Shxpir

I once dated a guy who kept 17 versions of the same photo of his face. All edited differently. All stored on random drives. That’s also how billion-dollar brands handle product visuals and prototypes. So I dumped him. And built 1MAGE.ai Think of it as AWS for product visuals: one hub where the entire product line becomes 3D twins—so brands can prototype in 3D, test, and launch product before they exist. One source of truth instead of endless reshoots and samples. L’Oréal already paid us to digitize 200+ SKUs this year and expanding to more brands We’re now raising to scale this infrastructure. And yes, I’m still dating—but only investors who believe in version control.

“taste is a new core skill.” Finally. Silicon Valley discovered aesthetics. AI can make 10,000 images. Only one won’t embarrass the brand in 12 markets. That’s taste. 1MAGE.ai encodes it into workflow. At 1MAGE.ai, we don’t generate more. We decide better. Whoever this resonates with — call me. We’ve been building for this moment.

Week 1 of 2026 and we almost hit $1M ARR. No launch. No hype deck. Just 3 enterprise brands signing. What have we done right? you may ask Traditional workflow: New campaign → reshoot New market → reshoot New Slack opinion → reshoot Very scalable--For burning money. So we flipped it. Build the 3D digital twin once. Reuse it forever. Infinite outputs. Zero reshoots. That’s why Sol de Janeiro, Urban Decay, and Margiela Fragrances committed before the platform is fully live. Hot take: If your content strategy starts with a photoshoot, it’s not a strategy. It’s a subscription to chaos. Anyway. Week 1. $1M-ish ARR. No ring light was harmed. Are you still reshooting or rebuilding the pipeline?

Why creative founders build better AI True story: A client once said, “Can we make this purple 2% warmer… but not too warm?” That’s when it hit me — most AI founders have never been in that room. They’re ex-Google, ex-Facebook, ex-Amazon. Brilliant, yes. But they’ve never had a creative director whisper, “Make it feel more expensive,” then change the entire brief 10 minutes later. So they build flawless tools for imaginary problems. Creative founders, though — we’ve been in the chaos. Agencies, shoots, feedback loops from hell. We don’t guess what’s broken; we’ve been yelled at while fixing it. We know where taste collapses, who panics first, and how much it costs. That’s why when we build AI, it doesn’t feel futuristic. It feels obvious. Because we’re not predicting the future — we’re just automating our trauma. The future of AI won’t be built by the smartest in the room. It’ll be built by the ones who’ve actually been yelled at in one.

@quxiaoyin I’m so pumped by this motivational speech. Gonna play it daily when I wake Up 3am

It’s my weekly comedy time! Build in public founders, please don’t cancel me !

@frxiaobei 求码 谢谢

有时候真的挺感慨的。 AI 这一年大家都在讲Agent 是未来，可真正去重构系统能让它真的稳定工作起来的团队，其实没几个。 Flowith 这次从系统层去重构 Agent 怎么工作，让智能体能直接和真实网络交互。 我试了下，感觉方向是对的，执行也挺稳。 现在已经开放公测，可以自己体验。 挺难得看到国内团队在 Agent 方向上走得这么彻底，直接把东西做出来。

@Granite77777 但凡有点脑子的人 google下就能找到出处，原博主反讽来着，你还当真了

难以置信 🚨 他收到了一封来自EBT的电子邮件，通知他如果想继续为他的两个孩子每月领取740美元的EBT福利，他每周必须至少工作20小时。 他说：“我不会为任何人工作，这就是纳税人的职责，他们为我工作。” 你会为他感到遗憾吗？我不会。

Shocking footage. Melbourne > Terror attack on Asian look passerby With the heavy western anti-China propaganda, this is no surprise. This could be linked to an orchestrated anti-China/anti-Asia brainwashing leading to random savagery targeting Asians.

