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Event Description
New York built the advertising industry. Now AI is rebuilding it, & we want you in the room when it happens.
Madison Avenue is a one-day hackathon hosted by localhost:nyc & Plug & Play, built around real problems from the media & advertising companies in Plug & Plays network. Come build the startups that will define the next era of how brands reach people.
Problem Statement
AI agents are starting to plan & buy media. Consumers are finding products through ChatGPT & AI shopping agents instead of search. Publishers are losing traffic to AI answers. And brands can now make endless ads but cant tell which ones work. The whole ad industry is being rewired, & most of the companies that win this shift havent been started yet.
The Challenge Tracks
Agents Buy Media: AI agents that plan, negotiate & buy media from a single brief
Ads After Search: helping brands get seen, & making ads work, inside AI answers & shopping agents
Save the Publisher: new ways for publishers & streamers to make money when AI takes their traffic
The Creative Department: AI creative with taste, brand guardrails & proof that it performs
What to Expect
Real problem statements from media & advertising companies, sent out a week early so you can do customer research before you build
A full day of building, 10 AM to 7 PM
Teams of up to four, or come solo & well match you
Time to meet founders, engineers, operators & investors from across NYC media & ad tech
Demos in front of industry leaders & Plug & Play investors
Prizes
Cash Prizes
Judges
TBD
Who Should Attend
Founders & aspiring founders
People who work in media, publishing, ad tech, agencies or brand marketing
Engineers (full stack, backend, frontend, AI/ML)
Designers & creatives who want to build with AI
Anyone who has ever thought advertising is broken & wants to fix it
You dont need a finished idea. Just show up ready to build.
Sponsors
TBD
Hosts
localhost:nyc: Making NYC the biggest startup ecosystem in the world.
Plug & Play: One of the worlds largest startup accelerators & corporate innovation platforms.
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