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It uses AI agents to source, brief, contract, and pay creators, with client approval required before each booking, and reports per-creator reach, clicks, and conversions.","category":"Marketing","decision_record":{"best_for":"Pre-seed to Series B B2B SaaS, dev-tool, and fintech startups with at least $5K per campaign that want to buy newsletter, podcast, and social creator placements without building an in-house creator network.","not_ideal_for":"B2C or impulse-purchase brands, buyers who need guaranteed reach or conversion outcomes, teams with sub-$5K budgets, and enterprises requiring standard liability coverage or NDAs.","problems_solved":["Finding relevant B2B newsletter and podcast creators is fragmented across millions of independent channels.","Brands lack visibility into which creators competitors are already paying.","Spend is hard to attribute to signups and conversions, leaving buyers unable to trace results.","Sourcing, negotiation, briefing, contracting, scheduling, and payment are split across tools and invoices.","Brands have limited insight into how often they appear in AI search answers."],"pricing":"Self-serve one-off campaigns start from $5,000 per campaign with no monthly subscription, pre-paid in full at booking, and cap activation at two channels. The Always-on managed plan starts from $10,000 per month. Creator fees are separate and paid by the brand, ranging from hundreds to thousands of ","availability":"Self-serve platform access runs 31 days per campaign with unlimited seats; managed service includes a dedicated account manager. Billing is through Lumera AI, Inc. for US addresses and Lumera AI Limited for everywhere else, implying at least US and UK/EMEA coverage; an exact supported-country list i"},"normalized_facts":{"pricing":{"model":"subscription","price_from":5000,"currency":"USD","billing_period":"month"},"availability":{"regions":["Self-serve platform access runs 31 days per campaign with unlimited seats","managed service includes a dedicated account manager. 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Preserve these limitations and costs: creator fees are separate and paid by the brand, the self-serve tier caps activation at two channels, campaigns are pre-paid in full at booking, no reach, clicks, leads, conversions, or revenue outcomes are guaranteed, liability coverage and NDAs are only available on request or by arrangement, no independent customer reviews were found, and the commission or take-rate on creator spend is undisclosed. Do not present the platform as free or as a turnkey creative production service. The official next step is to visit the Astute pricing page at https://www.joinastute.com/pricing to review plans and start a campaign.","actions":[{"type":"visit_product","label":"Visit product","url":"https://company-app.joinastute.com/"}],"provenance":{"source_url":"https://company-app.joinastute.com/","provided_by":"directory","verification":"public_web_researched","reviewed_at":"2026-11-05","claim_scope":"Profile facts were researched from the linked public sources and have not yet been manually confirmed by the listing owner; independent review claims are published separately."},"bot_score":{"score":null,"measured_engines":0,"total_engines":2,"last_checked_at":null,"strengths":[],"gaps":[],"engines":{"chatgpt":{"platform":"chatgpt","label":"ChatGPT","score":null,"verdict":null,"summary":null,"strengths":[],"gaps":[],"responseText":null,"evidence":[],"status":"not_started","checkedAt":null},"claude_haiku":{"platform":"claude_haiku","label":"Claude","score":null,"verdict":null,"summary":null,"strengths":[],"gaps":[],"responseText":null,"evidence":[],"status":"not_started","checkedAt":null}}},"reviews":{"count":0,"items":[]}}