Built an AI ad generator and ran $9K of FB ads with it
Been in the AI image gen space since 2023, before even GPT image gen was a thing, and after spending ~9K on Facebook ads for my own projects (made a video about that actually) I realized the thing I kept getting stuck on was the creatives themselves. I'm horrible at making reels-type video ads and Canva even with templates is surprisingly complicated for ad-specific stuff, plus everything ends up looking the same as everyone else using the same templates. Made a video going into detail about the full FB ads journey if anyone's interested:…
Built an AI ad generator and ran $9K of FB ads with it launched on March 14, 2026 with 6 votes, #1,631 of 23,380 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches.
What it does
AdMake AI lets you see what Facebook ads your competitors are running and create similar ones for your brand. You enter your website, it finds competitors automatically, and shows you all their active ads. Save the ones you like to a swipe file, then use AI to generate your own version — either copying the exact layout with your branding swapped in, or creating fresh variations inspired by the original.
Drop your brand, product photos, and website. AdMakeAI generates a steady stream of high-quality ads across Meta, TikTok, and Shopify. Stop thinking about ads.
The bigger brands you compete with are not smarter. They just have a creative team. AdMakeAI gives you the same output, without the team, the agency, or the budget. They're not smarter. They just put more ads in front of the algorithm every week, and volume is what it rewards. Across 170+ brands, the ones testing 20+ new ads a month see 65% higher ROAS than the ones testing fewer than 10. Not because each ad is better. More tests surface more winners, and the losers get switched off before they burn budget. Those 2,000 ads your competitors run are not 2,000 great ads. They're 2,000 tests. Every ad below came out of AdMakeAI. No cherry-picking, no retouching. Judge forfrom admakeai.com
In the maker’s words, at launch
Been in the AI image gen space since 2023, before even GPT image gen was a thing, and after spending ~9K on Facebook ads for my own projects (made a video about that actually) I realized the thing I kept getting stuck on was the creatives themselves. I'm horrible at making reels-type video ads and Canva even with…
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