Aleksei Babkin

Aleksei Babkin

Founder. Building AI tools, apps.

About

I’m excited to share three AI projects built to save time, reduce manual work, and make AI useful from day one. SmartBlogAI helps creators and founders launch AI bloggers, hosts, and consultants to create content, engage audiences, and monetize expertise. Enhancio upgrades photos and videos with AI — from face restoration to sharpening, upscaling, and better visual quality. MMVault turns videos, screenshots, photos, and voice notes into a searchable AI memory, so you can ask questions and instantly find the exact moment, text, or idea you need. I’d love your feedback: which project would you try first? 🚀

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Tastemaker
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Gone streaking
Gone streaking

Maker History

  • Enhancio
    EnhancioEnhance and animate photos and videos.
    May 2026
  • 🎉
    Joined Product HuntMay 9th, 2026

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Enhancio - Enhance and animate photos and videos.

Enhancio stands out by combining photo and video enhancement in one simple tool. Instead of using separate apps for face restoration, upscaling, sharpening, and background improvement, users can upload their media and quickly get a cleaner, higher-quality result. It’s built for creators, sellers, and everyday users who want better visuals without learning complex editing software.

Why the best AI products feel less like tools and more like mirrors

There's a pattern I keep noticing across the AI products that actually stick with people vs. the ones that get tried once and forgotten.

The forgettable ones try to be impressive. They show off what the model can do -- generate faster, automate more, produce output at scale. And they're genuinely cool for about 15 minutes.

Nika

1mo ago

Build your brand before your product, or launch first and reveal yourself later?

  1. I've always been on the personal brand side. More and more founders are building it now (sometimes even before the product is ready while it's still in development, before seed fundraising). The CEO builds their position so the product sells more easily at the official launch.

  2. But I have experience with people who built the product, scaled it, and only then did we discover who was behind it.

Honestly, with the first approach, I'd be concerned that people invest more in me as a person than in the product. People would idealise the founder and overlook the product's flaws (which could hurt development and constructive feedback).

+ I noticed the most common mistake that many people who started building a personal brand first, connected their product to their personal accounts (emails, social media, etc.) and started having a problem selling these things, because they cannot "give someone keys" to their personal profiles.

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