What they do:
Rebuilding data in advertising to protect privacy
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HQ: London, United Kingdom
Top Advertising Startups
This list has 49 startups and was last updated on Oct 15, 2026. 9 of them are hiring right now. Biggest hubs: San Francisco (27), New York (7), and London (4). Largest teams: Permutive, Virool, and Taiv. Latest round: Revnu raised €2.6M (Oct 1, 2026).
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Revnu
Hiring
What they do:
Your AI growth hire.
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HQ: Manchester, United Kingdom
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€2.6M · Oct 2026
Taiv
Hiring
What they do:
AI-powered tech that makes business TV smarter, engaging, and…
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HQ: Winnipeg, Canada
Uplane
Hiring
What they do:
Replace marketing agencies with AI
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Reforged Labs
Hiring
What they do:
Turn intuition into insights, in minutes
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HQ: Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
What they do:
Create, launch, and optimize Facebook ads and ads on 10+ platforms
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HQ: Los Angeles, CA, United States
What they do:
Scale new user acquisition with YouTube Creators
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HQ: New York, NY, United States
1stCollab
Hiring
What they do:
Performance-Optimized Influencer Marketing at Scale
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Rubbrband
Hiring
What they do:
A new kind of creative company.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
What they do:
AI Lead Generator
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HQ: London, United Kingdom
What they do:
We're a mobile on-device profiling and ad-serving platform initially…
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Surface Labs
Hiring
What they do:
Building the AI-powered marketing ops platform that turns website…
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
What they do:
Bring your photos to life with Vimmerse
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Gooseworks
Hiring
What they do:
Self-Improving Marketing Harness
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
What they do:
Scale marketing campaigns across hundreds of personas
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
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AppLovin for the food & CPG
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HQ: New York, NY, United States
Buoyant Aero
Hiring
What they do:
Bringing back blimps
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HQ: New York, NY, United States
What they do:
Done-for-you AI video ads and Meta campaign management
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
What they do:
The proactive agent that achieves growth goals for businesses, fully…
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
What they do:
AI that creates and runs ads, end-end
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
What they do:
Creator marketing that scales like paid ads
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
What they do:
Monetization platform for AI characters and dramas
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HQ: New York, NY, United States
What they do:
Screen recorder for stunning product demo videos
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
What they do:
All-in-one AI creative platform
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HQ: New York, NY, United States
What they do:
AI agents on real phones, growing brands across every platform.
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HQ: Austin, TX, United States
What they do:
Canva for short-form video ads
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
What they do:
AI operating system for advertising
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HQ: London, United Kingdom
What they do:
Generate ads. Iterate till perfect.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
YC W24Early stage
Virool
Acquired
What they do:
Virool provides native video advertising experience for the biggest…
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Popular Pays
Acquired
What they do:
Software for collaborating with content creators and influencers
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HQ: Chicago, IL, United States
Earbits
Acquired
What they do:
Google AdWords for music. Allowing bands and labels to bid for…
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HQ: Los Angeles, CA, United States
OmniVirt
Acquired
What they do:
OmniVirt is the leading VR Advertising platform for brands and…
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Perfect Audience
Acquired
What they do:
Self-service display advertising for SaaS and online retail.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Heyzap
Acquired
What they do:
Heyzap (acquired by Fyber for $45m in 2016) is one of the largest…
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
URX
Acquired
What they do:
Mobile ads that users like. Acquired by Pinterest in May 2016.
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HQ: New York, NY, United States
Boostable
Acquired
What they do:
Advertising platform tools for marketplace sellers.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Questions and answers
How many startups are on this list?
There are 49 startups on this list, last updated on Oct 15, 2026.
Which of them are hiring?
9 of them are hiring right now, including Revnu, Taiv, and Uplane.
Which of them have the largest teams?
By team size: Permutive (205 employees), Virool (51 employees), and Taiv (40 employees).
Which of them raised money recently?
Latest rounds: Revnu — €2.6M (Oct 2026).
Where are they based?
The biggest hubs are San Francisco (27), New York (7), and London (4).