/For agencies

Build with the right three.

Buyers bring us a real project. We introduce each one to the three agencies that fit. If you've shipped AI work we can verify, we'd like to list you.

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/How listing works

From application to introduction.

Five steps. A person reads every application, and we publish nothing about you until we approve you.

  1. 01

    Apply

    Ten minutes. What you've shipped, for whom, where you join a project, and your engagement floor.

  2. 02

    We read it

    A person reads your application and replies. No bot scores it.

  3. 03

    We verify

    A thirty-minute call. Then we call your references and check the work you named.

  4. 04

    You're listed

    Sign one agreement, set your introduction price, and your listing goes live, unnamed.

  5. 05

    Introductions

    A briefed buyer fits your listing. Read the brief, then accept or pass. Accept, and we introduce you.

/What we look for

Depth.Delivery.Discipline.

Every listing earns all three. The floor is two production AI deployments we can check, one reference we can call, and a method you can describe.

  • Depth

    Real technical bench

    Engineers and strategists who have shipped AI in production, not a deck and a partnership badge.

  • Delivery

    A record we can verify

    Outcomes you can name and references we can call.

  • Discipline

    A serious posture on AI

    Evaluation, guardrails, and accountability treated as the work, not bolted on at the end.

The bar is higher than a directory. It has to be.

/What you get

Briefed buyers, three at a time.

  • Briefed buyers

    Every buyer arrives with a Forge Playbook: goals, maturity, timeline, and budget already written down. Your first call is about the work.

  • Three, not thirty

    We introduce each buyer to three agencies. Better fit, a real shot at the engagement, no race to the bottom on price.

  • A standard worth wearing

    We vet every listing and keep it vetted. Yours tells buyers you have depth, delivery, and discipline.

/The fee

A small fee per introduction, only when you accept one.

There's no fee to read a brief and pass on it, no pay-to-rank, and no cut of the engagement.

Read the listing agreement →

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We vet the agencies, match you with the right three, and give you the plan to brief them.

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