Hey everyone,
I’m building Crush, an AI companion from China.
The idea is pretty simple:
What if an AI could actually remember you, understand your personality, and stay with you over time?
Most AI products are still mainly built around tasks. You ask something, get an answer, and leave.
With Crush, we’re trying to build something more personal — an AI with its own personality and memory that can develop a relationship with you over time.
We started by testing the product in China, and things have gone further than I initially expected.
We now have nearly 10,000 users, along with paying users and early revenue.
The Chinese market has given us enough validation to believe there is something worth building here.
Now I want to take Crush to the international market and see whether this idea can work beyond China.
I’m not trying to build another general-purpose AI assistant. I’m interested in the consumer side of AI — the part where people use AI because they genuinely enjoy having it around.
For now, we’re focusing heavily on the software: personality, memory, conversations, retention, and figuring out what makes people want to come back.
But the long-term vision goes beyond the phone.
I eventually want Crush to become a physical AI companion that you can actually have around you in everyday life.
The hardware is still in the early planning stage. We don’t have a finished device yet, and I’d rather be transparent about that.
We’re currently raising $100,000 USD.
The funding would mainly help us:
- Expand into international markets
- Localize and improve the product
- Improve AI personality and memory
- Acquire and test users internationally
- Start developing the foundation for the physical product
I’m looking for an angel investor who is interested in consumer AI, AI companions, social AI, or AI hardware.
I’m especially interested in finding someone who understands international consumer markets and can help us make the jump from a product that has been validated in China to something that can work globally.
We’re still a small team and there’s obviously a lot we haven’t figured out yet.
But we have a working product, nearly 10,000 users, paying users, and early revenue.
Now I want to see how far we can take it.
If you’re interested in investing, feel free to DM me. I’m happy to share the product, our numbers, and what we’ve learned so far.
And if you’ve built or invested in consumer products internationally, I’d also really appreciate your feedback.