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Cursor for Content Creation

Our 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.
Active Founders
Alexandru Turcanu
Alexandru Turcanu
Founder
Co-founder and CEO at emojis.com. Previously, led posts initiative at Campsite (acq by Notion).
Dylan Player
Dylan Player
Founder
Co-Founder & CTO at emojis.com. Former software engineer at Shopify, building new lending products and scaling to over $10B in lending volume.
Company Launches
Lightbox - Cursor for Content Creation
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Lightbox is a new brand and product, previously known as emojis.com.

https://youtu.be/PC65mXUoXvM

Pipeline: https://www.lightbox.sh/pipeline/apJhpW4fBMa

Story

Lightbox came out of our own frustration of duct taping AI tools together. The GenAI space for image/video models is a complete s**t show, always chaining together different models and jumping across tools.

We had had enough of it, so we went to the drawing board, and we asked ourselves one question: What would an AI native creative tool look like, if built from the ground up?

Today, we’re launching our first experiment — Pipelines. All batteries included workflow builder for generative AI. The goal is an infinitely flexible tool for your creative process.

If you think that’s all we’re building…you would be wrong. We’re too naive to stop here. There are two more experiments cooking in order to complete our vision for the creative suite.

For the time being, here’s Pipelines in action:

Agentic and Conversational

Lightbox works just like Cursor, use chat to explain your changes and watch it go brrrr. Here’s an example of it generating testimonial videos about Salesforce.

Pipeline: https://www.lightbox.sh/pipeline/cBb1SMxX1fv

Product Photo Shoots

Choose a model, upload your merch (i.e., hoodie), and watch the pipeline generate a photoshoot for you.

Pipeline: https://www.lightbox.sh/pipeline/EKbin5Y96TO

Youtube Face Reactions

In need of face reactions for YouTube thumbnails? There’s a Pipelines for that!

Pipeline: https://www.lightbox.sh/pipeline/4nrRoxZifJ2

How can you help?

If any of the demos got your gears running, give Lightbox a try! You can use promo code YC10 for $10 worth of credits. Would love to hear your thoughts and see if we can help.

We’re also looking for businesses and creative agencies that want to automate design work. Anything from photo shoots, ads, UGC, and in between.

You can reach us at founders@lightbox.sh, or send us a message directly on X/Twitter.

Previous Launches
We allow small businesses to easily create brand assets, like logos and icons, with AI
YC Photos
Lightbox
Founded:2023
Batch:Winter 2025
Team Size:2
Status:
Active
Location:San Francisco
Primary Partner:Jared Friedman