AI has transformed how video is created. We think the next wave is about understanding it. Over the past few years, we've seen remarkable advances in video generation, editing, avatars, and creative tooling. An increasingly important problem is teaching machines to search, analyze, reason over, and extract insight from video - across massive libraries and live streams alike. We're calling this video intelligence, and we're actively looking to back founders building here. We're most excited about companies pushing on the core capabilities: - Video-native models - multimodal embeddings, temporal reasoning, and retrieval built specifically for video rather than adapted from image or text - Real-time and large-scale pipelines - infrastructure for processing, indexing, and querying video at the speed and scale enterprises actually need - Agentic and reasoning layers - systems that don't just retrieve clips but answer questions, surface anomalies, and take action on what they see The models and infrastructure to make this real are appearing to be crossing a capability threshold right now. Multimodal foundation models are maturing, storage costs have collapsed, and enterprises are sitting on years of unstructured video with no way to use it. That infrastructure unlocks a wide range of applications including media and sports workflows, security and physical operations, enterprise knowledge management, advertising analytics, robotics, and consumer products, where video has historically been dark data. If you're building in video intelligence at the model layer, the platform layer, or in a vertical application, we'd love to talk!

Andrew Huberman has an entire generation of aging millennials taking cold showers, supplementing magnesium for sleep, and buying Athletic Greens

🚀 Excited to share that I’ve joined @a16z as a partner on the infrastructure team, where I’ll be investing in all things infra, data, and AI.

A great day to launch @jemi_hq’s NFT gallery builder: 🖼 Think Squarespace for NFTs — build a website for your NFTs in minutes 🔥 Use our templates for inspo 🛠 Website builder UX for free — drag and drop, customize fonts/colors, embeds, etc. → jemi.so/nft

aka us

Last night. NYC infra/AI founders + @a16z infra team + LOS TACOS No. 1 = 🔥🔥🔥 NYC infra is thriving!

Excited to announce that @jemi_hq has been acquired by @brat! 🎉 We're so excited to see our creator vision continue on over at Brat TV. tubefilter.com/2023/11/30/br…

More knowledge = more power. I say this with much love and respect. Thanks for all you do for science!

A quick note on why @jemi_hq ❤️‘s @vercel. Last week we launched on @ProductHunt and the same day both @leeerob and @steventey reached out offering to help. A couple days later we were hacking together in person on new features. Incredible.

There are prob Dopamine-related effects. Think it’s fine even if consistent as long as it’s balanced. Like @hubermanlab suggests best to not layer too many sources of dopamine / intentionally leave out once in a while hubermanlab.com/tools-to-man…

If you’re building in AI infra, developer tools, or data platforms, I’d love to connect. It’s time to build 🔥🔥

We switched to @nextjs and @vercel this year — never going back. I can feel the increase in velocity 🚀 Thanks @leeerob for the s/o!

Fun fact — at @jemihq we were one of the first users of @vercel's multi-tenant platform product. @steventey helped us troubleshoot and get set-up in person!

Congrats @steventey! To the moon 🚀

I feel like every couple of weeks @Venmo's UX gets progressively worse. It's gotten to the point where it's nearly unusable. 😔 Does anyone else feel this way? Do they actively not want us to use the product?

Gumroad is raising prices — they want things to be “simpler and higher”. If this doesn’t sit well with you, use Jemi to sell products with 0% transaction fees. RT/comment for 3 months free of our Biz plan (0% transaction fees of course). We’ll migrate you over for free!

There’s no better time than now to be building and investing in the next super cycle of technology. The pace of innovation across AI and infra is unlike anything we’ve seen before, and I couldn’t be more energized to partner with entrepreneurs who are pushing the frontier forward.

Finally, a huge thank you to my @databricks family. I had the privilege of working on products at a truly generational company, and I’ll carry those lessons with me into this next chapter.

Last week we launched multiple powerful improvements to @jemi_hq's e-commerce features. ✨ Our goal is to make it as easy as possible to sell online. Here are some of our new improvements:👇

Last month at @jemi_hq we had one of our biggest eCommerce-related launches ever. In the history of the company 🤯 We launched support for shopping carts, revamped checkout, added support for product options and variants, and more. Here's how it went down...

