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2024-04-16- EB-6: The Glow Up Guru

Blake Anderson's UMAX app leverages AI to offer men personalized recommendations for enhancing their looks and boosting self-confidence.

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Apr 15, 2024
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Who

Blake Anderson is the 23-year-old founder and CEO of UMAX, a rapidly growing AI-powered app for male self-improvement focusing on looks maximization. He previously co-founded PlugAI, an AI dating assistant app, achieving profitability with both ventures.

What

  • Umax is an app utilizing AI to analyze users' facial features, providing ratings and personalized recommendations for improving attractiveness.

  • The app grew from Blake’s focus on the community of "looksmaxing", a male self-improvement culture, emphasizing focus on maximizing one's physical appearance through various methods.

When

March 26, 2024

Highlights

  • On the success of the app: “We hit $6 million annual recurring revenue in just 3.5 months."

  • On Umax “It’s a facial scanning application that allows young men to take pictures of t…

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