A real gap
There is no local, EU-compliant video commerce super-app for Romanian and CEE consumers, creators and small sellers. Global platforms treat the region as an afterthought; we build for it first.
Investor brief · 2026Own the stack.
Own the stack.
Own the market.
Swypik is building Europe’s video-first super-app on a stack we own end to end: our own AI (Ilaria), our own verified language (Swyp) and our own operating layer (SwypikOS).
StagePre-seedWeb MVP running in production
MarketRomania → CEE → EURomanian-first, 7 languages shipped
Product22 modules21 with working code, one account
StackOwned end to endAI · language · OS · apps
Supported by
Compute allocation awarded by the European High-Performance Computing Joint Undertaking — MareNostrum 5 ACC (H100)
- Microsoft for Startups
Accepted into Microsoft for Startups Founders Hub
- AWS Activate
Accepted into AWS Activate — cloud credits for startups
The thesis
Three reasons this wins.
A super-app wedge
Video discovery creates intent; commerce, rides, food, stays and entertainment capture it — all on one account, one wallet and one social graph, with multiple revenue lines from day one.
A stack we own
Our own AI model family, our own verified programming language and our own operating layer. Lower unit costs over time, European data residency, and independence from platforms we don’t control.
Business model
Many revenue lines.
One account.
Take rates are not slideware — they are configuration values in the commerce codebase today. Every module monetises the same user, wallet and social graph.
Creators earn a 5% affiliate share on sales they drive; Swypik Cares runs at 0% commission as a trust feature.
MarketplacePlatform commission on product sales
10%Swypik GoPlatform share per ride · 80% to the driver
20%Swypik StaysCommission per confirmed booking
10%Movies & MusicPlatform share of unlocks · 70% to creators
30%Swypik AdsAI-assisted feed boosts and flash sales for sellers
AdsLive & MissionsLive tips and brand-funded creator missions
Tips · briefsThe moat
Others rent. We own.
Each layer we own lowers cost, removes a dependency and makes the next layer safer.
SwypikTypical startup
AppsSwypik super-appSingle-vertical apps on rented rails
AIIlaria · ternary IMC family, designed to be trained from scratchPer-token APIs from US providers
SafetySwyp · contracts & capabilities verified before executionPrompt filters and hope
PlatformSwypikOS · our own OS: first-party kernel + desktopSomeone else’s app store and OS rules
What’s already built
Execution you can audit.
- Web product running in production on EU cloud infrastructure
- 22 modules in one codebase, each labelled with its real status
- 2,400+ automated tests in the commerce codebase · 7 languages
- Shopify & WooCommerce import built for sellers
- Ilaria: training pipeline, promotion gates and a 3M-document data chain built
- SwypikOS: first-party kernel seed (QEMU-validated) and capability security model
- Swyp: native x64 / ARM64 backends, within ~14% of C wall time (i64 workload) with checked overflow
What we don’t claim — yet
Honesty is part of the product.
- We do not publish user, GMV or catalog numbers until they are audited.
- The native apps are not yet in the App Store or Google Play.
- Ilaria’s full pretraining is next — we make no model-quality claims yet.
- SwypikOS is not yet a shipping OS: the first-party kernel seed is validated in QEMU only, not on physical hardware, and its base architecture is not yet decided.
Roadmap
From a city to a network.
- Now
Foundation
- Web MVP live
- Modules in beta behind feature flags
- Payments & checkout validation
- Native mobile pilot
- Ilaria pipeline & gates built
- Next
Romanian launch
- Public launch: commerce, Go, Food, Stays
- Native iOS & Android apps
- Creators, Missions & Live at scale
- Ilaria IMC-125M pretraining
- Later
CEE expansion
- Movies, Music, News, Messenger
- CEE markets & languages
- Ilaria IMC-1B on-device
- SwypikOS public previews
- Vision
The network
- Myriad: an Ilaria cell on every SwypikOS device
- Opt-in Compute Fabric
- Swyp as the language of the platform
Roadmap phases are sequencing, not dated commitments.
Pre-seed round in preparation
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