Retro AI

Retro AI is an AI-powered photo transformation app using Gemini. The product is at retroai.mikebapps.com. The repository is closed source.

Concept

The README description: "AI-powered photo transformation app using Gemini." Users upload photos that are transformed using Google's Gemini model. The "retro" framing suggests vintage or historical aesthetic transformations.

Technical Note

The explicit mention of Gemini (Google's multimodal AI model) as the transformation engine is one of the few times a specific AI provider is named for a product. SageVox also uses Gemini TTS. The pattern suggests familiarity with Google's AI APIs alongside the Anthropic and OpenAI tools listed in the profile stack.

Position in Photo AI Timeline

Retro AI precedes Picture AI and Past Yous in the photo AI product arc. As the first photo transformation product, it likely explored the demand signal that the subsequent, more specialized products followed.

Status

Listed as legacy work. Hosted on mikebapps.com. No public code.