LAIMA : Your pet. An AI artist. Streetwear you'd actually wear.

Hey PH! 👋 Lan here, founder of Laima. Why I built this: I have over a thousand pieces of clothing and two cats — Mango (ginger tabby, philosopher) and Coconut (striped tabby, professional chaos agent). At some point I stopped feeling excited about buying anything new. I'd spend two hours browsing five brand websites, scroll through thousands of SKUs, and close my laptop empty-handed. Nothing felt personal anymore. I wanted something that couldn't exist without me. One day I looked at Mango and thought: you should be on a shirt. Not a photo printout — actual art. I couldn't find that anywhere, so I built it. How it works technically: Laima runs on FastAPI + Railway, with a multi-model image generation pipeline that orchestrates across different AI providers depending on the style and task — currently integrating Google's Nano Banana and OpenAI's GPT Image, selecting and combining outputs for the best results per use case. Designs are stored on AWS S3 with presigned URLs, PostgreSQL on Railway for order management, Printful for fulfillment, and Shopify as the storefront. The hardest part wasn't connecting the pipeline — it was the prompt engineering. Each of our 8 styles went through dozens of iterations to consistently capture what makes each pet distinct: their facial proportions, eye color, coat pattern, personalities. The goal was that anyone — zero AI experience — could type "golden retriever on a beach with a boombox, summer 1987" and get something genuinely beautiful in one shot. I've since ordered an oversized t-shirt, a hoodie, a dad hat, a tote bag with both cats, and a custom-shaped Mango pillow. I wear something Laima-made almost every day. First time in years getting dressed has felt exciting. Would love your honest feedback: — Which style resonates most? Box Logo · Retro · Japanese Illustration · Watercolor · Humanized Pet · Abstract · Sketch · Street Graphic — Would you use this yourself or as a gift? — What product would you want to see next? Go try it — takes 30 seconds. laimadesign.com with the limited time Mother's Day 30% discount code "PETMOM30", starting at $27.3 🐾 Every upvote means everything for a solo founder on launch day. Thank you for being here. 🙏