Former TikTok Executives Launch AI-Powered Camera App to Teach Users How to Pose for Photos
Two former TikTok employees, Melody Chu and Jing Liu, have launched an iOS app called Superpose that uses artificial intelligence to help users pose better in photos. The app generates four potential poses based on a selfie or photo of the user, offering suggestions they can try using its 'match pose' feature. The idea for the app came from personal frustration with poor-quality family portraits and aims to improve real-life photography rather than creating AI-generated backgrounds. Superpose was launched in July 2024 and has already been downloaded over 22,000 times, generating more than 190,000 poses. The app offers five free pose generations per day with optional paid upgrades for additional uses. While the startup acknowledges competition from other AI photography tools like Google's Camera Coach and Adobe’s experimental features, it aims to focus on real-life portrait capture rather than fantasy-style image generation. The company has raised $2.2 million in funding from Khosla Ventures, Meitu (a Chinese smartphone app maker), and OVTR Ventures. The founders are working on improving the AI's pose suggestions for better realism and personalization.
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