# Stipop

> Stipop is a sticker infrastructure company that lets any app add a searchable library of 150,000+ stickers with a single line of code, through its API and SDK. Founded in Seoul by roommates-turned-cofounders Tony Park and Daniel Cho, it grew a marketplace of thousands of global artists, powered sticker features for Google, Microsoft Teams, Canva and Adobe, and joined Snap's Yellow accelerator and Y Combinator (S21). It has since expanded toward monetization tools for character-IP creators and AI chat products.

- **Founded:** 2017
- **Headquarters:** Santa Monica, California, United States (originally Seoul, South Korea)
- **Founders:** Tony Park (Co-founder & CEO), Daniel Joonyong Cho (Co-founder)
- **Team size:** ~5-8 employees
- **Products:** Sticker Store (iMessage app), Stipop Sticker API, Stipop SDK, Stipop Studio, Character creator monetization / AI chat
- **Notable:** Built the world's largest independent sticker library: 150,000+ stickers from ~5,000 artists across 35 countries and 25 languages., First Korean company to complete Snap's Yellow accelerator., Accepted into Y Combinator's Summer 2021 batch.

## Products & services

- **Sticker Store (iMessage app)** — The founders' original consumer sticker app, run for roughly four years, that seeded the artist community and product intuition.
- **Stipop Sticker API** — A B2B API giving apps instant access to a searchable library of 150,000+ stickers across 25 languages, with keyword search and library browsing.
- **Stipop SDK** — A drop-in SDK with prebuilt UI (keyword search and library modes) that lets developers add a fully customized sticker feature with a single line of code; installs in about a day.
- **Stipop Studio** — Creator-facing tools for artists to publish sticker packs and reach apps and audiences worldwide.
- **Character creator monetization / AI chat** — Newer direction: tools that help character-IP owners earn revenue directly from audiences, plus AI chat sticker/character products for iMessage, WhatsApp and Telegram.

## Achievements

- Built the world's largest independent sticker library: 150,000+ stickers from ~5,000 artists across 35 countries and 25 languages.
- First Korean company to complete Snap's Yellow accelerator.
- Accepted into Y Combinator's Summer 2021 batch.
- Powered sticker features for Google, Microsoft Teams, Canva and Adobe.
- Drove roughly 600 million sticker views on Google Tenor in a single month.
- Reported up to 17% engagement lift for apps that added stickers and ~40% 8-week retention among sticker end-users.

## Latest updates

- **2021-08** — Launched publicly on TechCrunch and Y Combinator as an SDK giving developers instant access to a global sticker library.
- **2021-12** — Launch HN post detailing the SDK, freemium plans and early customers like Fingo, TripTime and Blabla.
- **2023-01** — Expanded toward creator monetization for character IP and AI chat sticker/character products across messaging apps.

## Links

- Website: https://stipop.io
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/stipop
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/stipopofficial
- GitHub: https://github.com/stipop-development
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stipopofficial/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/stipopofficial

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