“Advertising powers 2% of global GDP, yet the industry still operates with archaic methods,” said Rahul Bhardwaj, co-founder and CEO of Valid, “We founded Valid to automate the complexity of running ads, so businesses–whether a corner store or a venture-backed startup–can compete on a level playing field. Our vision is an ad agency that isn’t constrained by human bandwidth, but one that scales infinitely through AI.”

Valid recently raised $5.5 million to build this next-gen ad agency and replace outdated models capable of handling everything from attribution to ad delivery.