Markus Mak

@yesand_ai | ex-Bytedance (Seedance/Seedream) | prev founder @ AI consumer

[Markus Mak @markusmak12]

Excited to announce @yesand_ai with @lena_z01 today.

Lena and I met at ByteDance, where she was an early TikTok and Dreamina, and I worked on models including Seedance and Seedream.

There, I realized that the hardest part of training multimodal models was teaching them taste. Unlike problems with verifiable answers, taste is contextual and personal: what works for ads, professional content, and everyday creators can be entirely different.

Lena saw how AI could make creation not only easier, but also more iterative, social, and collaborative.

We came to believe that multimodal personalization requires more than a powerful model. It needs a platform where people can create, remix, collaborate, and continuously shape the system around their own taste.

That’s how yes& was born.

Since we started 2 months ago, we’ve soft launched yes& with selected creators, grown a community of 60K+ yes&ers, helped creators produce 100,000+ assets, and built a powerful multimodal agent.

And we’re just getting started. To bring remixing and co-creation to billions of people, we’re developing a multimodal agent that evolves with your taste, deeper remix experiences, and a few secret new ways for people to create together :)

Stay tuned!

[Lena @lena_z01]

Introducing yes&, the social platform built for creation.

Creativity has never happened in isolation. A style. A pose. A sound. An outfit. We draw inspiration from the work we admire, then turn it into something new.

But inspiration and creation have always lived in separate places. We save Pinterest boards, bookmark TikToks, screenshot Instagram posts, and fill our camera rolls with ideas, yet rarely turn them into creations of our own.

AI changes that.

On @yesand_ai, anything that inspires you can become a starting point. Discover great work, explore the prompts, skills, and creative process behind it, then remix it into something that’s yours.

Every remix preserves the lineage of the idea and recognizes the creators who helped shape it.

When creating becomes as simple as taking a photo, creativity naturally becomes social. Ideas evolve through inspiration, remixing, and co-creation.

Today, @markusmak12 and I are excited to share that we’ve raised $3M in pre-seed funding, led by @Accel , with support from @parable_vc and an incredible group of partners, to build the infrastructure for collaborative creativity.

Come make your next remix: https://t.co/FxQlg2ZTCn

[Markus Mak @markusmak12]

Remixing @gizakdag & @Julianc_AI's work together

https://t.co/q7e5XU7r65

[Julian C @Julianc_AI]

Yo Mark

[Markus Mak @markusmak12]

@YaoHuynh @yesand_ai @DreamBizstory @NodeDecrypt @Cardano_WB @ZimmonAI Love it! Thanks for participating!

[Markus Mak @markusmak12]

Here my yes& challenge submission!!!

Tagged by @lena_z01.

Passing the challenge to @redwooddesigns @aimikoda @whosamberella @Julianc_AI

[yes& @yesand_ai]

yes& Launch Week Challenge is LIVE!
Win up to $6000 in cash rewards🎉

Rules:
1. Choose the challenge and create
2. Tag @yesand_ai and 4 of your creator friends to pass along the challenge

Comment and DM 'free credits' to get started!

[Markus Mak @markusmak12]

@CuiMao 👀👀👀

[Markus Mak @markusmak12]

@TheoMediaAI Another great company acquired by a shitty one

[Forge.Canvas @Gatot_Nugroho91]

My entry for the @yesand_ai creator challenge 🎬 Loving how easy it is to bring my ideas to life with yes& ✨ Your turn 👇 @FadeelAhmad @abanrats102 @PixelGvrl @GHSPlayground . Please DM @yesand_ai to get access to the challenge💕

[𝕵𝖎𝖓𝖜𝖔𝖔 🖤 @jin_okiru]

Welcome to the next dimension of style.

They said it couldn't be done. yes& said yes.

Feast your eyes on the @yesand_ai Avant-Garde Collection.

Which fit are you rocking?

[yes& @yesand_ai]

FINAL CALL FOR CREATORS 🚨

Over the past few days, more than 150 creators have joined the yes& Launch Week Challenge, with total views already passing 1 million.

We’ve seen bold, unreal fashion materials.
We’ve seen the yes& logo appear in space.
We’ve seen incredible music-video worlds built around “&.”
Now, this is your last chance.
Submit your work before the deadline for a chance to win from over $6,000 in cash prizes, credits, and creator rewards.

1. Choose the challenge and create.
https://t.co/6pv8kyAsTv
2. Post and tag @yesand_ai.

The challenge is almost over. Don’t miss your moment.

[Markus Mak @markusmak12]

@jey_jey_Japa @yesand_ai Amazing

[Markus Mak @markusmak12]

Many of you asked, so here’s a quick tutorial on using the yes& agent for simple but powerful remixing - easy, fast, and highly visible. No AI knowledge necessary! 🎨✨

More tutorials dropping over the next few days covering some of our most loved use cases. Stay tuned! 👀

[Lena @lena_z01]

Introducing yes&, the social platform built for creation.

Creativity has never happened in isolation. A style. A pose. A sound. An outfit. We draw inspiration from the work we admire, then turn it into something new.

But inspiration and creation have always lived in separate places. We save Pinterest boards, bookmark TikToks, screenshot Instagram posts, and fill our camera rolls with ideas, yet rarely turn them into creations of our own.

AI changes that.

On @yesand_ai, anything that inspires you can become a starting point. Discover great work, explore the prompts, skills, and creative process behind it, then remix it into something that’s yours.

Every remix preserves the lineage of the idea and recognizes the creators who helped shape it.

When creating becomes as simple as taking a photo, creativity naturally becomes social. Ideas evolve through inspiration, remixing, and co-creation.

Today, @markusmak12 and I are excited to share that we’ve raised $3M in pre-seed funding, led by @Accel , with support from @parable_vc and an incredible group of partners, to build the infrastructure for collaborative creativity.

Come make your next remix: https://t.co/FxQlg2ZTCn

[Lena @lena_z01]

Calling for all creators! Join us!

[Markus Mak @markusmak12]

Come join us!

[yes& @yesand_ai]

yes& Launch Week Challenge is LIVE!
Win up to $6000 in cash rewards🎉

Rules:
1. Choose the challenge and create
2. Tag @yesand_ai and 4 of your creator friends to pass along the challenge

Comment and DM 'free credits' to get started!

[Markus Mak @markusmak12]

@yesand_ai Amazing!!! Let's go!

[Spencer Mateega @spencermateega]

@lena_z01 congrats @markusmak12

[Markus Mak @markusmak12]

@CuiMao 感谢支持！！！

[Lena @lena_z01]

If you're creating great work but X rewards FOMO more than creativity, join us: https://t.co/Xo9FZiW39s

[Markus Mak @markusmak12]

@xiaohan_xiang Thank you:)

[James D Phillips 2 @jdp2oo]

There's a new platform in town - filled with all kinds of visual goodness and insight. yes&. Check it out. Kind of like Midjourney explore, but for everything!

Congrats @yesand_ai and @lena_z01. Great stuff.

[Markus Mak @markusmak12]

@benroff_ Lets goooooo

[Markus Mak @markusmak12]

@kzdagoof Thanks sir!