Classic SF moments — a forgotten copy of Zero to One found lying on the side of the street 😂

Today we are humbled and ecstatic to officially welcome @andyzhang to the @jemiapp family. 🍾✨

Team Reducto 🔥🔥🔥

I am consistently impressed and quite frankly shocked at the quality of @JoshWComeau's blog posts. Makes learning CSS *fun*. How. The built in goodies like interactive quiz make these educational posts a joy to read.

The support from our early community has been phenomenal. To keep the ball rolling, we're opening 200 spots for Jemi Genesis Members — our earliest supporters 🤫 Just sign up for the waitlist and RT the OG tweet above. We’ll even airdrop you our genesis NFT for free ✨

When you need to ship the parm vinaigrette fast and get customer feedback

This #InternationalWomensDay celebrating all the inspiring leaders out there! And especially my amazing cofounder/partner @annjhwang who was featured on @Google's blog with @jemiapp: blog.google/outreach-initiat…

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Today we are so, so proud to launch Jemi 2.0. In 1yr+ of labor and love, we built a website builder from the ground up specifically for creators, entrepreneurs, and hustlers. 👇👇

This Saturday 12pm PT we're hosting a @jemiapp Clubhouse show with some of our awesome Asian creators to talk about their upbringings and fighting against anti-Asian hate crimes. Save the date at: clubhouse.jemi.app Can't wait! @RealCrystalLowe @migmacario @LexaDoig

Even more exciting is the opportunity to get to do this alongside the best infra team in the business. I’m very deeply grateful for the chance to work alongside @jenniferhli, @stuffyokodraws, @martin_casado, @BornsteinMatt, @zanelackey, @AnjneyMidha, @appenz, Joel, @venturetwins, @MaikaThoughts, @Mascobot, @rajko_rad, and others!

It's been amazing working with @steventey and the rest of the @vercel team on the launch of edge functions. Custom middleware that's not only delightful to write, but magically global and instantaneous. Coupled with the rest of Next.js 12, the future of web is very bright 😎

NFTs have reached a cultural apex — and it’s just the beginning. Yet, despite their prevalence, they’re still primarily viewed on the marketplace platforms/stores they’re bought on. Imagine buying a TV from your local electronics store and only being able to enjoy it there 😮

So excited to have launched @jemiapp on @ProductHunt ✨. Best part is undoubtedly the response from our happy creators. We work so hard everyday to make creators' lives easier.

It’s truly a blessing to be able to work with smart and kind people every single day.

gm, with a new feature ☀️ NFT users — now you can connect multiple wallets to your account during onboarding! ⚡️ A big feature request. We know your NFTs may be distributed across wallets. Happy showcasing!

Enter Jemi's NFT gallery. In just a few clicks — connect your crypto wallet, choose your NFTs, tweak some fonts and templates, and you’re off to the races with a website. Completely free. No exclusive mints where you actually have to pay to use the product.

I've been lucky enough to try the Windsurf Editor in preview and it's truly magical. The @codeiumdev is building magical AI experiences and this is only the beginning.

The past few days our @jemiapp team has been mourning the death of @cliffmsimon -- one of our earliest partners and friends. When @annjhwang first heard the news we both immediately cried. Cliff was beyond just a partner -- he was a dear friend.

Absolutely devastating that Reverie Cafe is closing in SF. One of the best neighborhood spots and a staple in Cole Valley. sf.eater.com/2023/2/14/23599…

Next.js Conf with @andyzhang. Inspiring to see the boundaries of the web being pushed. Also our first in-person @jemi_hq developer conference!

We also built this in a couple weeks. The @jemi_hq ships at an inspirational pace 🔥 Special shoutout to @andyzhang and @annjhwang for making this a reality Want to work with us? ➡️ careers@jemi.app

It can also be personal — laying out your prized assets in a way that's satisfying and meaningful to you.

The beauty is that you have the weight of a fully featured website builder behind you. 🌈 Customize everything, from fonts to colors and backgrounds 🔗 Connect a custom domain 🚀 Collect followers, start a membership, and grow your audience

Building my first dApp on the @solana blockchain this week and live tweeting some thoughts ✨ 1/ learning through @_buildspace is amazing. The cohort approach + dashboard makes me think "how is this free?!" S/o @emotes__ @alec_dilanchian @davbarrick @farzatv for the magic.

