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Zhenya Luchinin

Barcelona-based designer and founder building generative AI apps like Tuzik

About Zhenya Luchinin

Zhenya Luchinin is a product leader, founder and designer with about fifteen years in the industry who now focuses on generative AI. He previously worked in design and art direction at companies including Yandex and Bookmate and ran a digital product design studio that grew to around forty people. He has lived in Barcelona since 2023.

His recent products include Tuzik, an iOS app that teaches kids step-by-step drawing to encourage offline creativity; Aya Photo, an iOS app that turns one reference photo into a photoshoot; freym, a node canvas for chaining AI image and video models; aigma, which turns prompts or images into websites; meracl, competitive intelligence for mobile app ad creatives; and Dear Journal, a journaling app with an AI reflection companion.

Products by Zhenya Luchinin

Tuzik logo

Tuzik

apps.apple.com

AI step-by-step drawing app that encourages kids to draw offline.

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Aya Photo

genue.me

iOS app that turns one reference photo into a photoshoot.

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freym

genue.me

Node canvas for chaining AI image and video models.

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aigma

genue.me

AI design tool that turns prompts or images into websites.

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Dear Journal

genue.me

Journaling app with an AI reflection companion.

Timeline

  1. 2023 — Moved to Barcelona.

Zhenya Luchinin FAQ

Who is genue on X?

@genue is Zhenya Luchinin, a Barcelona-based designer and founder who builds generative AI apps such as Tuzik and Aya Photo.

What is Tuzik?

Tuzik is an iOS app that uses AI to guide kids through step-by-step drawing on paper.

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