Kevel (previously Adzerk) offers the infrastructure APIs needed to quickly build custom ad platforms for sponsored listings, internal promotions, native ads, and more. We are committed to helping publishers drive new revenue and take back the Internet from ad tech giants like Google, Amazon, and Facebook.
AdExchanger Best Publisher Tech Finalist (2020)
Inc.com Best Workplaces
Software of the Year
G2Crowd Top Ad Serving Tech
TBJ's Best Places to Work (2020)
Fortune.com Best Place to Work
Association of National Advertisers - B2 Gold Award (2020)
Business Intelligence Company of the Year
Cloud Awards Finalist - Best SaaS Platform (2019)
Stratus Award Finalist for Cloud Computing
Best in Biz Gold Winner
Great Place To Work Certification
Top API Innovator (2019)
Most Innovative Tech Company of the Year
TBJ's Best Places to Work (2019)
Cloud Company of the Year
Company of the Year
API Solution of the Year
AWS Select-Tier Tech Partner
Approved Google Ad Technology Provider
Official IAB Member
Soc 1 Type II Certified
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API World
Lead Dev
Clojure Conference
Product Camp
Gluecon
Shoptalk
Digiday Publishing Summit
Digiday Retail Summit
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James Avery is the founder of Kevel and serves as its CEO. He was the co-founder of TekPub, which helped developers learn from high-quality screencasts. He has been writing code and starting companies for the past 20 years, while also writing books for O'Reilly, Wrox, and Microsoft Press. Additionally, he serves as an advisor to startups including Blockthrough, Lazarus, and more through TechStars MetLife Accelerator.
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Kevel began as Adzerk in 2010 when software engineer James Avery wanted better tech for managing his network’s ads. While initially being JavaScript-based, Kevel quickly focused on server-side API ads as the future of the Internet.
Soon, Kevel offered not just an API ad server, but infrastructure tools for companies to build their own ad products. Now, Kevel's product is a suite of APIs aimed at helping you drive revenue and take back the Internet from the ad tech giants.
Kevel is an inclusive workplace. We are mothers, fathers, veterans, students, LGBTQ, immigrants with one goal in common — we want to help you take back the Internet from the ad tech giants.