Anchor
$1,000
The centre plate of the case. One company only.
- The largest placement on the front face
- Named first wherever sponsors are listed
- Your logo in the hero photograph of the finished case
Independent sponsorship project20 of 20 placements open
Your brand, on my case.
Your logo travels on the hardest-working object in tech: a developer’s carry-on. San Francisco, for OpenAI DevDay, September 29, 2026. Placements from $250.
Independent project · Not affiliated with, sponsored by or endorsed by OpenAI
$0of $3,000 funded
Sponsorship
Three ways to come along.
Fixed starting prices, invoiced properly, no negotiation theatre. Pick a tier — you can choose the exact panel on the case afterwards, and give more than the tier price if you want to.
Partner
$500
A full-width band or field on one of the case's main faces.
- A high-visibility placement on the front, back or lid
- Named in the sponsor list and in trip updates
Supporter
$250
A smaller placement on a spine, rail or tile.
- A placement on the case
- Named in the sponsor list
Want to do more?
Every tier is a starting price — you can name a higher amount on the form. Or cover the trip outright and be the reason it happened.
Prices are in US dollars and are invoiced after I confirm availability. No payment is taken on this website. Sponsorship funds the trip and the case; it buys a physical placement and the deliverables listed below, and nothing else.
The case
Twenty real places to put a logo.
This is the actual case, measured. Spin it, pick the panel you want, and I’ll confirm whether it’s still free. 20 of 20 are open right now.
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One case · 20 placements
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What sponsors receive
The logo isn’t an ad unit. It’s physically coming with me.
I built the case because a sponsorship should be something you can actually point at. Here is everything you get, and nothing you don’t.
A physical placement
Your logo is printed in cut vinyl and fitted by hand to the panel you chose on the case I travel with.
The photographs
High-resolution photographs of the finished case with your placement on it, sent to you after installation.
A place on this page
Your name and logo on the sponsor section of this site, linked to your site — shown only with your permission.
Credit in the updates
Sponsors are acknowledged in the build and trip updates I publish about the case.
A post-trip photo pack
A set of photographs from the trip that you are free to use, on terms we agree in writing beforehand.
Brand visibility inside any event venue is subject to the organiser's rules. This is independent attendee sponsorship, not event sponsorship. It includes no event rights, no credentials, no introductions, no guaranteed impressions and no audience figures.
How it works
Four steps. No checkout.
Pick a tier
Anchor, Partner or Supporter. Optionally pick the exact panel you want on the case.
Send your details
A short form: company, contact, website. No card details, no payment, nothing charged.
I reply personally
I confirm the panel is still free, answer questions and send a proper invoice with payment details.
Your logo goes on
Once payment clears, your artwork is produced, fitted to the case, photographed and sent to you.
No card details are collected anywhere on this website. Payment happens against an invoice, after I have confirmed the placement with you.
Sponsors
Founding sponsor positions are open.
Nobody has confirmed yet — this section fills in as sponsorships are agreed, and it will only ever show real companies who have said we can name them.
The first company on the case gets the first line of the story I tell about this trip.
Where it goes
What the $3,000 funds
Sponsorship covers the cost of getting to San Francisco and of building and documenting the case. It is not a fee for access to anything, and it is not a donation — it buys a placement and a set of deliverables.
International travelReturn flights, Pakistan to San Francisco
AccommodationNights in San Francisco around the event
Local transportAirport transfers and getting around the city
Case production and brandingThe case, printed vinyl, fitting and photography
Other trip costsVisa, insurance and the things trips produce
The exact split across these categories is not published yet, because I have not finished booking. I would rather show you the categories than a number I made up. Ask me and I will send what I have quoted so far.
Is this affiliated with OpenAI or DevDay?
No. This is an independent project run by one developer. I was accepted to attend OpenAI DevDay as an attendee, and that is the whole of the relationship. OpenAI does not sponsor, endorse, organise, approve, partner with or participate in this campaign, and a sponsorship here is not an official event sponsorship of any kind.
What exactly am I sponsoring?
A named, measured area on a physical travel case that I own and am taking to San Francisco. You are sponsoring the trip, and the placement is the thing you get to point at.
What do I receive?
Your logo printed and fitted to the panel you chose, high-resolution photographs of the finished case, your name and logo on this site if you want them there, credit in the trip updates I publish, and a post-trip photo pack on agreed terms.
How is payment handled?
Not on this website. No card details are collected here and nothing is charged. You send your company details, I confirm availability, and I send a business invoice with payment instructions. Payment happens through that invoice, outside this site.
Can I get an invoice? Can I pay without a credit card?
Yes to both. Every sponsorship is invoiced. I am based in Pakistan and invoice internationally, so payment is by bank or international payment service rather than a card form on a webpage. If your finance team needs a particular format or reference on the invoice, tell me and I will match it.
When will my logo be placed?
After the invoice is paid and you have supplied artwork. I fit placements in batches ahead of the trip and send you photographs once yours is on. If you need a specific date for your own announcement, ask me before you commit and I will tell you honestly whether I can meet it.
Can I choose where my logo appears?
Yes, within your tier. Each tier covers a specific set of panels on the case, and you can name the one you want. Panels go on a first-confirmed basis, so a panel is only yours once the sponsorship is confirmed.
Do you accept international companies?
Yes. Sponsors can be anywhere. Invoicing is in US dollars.
Can you reject a company?
Yes. The case travels with me and appears in things I publish, so I will decline a sponsorship that I am not comfortable carrying. Nothing has been charged at that point, because payment only happens after I confirm.
What happens if the trip cannot happen?
If the trip does not go ahead, I will contact every confirmed sponsor directly and agree how to settle it — a refund of what has not been spent, or the placement and photography delivered without the trip, whichever we agree. I am not going to publish a blanket refund guarantee on a webpage before I have agreed the terms in writing with you; the terms that bind are the ones on your invoice.
Will the case be visible inside the venue?
I cannot promise that and I will not. What any venue allows through its doors is the organiser's decision, not mine. What I can promise is the physical placement, the photographs and the documentation, and none of that depends on anyone else's permission.
The person
Who’s carrying the case?
Haseeb Arshad
Software developer · Pakistan
I'm Haseeb. I build software from Pakistan — mostly web and AI things, mostly on my own time.
Getting from here to San Francisco costs real money. Rather than ask anyone for a donation, I'd rather sell something I can actually deliver, and then document it properly for the companies who made the trip possible.
The reason for the trip
Accepted to attend OpenAI DevDay in San Francisco, September 29, 2026.
The invitation, as it arrived. The registration link is not shown: the ticket is mine and is non-transferable, and it is not what a sponsorship buys — a sponsorship buys a placement on the case.
Independent project · Not affiliated with, sponsored by or endorsed by OpenAI.
Transparency
Independent by design
Brand the Case is an independent sponsorship project run by Haseeb Arshad.
Haseeb has been accepted to attend OpenAI DevDay in San Francisco as an attendee. OpenAI does not sponsor, endorse, organise, approve, partner with or otherwise participate in this campaign.
A sponsorship here is not an official event sponsorship and confers no event rights, credentials, access or endorsement.
Any appearance of the case at an event remains subject to that event's rules and venue policies.
A few companies help make the trip possible. I make sure their support is visible and documented.
$3,000 gets one developer from Pakistan to San Francisco with a case that has your logo on it. Send your details and I’ll come back to you personally.
Or just email me: haseebarshad992@gmail.com