Who reads it
Founders, operators, and budget owners who choose AI tools and pay for them. The brief publishes Wednesday and Friday, 6 AM PT. We don’t publish audience size or engagement figures here until they are real, dated, and pulled from the Substack dashboard. Ask and we’ll share current figures with their date.
Direct sponsor slots
| Slot | What runs | Issues |
|---|---|---|
| Primary sponsor | One labelled block near the top of the issue: short copy, one link, logo | Wednesday or Friday |
| Classified | Short copy and one link in the “Sponsored” section | Wednesday or Friday |
| Change Report presenting sponsor | “Presented by” line plus a primary block across consecutive Friday issues | Friday |
| Founding sponsor | A run of primary placements at a locked rate, with first refusal on renewal. Limited slots | Wednesday and Friday |
Editorial guarantees
- Every placement is labelled “Sponsored”.
- Sponsors never see, review, or influence grades.
- A sponsor’s product is never graded in an issue it sponsors, or within 4 weeks before or after its sponsorship.
- We can decline any ad.
Rates
Rates are set from real opens, never projected ones. We quote on request.
Get in touch
Email deploygrade@pm.me with the subject “Sponsorship: your company”, the product, and the dates you want.