About Afford-X

Built to solve the problem every DSP ignores.

Programmatic advertising has optimized everything — creative, placement, timing, frequency — except the one variable that determines whether a campaign actually works: whether the person on the other end of the impression can afford what you're selling.

Afford-X was founded to close that gap. We built affordability intelligence from the ground up — proprietary scoring, a purpose-built identity layer, and distribution infrastructure that activates inside the platforms media buyers already use. No new tools. No workflow change. Just smarter bids.

We are a small team of operators, data scientists, and engineers who have spent careers inside the platforms, the data stacks, and the agency workflows this industry runs on. We know what's broken — and we know exactly how to fix it.

300+
Affordability segments across verticals and subverticals
10
Affordability deciles — D1 through D10
$0.90
Flat CPM — no percentage of spend, no hidden fees
3
Active DSP integrations — Meta, DV360
Arthur Becker
Arthur Becker
Co-Founder & Lead Investor
A veteran investor and operator best known as the former CEO of NaviSite — sold to Time Warner Cable for $230M — and chairman and CEO of the digital newsstand Zinio. Arthur is Chairman of the Board of iPill and a founder of Afford-X, bringing decades of experience scaling technology companies and backing high-impact ventures. He guides Afford-X's long-term vision and capital strategy.
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Mitch Eggers
Mitch Eggers
Co-Founder & COO
A data scientist with 20+ years building audience-intelligence models at global scale. As Chief Scientist at Kantar Profiles and Lightspeed Research, Mitch modeled 170M+ consumers across 100+ markets and holds two US patents in statistical analysis and audience identification — the foundation for Afford-X's scoring engine. He leads the data science and modeling work at the core of the platform.
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John Akre
John Akre
CEO
Over 20 years of leadership in marketing and operations at Google, YouTube, Facebook, and Netflix, paired with a consulting background in AI systems design. John joined Afford-X to bring affordability intelligence to the one variable programmatic advertising has always ignored. He leads company strategy and GTM, translating deep platform experience into measurable outcomes for media buyers.
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Nayana Hettiarachchi
Nayana Hettiarachchi
CTO
An accomplished technology leader with 20+ years in software development and 15+ years leading engineering teams. Nayana has delivered high-quality, scalable software across complex, large-scale systems throughout his career — owning the platform engineering and infrastructure behind Afford-X. He ensures the scoring engine runs reliably and scales to meet demand.
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