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Ad from prompt
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Clone competitor ad
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B-roll cutting
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Long form to ad
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Ad from voiceover
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  AI CMO

  Automatically plan, create, & run 1000s of winning ads end-to-end.

  Replaces CMO ($200K-$1M+/year), bad agencies ($10K+/mo retainer, $200+/ad)
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  AdGPT

  Save time creating ads (think ChatGPT for ads).

  Replaces ChatGPT ($20/mo), Claude ($20/mo)
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  AdCut

  Save time editing video ads (think CapCut for ads).

  Replaces CapCut ($9.99/mo), Premiere ($54.99/mo)
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  Kanva

  Save time editing static ads (think Canva for ads).

  Replaces AdCreative ($599/mo), Canva ($10/user/mo)
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  Adspy

  Save time with AI-powered ad cloning.

  Replaces Foreplay ($99/mo + $20/user + $50/tracked competitor)
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  Creative Library

  Save time by splitting & tagging assets with AI.

  Replaces Frame.io ($1K-$20K+/mo), Air ($600-$5K+/mo), Recharm ($500-$3K+/mo)
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  UGC Creators

  Save time & money with AI-generated UGC.

  Replaces Arcads, MakeUGC ($119+/mo), Billo ($99+/video)
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  Audience Research

  Save time researching & tracking audiences.

  (and help AdGPT create ads that match your audience's voice)

  Replaces tedious work ($2K+/mo)
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  Zora

  Save time & money with AI-generated videos (think Sora for ads).

  Replaces Sora ($200/mo)
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  Photoshoot

  Save time & money with AI-generated images (e.g. studio photography).

  Replaces Soona ($149/session + $39/photo), real photoshoots ($1K+/session)
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  Creative Analytics

  Save money with creative analytics.

  Replaces Motion ($1K-$10K+/mo depending on adspend)
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  Ads Manager

  Save time with ad manager auto-upload.

  Replaces AdManage.ai ($1.3K/mo), Adscook ($399-$2K/mo)

Story

Kennan Davison

CEO, Founder

Solo-founded Skio ($15M+ ARR & profitable, $8M seed).

Solo-founded Skio ($15M+ ARR & profitable, $8M seed).

Previously: Pinterest, Hulu, W+K (ad agency), Top 200 NA LoL, YC S20 (solo founder), Columbia (transfer, dropout).

Previously: Pinterest, Hulu, W+K (ad agency), Top 200 NA LoL, YC S20 (solo founder), Columbia (transfer, dropout).

Hi, I'm Kennan!

Thank you for reading this. My life has been a journey full of ups & downs & I’m grateful to be here.

I grew up in Portland, Oregon & found school extremely boring. I slept through every class because of this. If I'm being real, no one expected me to go anywhere (I ranked top 200 in NA out of 10M+ in League of Legends though).

This all changed when I was 18. I had a big wakeup call & had to start supporting myself.

I started skipping class to code 100 hours a week & combined with my hate for school, I dropped out after 1 year to join Pinterest as an engineer. Pinterest paid very well, but was very boring.

After too long of this, I started my 1st company, Skio, & got into Y Combinator (S20). I did badly during the batch & had to pivot. Thankfully, post-pivot Skio killed it.

Today, Skio is the #1 subscription management software for brands on Shopify with 1000+ brands (Liquid I.V., Milk Bar, Polaroid, Barstool, Unilever, KraveBeauty, Boba Tea Protein), $15M+ ARR & profitable ($8.4M seed), & an amazing team of 60.

All these up-and-down adventures led to Icon. Icon is the culmination of every lesson I've learned (I made many stupid mistakes) in these 10 years of grinding.

Thank you from the bottom of my heart to our customers, my team, our investors, & anyone reading this. I have no life and work 7 days a week: feel free to reach out any time at kennan@icon.com.

Kennan Davison

CEO, Founder

Solo-founded Skio ($15M+ ARR & profitable, $8M seed).

Solo-founded Skio ($15M+ ARR & profitable, $8M seed), Pinterest, Hulu, Top 200 NA LoL, YC S20, Dropout (at 19).

Previously: Pinterest, Hulu, W+K (ad agency), Top 200 NA LoL, YC S20 (solo founder), Columbia (transfer, dropout).

Hi, I'm Kennan!

Thank you for reading this. My life has been a journey full of ups & downs & I’m grateful to be here.

I grew up in Portland, Oregon & found school extremely boring. I slept through every class because of this. If I'm being real, no one expected me to go anywhere (I ranked top 200 in NA out of 10M+ in League of Legends though).

This all changed when I was 18. I had a big wakeup call & had to start supporting myself.

I started skipping class to code 100 hours a week & combined with my hate for school, I dropped out after 1 year to join Pinterest as an engineer. Pinterest paid very well, but was very boring.

After too long of this, I started my 1st company, Skio, & got into Y Combinator (S20). I did badly during the batch & had to pivot. Thankfully, post-pivot Skio killed it.

Today, Skio is the #1 subscription management software for brands on Shopify with 1000+ brands (Liquid I.V., Milk Bar, Polaroid, Barstool, Unilever, KraveBeauty, Boba Tea Protein), $15M+ ARR & profitable ($8.4M seed), & an amazing team of 60.

All these up-and-down adventures led to Icon. Icon is the culmination of every lesson I've learned (I made many stupid mistakes) in these 10 years of grinding.

Thank you from the bottom of my heart to our customers, my team, our investors, & anyone reading this. I have no life and work 7 days a week: feel free to reach out any time at kennan@icon.com.

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Story

Solo-founded Skio ($15M+ ARR & profitable, $8M seed). Top 200 NA LoL, YC S20, Dropout.

Story

Solo-founded Skio ($15M+ ARR & profitable, $8M seed). Top 200 NA LoL, YC S20, Pinterest, Dropout.

Investors (Tier 1)

Peter Thiel's Founders Fund + OpenAI (ChatGPT) & Ramp execs + Saquon Barkley (Super Bowl 2025).

Investors

Peter Thiel's Founders Fund + OpenAI (ChatGPT) exec + Saquon Barkley (Super Bowl 2025).

Team (Tier 1 Engineers)

From Google, Facebook, Pinterest, Snap, Hulu, NVIDIA, & Tesla. 7-day work week.

Team

From Google, Meta, Pinterest, & more. 7-day work week.

Examples

See ads created with Icon (static images, B-roll + voiceover, UGC + B-roll cuts, & more).

Examples

See ads created with Icon (static images, video, & more).