{"id":88060,"title":"emojis.com - AI Copilot for graphic design","tagline":"We allow small businesses to easily create brand assets, like logos and icons, with AI","body":"# \n\n### TL;DR\n\nOur mission is to give small businesses an AI Graphic Designer to help them create a brand and identity without having to pay 💰💰💰 of dollars hire someone.\n\n### Backstory\n\nBack in October, 2023, we’ve tweeted about a little side project for creating emojis with AI that went on to be called [**“_best app of 2023”_**](https://x.com/rauchg/status/1709318615911317621).\n\nOver the course of the following year, we’ve turned this idea into a full fledged consumer app:\n\n* launched [iOS](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/ai-emojis-keyboard/id6468916301) app and became the [**#1 app in Graphic and Design**](https://x.com/pondorasti/status/1855326867605340553)\n* deeply integrated with messaging platforms like iMessage and WhatsApp\n* and grew to 2.5M users that generated over 5M emojis\n\n![uploaded image](/media/?type=post\u0026id=88060\u0026key=user_uploads/688130/13e428c7-74f3-4ba8-8d9b-024c79aa381e)\n\n### Learnings / The Problem\n\nWhat we’ve learned from our consumer app is that majority of our power users are actually closer to business use cases:\n\n* **small businesses** and **indie hackers** using ai emojis for website icons\n* **influencers** and **creators** using ai emojis for social media posts and thumbnails\n* **teachers** and **students** using ai emojis for courses and assignments\n\n![uploaded image](/media/?type=post\u0026id=88060\u0026key=user_uploads/688130/3f699bb3-9d89-4774-b5fd-ed81d43570be)\n\n### What’s next? / The Solution\n\nWe’re doubling down on providing value for small businesses and expanding to a suite of models that can become your one stop shop for graphic design needs:\n\n* ai **illustrations** for websites and blogs\n* ai **stickers** for your business\n* consistent ai **characters** and **mascots** for your brand\n\nEvery company should be able to have their own “octocat” brand identity, and we’re making that a reality with AI.\n\n![demo](https://attic.sh/_static/yc/bf-v2-imagine-demo.gif)\n\n### Our Ask\n\nIf you (or anyone you know) are looking for an AI Copilot to help create brand assets like icons, illustrations, and stickers, we’d love to chat and see how we can help!\n\nYou can reach us at [founders@emojis.com](mailto:founders@emojis.com), or send us a message directly on [X/Twitter](https://x.com/pondorasti).\n\n### The Team\n\n**Dylan Player** - Co-Founder \u0026 CTO at [emojis.com](http://emojis.com). Former software engineer at Shopify, building new lending products and scaling to over $10B in lending volume.\n\n**Alexandru Turcanu** - Co-founder and CEO at [emojis.com](http://emojis.com). Previously, led posts initiative at Campsite (acq by Notion).\n\n![uploaded image](/media/?type=post\u0026id=88060\u0026key=user_uploads/688130/f3b1e7e1-40c5-4f13-b50f-fd3184e3f7ab)\n\n","slug":"MuK-emojis-com-ai-copilot-for-graphic-design","created_at":"2025-02-26T18:07:26.392Z","updated_at":"2026-05-23T19:55:43.124Z","total_vote_count":17,"url":"https://www.ycombinator.com/launches/MuK-emojis-com-ai-copilot-for-graphic-design","share_image_url":"https://www.ycombinator.com/media/?type=post\u0026id=88060\u0026key=user_uploads/688130/3f699bb3-9d89-4774-b5fd-ed81d43570be","company":{"id":30345,"name":"Tee Time Tommy","slug":"tee-time-tommy","url":"https://teetimetommy.com/","logo":"https://bookface-images.s3.amazonaws.com/small_logos/da12abcb76c9086dab8dd1259bef41c842d90d23.png","batch":"Winter 2025","industry":"Consumer","tags":["Sports Tech","Consumer","Booking"],"search_path":"https://bookface.ycombinator.com/company/30345"}}