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495 | Pakistan’s BIGGEST Startup Success Story: vyro.ai Ft. Ahmed Abubakar | TBT
· 2 h 27 min · S5 E83
Episode 495 | Pakistan’s BIGGEST Startup Success Story: vyro.ai Ft. Ahmed Abubakar | TBT
In this episode of Thought Behind Things, we sit down with Ahmed Abubakar, Founder of Imagine Art - a Pakistan-built GenAI creative suite used by millions worldwide and competing for #1–#2 positions in global design app charts, right next to Canva. Today, Imagine does $30M+ ARR, with a major portion of revenue coming from the US and international markets - proving that world-class AI products can be built from Pakistan.
We Explore:
• Early life, education, and family sacrifices • Building Imagine and scaling GenAI to millions • Why Pakistani app & gaming industry is bigger than India’s • Monetization, profitability & $30M ARR • ESOPs, stock options & talent philosophy • Future of AI models, creativity, disruption & user context mapping • Moving to the US, global talent, and Pakistan’s role in 2050
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Ahmed's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ahmed-abubakar-9482127b/
Endeavor's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/endeavor-pakistan
Credits:
Executive Producer: Syed Muzamil Hasan Zaidi
Associate Producer: Saad Shehryar
Publisher: Talha Shaikh
Editor: Jawad Sajid
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