Entrepreneur Mayank Bidawatka, co-founder of the now-defunct Indian microblogging platform Koo, has unveiled a new AI-powered photo-sharing app called PicSee under his latest venture, Billion Hearts. Designed to make photo sharing more seamless and personal, the app uses artificial intelligence to automatically identify and exchange photos between people who appear together in pictures with complete privacy control.
Available on both Android and iOS, PicSee leverages facial recognition to detect shared photos from users’ galleries and enables instant sharing once both parties approve. The platform, currently free to use, plans to introduce premium subscription features in the future.
Bidawatka launched Billion Hearts in 2024 with a vision to build “human-centered consumer tech products” that strengthen emotional bonds through technology. Prior to this, he co-founded Koo in 2020 with Aprameya Radhakrishna, which shut down last year after unsuccessful merger and acquisition talks.
Since its soft launch in July 2025, PicSee has grown rapidly expanding from just 25 users to 75 times that size in three months, driven purely by organic referrals. The app has already facilitated the exchange of over 150,000 photos and now operates in 27 countries, including the US, UK, Japan, Germany, and France, while maintaining a strong base in India.
Bidawatka emphasizes that user privacy is central to PicSee’s design. The app does not store any photos on its servers, all data remains encrypted and securely stored on users’ devices.
Billion Hearts had previously raised $4 million in November 2024, led by Blume Ventures, which is now fueling the company’s global expansion and continued product development.
