Retail ecommerce

Instapainting

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Instapainting turns any photo (from your phone, Facebook, Instagram, DSLR, the internet) into a hand-painted oil painting on real canvas, for $45 (for 10"x10"), and delivered in less than two weeks. The company is backed by Y Combinator and Start Fund (SV Angel and Yuri Milner). Customers include founder and CEO of Pebble Technology, Eric Mig

Founded 2010Origin source ↗Checked 2026-09-15

Overview

Instapainting turns any photo (from your phone, Facebook, Instagram, DSLR, the internet) into a hand-painted oil painting on real canvas, for $45 (for 10"x10"), and delivered in less than two weeks.

The company is backed by Y Combinator and Start Fund (SV Angel and Yuri Milner).

Customers include founder and CEO of Pebble Technology, Eric Migicovsky, and founder and CEO of Apportable, Inc., Collin Jackson.

Company description As recorded 2026-11-08
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Product & workflow

Work directly with the artist to customize, or just upload a photo and let them handle it.

Source-reported As recorded 2026-09-23

Founders & team

Previously Like.fm

Company history As recorded 2026-11-08
2team members reported
Source-reported As recorded 2026-09-15

Founded 2010 · Source

News & product activity

Sources & observations

Y Combinator

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Website observationwebsite reachable
Last website check2026-11-11
Location · source statedTokyo, Tokyo, Japan; San Francisco, CA, USA; Remote
Pricing evidenceA pricing page was detected
Maturity: Not assessed · 4 of 6 areas documented

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