Beacons is a creator monetization platform founded in 2019 by Neal Jean, David Zeng, Jesse Zhang, and Greg Luppescu, who met while pursuing machine learning PhDs at Stanford. The company went through Y Combinator's Summer 2019 batch and is based in San Francisco, having raised $29.8 million in venture funding to date.
Creators build a link-in-bio page, media kit, and online store from one dashboard, and an AI assistant called Beam helps draft brand-partnership pitches, product descriptions, and email campaigns rather than leaving creators to write every asset by hand. The platform folds digital product sales, email marketing, and performance analytics into the same account instead of requiring separate tools for each function.
Beacons suits individual creators on Instagram and TikTok who want to monetize an audience without hiring a team. The core plan is free forever with no monthly cost; paid plans start at $10 per month ($8.33 per month billed annually) for expanded branding, analytics, and automation features.
