The-rise-of-deep-learning-based-recommendations-Inline-1-1024x385-1.png 606w, https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-digit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/The-rise-of-deep-learning-based-recommendations-Inline-1-1024x385-1-300x191.png 300w, https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-digit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/The-rise-of-deep-learning-based-recommendations-Inline-1-1024x385-1-600x381.png 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 556px) 100vw, 556px\" \/><\/a><figcaption><em>The basic architecture of a deep learning algorithm with interconnected layers (Source: Dynamic Yield)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Dynamic Yield\u2019s advanced technology allows clients to leverage adaptive algorithms for different use cases and train bespoke models on an easy-to-use UI with streamlined workflows and pre-built templates, without requiring internal data scientists. Features such as age, location, weekday, etc. may be used to predict behavior, like purchasing intent.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Historically, Dynamic Yield\u2019s value capture strategy involved licensing its solutions to enterprise clients who desired increased customer conversion. Dynamic Yield continued optimizing and expanding this strategy as it grew until its acquisition by McDonald\u2019s, which forced it to predominantly focus on McDonald\u2019s QSR business and verticals, which posed potential structural challenges and limitations to growth.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\t\t<div class=\"embed-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-block-embed wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"> \n\t\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"rkv-video-placeholder center\"\n\t\t\t\t\tstyle=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/QLmmWUo0qCo\/hqdefault.jpg);aspect-ratio:16 \/ 9\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-provider=\"youtube\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-video-id=\"QLmmWUo0qCo\"\n\t\t\t\t><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption><em>McDonald&#8217;s Strategy for Personalization leveraging Big Data and AI from Dynamic Yield<\/em><\/figcaption>\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">POTENTIAL CHALLENGES UNDER MCDONALD\u2019S<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Decreasing Competitive Edge in QSR Market<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>As many QSRs adopted personalization and recommendation technologies, what may have stood as a competitive advantage in 2019, became commonplace. For example, Burger partnered with Intel\u2019s AI Technologies division to develop a deep learning-based recommender system. Considering that Burger King would be able to attain similar AI-powered capabilities without spending $327 million upfront, McDonald\u2019s may have been coerced into realizing that it may make more sense to operate as a client of Dynamic Yield, instead of the owner.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Limitations to Growth under McDonald\u2019s<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Similar reasoning may be used for Dynamic Yield when considering the potential limitations of operating under a laser-focused QSR giant like McDonald&#8217;s, against the increasing external opportunities across horizontal markets. Perhaps spinning off independently or finding a new home with a more value and mission-aligned parent company could be more stimulating to growth. MasterCard approached as a potentially perfect new home for Dynamic Yield, enabling the full exploration of opportunities to maximize value capture across a variety of customer segments.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Potential Organizational Challenges under McDonald\u2019s<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite the positive results reported, the merger was short-lived as news emerged in December 2021 that McDonald\u2019s was considering selling Dynamic Yield to payments giant, MasterCard. Nothing was shared publicly between 2019-2021 regarding the success of integrating Dynamic Yield into McDonald\u2019s organizational structure, but disruptive innovation theory warns against \u201ccramming\u201d innovation into incumbent organizations and haphazardly integrating teams with different value propositions, processes, and cultures. The final deal terms may allow us to speculate on the potential challenges that may have existed internally, as one considers the fact that MasterCard acquired Dynamic Yield for merely $320 million &#8211; $7 million less than what McDonald\u2019s paid for it 3 years prior.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">OPPORTUNITIES FOR EXPANSION UNDER MASTERCARD<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">MasterCard acquires Dynamic Yield from McDonald\u2019s for $320m<\/h3>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-digit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/1640102327057-2-1.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-digit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/1640102327057-2-1-1024x536.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17523\" width=\"710\" height=\"370\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-digit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/1640102327057-2-1-300x157.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-digit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/1640102327057-2-1-600x314.jpeg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 710px) 100vw, 710px\" \/><\/a><figcaption><em>Source: MasterCard and Dynamic Yield<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Under Mastercard, Dynamic Yield operates as a standalone SaaS business within the Data &amp; Services division. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mastercard.com\/news\/press\/2021\/december\/mastercard-to-add-to-services-momentum-with-acquisition-of-dynamic-yield-mcdonald-s-cutting-edge-personalization-platform\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.mastercard.com\/news\/press\/2021\/december\/mastercard-to-add-to-services-momentum-with-acquisition-of-dynamic-yield-mcdonald-s-cutting-edge-personalization-platform\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The acquisition<\/a> builds on MasterCard\u2019s long-standing mission of providing data-driven loyalty, analytics, and marketing services, which aligns with Dynamic Yield\u2019s core value proposition as a data-driven personalization and recommendation engine. Post-acquisition, McDonald\u2019s continued to further integrate Dynamic Yield\u2019s capabilities globally, while Dynamic Yield expanded into new opportunities and became the Global Leader in Stand-alone Personalization Engines, beating giants like Adobe, Salesforce, and SAP (as reported by Gartner in July 2022).