Jesse Genet
Co-founder of Lumi (YC W15) who now makes short videos about running personal AI agents and local models
Jesse Genet co-founded Lumi, a Y Combinator Winter 2015 company that provided packaging and shipping supplies to online brands and was later sold to Narvar. Jesse's website describes the current work as vibe coding. The Jesse Genet YouTube channel publishes short videos about building and running personal AI agents with OpenClaw and Nous Research's Hermes Agent, and about running open models such as Gemma 4, GLM 5.1, and MiniMax 2.7 locally, including on a Mac Studio. The website lists 2026 guest appearances about AI agents on the a16z Podcast, The Cognitive Revolution, The Twist with Jason Calacanis, and How I AI.312
Work
Jesse Genet on YouTube (external site: youtube.com)Show, channel, or publication
Short videos about setting up and using personal AI agents built on OpenClaw and Hermes Agent, and about running open models locally, including on a Mac Studio.2
Lumi (external site: ycombinator.com)Proprietary product
Co-founded Lumi (Y Combinator Winter 2015), which provided packaging and shipping supplies to online brands; Y Combinator lists the company as acquired and sold to Narvar.3
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