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Anima App
YC S18Tel Aviv-Yafo, IL · Founded 2017 · 20 employees · 4 known investors
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Anima builds a design intelligence platform that converts visual designs into working code, powering visual-to-code workflows for software developers and AI agents. The platform serves developers, design teams, and AI-powered coding platforms, enabling translation from design intent to production software.
AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaSB2BDesign ToolsAIIsraelMiddle East and North AfricaPartly Remote
Founders & leadership· Y Combinator alumni (S18)
Anima App was founded in 2017 by Avishay Cohen and Michal Cohen.
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Avishay CohenCo-founder & CEOAvishay Cohen is the co-founder and CEO of Anima (YC S18), a platform that converts designs into code for product teams and provides an Agents API used by tools such as Bolt and Replit.
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Michal CohenCo-founder · Chief Product OfficerFounder and COO of Anima App, which builds a design intelligence platform that converts visual designs into working code for software developers and AI coding agents.
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Ofer LaOrCTOOfer LaOr is CTO of Anima App and previously co-founded Quality By Vision, a machine vision systems company acquired by Industrial Physics. His technical background spans B2C and B2B software development, machine learning, code generation, and systems design across web, desktop, and mobile platforms.
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Investors · 4
Hetz Ventureslisted by Hetz VenturesTel Aviv · $1M – $10M
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INcapital Ventureslisted by INcapital VenturesToronto
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MizMaa Ventureslisted by MizMaa VenturesTel Aviv · $1M – $6M
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Y Combinatorlisted by Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K
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The YC application· Summer 2018 batch
Alumni Q&A
- What is your long-term vision? If you truly succeed, what will be different about the world?
- The founders envision a future where design and code converge, with AI agents generating software directly rather than working from drawn vectors. They position Anima as a design agent that other agents can call via MCP to turn Figma into code, prompts into design, and clone existing websites, and they have released AgentGrid.io as a shared workspace for humans and agents to collaborate.
Summarized from the founders' answers on their Y Combinator profile.
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Legal entities · 1
corporate structureAnima App, Inc.
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Frequently asked questions
- What does Anima App do?
- Anima builds a design intelligence platform that converts visual designs into working code, powering visual-to-code workflows for software developers and AI agents. The platform serves developers, design teams, and AI-powered coding platforms, enabling translation from design intent to production software.
- Who founded Anima App?
- Anima App was founded by Avishay Cohen, Michal Cohen in 2017.
- Who are Anima App's investors?
- Anima App's investors include Hetz Ventures, INcapital Ventures, MizMaa Ventures, Y Combinator.
- Where is Anima App headquartered?
- Anima App is headquartered in Tel Aviv-Yafo, IL.