About Clickstrike, AI Marketing Agency
The marketing agency
built for AI.
We help AI startups and enterprise AI teams reach the audiences that matter through the channel we have been doing for years: influencer marketing. Launch videos, creator campaigns, and X amplification, backed by deep AI domain fluency, real creator relationships, and a model that earns your trust month after month.
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Manifesto
We started Clickstrike because generalist agencies kept pitching AI like another SaaS category. The category resets every few months. New labs, new models, new buyer expectations. So we built an agency that lives in this space full time and pairs that fluency with the channel that consistently moves AI companies: influencer marketing , from launch videos to the creators who make them travel.
Why we exist
AI moves too fast for generalist marketing.
A great campaign requires understanding what is actually new, who cares, and where they live online. None of that survives being learned on a client's dime.
Clickstrike grew out of years of running marketing for technical products. We watched too many founders pay generalist agencies to learn the AI space on their dime, miss the windows that matter, and produce coverage that read like a press release rewritten by someone who had never used the product.
We built the team we wished existed. People who can sit in a product review and ask the right second-order questions.
Founding belief
People who already know which TechCrunch reporter covers agents, which YouTuber cares about evals, and which LinkedIn voice actually moves enterprise buyers. The result is fewer wasted pitches, faster ramp, and campaigns that do not require us to relearn the category every quarter.
We are intentionally narrow on services. We do influencer marketing, and we do it well. If you need paid social, lifecycle, or brand identity, we will gladly point you to people we trust. If you need the right creators talking about what you built, that is what we are here for.
What sets us apart
Four reasons AI companies pick Clickstrike
Most agencies sell hours and hope. We sell craft, relationships, and a model designed to keep your trust every single month.
We actually understand the product
Our team can read a model card, follow an agent demo, and tell the difference between a wrapper and a real platform. Briefs do not get lost in translation, and pitches do not read like marketing nonsense.
What this means for you
Founders spend less time educating us and more time shipping.
Real relationships, not cold lists
Influencers we have worked with for years. Reporters who pick up the phone. Pitches and partnerships that land because the relationship was already there, not because we mass-emailed a Cision export.
What this means for you
Faster placements at outlets that actually move buyers.
Scoped to your moment
Every engagement is flexible. We earn the next month with the work we do this month. If we are not the right fit, you walk. The model forces us to keep delivering.
What this means for you
96% client retention.
Senior operators, not account managers
You work with the people doing the work. No layered approvals, no junior staff learning on your budget, no decks that say nothing. Strategy and execution sit on the same team.
What this means for you
Decisions in hours, not weekly status meetings.
Operating principles
The rules we hold ourselves to
These are not slogans. They are the filters we use when we disagree internally, scope an engagement, or decide whether to push back on a client.
Specificity over fluff
We name the publications, the creators, the angles, and the numbers. Vague strategy decks waste your time and ours.
Outcomes over activity
Activity reports are easy to inflate. We track placements, reach, signups, and pipeline, and we share the misses honestly.
Transparency by default
You see the creator list, the pitch list, and the rationale. No black boxes, no mystery vendors, no hidden margins.
Long arc, not stunts
Compounding coverage and a recognizable founder voice beat one viral moment. We build campaigns that still pay off twelve months in.
Who we work with
Built for AI, across stages and categories
We focus the work where we add real leverage. AI companies, mostly post-product, with something specific to say.
AI Agents
Agent platforms, autonomous workflows, and vertical agents reaching builders and operators.
AI Developer Tools
IDE extensions, coding assistants, and infra tools sold to engineering teams that read the docs.
Foundation Models
Frontier and open model labs landing both the technical narrative and the broad business story.
Seed and Series A
Establishing a category, landing first tier-1 coverage, building a creator flywheel from zero.
Series B and beyond
Scaling creator reach into pipeline, defending category position, and supporting major launches.
AI inside larger companies
Enterprises shipping AI products that need a focused narrative separate from the corporate brand.
By the numbers
The track record behind the pitch
Who We Work With
Trusted by teams building the future of tech and AI
We partner with AI and tech companies from seed to scale, from emerging startups to category leaders. Our clients have collectively raised over $400M in funding and are backed by some of the best investors in the world.
Our clients are backed by the best
Meet the Founder
Most agencies talk about AI like a buzzword. We talk about it like operators who have shipped product, run launches, and stayed up debugging campaigns at 2am. That difference shows up in every pitch we send and every creator we brief.
Ty Smith
CEO & Founder, Clickstrike
Ty has helped 750+ AI and tech companies grow through influencer marketing, PR, and earned media, driving over 75M views and 8,250+ media placements for clients. His insights on AI and SaaS marketing have been featured in Forbes, HubSpot, and beyond. Away from his desk, you'll find him surfing or hanging out with his dog, Benny.
Let's build the version of your story the AI and tech world remembers.
Tell us where you are and where you want to be in twelve months. We will show you exactly how we get there.