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We got tired of watching ad tech move too slowly for AI.

We've spent decades building the infrastructure that powers digital advertising — DSPs, SSPs, ad servers, identity resolution, real-time bidding systems. We've been through every cycle: direct sales to programmatic, desktop to mobile, cookies to first-party data.

We know how ad tech works. We know what it takes to build it. And we know what happens when the medium changes and the infrastructure doesn't keep up.

AI conversations are the fastest-growing interface for how people research and buy. And the ad industry is doing what it always does: trying to force the old format into the new medium.

Banners in chatbots. Sponsored links at the bottom of AI responses. The same playbook that has defined digital advertising since 2005 — transplanted into 2026 as if nothing has changed.

But everything has changed. When someone asks an AI assistant "what's the best SUV for my family?" — that's not a pageview. That's a buyer telling you exactly what they want, in their own words, in real time. It's the richest purchase intent signal in the history of advertising. And every current ad format throws it away with a static click.

That's the gap we saw. And that's what we're building for.

We're not adapting old ad tech for AI. We're building the ad platform for AI — from scratch, for how the medium actually works.

Our ad server for AI delivers native, interactive ad experiences inside AI conversations — contextual, brand-safe, and designed for the conversational medium. Brands get interactive engagement and intent data no other format captures. Agencies get a new high-performance channel. AI apps get monetization that doesn't destroy their user experience.

And we're already looking further. After chatbots come agents — AI that researches, compares, and transacts autonomously. Advertising to agents is the next massive shift. We're building the agentic advertising platform for that future, using the same intent-first, conversation-native infrastructure we're deploying today.

The Team

We bring deep advertising expertise to an AI-first approach. We know how media buying, brand safety, attribution, and programmatic pipes actually work — because we built them. Now we're applying that to building what comes next.

Frank Sinton

Frank Sinton

Co-Founder & CEO

Previously founded Beachfront, building video advertising infrastructure from the ground up. Deep expertise in ad tech architecture, programmatic systems, and media monetization. Leads Adgentek's vision and go-to-market.

Paul Harrison

Paul Harrison

Co-Founder & President

Co-Founder and CTO of Simpli.fi, where he built DSP technology and programmatic infrastructure from the ground up. Leads product development, platform operations, and partnership integrations. Knows the buy-side and sell-side of ad tech from the inside.

Christa Stephens

Christa Stephens

VP of Client Success

Leads brand and agency relationships from pilot through scale. Ensures every campaign delivers measurable outcomes — guiding brands through content authoring, deployment, and optimization.

Jason Pedrick

Jason Pedrick

VP of Business Development

Drives strategic partnerships across the AI publisher ecosystem, DSP/SSP integrations, and enterprise advertiser relationships. Connects Adgentek's technology to the advertising supply chain.

Armin Roehrl

Armin Roehrl

VP of Engineering

Architects and builds Adgentek's core infrastructure — the ad server, real-time intent matching, and conversational ad rendering engine. Leads the engineering team.

Let's build this together.

We're working with brands, agencies, and AI publishers who see where this is going — and want to get there first.

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