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Photoroom

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Founded 2019Origin source ↗Checked 2026-09-15

Overview

Photoroom provides photo editing software powerful enough to create outstanding images yet simple enough to be used without any training. We leverage deep learning to translate pixels into objects, drastically simplifying non-creative tasks such as removing backgrounds from images.

Our mission: enable entrepreneurs and small businesses to compose images that stand out.

Company description As recorded 2026-11-08
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Founders & team

Previously Artizans, PhotoRoom

Company history As recorded 2026-11-08

Matt Rouif

Founder

Co-founder and CEO of PhotoRoom, which enables anyone to create studio-quality photos on his smartphone. Polytechnique & Stanford graduate. I created the first mobile apps for ski resorts, used by 50+ ski resorts globally. Then co-founded HeyCrowd app to make surveys more social. Later, I led product for the Replay video editor, awarded « best app » of the year by Apple. GoPro acquired Replay, where he led all image editing products. I left GoPro to start PhotoRoom

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Eliot Andres

Founder

3 years of experience in computer vision and deep learning, before that I worked on 5 different mobile apps.

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100team members reported
Source-reported As recorded 2026-09-15

Founded 2019 · Source

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Sources & observations

Y Combinator

Profile depthenriched profile
Website observationwebsite reachable
Last website check2026-11-11
Location · source statedParis, Île-de-France, France
Pricing evidenceA pricing page was detected
Maturity: Launched · 4 of 6 areas documented

Source-based assessment · automated evidence rules

The company website offers product access through a trial, free start, app download, purchase, or onboarding with existing-account login. Customer adoption is not established by this evidence.

Company website: home Checked 2026-09-23

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