Let’s talk about sexism in tech and VC — not the loud kind, but the subtle kind that slips quietly into rooms with lanyards and pitch decks. I met this absolute genius of a woman — stylish, sharp, instantly got what we’re building at 1MAGE.ai. She understood it faster than most guys in the room. Then she introduces me to a guy in the “VC world”, and boom — instant secondhand sexism. Because, of course, if a woman’s making the intro, it can’t be a “serious” tech company, right? He actually asks if women even need more than one lipstick. Meanwhile, we’re rebuilding how physical product design works — helping brands create, test, and launch faster with digital twins. Tech loves to talk about inclusion — just not to the people it’s about. Here’s to the women who see the future before everyone else — building, coding, leading, and carrying this industry on their backs. They’re the real geniuses of tech. And yes — they look hot while doing it. I love women. Xoxo. #Founder #funding #business #investing #vc #venturecapital #entrepreneur #startup #female

SF @Techweek_ day one : By 2 PM, I was 80% caffeine, 20% insecurity. Every conversation started with “What are you building?” and ended with “We’re still in stealth.” Bro, you’re wearing the logo on your hoodie. #techweek #AI #startup #investor #SFTechWeek

@antduchofficial proof of concept achieved: emotional retention > user retention

@Shxpir this is unhinged in the best way. saas siren is staying with me forever.

I engraved my AirPods “SAAS SIREN.” The Greeks had sirens that lured sailors to their deaths. I have SaaS that lures brands into contracts. Founders talk about client acquisition. I prefer client seduction — same metrics, better lighting. Odysseus tied himself to the mast. My clients tie themselves to auto-renew. Apple built live translation into AirPods Pro 2. I just wish they’d built one for investors — so they’d understand “pre-seed traction.” Until then, I’ll keep singing my SaaS song: fewer redos, more revenue, and a CAC worthy of a Greek tragedy.

@gumruyanzh @Techweek_ Guy just out here randomly saving lives. Thanks

here is it github.com/gumruyanzh/par… simply go to @Techweek_ calendar page then at the bottom extension will bring a button SCAN EVENTS and then it will fill inside options (right click on extension then options) all events, you just need to add rules for questions what answer to give to each question

There are so many Events during @Techweek_ #SF and #LA and filling those forums we are #PartyFull is so annoying I have created an extension for Chrome which will autofill your events' forms. let me know if you need it

@antduchofficial Startup romance, SaaS edition.

@Shxpir this reads like a startup rom-com and i’m here for it.

I’m better than other founders. Why? Because I just paid $69.99 for LinkedIn Premium. It’s not the function that matters, it’s about the action Other founders try to “network” for free. I invest in love. Investor love. With receipt. Yes, it’s monthly. Yes, I could’ve saved 36% with annual. But nothing screams commitment like knowing I might cancel next month. Founders brag about ARR. I brag about LIRR: LinkedIn Recurring Revenue. Straight out of my bank account. So investors, pay attention to my name. I’m not just in your inbox. I’m in your billing cycle. Romance is dead, but I’m still paying $69.99 to resurrect it.

@antduchofficial Thanks man. invisible now, inevitable later.

@Shxpir bars. infra wins by staying invisible, til it doesn’t.

Everyone is panicking that ChatGPT is about to kill Amazon. But let’s be real: no matter where you click “Buy Now” — in-app, on Shopify, or telepathically through Sam Altman’s forehead — the images you see will still come from 1MAGE.ai. You don’t notice us because we’re the infrastructure. You also don’t notice the electricity when you open the fridge, but try buying ice cream without it.

@shl Me me me! Pls

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I found an iPhone in a CitiBike basket. I waited 48 hours for someone to call it. No one did. So I adopted it. It’s not theft. It’s acquisition. I named it Head of Growth. It’s already outperformed several humans I’ve worked with. Since joining the team, it has: •Never complained. •Never asked for equity. •And doubled our screen time metrics. This is the startup mindset. You don’t find talent. You intercept it. Some people ride bikes. Some people build companies from lost property. I no longer believe in “lost & found.” Only pre-seed & scaled.