Hi Product Hunt, I’m Phil from Move AI. I did YC in 2016 and had to scramble to the Bay Area...great program, terrible move. I've come to realize that no matter how many times you move, it sucks because you're playing a rigged game. Vendors optimize for maximizing profit on one-off jobs, not great outcomes. Then, you're stuck chasing, coordinating, and arguing when things slip. Thanks to today’s LLMs, there’s a better way.
What is it?
An AI moving concierge (plus a real ops team) that plans and runs your relocation end to end. You chat, share a few photos, and we handle inventory, quotes, booking, building paperwork, and day-of coordination.
Why now?
Founders shouldn’t burn cycles project-managing movers. With vision + language models, we can turn quick room photos and a short chat into a structured plan, and execute it with hand-picked vendors and human oversight.
How we keep you from overpaying
• AI inventory from photos → apples-to-apples quotes that match the real scope
• Multiple vetted bids with line-item transparency (stairs, long carries, COIs, permits)
• Internal price checks against historical jobs and vendor scorecards
• Holds and confirmations in writing; we escalate if anything drifts
How you execute (in practice)
• Tell Maddie your dates, from/to, constraints
• Snap room photos; we build your inventory automatically
• Review comparable quotes in one thread; approve your pick
• We book crews, reserve elevators/parking, send COIs, and keep everyone honest on move day
Proof
We’ve coordinated 40+ relocations across major tech hubs and scenarios, from studio hops to cross-country founder moves. We’re especially excited to support the next batch of YC founders. Not limited to YC, but timing is tight, so we’re launching now.
Would love your feedback or must-have requests. Try it at moveai.com
Impressed by the end-to-end approach — photos + ops team is smart. One practical question: how does the system handle high-value or atypical items (pianos, antiques) that need manual quotes or special insurance — can customers request an in-home walkthrough or specialized vendor?
@jaredl We have vendors who can do the high end things. I wouldn't trust a budget mover with a $50,000 piece of art. But a vendor like Cadogan Tate can handle high-value art as well as a regular move. We can contract them specifically for items, or have them handle the entire job. Customers can request a walkthrough, take photos, or just describe the items in the event they are not present, for instance sharing how large a storage unit is and how full they think it is if they're unable to take photos. We'll pad estimates based on uncertainty of information provided. Sometimes we do kick it back to customers and ask them for more info, but for the most part, it works well.
@jaredl Hey Jared! This was indeed a challenge but in addition to the AI-based flows, we also ask customers a series of questions to handle things like this. We generate a list of questions to ask based on the services the customer requests and then use AI to generate tasks for us to ensure nothing's missed. So if you tell us you have a piano or need custom crates for your antiques, we'll be on top of it with our human-in-the-loop approach. We will continue to grow with AI and let it handle more and more for us, but until the reliability and trust is there, our ops team will get involved when necessary.
@peterbuch We can orchestrate! There's nothing stopping us from introducing you to a company that handles this. We just don't have a vendor in network right now. Anyone you'd recommend, we can usually sign up vendors instantly. It's a good value prop for them.
I just wonder how does Move AI ensure the accuracy of its AI-generated inventory from room photos, especially when dealing with cluttered spaces or hidden items?
@justin2025 We use a lot of signals to get it right.
When we first started, we thought: just take photos of everything and done. Turns out, even if we’re 100% correct down to the centimeter, we can still be “wrong” 🤯 because there’s a big human element.
One vendor might pack extra carefully (hello, more boxes = more volume). Another might be a Tetris master and fit it all in tighter. That crew-by-crew variability adds error we can’t fully control… yet.
So now, we layer estimates:
• We know your home’s size and see your photos, so we can gauge clutter vs. similar homes.
• We run item-level estimates.
• We match to cube sheets.
• We cross-check everything.
We also hunt for the “forgotten” stuff: our system prompts you about extra spaces, we ask you to review your inventory, and we double-check before sending it to vendors.
We’ve spent months ground-truthing, factoring in fragility, packing materials, and item shapes for truck fit. Example: our last big job was predicted at 1,800 cubic feet (basically a 26’ box truck). We nailed it. It was a little close for comfort, so we tuned the algorithm to give more breathing room next time.
@michael_xia Indeed it does. I heard a story on twitter the other day about a guy who was extorted for $60,000 to get all his stuff back after the vendor took possession. Straight up extortion. Crazy!!
