# Pixley AI

> Pixley AI is a Y Combinator (F25) startup that turns a child's drawing or photo into an animated cartoon character in seconds, then generates full personalized episodes around a lesson a parent picks. The goal is to convert passive kids' screen time into active, co-created, and educational play. Founded in 2025 by childhood friends Krish Iyengar and Pranit Agrawal, the company also builds Pixley Studios, an agentic tool that turns a single idea into a production-ready video.

- **Founded:** 2025
- **Headquarters:** San Francisco, United States
- **Founders:** Krish Iyengar (Co-Founder & CEO), Pranit Agrawal (Co-Founder & CTO)
- **Team size:** ~5
- **Products:** Pixley (Personalized Kids Cartoons app), Character Calling, Storyverse / Pixley Originals, Pixley Studios
- **Notable:** Accepted into Y Combinator's Fall 2025 (F25) batch, Reported 1,000+ families across 75 countries creating stories within roughly three weeks of launch, Founders won four hackathons together before starting the company

## Products & services

- **Pixley (Personalized Kids Cartoons app)** — iOS app where a child's drawing or photo becomes an animated character in seconds, and a parent-selected lesson or theme becomes a full personalized episode in minutes. Includes a saved character library and Pixley Originals.
- **Character Calling** — Real-time conversational feature letting kids 'call' their own cartoon characters and chat about topics like dinosaurs, math, or friendship.
- **Storyverse / Pixley Originals** — A library of pre-made educational episodes with recurring characters such as Benny the Bear, Tigey the Tiger, and Elly the Elephant.
- **Pixley Studios** — An agentic B2B platform that turns a single idea into a production-ready video up to ten minutes long via a pipeline of AI agents (research, script, storyboard, generation) - aimed at marketers, brands, creators, and educators.

## Achievements

- Accepted into Y Combinator's Fall 2025 (F25) batch
- Reported 1,000+ families across 75 countries creating stories within roughly three weeks of launch
- Founders won four hackathons together before starting the company
- Launched consumer iOS app plus a B2B Studios product in the same year

## Latest updates

- **2025-09** — Raised a seed round with Y Combinator as part of the F25 batch.
- **2025-10** — Public YC launch of Pixley: personalized AI cartoons; app live on the App Store.
- **2025-11** — Expanded into Pixley Studios, an agentic video-generation product for brands and creators.

## Links

- Website: https://pixleyai.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/pixley-ai
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/PixleyAI
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@PixleyAI
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pixleyai/

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Last updated: 2026-07-30