Mark Rachapoom

I'm the co-founder and CEO of Dench (YC S24). Before that, I founded Merse, one of Business Insider's 13 creator-economy startups to watch, and built Diary Dingo, which hit top 3 in the App Store's lifestyle category within 24 hours of launch. I make videos about startups and Silicon Valley that have reached 1,000,000+ views. I'm also a Vercel AI Accelerator Fellow and received a grant from David Senra of Founders Podcast.

Mark with Garry Tan and Michael Seibel at Y Combinator — Garry Tan and Michael Seibel

Mark Rachapoom and Kumar Abhirup outside Y Combinator — Me & Kumar

Mark Rachapoom and Kumar Abhirup presenting at Y Combinator — Y Combinator

Mark Rachapoom with Naval Ravikant in San Francisco — Walking with Naval

Merse at Times SquareMerse at NYC Times Square

With Eric JorgensonWith Eric Jorgenson, Austin

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13 creator-economy startups to watch in 2024, according to top VCs

It sometimes feels like Big Tech has gobbled up the creator economy, leaving little room for newcomers. Platforms like YouTube, Instagram, and TikTok facilitate billions of dollars flowing annually to influencers at a scale no startup is close to matching. Meta and Google have the vast resources to launch and test features quickly. And yet, a new crop of startups is fighting to develop products that break through the noise and help creators build their businesses.

Wall of Love

Featuring tweets from Ryan Hoover, Founder of Product Hunt; and Aaron Epstein, Y Combinator partner. Plus clips from Airchat featuring Naval Ravikant.

“This is really amazing. Kudos. If we can somehow embed this inside Airchat, we would love to.”

Naval RavikantCo-Founder, AngelList

“@markrachapoom saw your Journal-to-Comic project on Airchat. Impressive. :)”

Ryan HooverFounder, Product Hunt

“Excited for Merse to launch: Netflix for audio-visual comics, where you can hear character voices and sounds.”

Aaron EpsteinPartner, Y Combinator

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