Make sure your solution is 10x better

Collectors around the world should have the full creative freedom to curate/showcase the assets they own! Maybe you want to show off the cool new Bored Ape you just added to your collection, or showcase the first ever (!) NFT collection you’ve minted.

As Jemi continues to grow, we’re excited to share more about our early journey — starting with how we got into YC (with only an MVP and a handful of users)! Check out our new blog post ✨ jemi.so/blog/how-we-got-into…

Was awesome to chat with @fredsoda about @jemiapp. Thanks for the deep dive! Would love to see @JonahCallinBack @wilfriedeyi @udayrsingh next :) f2f.substack.com/p/startup-s…

Recently, founders have noticed an uptick in spam and fraud on their platforms. We had a similar experience at Jemi last year. Here I write about how we fought platform spam: → jasonscui.com/jemi-spam

NBA bubble vlogging is an incredibly whimsical example of engaging & modern content creation. Couple of thoughts 👇🧵

Lucky to have you on the team 🔥

Pardon the thread diatribe — it’s been an exciting year at Jemi 🙂 Want to partner? ➡️ partners@jemi.app Any other questions? ➡️ assistant@jemi.app

This is true. And once the frequency of your logged important events grows exponentially and the notifs become annoying — you know you’re onto something :)

Now the fun part where we get to showcase some of our amazing users 😎 Maybe you're like @checkthw and want to show your @wanderers_nft and @TheProjectURS to the world with a striking inferno backdrop 🔥 → jemi.so/tjjjholmes

Or maybe you're like @kalfreese Curating your @noundles @cpgclub and @Cryptoon_Goonz with a clean aesthetic ✨ → jemi.so/freese

Our team has been fascinated by how searching the web is fundamentally changing to become AI-native. We just published a new piece with thoughts 🧵⚡️

2022 means building @jemi_hq in public more, which means more thoughts into the twittersphere :) Thinking about using @typefullyapp. Any other recs for twitter tools?

The response to our NFT gallery launch has been insane 🤯 Thank you all for the support. This is only the beginning, and we can’t wait to build alongside side you as we grow on the web. also s/o @9jaNFTgeek for helping to stoke the community fires already ✨

Can you guess when @jemi_hq was started? Happy new year 🚀

First time experimenting with this creative CSS use case of flex-basis for @jemi_hq's onboarding flow. By setting an explicit width on hover, all children will grow/shrink accordingly! Great for exploring color palettes. Inspired by the amazing @coolors_co ✨

Platforms makes it so easy to build software and just focus on delighting users. Long @vercel. The best part is how @steventey personally walked us through the implementation. A true legend and friend 🚀

Thanks to the @stripe team for breaking down the barriers for startups like @jemi_hq to empower creators to do what they do best. We're excited to be featured alongside creator platforms like @twitter and @teachable in this journey! stripe.com/use-cases/creator…

And, Jemi is built for web2, web3, … , webn. The web is evolving everyday — building on old foundations while introducing new paradigms. Our mission is to build a tool that doesn’t pigeonhole you — rather craft one that evolves with you.

Our @jemiapp creators stand united to fight against recent AAPI hate crimes. More details on our joint effort soon.

The @jemi_hq fellowship is our way of partnering with/mentoring the next generation of talent. An awesome opportunity to work with our team and learn in a short amount of time. Learn more: → jemi.so/fellowship

Also another testament to the beauty of living in SF. The spontaneity and energy are unmatched.

An amazing highlight on our teammate @andyzhang by @fredsoda. Andy is a true swiss army knife when it comes to building products. Beyond that — he brings endless amounts of kindness and thoughtfulness to the team. It's been an honor working together. linkedin.com/pulse/employee-…

Thank you @asianhustlentwk for sharing our @jemiapp story! We had an awesome time speaking on the podcast. @bryanvuongpham and @maggchui — you inspire us both with the platform and support you've built. 🙏🏼

Just the beginning!

