Marketplace Tech · Tuesday, July 14, 2026
Comedians Harris Altman and Dave Ross created fake AI company ads, such as "Frogall" and "Cutlery.ai," which mimicked the often inscrutable marketing language of real AI companies. Their project, featuring mock ads like "ZipLink is now Frogall" with slogans like 'Cloud-based safety, you know and love,' gained significant traction online.
“Frogall. Dennis. Cutlery.ai. All names of made-up AI companies featured in ads posted around the New York City transit system a few weeks ago. The ads are fake, but they bear an eerie resemblance to the real AI marketing campaigns proliferating in many cities.”
“It makes me feel like I'm going insane because I don't know what they're selling. People used to make advertisements like, we sell bread. We sell chairs. And I know what bread and chairs are. And now when you read an ad, you're like, I don't even know what you're selling.”
“And so one of the ones we posted says, uh, ZipLink is now Frogall.”