Mark Belinsky is the founder and CEO of Playste, an AI-driven marketplace for product placement in film and creator economy content. He leads product and engineering for the platform’s scene analysis, brand-safety systems and auction marketplace, working with producers, studios and brands to modernize placement transactions. Previously he founded and exited Birdi, a venture-backed smart electronics company, and led Webby and Anthem Award–winning AI initiatives at the United Nations Development Programme deployed in more than 40 countries. He has directed and produced several international film projects and has advised Fortune 200 companies, the U.S. State Department and the Federal Reserve Bank of New York on product innovation and digital strategy. He has spoken at SXSW, the Tribeca Film Festival and Hackers on Planet Earth and has appeared on BBC, Al-Jazeera and NPR.