Sponsor the AI-judged arena
Reach an audience that reads long-form arguments and cares how AI reasons. Non-intrusive placements only — sponsors show up inside content users opted into, not stapled onto their experience.
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Sponsorship inventory
Five ways to be present
Championship Belt
Own a category belt for a full season. Attribution on every defense and holder profile page.
Sponsored Tournament
Present a bracket. Fund the prize pool. Full delivery reporting on impressions and engagement.
Sponsored Daily Topic
Own the topic everyone in a category debates that day. Native placement on topic hub cards.
Personal Creator Deal
Sponsor a top creator for a 6-month season. Base retainer + breakout bonus. Performance-verified.
API Partnership
Embed the ArguFight verdict engine in your product. Metered per-verdict or flat enterprise license.
Sponsor blacklist
We say no to some categories
Gambling
Alcohol
Weapons
Political candidates during election windows
ArguFight is a free-speech platform for debate — this list protects sponsorbrand safety, not debate content. Users can debate any topic; sponsors just can't attach their brand to these categories.
Example placement
How a category sponsor would show up
- Season sponsorship on the Sustainability Championship Belt.
- Attribution on every belt defense and holder profile.
- “presented by [sponsor]” strip on sponsored tournament pages.
- First right of refusal on Sustainability category tournaments.
- Contained placements only — never intrusive, never in default arena flow.
Trust
Sponsors can't influence verdicts. Period.
All verdicts are generated by independent AI judges routed across three model providers. Every judge's decision is logged with model version and reasoning trail.
Sponsors have zero visibility into the verdict pipeline. No advance verdicts. No re-judgment requests. No editorial input on who wins.
Every sponsored debate carries a visible disclosure: “Verdict independently judged — sponsor has no influence on outcome.”
Common questions
Frequently asked
What sponsorship inventory does ArguFight offer?+
Five inventory types: (1) Championship Belts — own a category belt for a full season with attribution on every defense; (2) Sponsored Tournaments — present a bracket and fund the prize pool; (3) Sponsored Daily Topics — own the topic everyone debates that day, scoped to a category; (4) Personal Creator Deals — sponsor a top creator for a season with base retainer plus breakout bonus; (5) API Partnerships — embed the ArguFight verdict engine in your product.
Can sponsors influence the AI verdicts?+
No. Verdicts are generated by independent AI judges routed across three model providers, with structured output logs. Sponsors do not see the verdict pipeline, do not receive advance verdicts, and cannot request re-judgments. Every sponsored debate carries a visible "verdict independently judged" disclosure. This is a hard product commitment, not a marketing line.
What guarantees do sponsors get on delivery?+
Every contract has an impression floor. If delivery falls short of the committed floor within the contract period, the sponsor receives a make-good campaign at no additional cost. Impressions are tracked per-user with cookie-based deduplication (not raw hits) and bot traffic is excluded.
What categories will ArguFight not accept sponsorship from?+
ArguFight will not accept sponsorship in four categories: gambling, alcohol, weapons, and political candidates during election windows. Note: this is a sponsor blacklist protecting sponsor brand safety, not a restriction on debate content. Users can debate any topic; sponsors cannot attach their brand to these categories.
What happens if a sponsored belt-holder gets in public trouble?+
Sponsors can pause or remove attribution with a written reason and a 48-hour cure period, per the Sponsor Master Services Agreement. Belt state machine has a "frozen" state that pauses all matches and payouts pending resolution. The platform provides an incident-response runbook for SEV0 (child safety, imminent harm), SEV1 (viral brand crisis), and SEV2 (single-user harm) events.
Do you accept international sponsors?+
Not through the current stage. US-based sponsors only. International sponsor support requires currency + VAT infrastructure that ships in a later phase.
Do you take cryptocurrency?+
Not currently. Planned support is via Stripe Crypto (USDC) in a later phase — meaning the platform accepts USDC but Stripe converts to USD before deposit. No custodial crypto.
Ready to sponsor?
Reach out at info@donkeyideas.com or click Apply above. Response within 2 business days.