Stephen Ni

building @getBluma (YC F25) | prev @Shopify

[Stephen Ni @stephen_turtles]

@ycombinator @a1baseapi @Pashpops @pennepastaa Congrats on the launch!!! So cool

[Y Combinator @ycombinator]

Are you a 100x engineer but a 1x tester with AI? @ArgaLabs closes that gap.

Arga spins up a per-PR sandbox with twins (Stripe, Slack, etc.) and in-memory dependencies (DB, Redis).

Run auto-generated E2E tests in the sandbox and send failures back to your agent so it fixes bugs before you see them.

Congrats on the launch, @PhillipLii & @akkkkiira!

https://t.co/ws3ww7uV2t

[Stephen Ni @stephen_turtles]

@ycombinator @ArgaLabs Amazing! @ArgaLabs

[Stephen Ni @stephen_turtles]

@thomascortese_ @paularambles @theo writing async in typescript doesn't make any syscalls by itself tho

[Stephen Ni @stephen_turtles]

@gaolinus This is fire Linus!

[Stephen Ni @stephen_turtles]

@ycombinator CONGRATS ON THE LAUNCH! @connortbot

[Alisa @_alisawu]

introducing Bluma.

the all-in-one platform for AI UGC.

we’re the first to de-edit videos - breaking them into scenes, captions, and elements automatically.

Bluma lets you create winning organic short-form and paid ads with our asset generator and node-based canvas that saves your creative workflows.

we allow you to clone winning formats, batch generate assets, and edit videos all in one place.

comment “ugc” for free credits and early access to @getBluma!

https://t.co/ffvMa9weIP

[Stephen Ni @stephen_turtles]

@connortbot @tryreplicas Congrats on the launch!!

[Y Combinator @ycombinator]

Bluma (@getBluma) is building the Canva for short-form video ads.

They automate your entire consumer marketing strategy with content templates, generating on-brand videos on autopilot.

[Alisa @_alisawu]

waterloo has been historically known for big tech and cracked eng talent

of this year i’ve noticed the shifting interest in startups

i went to an event and half were waterloo founders which is insane

[Alisa @_alisawu]

just found out that someone is making crypto pump and dumps on all the yc companies including mine 😭

with a peak value cap more than the yc investment

[Alisa @_alisawu]

we applied to @ycombinator 21 days late and got into f25.

this year was slowly then all at once after i got my lucky break to intern at zoox.

i didn’t know anyone and basically speedran sf - made amazing friends, went to 70+ events, got x and hit 3m views, and got covered by nyt/sf chronicle/sf standard.

i saw founder friends struggle with scaling short form growth.

with @getBluma, we’re canva for short form video ads.

if your company wants to break into tiktok/ig, dm me to set up daily generated tiktoks to your inbox.

[Alisa @_alisawu]

why get a YC sticker from someone else when i can get it myself

[Stephen Ni @stephen_turtles]

@_alisawu LMAOOO that's so funny 😂