Following Adobe's acquisition of Semrush, which has offices in Limassol, the Chief Executive Officer of the search engine marketing platform, Bill Wagner, has noted that the two companies' combination will provide marketers with more insights and capabilities.
His comment comes amid the news that Semrush is being acquired by Adobe in a $1.9 billion deal.
"Adobe is an industry leader in helping marketers create personalised customer experiences at scale. With the advent of LLMs and AI-driven search, brands need to understand where and how their customers are engaging in these new channels. This combination provides marketers more insights and capabilities to increase their discoverability across today’s evolving digital landscape," Wagner said.
This sentiment was echoed by Anil Chakravarthy, president of Adobe’s Digital Experience Business, who said, "Brand visibility is being reshaped by generative AI, and brands that don’t embrace this new opportunity risk losing relevance and revenue.With Semrush, we’re unlocking GEO for marketers as a new growth channel alongside their SEO, driving more visibility, customer engagement and conversions across the ecosystem.”
According to a relevant press release, the transaction has been approved by the Board of Directors of both Adobe and Semrush. "The transaction is expected to close in the first half of 2026, subject to the receipt of required regulatory approvals and the satisfaction of other customary closing conditions, including the approval of Semrush’s stockholders. Adobe has received commitments to vote in favor of the transaction from Semrush’s founders and other stockholders representing over 75% of the voting power of Semrush," it continued.
"Adobe and Semrush Holdings, Inc. announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Adobe will acquire Semrush, a leading brand visibility platform, in an all-cash transaction for $12.00 per share, representing a total equity value of approximately $1.9 billion. Semrush is a powerful partner for marketers looking to manage brand visibility and audience reach through its data-driven generative engine optimisation (GEO) and search engine optimisation (SEO) solutions," the press release also said.
The press release went on to note that Adobe is leading customer experience orchestration in the agentic AI era with comprehensive solutions spanning content supply chain, customer engagement and brand visibility. "Adobe enables 99% of the Fortune 100, including The Coca-Cola Company, General Motors and IBM, to use AI to transform the way they work," it pointed out.
"Brand visibility is top of mind for Chief Marketing Officers as consumers increasingly turn to LLMs, such as ChatGPT and Google’s Gemini, for information, recommendations and purchase decisions. As generative AI platforms become a new interface between customers and brands, organisations that invest in GEO alongside their SEO capabilities are poised to keep their brands represented, discovered and trusted across owned and earned channels," the press release went on to note.
It then underlined that, "Bringing its GEO capabilities and more than ten years of SEO expertise, Semrush helps brands enhance their brand visibility and expand audience reach. Semrush’s solutions address a growing, essential need for marketers: remaining discoverable in AI search. As marketers increasingly turn to their SEO teams and partners to drive their generative AI marketing strategies, Semrush provides powerful solutions to deliver brand visibility and relevance. In its most recent quarter, Semrush drove 33% year-over-year Annual Recurring Revenue growth in its enterprise customer segment, earning the trust of industry leaders like Amazon, JPMorganChase and TikTok."
"With products like AEM, Adobe Analytics and the newly introduced Adobe Brand Concierge, Adobe is solving major pain points for brands embracing agentic AI," it went on to say, emphasing that, "Together, Adobe and Semrush will deliver a comprehensive solution that gives marketers a holistic understanding of how their brands appear across owned channels, LLMs, traditional search and the wider web," the announceemnt underlined.
