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Bluma

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Bluma helps businesses create short-form video ads at scale by cloning winning references with AI.

HQSan Francisco, California, United States
Employees1-50
Jobs checked 4d ago
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Media
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Enterprisesand 2 more customers values
  • Consumers
  • Small Businesses
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Commercial Company
Ecosystem
Applications
Business
Software Applications
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Market
Media
Customers
Enterprises, Consumers, Small Businesses
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Hosted Software
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Subscription
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About

Bluma builds an AI short-form content engine that automates consumer-marketing video production, including cloning competitors’ viral videos and generating and editing variations at scale. It sells to businesses, growth teams, creators, brands, and agencies; its differentiation is reference-video cloning combined with template-based, end-to-end workflows designed to reduce the cost and time of UGC production.

Market

Bluma competes in B2B AI creative-production and social-media advertising software, positioning itself as a “Canva for short-form video ads” and an end-to-end AI content engine for consumer marketing teams. It differentiates from agencies, freelancers, and narrower UGC generators by cloning winning viral references, de-editing videos into scenes and overlays, and turning those assets into reusable node-based workflows and many variations at lower cost and faster turnaround.

Target Customers

Bluma primarily targets consumer-facing brands, growth and performance-marketing teams, and agencies that need to produce large volumes of short-form ads and UGC content. Its self-serve tiers also serve individual creators and smaller teams, while its enterprise offering is designed for brands and agencies needing custom templates, onboarding, and dedicated support.

At a Glance

Problem

Short-form video advertising is essential for winning attention on TikTok, Instagram, Meta, Reels, and Shorts, but producing enough creative is slow, expensive, and operationally messy. Bluma says agencies can cost $5,000 or more per month, while individual UGC creators may charge $500 or more per video; both options create revision cycles, reshoots, coordination overhead, and inconsistent output. The killer use case is a growth team finding a competitor’s viral organic or paid ad and rapidly recreating its structure, visuals, captions, and script for its own product.

Product / Service

Bluma is a self-serve and enterprise AI short-form content production platform. Users upload brand assets or paste a TikTok, Instagram, or Meta ad URL; Bluma de-edits the reference into scenes, captions, overlays, and other components, then lets users generate realistic UGC videos, scripts, voices, avatars, product ads, explainers, dialogue videos, and slideshows. Its visual workflow connects references, generation, editing, and iteration in one canvas, allowing a single template to be turned into many variations without filming or switching between multiple tools.

The benefit is faster, more repeatable in-house production at a lower marginal cost than agencies or one-off creators. Starter and Pro plans are self-serve, while the custom enterprise tier provides white-glove onboarding, template creation, dedicated support, and forward-deployed features. The published pricing is $29 per month for Starter and $79 per month for Pro when billed annually, with enterprise pricing customized to the customer’s workflow and needs.

Market

Bluma competes in B2B social-media video marketing and advertising software, specifically the emerging market for AI-generated UGC, short-form video ads, and creative-production automation. Its direct alternatives include AI video-ad tools such as Fastlane, Arcads, and Creatify, while traditional agencies and freelance UGC creators remain important substitutes. Bluma’s differentiation is its emphasis on cloning winning reference videos and combining de-editing, asset generation, workflow templates, and bulk variation into one production engine.

The company appears to be early-stage but commercially launched rather than merely conceptual. Y Combinator lists Bluma as an active San Francisco company founded in 2025, from its Fall 2025 batch, with a two-person team; the company’s launch materials describe the product as still in beta and available without a waitlist or paywall. The reviewed sources do not disclose revenue, customer counts, or usage metrics, so the clearest traction signals are its YC backing, public product availability, published subscription plans, and enterprise offering.

Founders & Leadership

Alisa WuFounder
Co-Founder & CEO
Stephen NiFounder
Co-Founder & CTO

Funding History

2025-10
Seed (Crunchbase labels the round Pre-Seed)$500K

Y Combinator

Recent News

2026-09-14product_launch
Bluma launches AI UGC maker on Y Combinator

Bluma introduced its AI UGC maker on Y Combinator's Launch YC. The platform is described as an all-in-one tool for cloning winning organic and paid-ad videos and slideshows.

2026-07-15other
Bluma listed among YC-funded video startups

Y Combinator’s 2026 video-startup directory listed Bluma as the first AI short-form content engine and described its focus on automating consumer marketing by cloning competitors’ viral videos.

2026-01-27product_launch
Bluma expands its AI short-form ads editor

Bluma’s product site described its AI editor for generating scripts, cloning viral styles, creating UGC content, and exporting videos for TikTok, Reels, and Shorts.

2026-01-17funding
Bluma funding report

Extruct reported that Bluma had raised $500K. The profile described the company as a short-form AI content engine for social video ads, UGC-style videos, and reusable template-based content.

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Business Model

Bluma uses recurring subscriptions with self-serve Starter and Pro tiers, priced at $36 and $99 monthly, or $29 and $79 monthly when billed annually. Its Enterprise offering uses custom pricing and includes concierge onboarding, custom templates, dedicated support, and tailored features for brands and agencies.

Products

AI short-form video advertising and content engineViral-video reference cloning and scene-level de-editingAI UGC, product-ad, slideshow, explainer, dialogue, and talking-head generationNode-based creative canvas and built-in video editorReusable template, AI-persona, asset-generation, and bulk-variation workflows

Tech Stack

Generative AI for image, video, script, and UGC creationReference and viral-video cloning with scene-level de-editing of captions, text, and overlaysNode-based visual canvas workflowsBuilt-in short-form video editorReusable AI templates, personas, and bulk creative variation workflows

Competitors

Creatify AI
Pencil
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