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Jesse Genet

Creator, Jesse Genet

  • Creator, Jesse Genet (YouTube channel)32

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.123

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Career

Jesse Genet founded Lumi with Steph Ango and served as its Founder and CEO. Lumi went through Y Combinator in Winter 2015 and provided packaging and shipping supplies to online brands, from small businesses to large e-commerce companies; Y Combinator's directory lists the company as acquired and notes it was sold to Narvar.1

Channel and publications

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 locally. Genet's website lists 2026 guest appearances about personal AI agents on the a16z Podcast, The Cognitive Revolution, The Twist with Jason Calacanis, and How I AI.23

Work and contributions

  • Jesse Genet on YouTube 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.3

  • Lumi 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.1

Timeline

  1. Took Lumi, a packaging company for online brands, through Y Combinator's Winter 2015 batch.1
  2. Appeared as a guest on the a16z Podcast and How I AI to discuss personal AI agents built with OpenClaw.2

Other documented roles

Roles the sources document that are not confirmed as current.

  • Founder and CEO, Lumi12

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References

3 sources · profile reviewed Oct 21, 2026 · data updated Oct 21, 2026

  1. Lumi: Packaging for online brandsY Combinator · Official page · accessed Oct 21, 2026
  2. Jesse Genet — official websiteJesse Genet · Official page · accessed Oct 21, 2026
  3. Jesse Genet — YouTube channelYouTube · Official page · accessed Oct 21, 2026