Best Use of AI in Performance

About the Award

Recognises innovative, strategic use of AI that enhances planning, research, execution or measurement in performance marketing, with clear application and results.

Judges will seek to recognise innovative and strategic use of AI that enhances the planning, research, execution, or measurement of performance marketing efforts.

They are particularly interested in how AI has been intelligently applied to drive improvements and deliver impactful results in these areas.

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2026 Gold Winner

Come Alive x Altair: AI Teammates, Human Strategy, Maximum Impact

Come Alive x Altair: AI Teammates, Human Strategy, Maximum Impact

By: AltairClient/Partner: Come Alive

The Challenge

Come Alive is an immersive circus spectacular with just 700 tickets per performance. The challenge was not simply driving demand, but maximising revenue and ROI from a fixed inventory. Generic AI tools weren’t going to cut it.

The Strategy

Altair designed and built a suite of proprietary, client-trained AI agents as integral members of the Come Alive team. Each agent was fully trained on the brand and the industry, with specific remits including creative intelligence for RSAs, weekly multi-media modelling and search query intent clustering.

Execution and Innovation

Working in partnership with human specialists, the AI agents transformed reactive optimisation into proactive commercial decision-making.

Results

While spend was reduced, revenue and ROI targets were tripled and consistent sell-outs achieved. A powerful proof point for AI as a strategic partner in high-stakes decision-making.

Judges’ Verdict

“A frontier-level application of AI in performance marketing, moving beyond off-the-shelf tools to build a proprietary suite of specialised AI agents.”

“Reducing spend while simultaneously tripling revenue and ROI targets. A powerful proof point for AI as a strategic partner.”

2026 Silver Winner

Addesu & Maison Flaneur: Blending Unique Homeware with Unique AI-Powered Feeds

By: AddesuClient/Partner: Maison Flaneur

2026 Bronze Winner

Partnerize VantagePoint™: Solving the Generative AI “Zero-Click” Attribution Gap

By: Partnerize

2026 Finalists

  • Addesu & Maison Flaneur: Blending Unique Homeware with Unique AI-Powered Feeds

    By: AddesuClient/Partner: Maison Flaneur
  • Blue Marketing x Charles Clinkard: AI Performance Beating Benchmarks and Driving 3× Revenue

    By: Blue MarketingClient/Partner: Charles Clinkard
  • Come Alive x Altair: AI Teammates, Human Strategy, Maximum Impact

    By: AltairClient/Partner: Come Alive
  • Dell, CJ and Scrunch.ai Make Affiliate a Game Changing AEO Engine

    By: CJClient/Partner: Dell and Scrunch.ai
  • How Brave Bison boosted ROAS by 195% for Trafalgar Travel through AudienceGPT and AdStudio

    By: Brave BisonClient/Partner: Trafalgar Travel
  • Partnerize VantagePoint™: Solving the Generative AI “Zero-Click” Attribution Gap

    By: Partnerize
  • Powered by AI, Governed by Human Ingenuity

    By: ROAST
  • Transforming Awareness into Action: Proving Immersive Paid Social Drives Measurable Performance

    By: Hearts & Science
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