Cofounder for an AI Image Editing Startup (CG)
Автор: Maria Korina
Идея: I'm building an AI-powered image editing tool for CG artists, digital illustrators and post-production studios. The product brings generative capabilities — inpainting, upscaling, stylization, background/object replacement, color grading — into one workflow built for how CG professionals actually work: layers, masks, PSD/EXR files and batch processing across hundreds of frames.
The idea isn't to replace the artist with AI, it's to remove the grind: rough retouching, reference upscaling, generating texture and material variations, batch-processing renders. It plugs into existing studio and freelancer pipelines instead of requiring a switch to a whole new tool.
Revenue model: tiered subscriptions (freelancer and team plans for studios) plus pay-as-you-go pricing for generation volume above the plan limit.
Есть: I run an active community of CG artists — a Telegram channel and social media following of around 7,500 people combined, with content refreshed **daily**: render breakdowns, 3D and compositing tutorials, reference roundups, jobs and freelance gigs for CG specialists.
Through the community I have direct access to working CG artists and small post-production studios ready to test beta versions and give feedback on real production work.
Нужно: Looking for a technical cofounder with experience in **AI and generative image models**:
1. Integrating and fine-tuning models for inpainting, upscaling, background/object replacement and CG-specific stylization.
2. Building a backend for batch-processing large volumes of images (batching, queues, GPU infrastructure).
3. Supporting professional formats (PSD, EXR, TIFF, layers and masks).
4. Designing an API to integrate with existing CG pipelines (Photoshop, Nuke, Blender).
I'll own the community, beta testers, feedback loops with working artists, and product promotion within the CG space.
Условия: Equity — **30%+**, final terms discussed after the first few weeks of working together. Remote, syncing on tasks 2-3 times a week. Bootstrapped MVP to start, no outside funding yet.
