Koo cofounder Mayank Bidawatka has launched PicSee, an AI-powered mutual photo-sharing app, available now on Google Play and Apple App Store. The app is built by his new company, Billion Hearts Software Technologies, and aims to make photo sharing easy, private, and automatic.
A New Way to Share Photos
PicSee introduces a “give to get” concept, users can get unseen photos of themselves from friends, but only when they share photos of their friends in return. Once both users approve each other, photo sharing becomes automatic.
Bidawatka explained in a LinkedIn post, “We find your friends from your gallery, help you invite and approve them. After a one-time approval, you can exchange pics with them forever. You get 24 hours to review outgoing photos.”
The app uses AI face recognition to find friends from a user’s photo gallery and send personalized invites. Once connected, it continues working in the background to detect and share new photos.
“There are over 15 trillion photos in the world, with 2 trillion more clicked every year — yet most never get shared,” Bidawatka said. “PicSee fixes this with a patent-pending mutual sharing flow — you get your unseen pics from friends, and for them to get theirs, they share yours.”
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Privacy and Security at the Core
PicSee focuses strongly on privacy and data security. The app does not store any photos on the cloud; all data stays on the user’s device. Shared photos are encrypted and cannot be accessed even by PicSee employees.
To ensure safety, screenshots are disabled, and by default, nudes and private content are excluded from AI scans. Users have 24 hours to review or recall any image before it’s shared.
Bidawatka said, “Everything stays encrypted and on-device, so even PicSee can’t see your photos. It’s simple, private, and built for global scale.”
Early Growth and Future Plans
PicSee was soft launched in July 2025 and has already gained users in 27 countries and 160 cities. So far, more than 1.5 lakh photos have been exchanged through the app. The company says 30% of users now have more photos of themselves on PicSee than in their own galleries.
The app currently has over 500 downloads on Google Play and plans to add AI photo and video editing tools soon.
About Billion Hearts
Billion Hearts Software Technologies was founded by Mayank Bidawatka in late 2024, after his previous startup Koo shut down following failed acquisition talks. Billion Hearts raised $4 million (around INR 33.7 crore) in seed funding from Blume Ventures, General Catalyst, and Athera Venture Partners.
The 11-member team is building privacy-safe, globally scalable AI consumer products, with PicSee as its first offering.
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