Thought Behind Things Pakistan’s BIGGEST Startup Success Story: vyro.ai Ft. Ahmed Abubakar | 483 | 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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Credits:
Executive Producer: Syed Muzamil Hasan Zaidi
Associate Producer: Saad Shehryar
Publisher: Talha Shaikh
Editor: Jawad Sajid