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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 at a standard introduction fee, 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. The same buyer meets up to three agencies and chooses between them, so an introduction is a seat at the table, not an exclusive. One fee, for the one you accept, whatever the buyer decides.

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