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Promoted.ai

Winter 2021 · Acquired

Dramatically better search and ads for marketplaces

Location: San Francisco, US

Founded: 2020

Team size: 12

About

Promoted.ai unifies search, native ads, and feed ranking for online marketplaces and scaled e-commerce apps to dramatically improve relevance (and revenue) using AI. We are a team of ex-Google, Meta, and Pinterest ads engineers. Our customers are publicly traded and late-stage marketplace companies like Eventbrite, Upwork, and Outschool. Our mission is to connect every buyer and seller.

Founders

  • Andrew YatesFounder

    Co-Founder of Promoted.ai (W21 - Acquired by Dropbox)

  • Dan HillCofounder and CTO

    I've spent ~18 years building ad systems at Google, Pinterest, and Promoted.ai. I'm passionate about growing both teams and revenue.