&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">FUTURE \u2013 CONVERGENCE OF CAPABILITIES TOWARDS MAXIMISING VALUE CREATION AND VALUE CAPTURE<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Introducing the Experience OS<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>In September 2022, Dynamic Yield launched its redesigned product framework &#8211; \u201c<strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dynamicyield.com\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.dynamicyield.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Experience OS<\/a><\/strong>\u201d as it ventures towards becoming the operating system for customer experience. Experience OS represents a convergence of Dynamic Yield\u2019s various service offerings into a singular open, modular, and customizable system which lets retailers flexibly build and manage their own mix of personalization capabilities. As Dynamic Yield expands its offerings to divergent customers, building flexible and scalable tools that enable them to address their own unique needs and KPIs will become critical to maximizing value creation and value capture.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-digit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/experience-os-blog-inline-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-digit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/experience-os-blog-inline-2-1024x654.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17505\" width=\"658\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-digit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/experience-os-blog-inline-2-1024x654.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-digit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/experience-os-blog-inline-2-300x192.jpg 300w, https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-digit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/experience-os-blog-inline-2-768x490.jpg 768w, https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-digit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/experience-os-blog-inline-2-600x383.jpg 600w, https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-digit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/experience-os-blog-inline-2.jpg 1330w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 658px) 100vw, 658px\" \/><\/a><figcaption><em>Source: Dynamic Yield<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Experience OS is already purpose-built to be adaptable and agnostic with the ability to interface with legacy systems and offline data, but Dynamic Yield plans on pushing value creation further by incorporating historically inaccessible data and applications from MasterCard\u2019s suite of retail, loyalty program, and performance analytics services to enhance its machine learning data sets and deep learning algorithms to unlock breakthrough levels of hyper-personalization. With this strategic integration in the pipeline, the future looks promising, and growth seems imminent for Dynamic Yield in their new home.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-digit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/experience-os-blog-inline-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-digit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/experience-os-blog-inline-1-1024x654.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17506\" width=\"657\" height=\"419\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-digit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/experience-os-blog-inline-1-1024x654.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-digit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/experience-os-blog-inline-1-300x192.jpg 300w, https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-digit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/experience-os-blog-inline-1-768x490.jpg 768w, https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-digit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/experience-os-blog-inline-1-600x383.jpg 600w, https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-digit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/experience-os-blog-inline-1.jpg 1330w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 657px) 100vw, 657px\" \/><\/a><figcaption><em>Source: Dynamic Yield<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">REFERENCES<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2019\/03\/25\/mcdonalds-acquires-dynamic-yield\/\">https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2019\/03\/25\/mcdonalds-acquires-dynamic-yield\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mirrorreview.com\/mcdonalds-acquires-dynamic-yield\/\">https:\/\/www.mirrorreview.com\/mcdonalds-acquires-dynamic-yield\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dynamicyield.com\/case-studies\/mcdonalds\/\">https:\/\/www.dynamicyield.com\/case-studies\/mcdonalds\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dynamicyield.com\/adaptml\/\">https:\/\/www.dynamicyield.com\/adaptml\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dynamicyield.com\/lesson\/deep-learning-recommendations\/\">https:\/\/www.dynamicyield.com\/lesson\/deep-learning-recommendations\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dynamicyield.com\/case-studies\/\">https:\/\/www.dynamicyield.com\/case-studies\/<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/my.pitchbook.com\/profile\/56717-83\/company\/profile#insights\">https:\/\/my.pitchbook.com\/profile\/56717-83\/company\/profile#insights<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crunchbase.com\/organization\/dynamic-yield\">https:\/\/www.crunchbase.com\/organization\/dynamic-yield<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dynamicyield.com\/blog\/2022-gartner-leader-in-personalization-engines\/\">https:\/\/www.dynamicyield.com\/blog\/2022-gartner-leader-in-personalization-engines\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dynamicyield.com\/about-us\/\">https:\/\/www.dynamicyield.com\/about-us\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mastercard.com\/news\/press\/2021\/december\/mastercard-to-add-to-services-momentum-with-acquisition-of-dynamic-yield-mcdonald-s-cutting-edge-personalization-platform\/\">https:\/\/www.mastercard.com\/news\/press\/2021\/december\/mastercard-to-add-to-services-momentum-with-acquisition-of-dynamic-yield-mcdonald-s-cutting-edge-personalization-platform\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20220404005316\/en\/Mastercard-Strengthens-Consumer-Engagement-Services-With-Close-of-Dynamic-Yield-Acquisition\">https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20220404005316\/en\/Mastercard-Strengthens-Consumer-Engagement-Services-With-Close-of-Dynamic-Yield-Acquisition<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dynamicyield.com\/blog\/experience-os-launch\/\">https:\/\/www.dynamicyield.com\/blog\/experience-os-launch\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dynamicyield.com\/experience-os\/\">https:\/\/www.dynamicyield.com\/experience-os\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dynamic Yield pioneered AI-powered personalization for brick-and-mortar outlets, and McDonald&#8217;s was lovin&#8217; it! 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