Mark Rachapoom
Hey there, I'm Mark Rachapoom, a 21-year-old founder, college dropout, and former software engineer for a startup in Silicon Valley who can build iOS, web, and full-stack apps. I can also design at industry standards.
- Co-Founder of Merse (YC S24)
- Vercel AI Accelerator Fellow: 6 weeks. 40 participants. $850k in credits.
- Creator of Diary Dingo — hit top 3 in <24 hours in lifestyle category after the first launch on App Store
- Selected as one of 100 students nationwide for the AFS exchange program in the USA, 2019.
- Granted $5K by David Senra of Founders Podcast to go to Austin, Texas
- Resident @ Nonce Community (논스) in Seoul
- Resident @ Arcadia, hacker house in Berkeley
- Founding Software Engineer at Serendipity and Monument
- Talent Protocol Fellow — a recipient of a full-grant Talent House scholarship to Paris
Seoul, South Korea
Paris, France
Stinson Beach, California
With Eric Jorgenson, the author of 'The Almanack of Naval Ravikant,' in Austin, Texas.Projects
We're crafting tools that transform your everyday moments, stories, experiences into lasting legacies in every form — comics, books, films, voice recordings, autobiographies, and beyond.
It hit top 3 in less than 24 hours in lifestyle category after the first launch on the Apple App Store.
Diary Dingo makes the chapter of your life private, shareable, and clean. While privacy is prioritized due to the fact that the app is secured by FaceID, TouchID, Passcode and 0% of your personal data is collected, shareable content comes in play. You can also share your diary on Twitter, Instagram, Snapchat, Facebook, Line, iMessages and more.
Also, it's my first personal iOS project ever, and built for fun in the summer of 2021!
Demo Day In Your Pocket: Discover startups on a Tinder-style platform: founders pitch in 15 seconds, refine through feedback, and connect with VCs.
Copilot for life. It is a proactive personal assistant designed to help you with time-related tasks: scheduling events, reminding you to do stuff, automatically breaking complicated tasks into to-do lists, and more.
Appeared On
"Mark has taken the unconventional route multiple times by self-teaching his iOS development, dropping out of university and working for Silicon Valley startups. Currently, he is building his own startup called Merse - we talk about it in the episode - check it out. The best thing I love about Mark is his ability to be vulnerable more than most people I have ever met and his ability to put thought before speaking his words. One of the best conversations I have ever had, beyond just this podcast." — Hardeep
Wall of Love
Tweet from Ryan Hoover, Founder of Product Hunt; and Airchat from Naval Ravikant and Babak Nivi
@markrachapoom saw your Journal-to-Comic project on Airchat. Impressive. :)
9:03 AM · May 6, 2023