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Amt

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London, GB · Founded 2024 · 3 known investors

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AMT is an operating system for creator marketing that automates campaign management, creator outreach, and partnership tracking for brands. The platform enables companies of any size to run creator marketing programs without scaling headcount.

Also known as Agentic Marketing Technologies · AMT · amt.ai

Founders & leadership

Amt was founded in 2024 by Christian Johnston and Tom Hollands.

CJChristian Johnston
Christian JohnstoninCo-Founder & CEOChristian Johnston finished first in his year studying mathematics and computer science at Durham University. He went on to build enterprise-grade adtech infrastructure serving 2.5 billion daily users at one of Europe's leading adtech companies, and joined amt as founding CTO before becoming CEO.
THTom Hollands
Tom HollandsinFounding CEOTom Hollands graduated first in his cohort in theoretical physics at University College London. He has since led marketing at the USV-backed startup Wren, managed creator partnerships at Turpentine, and developed AI products serving more than 10 million users at Xydus.
SISasha Iatsenia
Sasha IatseniainFounding Designer
RARad Aswani
Rad AswaniinFounding Marketer
TGTisha Gada
Tisha GadainFounding Account Executive
FSFrank Sloan
Frank SloanEngineer
ABAleksandar Begovic
Aleksandar BegovicOperations

Investors · 3

Funding

SEC filings, press & company announcements

Source: company announcements and press reports — follow each round's link for the claim.

Company profile

researched Aug 2026

AMT, legally Agentic Marketing Technologies, sells an AI-driven platform for running creator (influencer) marketing campaigns end to end. Its AI agent, called Lyra, converses with creators in natural language to source and vet them, book campaigns, negotiate deliverables and pricing, handle outreach and follow-ups, arrange product shipping, collect usage rights, issue payments and report results. Campaigns are run across Instagram, TikTok and YouTube, and the platform supports gifting/product seeding, paid sponsored partnerships, UGC production with raw and edited files plus usage rights, and tiered programmes that move top-performing gifting creators into affiliate or paid partnerships. The company positions the product as an operating system for creator marketing that replaces a stack of separate SaaS tools (the site claims 7+) and reduces the headcount normally needed to scale a programme.

The product is built on multiple third-party AI models selected per task: OpenAI models for general use, Google Gemini for multimodal analysis of creator videos, and Hume AI for tone. Company statements say the ability to "watch" and interpret creator content allows personalised communication and retention of relationship history across brands, similar to a human partnerships manager. Operationally, the site advertises onboarding in under seven days, Shopify integration, real-time and daily (24-hour) performance refreshes covering posts, views, engagement and sales, and results-based pricing rather than per-seat licensing.

Customers cited publicly include DTC and consumer brands such as Le Petit Lunetier, Neoplants, Wild, Noshinku, Reading.com and UNiDAYS. Target segments listed are DTC brands running continuous creator programmes, agencies managing multiple clients, creator-led products and apps using UGC for acquisition, and small in-house teams.

Founding story

Co-founder and CEO Tom Hollands encountered the problem while managing influencer marketing budgets, observing that scaling influencer marketing relied on loading junior staff with more partnerships than they could track or follow up on. Co-founder Christian Johnston (described in TechCrunch as CTO) had previously built adtech data infrastructure, with a background in software engineering at Permutive and in cybersecurity. The company's own account says brands succeeding in creator marketing were doing so manually with more headcount, and AMT was built so brands of any size could compete.

Business model

B2B software/managed service sold to brand marketing teams and agencies. The website states pricing is results-based rather than per-seat, contrasting AMT with employee-plus-SaaS and agency models billed by salary/licence or billable hours; TechCrunch notes incumbent SaaS platforms typically charge by seat and that AMT's largely automated approach carries different economics.

Results-based pricing for fully managed creator campaigns; the team page states the company has reached seven-figure ARR.

Traction

The team page reports 7-figure ARR, 100K+ creators per month, hundreds of brands, and $5M+ raised. TechCrunch reported in March 2025 that AMT had launched three months earlier and already had customers including Le Petit Lunetier, Neoplants and Wild. Website case studies cite 5.8x ROAS with a 32% CTR uplift for Le Petit Lunetier, 60% lower CPA and add-to-cart-to-purchase conversion rising from 14% to 29% for Noshinku, and 29M+ total views with seven videos over 1M each for Reading.com. Testimonials describe 500+ creators live in one month and 1M+ impressions (Noshinku), 91 creator partnerships live on launch day with 1.5M+ impressions (Neoplants), and 700+ pieces of content for a US launch (Wild).