Love the product - made my last move the easiest one I’ve ever done. Moving is stressful enough without needing to find reliable vendors and the coordination headaches
@barroncaster Thanks for popping in Barron. Looking forward to doing your next move, whenever that may be. Although, we do services now too, so anytime you're on Yelp, ping us!
Hey Product Hunt! Sunny, CTO of Move AI, here. After more than a year of building alongside the rapidly evolving AI landscape, I'm excited to share what we've created!
The biggest technical challenge? Teaching AI to accurately inventory entire homes from just photos. We had to solve everything from object detection in cluttered spaces to understanding context (is that a valuable antique or garage sale fodder?).
We built a sophisticated pipeline that processes thousands of items in parallel, combining computer vision with contextual LLM reasoning. By leveraging customer responses during onboarding, we can prime our models in ways that photos alone couldn't achieve. It was equal parts fun and stressful, but I'm thoroughly proud of the results!
We're using AI throughout the entire moving experience (smart onboarding, dynamic task management, real-time updates), but this computer vision breakthrough is what makes the whole platform possible.
To my fellow engineers - I would love your feedback on the experience! What AI-powered solutions have you found most game-changing in traditionally manual industries?
@sunny_mittal1 I just wanna take this moment and thank Sunny publicly for being such an awesome product. It’s really quite something and we couldn’t do without you.
@sunny_mittal1 this seems like a super daunting challenge — do you think you'd eventually be able to get to video-based walkthroughs in stead of static photos?
@chrismessina It was definitely an experience! We tried so many very complicated approaches that got us 90% there but just couldn't bridge the gap, and 90% wasn't good enough. We were originally hoping for video-based processing, but even the latest flagship models still process videos by taking a snapshot every second. In our experience, it's much harder to get people to film items steadily for a full second before moving on, which results in many frames being blurry (if they were captured during movement) or simply missing items because the item(s) were only seen in the period between frames. I had an idea of manually snapping frames at tighter intervals, but doing it programmatically still has the issue of frames potentially being blurry. It also seems that when taking a photo, people frame the items/room/scene better than if they're just quickly filming it. I tried an approach using realtime APIs to actually speak to the user and tell them to "go back to that corner, I didn't catch everything" or similar but the latency was still noticeable and made it unusable. With modern tech, I think photos are the optimal way to go, but I can definitely see future models that natively support video allowing us to streamline the experience through video while providing comparable accuracy. Great question!
@cruise_chen Thanks for the first comment! It obviously only works if you customers take pictures of everything, but if they do, works like a charm! :) Customers also have the option to have an in home walkthrough as well to verify quotes. And in the event a customer forgets a room like an attic of the backyard, vendors are able to modify the estimate onsite.
@philsalesses@sunny_mittal1 Congrats! Incredible what you've pulled off with such a small team. From day one I've been blown away with how many things you're orchestrating into a unified platform and experience. Such a daunting challenge, but you've pulled it off! Happy to have both helped and to be a customer.
@philsalesses@peiter_buick We couldn't have done it without you! It really is quite crazy to see how much was done in such a short time. It feels like years but it's truly only been 9 months.
Haha, finally someone's solving moving nightmares! Last year, I botched an emergency office move, and you guys cracked the price gouging trap with just AI-powered inventory scanning.
Take a photo → get an instant, transparent, itemized quote, though I need to test the accuracy of the recognition.
Kudos to you for making moving easier—I'll definitely call you next time I move!
Move AI your personal AI-powered moving concierge. Plan, organize, and streamline every step of your move effortlessly. Experience a stress-free relocation with smart tailored guidance.
I def can relate as a person who hate packing stuff and also need to move a lot due to work. Really amazing concept! I actually think this is the one of most creative + practical product I have seen in product hunt.
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Move AI
Hi Product Hunt, I’m Phil from Move AI. I did YC in 2016 and had to scramble to the Bay Area...great program, terrible move. I've come to realize that no matter how many times you move, it sucks because you're playing a rigged game. Vendors optimize for maximizing profit on one-off jobs, not great outcomes. Then, you're stuck chasing, coordinating, and arguing when things slip. Thanks to today’s LLMs, there’s a better way.
What is it?
An AI moving concierge (plus a real ops team) that plans and runs your relocation end to end. You chat, share a few photos, and we handle inventory, quotes, booking, building paperwork, and day-of coordination.
Why now?
Founders shouldn’t burn cycles project-managing movers. With vision + language models, we can turn quick room photos and a short chat into a structured plan, and execute it with hand-picked vendors and human oversight.
