In the crowded digital ecosystem, attention has become the most valuable currency. Every day, consumers are bombarded with messages across screens, and yet only a fraction of ads truly capture focus, drive engagement, and leave a lasting impression. For marketers, this creates an enduring challenge: how do we know if our creative will work before it ever goes live?
At Teads, we believe the answer lies in a smarter blend of creative, data, and AI. That belief has driven the creation of Teads Predictive AI, a solution designed to help brands understand and optimize the impact of their creative assets in advance, giving advertisers the ability to apply creative recommendations to the optimized creative within the Teads advertising channels.
A New Era of Creative Intelligence
Traditional measurement has long been reactive, relying on post-campaign data to judge creative effectiveness. Predictive AI changes that equation by bringing foresight into the creative process, with a pre test solution that carries into our Teads Studio creative optimisations. Using a model built on eye-tracking and neuroscience data (EEG studies), Predictive AI predicts how audiences will respond to ads across five critical dimensions:
- Focus – Does the creative immediately capture attention?
- Cognitive Demand – Is the message clear and easy to process?
- Engagement – Does it emotionally resonate?
- Memory – Will it be remembered after exposure?
- Impact – Does it drive brand impact and business outcomes?
The results allow us to provide a single, easy-to-interpret Impact Score, paired with a detailed analysis across the other four scores. AI Insights, paired with Teads Studio best practice recommendations guide marketers toward more effective storytelling and insight-led creative executions.
From Instinct to Evidence
For too long, creative effectiveness has been left to instinct, guesswork, or post campaign insights. Predictive AI provides clarity before spend is committed—empowering advertisers to adjust messaging, design, and storytelling in ways that elevate creative performance. By removing the uncertainty, brands and agencies can embrace more innovative, bold, and differentiated creative work, knowing it has been validated by science.
Built for Every Stage of Production
Predictive AI is available through tiered services tailored to different production stages. From rapid directional testing to full creative analysis with heat maps and optimization guidance, Teads ensures that insights are accessible whether you’re refining early concepts or fine-tuning final assets for activation across the Teads channels.
Leading with Responsibility and Foresight
As marketers demand greater accountability from their investments, the industry must evolve from measuring impact after the fact to shaping it in advance. Predictive AI is not simply a tool—it represents a mindset shift: from reactive to proactive, from assumption to evidence, and from chasing attention to creating it.
At Teads, our mission has always been to create better advertising for people, brands, and publishers. With Predictive AI, we are taking a bold step toward that future—where creativity is not only inspired but also informed, and where impact is not an afterthought but a certainty.
“We’re being challenged to show clients how new technologies can complement the great work we’ve been delivering across the region for over a decade. One of the core values driving the new Teads business is being ‘Human-driven, powered by AI.’ This product perfectly embodies that philosophy — it reflects how we’re evolving as a company and continuously bringing meaningful innovation to the market.”
— Sam Pattison, Managing Director, APAC, Teads
“The Predictive AI model has empowered our Studio team to deliver even greater strategic value to clients across APAC. By enhancing creative asset evaluation and generating actionable insights, we’re able to fuse science with creativity — enabling robust analysis, smarter optimisation, and ultimately, stronger outcomes for our clients.”
— Abi Rhodes, VP, Teads Studio APAC