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Valerie Leblond

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✨ We’re in The New York Times!!!
Such a proud moment for our team at @blng.ai! The article explores how our Design app uses generative AI to bring jewelry concepts to life, from first sketch to photorealistic visuals.

Thank you to Penelope A. Colston and the @nytimes for your thoughtful piece, and to everyone who believes in what we’re building. We are honored to see our work featured in both print and digital.
Read the full story here:
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/20/fashion/jewelry-blng-artificial-intelligence-app.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

#NYTimes #GenerativeAI #JewelryDesign #DesignTech #BLNG by @val.leblond

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🚀 Exciting times at @blng.ai ! Today, we’re proud to announce the close of our $3M seed round, led by @speedinvestvc, with participation from Cove Fund, eSeed, and Focal. We’re incredibly grateful to have such a stellar group of investors backing our mission to transform the way jewelry is imagined, designed, and brought to life. by @val.leblond

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BLNG AI was highlighted at the Vogue Business Fashion Futures 2024 event yesterday in New York!

We are so excited to showcase our latest advancements, including our AI-powered design software which enables jewelry designers and consumers to easily bring their concepts to life, and our state-of-the-art digital studio, which allows brands to visualize their creations in stunning detail on 3D digital humans.

A big thank you to Maghan McDowell and Vogue Business for this amazing opportunity!

To all the passionate designers out there, we can’t wait to show you more of what we’ve been working on and to keep supporting the art of jewelry design. Our goal is to make advanced design tools accessible to creators everywhere, and we can’t wait for you to see what’s coming next!

#VogueBusiness #FashionFutures #TechInnovators #JewelryDesign #FashionTech #BLNG taken in New York by @val.leblond

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✨The Vogue Business 2024 100 Innovators: Tech innovators✨

I’m beyond excited to share that we’ve been hand-selected by Vogue Business editors as one of the 100 Innovators at the forefront of technology this year!!! Congrats to my co-founder Dumëne Comploi, so happy to share this honor with you!

A huge thank you to our incredible team, our partners, and everyone who has supported us on this incredible journey. Just one year in at , and it’s been nothing short of extraordinary.

#VogueBusiness #Innovation #Web3 #Technology #FutureOfFashion #VB100 #JewelryDesign by @val.leblond

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I’m overjoyed to share that BLNG AI has won an award from LVMH at #Vivatech—France’s premier tech summit. We received the LVMH Innovation Award in the special mention category: Generative AI!

Thank you LVMH and Gonzague de Pirey, we are deeply honored and can’t wait to work with your Maisons.

This recognition is a wonderful testament to our team’s dedication and passion. I couldn’t be prouder of the entire BLNG team for their incredible work and unwavering commitment.

Congratulations team!!!
Dumëne Comploi, Thomas Forzaglia, Jeanette Le, Tan Xu, Jay Devassy, Ying Xu, Jace Gangel, Nick da Silva, Braden Robins, and Muhammad Faizan.

And special thanks to our dear friend and advisor Greg Kahn supporting us here in Paris!

#LVMH #VivaTech #AI #GenerativeAI #JewelryDesign #BLNG #Innovation #Technology taken in Paris, France by @val.leblond

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We’re absolutely thrilled to announce that BLNG is a finalist for the LVMH Innovation Award, standing out among 1,545 contenders from across 89 countries!

This is an incredible opportunity to showcase our work at the LVMH Booth during Viva Technology, which will be held from May 22 to 25 in the beautiful city of Paris. We can’t wait to share the transformative impact of Generative AI on the jewelry industry and how BLNG empowers designers to seamlessly turn their concepts into lifelike visualizations on digital humans.

Be sure to catch the winner’s reveal on May 23rd at the VivaTech main stage. We’re thrilled to start this exciting journey with LVMH and see our vision come to life!

#LVMH #VivaTech #LVMHInnovationAward #BLNG #genAI #jewelry #retail by @val.leblond

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⛷+🍸with a view by @val.leblond

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#Dolomites by @val.leblond

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Past and present. taken in West Bay, Dorset by @val.leblond

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