Under the hood
Gemini and Vertex AI are the design engine — not a bolt-on. The rest of the stack stays cheap while we're small, and is ready to grow when the salons do.
Independent nail businesses do not look like a handful of enterprise logos. We built for one-artist salons first, so Cloud Run can sit at zero until someone actually generates a design or books a chair.
Three U.S. government counts — licensed workers, payroll salons, and solo businesses — each showing the same market: a huge long tail of tiny operators.
210,100
Manicurists & pedicurists
BLS Occupational Outlook, 2024. About 28% are self-employed — booth renters, studio owners, and home-based techs.
34,400
Employer nail salons
Census CBP 2023, NAICS 812113. About two-thirds have fewer than five employees.
296,000
No-employee nail businesses
Census Nonemployer Statistics 2023. Solo nail businesses with no payroll — many are part-time or side gigs, not full-time shops.
U.S. first — with clear potential to expand internationally.
