Aragon AI
AI headshot platform that scaled to $10M ARR in 26 months with only $625K in funding and 11 employees
www.aragon.aiAnnual Revenue
$10M
MRR
~$833K
Team
11
Funding
Seed-Strapped
Founder
Wesley Tian
Co-Founder & CEO
Was fired from previous job, rejected by 30 VCs, and down to his last few thousand dollars before launching Aragon. Rejected Y Combinator acceptance in favor of Neo accelerator due to better terms (2.5% vs 7% equity).
What Aragon AI Does
Aragon AI transforms casual selfies into professional-quality headshots and portraits using Stable Diffusion and Dreambooth fine-tuning. Users upload 6-12 photos, answer a few questions, and receive up to 100 professionally-styled headshots in 15-60 minutes — eliminating the need for $250+ traditional photoshoots. The platform has evolved beyond individual headshots into enterprise solutions, with Fortune 500 clients using Aragon to standardize professional portraits for hundreds of thousands of employees. One client contracted Aragon for 500,000+ corporate avatars.
Revenue Highlights
- $10M ARR reached in 26 months with only 11 employees
- Generated $1M+ in operating profit on under $1M total funding raised
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