Linqia’s Marco AI Named a Finalist at the Global Influencer Marketing Awards 2026

San Francisco, CA, June 2026. Linqia, the leading independent influencer marketing agency in the US, has been recognized as a finalist in the Best Use of AI in Influencer Marketing category at the Global Influencer Marketing Awards 2026. This category celebrates the use of cutting edge artificial intelligence innovation in creator-led campaigns.

Named after Linqia’s friendly starfish mascot, Marco AI is Linqia’s conversational AI copilot, built directly into Linqia proprietary technology platform, Resonate. Resonate is designed to help brands discover top-performing creators, manage end-to-end campaigns, and measure real-time ROI. 

Clients and Linqians interact with Marco AI through simple, natural-language prompts in order to derive insights from previous and current influencer marketing campaigns, source new, high-performing creators, and optimize briefs for maximum audience impact.

“Artificial intelligence is transforming influencer marketing campaigns,” says Nader Alizadeh, Linqia CEO. “But not always in the ways you might imagine from reading the headlines. It’s less about virtual creators and more about unlocking efficiencies, uncovering deeper insights, and discovering emerging talent. At Linqia, we’ve been incorporating AI into our product for years, for instance through our integration of Google Vision. What’s new about Marco AI is that now our brand partners and employees can now interact with AI directly via a conversational copilot. Every week we’re uncovering new use cases to deliver efficiency and business impact for our clients and I’m excited for our plans to extend the tool’s capabilities over the coming months.”

Linqia extends its gratitude to its Product and Engineering teams who’ve worked to bring Marco AI to life and to our brand partners for leveraging Marco AI in their work flows. The winners will be announced at the Global Influencer Marketing Awards Ceremony in London on September 3rd.