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title: Create a Project
slug: may-2026-collab/create-a-project
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createdAt: 2025-01-31T21:17:27.979Z
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After you discover and connect with the publisher, it’s time to create a project. Use the project space to run overlap calculations to compare your audiences with your collaborator’s audiences and discover recommended audiences that you can use in campaigns.

To create a project, select the Plus **+** symbol in the upper right corner. Or, if this is your first project, navigate to **Collaborate > My Projects**, and select **Create a project**.

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If you're in your collaborator connection, you can create a project from within the connection view

Provide a **project name** and optional **description** for your project, select an image header to easily distinguish the project, and confirm your selection.

**Project name**: <font color="#5a09f3">BoxStream &amp; Luma *+ your initials*</font>

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You can now view your new project and its details. Use can use the [Discover](https://experienceleague.adobe.com/en/docs/real-time-cdp-collaboration/using/collaborate/discover) tab to start running overlap calculations between your and your collaborator’s audiences.

After [creating a project](https://experienceleague.adobe.com/en/docs/real-time-cdp-collaboration/using/collaborate/manage-projects) within a collaboration space between an advertiser and a publisher, you can now compare your audiences against your collaborator’s audiences. You can discover overlaps between audiences and get insights broken down by match keys or identities. This helps advertisers decide which audiences to share with publishers for activation, depending on the desired use case.