Latest developments

Company materials report cumulative funding of over $5 million, seven-figure ARR, 100K+ creators engaged per month and hundreds of brands, alongside published case studies with Le Petit Lunetier, Noshinku and Reading.com.

Full profile — market position, technology, go-to-market, geography, history, risks & controversies

Market position

An AI-agent-first entrant in creator marketing, differentiated from seat-priced SaaS platforms such as GRIN and Upfluence and from marketplaces such as ShopMy and Agentio, which TechCrunch describes as requiring human involvement to run campaigns. Its investor NFX frames the approach as replacing human work rather than providing tooling. TechCrunch cites a projected influencer market worth of $266.92 billion for 2025.

Autonomous agent execution rather than tooling for human operators: Lyra handles sourcing, outreach, negotiation, fulfilment, approvals, payouts and usage rights. The company claims securing one influencer partnership normally takes about nine hours of manual work versus five minutes on its platform, and its comparison table claims 100k+ creator partnerships and 10k+ outreaches per month versus 1,000 and 200 for an in-house employee with SaaS. Multi-model AI including video and tone analysis is used to personalise creator communication and maintain relationship history across brands.

Technology

An agentic AI system, Lyra, that autonomously identifies creators matching campaign goals and communicates with them in natural language across booking, tracking, payments and queries. AMT combines models from several providers — OpenAI for general tasks, Google Gemini for multimodal analysis of creator video, and Hume AI for tone — choosing the best model per task. The platform includes AI sourcing and vetting across Instagram, TikTok and YouTube, brand-safety and values/aesthetic/audience-overlap checks, automated personalised follow-ups, campaign dashboards with daily performance updates, and a Shopify integration.

Go-to-market

Direct sales and self-serve entry points from the website — a free trial offer of 100 creators, free sign-up, and 30-minute booked demos with the team. Dedicated sales and support email contacts are published, and case studies and customer testimonials from DTC brands are used as proof points. Sales outreach also targets agencies and e-commerce teams.

DTC and consumer brands running creator programmes (eyewear, personal care, plants, apps), agencies handling multiple client campaigns, creator-led products and apps using UGC for acquisition, and lean marketing teams without dedicated influencer headcount.

Geography

Founded and originally based in London; TechCrunch reported in March 2025 that the company was relocating to San Francisco. Customers span European and US brands, and the platform is marketed as supporting global reach and multi-language creator outreach.

History

AMT launched around late 2024 (TechCrunch, March 2025, says it launched three months earlier) and announced a $3.5 million seed round led by NFX in March 2025, while relocating from London to San Francisco. As of the current team page the company reports raising $5M+ in total, seven-figure ARR and hundreds of brand customers. Christian Johnston is listed on the company site as Co-Founder & CEO.

Risks & controversies

Most performance and scale figures (ROAS, CPA reduction, ARR, creator volumes, time savings) are self-reported by the company or drawn from customer testimonials on its own site and are not independently verified. The company also depends on third-party AI model providers (OpenAI, Google, Hume AI) and on social platforms (Instagram, TikTok, YouTube) for creator discovery and campaign execution. Leadership descriptions differ across sources: TechCrunch names Tom Hollands as co-founder and CEO with Christian Johnston as CTO, while the current company team page lists Christian Johnston as Co-Founder & CEO and does not list Hollands.

Compiled by commissioned research from 8 cited public sources — announcements, filings, and press listed under research sources below.

Key figures

latest reported
ARR (company-stated)Jan 20267-figure ARR
Brand customersJan 2026Hundreds of brands
Creator outreaches per monthJan 202610,000 outreaches/month
Creators engaged per monthJan 2026100,000 creators/month
Influencer market size (projected)Jan 2025$266.9B
Le Petit Lunetier case study ROASJan 20265.8 x ROAS
Noshinku case study CPA reductionJan 202660%
Onboarding timeJan 2026<7 days
Reading.com case study viewsJan 202629,000,000 views
SaaS tools replacedJan 20267 tools
Time to secure one influencer partnershipMar 20255 minutes on AMT vs ~9 hours of manual work
Total funding raised (company-stated)Jan 2026$5M

Company-reported or press-reported figures, each dated to when it was claimed — not independently audited.

