Blankspace
Category: AI in Marketing
AI-native advertising platform that monetizes AI bot traffic for publishers and connects brands with AI-generated responses. Blankspace was founded in 2025. The company is led by Alexander Taylor. Based in London, United Kingdom. Team size: 2-10. Total funding raised: $265K. Latest round: Pre-Seed. Key investors include Antler.
- Founded
- 2025
- Headquarters
- London, United Kingdom
- Team size
- 2-10
- Total funding
- $265K
Value proposition
Blankspace helps publishers monetize the growing wave of AI bot traffic (from ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, Gemini) that bypasses traditional ad infrastructure. It tracks AI traffic in real time, turns every scrape into a paid, AI-friendly ad impression, and measures brand uplift across AI prompts.
Products and solutions
AI-native ad network, real-time AI bot traffic monitoring & analytics, AI-friendly ad impression marketplace, brand uplift measurement across AI prompts, IAB content category targeting, real-time bidding for AI placements.
Unique value
First ad network purpose-built for the agentic web — connects publishers being scraped by AI bots with brands wanting placement inside AI answers, turning a monetization blind spot into a revenue stream.
Target customer
Digital publishers and content websites losing revenue to AI scraping; brands and advertisers seeking visibility inside AI-generated answers.
Industries served
Digital Publishing, Advertising / AdTech, Media
Technology advantage
Real-time AI agent detection and classification; cryptographically verified bot identity (Web Bot Auth); bot-only injection that doesn't affect human visitor experience; IAB-standard category targeting for AI-native placements.
How they differentiate
While competitors like TollBit focus on bot paywalls and content licensing tolls, Blankspace operates as an ad network — enabling publishers to monetize AI bot visits via advertising impressions rather than per-request fees. It targets the advertising budget rather than the licensing budget, creating a programmatic marketplace for AI-generated content placements.
Main competitors
TollBit, Sphere AI, ScalePost, ProRata
Key partnerships
Antler (investor and accelerator partner)
Major milestones
Founded January 2025, Accepted into Antler UK residency program, Raised £210K pre-seed from Antler (December 2025), Launched AI-native ad network for the agentic web, CEO representing at Cannes Lions 2026.
Market positioning
Early-stage first-mover in the emerging 'AI ad network' category, positioned at the intersection of AdTech and the agentic web. Competing against both bot-monetization middleware (TollBit) and traditional ad networks adapting to AI traffic.
Geographic focus
Primary: US market (publishers most impacted by AI scraping); Expansion plans: Europe and Asia by mid-2027.
About Alexander Taylor
Global Head of Partnerships at Picnic (2020–2024); Partnerships Director at Captify (2017–2020); Founder of Patro Technologies; Co-founder of The Supine Collective. MBA from Quantic School of Business & Technology; BA in Fine Art from Newcastle University.
Official website: https://blankspace.so/