{
  "id": 7574975,
  "title": "Former TikTok execs built an app that uses AI to teach you how to pose for a photo",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/15/former-tiktok-execs-built-an-app-that-uses-ai-to-teach-you-how-to",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-09-15T14:42:37.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "TechCrunch",
    "slug": "techcrunch",
    "url": "https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/15/former-tiktok-execs-built-an-app-that-uses-ai-to-teach-you-how-to-pose-for-a-photo/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Two former TikTok employees, Melody Chu and Jing Liu, are launching an iOS app called Superpose that leverages AI to help users pose for photos. Superpose functions as a camera app, allowing users to take selfies or photos of friends and generating four potential poses using AI. These poses can be extravagant at times, and sometimes appear uncanny. Users can save generated poses or use the match-pose feature to position themselves based on the app's suggestions. Chu, who previously worked in product roles at Meta, Nextdoor, Roblox, TikTok, and Slack, and Liu, a former founding engineer at a 3D face-scanning startup and image/video modeler at TikTok, founded Superpose. The app was released in July and has already been downloaded over 22,000 times with more than 190,000 poses generated. Chu and Liu aim to create the best portrait photography experience by following AI directions, focusing on capturing real-life moments and experiences rather than fantastical places. They plan to further improve pose suggestions, personalization, and direct coaching within the viewfinder, while avoiding AI-generated backgrounds and images. Superpose has secured $2.2 million in funding from Khosla Ventures, Meitu, and OVTR VC.",
  "summary": "Essentially a camera app, Superpose analyzes selfies or photos and generates four potential poses using AI.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}