Artvis.ai

Selected angel investment. Artvis was an AI-powered interior art & design advisor: it read your interior and turned it into personalised, curator-enhanced art-style recommendations — each linked to real, curated art you could buy, with a revenue-sharing model that supported the artists behind it. The startup has since wound down.

Not every bet lands — this one is listed for the record. Backing tools that translate taste into real art remains part of the thesis.

How it worked

You uploaded a photo of your interior — or started from any other inspiration. From the room’s style, colours and vibe, the model generated distinct, matching art-style recommendations, each with the education built in: why this style fits this space. Styles could be remixed with extra context — incorporate the dog, go darker, go bolder — every one linked to real, curated art available for purchase, and styles were made to be shared, because buying art is a social decision, taken with partners, family, sometimes friends. On the roadmap: styles inspired by real curators, adding a human layer to the machine’s taste.

Business model

Revenue share with art marketplaces and galleries, later directly with artists, with subscriptions under consideration — plus an explored platform/API offering for galleries and interior-visualisation and home-staging companies.

Traction, 2024

A web prototype tested with 200+ users generated 1.5k+ styles, with 35%+ of users returning to an early prototype and 20%+ of new users arriving referred — and testers repeatedly asking when the MVP would ship. Prototype figures are founder-reported, from 2024.

Investment thesis

The online art market splits in two: mass-produced décor prints pushed through social feeds and general marketplaces, and five-figure investment pieces sold by high-end art platforms. Between them sits a widening gap — buyers tired of ad spam, knock-offs and counterfeits, keen to learn, hang real art and support artists. Artvis bet on the gap’s front door: taste translation, from a photo of your actual room to art you’d actually buy. The gap is still there.

Michał’s role

Angel investor.