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Halo AI

Category: AI in Marketing

An autonomous agentic AI platform designed to automate the end-to-end influencer marketing lifecycle, from creator discovery to campaign execution and negotiation. Halo AI was founded in 2024. The company is led by Vito Strokov. Based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Team size: 11-50. Total funding raised: $6.0M. Latest round: Seed (Jan 2025). Key investors include ["Raed Ventures","Shorooq Partners","Vito Strokov (Angel)"].

Founded
2024
Headquarters
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Team size
11-50
Total funding
$6.0M

Value proposition

Reduces the manual overhead of influencer marketing by up to 90% through autonomous agents that handle discovery, outreach, and negotiation, allowing brands to scale creator collaborations with high ROI and minimal human intervention.

Products and solutions

["Autonomous Influencer Discovery Engine","Agentic Outreach & Negotiation Bot","Campaign Management & Performance Dashboard","Creator Monetization & Workflow Tools","AI-driven ROI Analytics Suite"]

Unique value

Moves beyond traditional 'database-only' influencer platforms by utilizing 'Agentic AI'—autonomous agents that don't just find creators but actively communicate and negotiate with them on behalf of the brand.

Target customer

Direct-to-consumer (D2C) brands, enterprise marketing departments, digital marketing agencies, and professional content creators.

Industries served

["E-commerce & Retail","Creator Economy","Digital Advertising","Travel & Lifestyle","Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG)"]

Technology advantage

Founded by former engineering leaders from Snap Inc. and Meta, the platform leverages deep expertise in ad-tech algorithms and monetization to provide enterprise-grade scaling capabilities for the creator economy.

How they differentiate

Utilizes 'Agentic AI' to automate the entire influencer lifecycle, including autonomous outreach and negotiation, rather than just providing a searchable database or CRM.

Main competitors

["Grin","Aspire","Captiv8"]

Key partnerships

["Raed Ventures & Shorooq Partners (Lead Investors)","1 Billion Followers Summit (Strategic Platform Partner)","Former executives from Microsoft, Amazon, and Airbnb (Angel Investors/Advisors)"]

Notable customers

["1 Billion Followers Summit","D2C Brands","Digital Marketing Agencies"]

Major milestones

["Winner of the '1 Billion Pitches' competition at the 1 Billion Followers Summit 2025","Closed $6 million Seed funding round in January 2025","Unveiled enhanced agentic AI platform for autonomous creator collaborations"]

Growth metrics

Achieved 118% quarter-on-quarter sales growth in Q4 2024.

Market positioning

High-growth AI disruptor in the Creator Economy and MarTech sectors.

Geographic focus

MENA (Middle East & North Africa) and North America

Patents and IP

No specific registered patents disclosed; utilizes proprietary agentic workflows and LLM-based negotiation logic.

About Vito Strokov

Vito Strokov is the Co-founder and CEO of Halo AI. He is a seasoned technology leader with extensive experience in the advertising and monetization space. Prior to founding Halo AI, he served as the Global Director of Engineering for Ads & Monetization at Snap Inc., where he led large-scale engineering efforts for the platform's advertising business. Before Snap, he was an Engineering Manager at Meta (Facebook), focusing on ad products and monetization strategies. He is an alumnus of Stanford University and an active angel investor in the AI, biotech, and technology sectors.

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