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Plai (YC S21) — Create, launch, and optimize facebook ads and ads on 10+ platforms

Plai makes it easy to create, launch, and optimize ads with AI doing the heavy lifting. Brands use Plai across Facebook, Google, LinkedIn, and TikTok.

Plai is a Y Combinator company in the Summer 2021 batch. Its directory entry describes it as: Create, launch, and optimize Facebook ads and ads on 10+ platforms. The founder listed is Logan Welbaum (Founder) (Y Combinator directory entry, July 1, 2021).

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Plai

New accelerator entry · 2021-07-01 · the record

Summer 2021
batch
20
people
Early
stage
United States of America
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What the record says

BatchSummer 2021
Announced2021-07-01
StageEarly
StatusActive
Team size20
IndustryB2B
Sub-industryB2B -> Marketing
SectorsMarketing, Advertising
RegionsUnited States of America, America / Canada, Remote, Fully Remote
BasedLos Angeles, CA, USA; Remote
HiringNo
Sitehttps://www.plai.io/
Founded2020
YC group partnerBrad Flora

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Plai makes it easy to create, launch, and optimize ads with AI doing the heavy lifting. Brands use Plai across Facebook, Google, LinkedIn, and TikTok. Trusted across 100,000+ campaigns and 5B+ ad impressions.

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