Woohoo!! It's been such a pleasure working with @venturetwins on team infra and now its official :)

In other words, build beautiful NFT sites, but also build link-in-bio sites for your social media or landing pages for your business. We’re here for all your web-related needs 👋

So much hurt in the world right now. Standing by the Black community. Standing by all of humanity — we’re all brothers and sisters in the end.

Thanks for the shoutout @ProductHunt 🙂 Creators and audiences alike are realizing that digital interactions can be just as fun & visceral as real world ones. Plus the reach is now uncapped.

thanks @alex_g_torres for the beautiful write-up! so much more to come with @jemiapp ✨

when pops says let’s zoom instead 😂

Fantastic pod with @alighodsi. A key lesson on culture/996/working hard: Strong performers operate best when they feel like they have purpose and clear line of sight to making an impact. Folks then work hard willingly. It becomes a natural byproduct of wanting to see things through.

First time using @canva extensively just makes me wish we found it sooner. What a delightful tool

@stuffyokodraws, @JenniferHli, and I are hosting an Infra + AI founders happy hour in NYC 🔥 Come join us at our a16z SoHo office 10/29! RSVP link (approval needed): luma.com/s0es0ftn

@jemiapp is! ~non biased~ opinion :)

Building software is pure creation… You can create so much with so little.

my amazing cofounder (and partner!) @annjhwang. she founded @jemiapp, was a PM at Facebook, and is an all around badass 🤩

just shoplifted this

Chatting today about “Stop Asian Hate: AHN x Jemi” with @bryanvuongpham, @maggchui, @annjhwang, and @asianhustlentwk. Today, Mar 24 at 5:00 PM PDT on @joinclubhouse. joinclubhouse.com/event/m7YZ…. Hear you there!

We all know that @stripe is awesome, but nothing makes this more apparent than trying to re-build both Stripe and @paypal integrations into @jemi_hq. Stripe = bliss PayPal = constant frustration

TikTok magic. How is this app free

I'm publishing a long form piece next month on the current state of AI assisted software development. What are some companies/concepts/implementations I can't miss?

Truly incredible 🙌🏼

Excited to feature @RoyalWestNFT's beautiful collections: → jemi.so/royalwest w great picks like: ◆ @goatsocietynft ◆ @SlimHoods ◆ @wallstbullsNFT ◆ @fatapeclub ◆ @playersonlynft ◆ and more! Complete with browsable metadata, ownership, and @opensea links ⚡️

Proud investor in the team at @SubstrateLabs, who just officially launched today with the future of building AI workloads. 🚀

gm ☀️ @jemi_hq's NFT gallery now supports multiple wallet providers through WalletConnect! Connect your rainbow wallet, trust wallet, etc. and consolidate all the NFTs you own in a single, nifty gallery ⚡️

An absolute legend - I still remember sitting in that classroom! Congrats Mr. McElveen 👏

Since day 1, @jemi_hq’s vision has been to empower people to grow on the web. That mission holds true with resounding durability as we expand to the NFT world. Now anyone across the world can own a manifestation of culture and become a curator/tastemaker.

Big congrats to my dear friend and roommate @VinIyengar. Lots of great things to come 😊

7/ First @solana project done. ✅ A ton of fun building with Solana and Rust. And @_buildspace made the experience so much more enjoyable. Will share the project soon 🤫

Congrats to the entire @fig team!

Companies like Bubble are not just “no-code” — they’re redefining what it means to code. When we code we’re feeding computers instructions, and countless abstractions make this “instruction feeding process” easier.

@VinIyengar is one of the kindest and sharpest investors I’ve ever worked with. 10x in the truest sense with building both product and people.

Thrilled to introduce synced footers at @jemihq! ⚡ ◆ New CTA at the bottom of every page for adding a footer ◆ Select from pre-made footer templates ◆ After creating a footer, any new footer added to another page will sync

Big +1 to this coming from the YC S20 batch. While Demo Day is great for momentum IMO I think there's a happy balance between ruthless focus on the biz and building impt relationships earlier.

Thanks for the mention @0interestrates! @jemiapp does this for sure. Our goal is to provide digital creators an all-in-one store to sell interactions, goods, and more 🏪