How we keep you from overpaying
• AI inventory from photos → apples-to-apples quotes that match the real scope
• Multiple vetted bids with line-item transparency (stairs, long carries, COIs, permits)
• Internal price checks against historical jobs and vendor scorecards
• Holds and confirmations in writing; we escalate if anything drifts
How you execute (in practice)
• Tell Maddie your dates, from/to, constraints
• Snap room photos; we build your inventory automatically
• Review comparable quotes in one thread; approve your pick
• We book crews, reserve elevators/parking, send COIs, and keep everyone honest on move day
Proof
We’ve coordinated 40+ relocations across major tech hubs and scenarios, from studio hops to cross-country founder moves. We’re especially excited to support the next batch of YC founders. Not limited to YC, but timing is tight, so we’re launching now.
Would love your feedback or must-have requests. Try it at moveai.com
Tidyread
Impressed by the end-to-end approach — photos + ops team is smart. One practical question: how does the system handle high-value or atypical items (pianos, antiques) that need manual quotes or special insurance — can customers request an in-home walkthrough or specialized vendor?
Move AI
@jaredl We have vendors who can do the high end things. I wouldn't trust a budget mover with a $50,000 piece of art. But a vendor like Cadogan Tate can handle high-value art as well as a regular move. We can contract them specifically for items, or have them handle the entire job. Customers can request a walkthrough, take photos, or just describe the items in the event they are not present, for instance sharing how large a storage unit is and how full they think it is if they're unable to take photos. We'll pad estimates based on uncertainty of information provided. Sometimes we do kick it back to customers and ask them for more info, but for the most part, it works well.
Move AI
@jaredl Hey Jared! This was indeed a challenge but in addition to the AI-based flows, we also ask customers a series of questions to handle things like this. We generate a list of questions to ask based on the services the customer requests and then use AI to generate tasks for us to ensure nothing's missed. So if you tell us you have a piano or need custom crates for your antiques, we'll be on top of it with our human-in-the-loop approach. We will continue to grow with AI and let it handle more and more for us, but until the reliability and trust is there, our ops team will get involved when necessary.
findable.
love this, also moved a few times 8000 miles plus at a time, it's a nightmare.
Does Move provide relevant info like visa requirements too?
Move AI
@peterbuch We can orchestrate! There's nothing stopping us from introducing you to a company that handles this. We just don't have a vendor in network right now. Anyone you'd recommend, we can usually sign up vendors instantly. It's a good value prop for them.
Love the concept!
I just wonder how does Move AI ensure the accuracy of its AI-generated inventory from room photos, especially when dealing with cluttered spaces or hidden items?
Move AI
@justin2025 We use a lot of signals to get it right.
When we first started, we thought: just take photos of everything and done. Turns out, even if we’re 100% correct down to the centimeter, we can still be “wrong” 🤯 because there’s a big human element.
One vendor might pack extra carefully (hello, more boxes = more volume). Another might be a Tetris master and fit it all in tighter. That crew-by-crew variability adds error we can’t fully control… yet.
So now, we layer estimates:
• We know your home’s size and see your photos, so we can gauge clutter vs. similar homes.
• We run item-level estimates.
• We match to cube sheets.
• We cross-check everything.
We also hunt for the “forgotten” stuff: our system prompts you about extra spaces, we ask you to review your inventory, and we double-check before sending it to vendors.
We’ve spent months ground-truthing, factoring in fragility, packing materials, and item shapes for truck fit. Example: our last big job was predicted at 1,800 cubic feet (basically a 26’ box truck). We nailed it. It was a little close for comfort, so we tuned the algorithm to give more breathing room next time.
@philsalesses Wow this is amazing! Just upvoted for you!
Move AI
@justin2025 Thanks, appreciate it!
UnPrompt
Beats the crap out of calling a bunch of small shops to compare quotes, and then praying for 2 weeks while they hold onto all your stuff...
Move AI
@michael_xia Indeed it does. I heard a story on twitter the other day about a guy who was extorted for $60,000 to get all his stuff back after the vendor took possession. Straight up extortion. Crazy!!
Rev
Move AI
@barroncaster Thanks for popping in Barron. Looking forward to doing your next move, whenever that may be. Although, we do services now too, so anytime you're on Yelp, ping us!
Move AI
Hey Product Hunt! Sunny, CTO of Move AI, here. After more than a year of building alongside the rapidly evolving AI landscape, I'm excited to share what we've created!
