Mariam Naficy

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@mnaficy

Co-Founder and CEO, Arcade; Managing Partner, Heretic Ventures; Founder, Chairman of Minted, board member at Medium, Every Mother Counts, Victoria's Secret.

San Francisco, CA arcade.ai Joined April 2009

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Mariam Naficy @mnaficy Oct 11

Today in SF, builders get access to @arcade_ai's API at Shopping 3.0, our hackathon with @ForerunnerVC and @hereticventures.

700+ people applied for just 100 spots.

Teams will build agents and apps that turn ideas into real products, on top of our pipelines.

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Mariam Naficy @mnaficy Sep 18

I'd love to see more people building commerce and physical product businesses. We're opening Arcade's APIs and manufacturing network so they can. Join me at Arcade's AI Commerce Hackathon on Oct 11. @kirstenagreen a judge; $10,000 1st / $5,000 2nd. Bring an idea! #SFTechWeek

Arcade Verified account @arcade_ai Sep 15

Bring your taste. Build a business. Shopping 3.0: Arcade's AI commerce hackathon. First access to our specialized models and prompt-to-physical APIs. October 11, 2026, $15K in prizes. 100 seats. Apply: partiful.com/e/GmB2RWwfd99J… #SFTechWeek

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Mariam Naficy @mnaficy Feb 26

@wabi, build me an app that grabs impossible restaurant reservations the second they open, 30 days out.

wabi Verified account @wabi Feb 2

We asked an 8-year-old what app she’d build.

She couldn’t pick just one.

When did we stop playing?

Comment & tag @wabi with the mini app you’d make. We’re giving out 100,000 access codes this month.

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Mariam Naficy @mnaficy Nov 19, 2025

When custom becomes as easy as search, the act of shopping will transform on a magnitude not seen in decades. I'm excited to unveil my passion project, writing @arcade_ai's Maia, the first AI design agent that turns conversation into real, physical products. Not mockups. Not concepts. Actual jewelry, gifts and decor made by master artisans and luxury brands like @Christofle1830, Bitossi, Cabana, @L_Co_official, and Noemie.

Mariam Naficy @mnaficy Oct 16, 2025

It has been immediately and immensely impactful to have @jampani_varun on board. Welcome, Varun!!!

Arcade Verified account @arcade_ai Oct 8, 2025

We are thrilled to welcome @jampani_varun to @arcade_ai as our new Chief AI Officer.

Varun helped co-create Stable Diffusion 3.5 and DreamBooth, and now he’s joining us to pioneer how AI turns imagination into physical products.

We’re just getting started, pioneering the next chapter of commerce, democratizing creation, and unlocking human creativity worldwide.

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