No-code quickstart
Start with allowed surfaces, blocked industries, and a sandbox placement scoped to one AI feature.
In-product AI features
Monetize embedded AI without disrupting your product.
Add sponsored moments to AI sidebars, smart compose, and inline assistants while keeping the user's documents, tasks, and workflow output untouched.
The sponsored moment
Monetize the visible AI state.
Embedded AI lives inside bounded product surfaces. That makes it possible to sponsor the AI feature without turning the user's core work into an ad surface.
AI sidebar
Assistant panel
Smart compose footer
Inline assistant container
Result companion panel
Workflow sidebar
Place the sponsored unit inside the AI container or companion panel, not inside the user's document, task, or saved record.
Visual sponsored moments, not rewritten AI output.
Some AI monetization approaches insert sponsored text into model output. wavebird keeps the boundary clear with visual sponsored moments that are labeled, separate, and controlled by your app.
Patent-pending generation-time sponsorship.
wavebird introduced a system for showing sponsored moments while an AI response is being generated, turning wait time into revenue without delaying or altering the answer.
Recommended setup
Start with the smallest controlled surface.
The first test should be easy to reason about: one visual slot, one timing rule, clear disclosure, and no sensitive data in the sponsor path.
Why this surface works
- Embedded AI features already sit in bounded UI containers that product teams can control.
- Teams can isolate sponsorship to free, trial, or non-sensitive AI surfaces.
- The core SaaS workflow stays intact because the sponsor never becomes part of the work product.
What stays untouched
- User documents
- Smart compose text
- Generated content
- Product database records
- Prompt and model context
- Core workflow state
Placement judgment
Good placements versus avoid.
The difference is whether the sponsor is clearly outside the AI output and easy for the user to understand.
Good
- Sponsor card in an AI sidebar after a response.
- Compact banner in an assistant panel footer.
- Sponsored resource beside an AI-generated summary.
Avoid
- Sponsored text inserted into a user's document.
- Sponsor metadata added to smart compose output.
- Ads inside mission-critical or sensitive workflow states.
Implementation path
Server-side match, client-side render.
The product keeps orchestration and policy control. wavebird returns a placement decision, then the hosted renderer handles media and beacons.
Developer API path
Bind placement requests to the product area and render only inside the assistant panel or companion shell.
Server-side matching
Send product area, broad topic, locale, consent, and format controls without forwarding documents or model context.
Client-side rendering
Mount the sponsored card in the AI panel and use fallbacks so the product flow never depends on fill.
Controls
Decide where sponsorship is allowed.
The app decides surfaces, formats, labels, relevance, blocked categories, fallback behavior, and when the sponsor path is disabled.
Eligible product areas
AI panel surfaces
Format defaults
Blocked industries
Relevance rules
Label text
Sensitive workflow opt-out
Operator kill switch
Related surfaces
Similar visible AI moments.
Next step
Sponsor the AI feature, not the product data.
Start with one assistant panel and keep every document, task, and workflow record outside the sponsor path.