Competitors · 10

by search overlap
Sprout Social35 shared keywordsSprout Social offers a social media management platform with AI, automation, integrations and analytics tools for marketing teams. The product helps teams manage social content, customer interactions, workflows and performance reporting from a single platform.
Impact21 shared keywordsimpact.com provides a partnership management platform that helps enterprises optimize and manage various types of business partnerships across multiple channels. The company serves growth-focused organizations looking to scale through technology-enabled partnership strategies.
Stack Influence20 shared keywordsStack Influence operates a micro influencer marketing platform that matches brands with creators using psychographic, demographic, and geographic data, handling product shipping, creative briefs, and campaign management. It generates user-generated content and testimonials for brands, provides full UGC rights and real-time analytics, and converts top creators into ambassador or affiliate programs.
Modash19 shared keywordsModash provides a platform for influencer marketing teams to automatically track creator content and campaign performance across social media, with integrated Shopify sales attribution to measure ROI without manual data collection.
Upfluence19 shared keywordsUpfluence provides a platform for influencer marketing that helps brands connect with content creators and manage campaigns. The platform serves brands and marketing teams across multiple geographies.
Later16 shared keywordsLater is a platform for influencer marketing, social media management, and creator commerce that helps brands plan content, run campaigns, and track performance alongside creators.
Hootsuite16 shared keywordsHootsuite is a social media management platform that helps organizations manage, analyze, and optimize their social media presence across multiple networks. The company serves businesses of all sizes, from small companies to enterprises, providing tools for social marketing, listening, employee advocacy, and customer service.
Influee16 shared keywordsInfluee is a platform that helps brands run TikTok Spark Ads by connecting them with creators who produce authentic, user-generated content for paid campaigns. The platform manages creator recruitment, content curation, performance tracking, and payment processing to optimize conversion-focused advertising on TikTok.
Influencity14 shared keywordsInfluencity provides an all-in-one influencer marketing platform that enables brands and agencies to manage campaigns through data-driven insights, including tools for influencer discovery, campaign management, and social media inbox functionality. The platform serves brands and agencies globally seeking to streamline influencer marketing operations.
Insense13 shared keywordsInsense is a platform for creating and scaling user-generated content (UGC) and influencer marketing campaigns, offering a self-service creator marketplace and managed services for end-to-end campaign management. It serves DTC brands, mobile apps, and advertising agencies, with features including creator sourcing, automated contracts, payments, content licensing, and integrations for TikTok, Meta, and Shopify.

Companies competing with Amt for the same Google search keywords, organic and paid, via search-intersection analysis.

Timeline · 3

launches, deals, and filings
Mar 2025
AMT raises $3.5M seed round led by NFX

Agentic Marketing Technologies announced a $3.5 million seed round led by San Francisco-based NFX; NFX general partner Pete Flint commented on the investment.

$3.5M source ↗

Mar 2025
Relocation from London to San Francisco

TechCrunch reported that AMT was relocating its base from London to San Francisco.

source ↗

Dec 2024
AMT platform launched

TechCrunch reported in March 2025 that AMT had launched three months earlier, with customers including Le Petit Lunetier, Neoplants and Wild.

source ↗

Dated company events from announcements, filings, and press; legal rows summarize public dockets and regulator releases.

Companies House · registry record

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Accounts overdueConfirmation statement overdue
Registered name
A.M.T. LTD
Company number
04891913
Status
Active (active proposal to strike off)
Company type
Private limited company
Incorporated
8 Sept 2003
Registered office
Amt, Calder Road, Dewsbury, WF13 3JT
Nature of business (SIC)
33120 — Repair of machinery
Accounts
last made up to 30 Sept 2024 · next due 30 Jun 2026
Confirmation statement
last made up to 8 Sept 2024 · next due 22 Sept 2025

Current officers · 1

  • Jimmy Greenwood director, appointed 8 Sept 2003

Source: Companies House public register · retrieved 23 Aug 2026. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

In the news

Research sources · 8

primary sources listed
  • Amtamt.ai · web

8 public sources were cited for this profile; the first-party ones are listed here.

Frequently asked questions

What does Amt do?
AMT (Agentic Marketing Technologies) runs AI agent Lyra to source, negotiate with, pay and track creators for brands.
Who founded Amt?
Amt was founded by Christian Johnston, Tom Hollands in 2024.
Who are Amt's investors?
Amt's investors include Entrepreneur First, Mythos Ventures Management, Llc, NFX.
Where is Amt headquartered?
Amt is headquartered in London, GB.