The biggest technical challenge? Teaching AI to accurately inventory entire homes from just photos. We had to solve everything from object detection in cluttered spaces to understanding context (is that a valuable antique or garage sale fodder?).
We built a sophisticated pipeline that processes thousands of items in parallel, combining computer vision with contextual LLM reasoning. By leveraging customer responses during onboarding, we can prime our models in ways that photos alone couldn't achieve. It was equal parts fun and stressful, but I'm thoroughly proud of the results!
We're using AI throughout the entire moving experience (smart onboarding, dynamic task management, real-time updates), but this computer vision breakthrough is what makes the whole platform possible.
To my fellow engineers - I would love your feedback on the experience! What AI-powered solutions have you found most game-changing in traditionally manual industries?
Move AI
@sunny_mittal1 this seems like a super daunting challenge — do you think you'd eventually be able to get to video-based walkthroughs in stead of static photos?
Move AI
@chrismessina It was definitely an experience! We tried so many very complicated approaches that got us 90% there but just couldn't bridge the gap, and 90% wasn't good enough. We were originally hoping for video-based processing, but even the latest flagship models still process videos by taking a snapshot every second. In our experience, it's much harder to get people to film items steadily for a full second before moving on, which results in many frames being blurry (if they were captured during movement) or simply missing items because the item(s) were only seen in the period between frames. I had an idea of manually snapping frames at tighter intervals, but doing it programmatically still has the issue of frames potentially being blurry. It also seems that when taking a photo, people frame the items/room/scene better than if they're just quickly filming it. I tried an approach using realtime APIs to actually speak to the user and tell them to "go back to that corner, I didn't catch everything" or similar but the latency was still noticeable and made it unusable. With modern tech, I think photos are the optimal way to go, but I can definitely see future models that natively support video allowing us to streamline the experience through video while providing comparable accuracy. Great question!
Agnes AI
Omg, getting fixed quotes just from snapping some pics? That’s actually genius, moving is such a headache lol. Makers crushed it with this idea, tbh.
Move AI
@cruise_chen Thanks for the first comment! It obviously only works if you customers take pictures of everything, but if they do, works like a charm! :) Customers also have the option to have an in home walkthrough as well to verify quotes. And in the event a customer forgets a room like an attic of the backyard, vendors are able to modify the estimate onsite.
Move AI
I wrote a manifesto explaining our grand vision if you're interested: https://www.moveai.com/dispatch/what-amazon-missed-the-everything-moment
PopHop
thats something crazyyy lets go team great work and big congrats on the launch @philsalesses
Move AI
@suryansh_7 Thanks! Appreciate the support.
Looks amazing, Is it end-to-end (visas, utilities, banking) and do you have an HR/relocation API for teams?
Move AI
Move AI
@philsalesses @sunny_mittal1 Congrats! Incredible what you've pulled off with such a small team. From day one I've been blown away with how many things you're orchestrating into a unified platform and experience. Such a daunting challenge, but you've pulled it off! Happy to have both helped and to be a customer.
Move AI
@philsalesses @peiter_buick We couldn't have done it without you! It really is quite crazy to see how much was done in such a short time. It feels like years but it's truly only been 9 months.
Move AI
@peiter_buick @sunny_mittal1 It does feel like an eternity. Thanks for your help Peiter (and SUNNY the heroic lifter).
Congrats on the launch!
Never thought I’d see AI shaking up the moving industry, but I'm liking it. Excited to see what’s next!
Great work, all the best!
Move AI
@ash_grover Moving is the wedge into your life. So for us it made sense. Thanks for the comment.
MoveBuddha
This is awesome and much needed in the industry. Great work @philsalesses
Move AI
@carriganisms Thanks Ryan. Learned a lot from our chat. Hoping AI agents can pickup the slack and improve success odds over our predecessors.
Love MoveAI! Moving experience has been a nightmare, but MoveAI is the solution! (finally!!)
Move AI
findable.
I recently moved and it was one of if not the most stressful period of my life that I can recall.
Kudos @ launching @philsalesses, will definitely keep Move AI in mind for the future!
Love the “relocate as fast as you ship” angle makes moving feel less like chaos and more like ordering a package. Congrats on the launch!
Haha, finally someone's solving moving nightmares! Last year, I botched an emergency office move, and you guys cracked the price gouging trap with just AI-powered inventory scanning.
Take a photo → get an instant, transparent, itemized quote, though I need to test the accuracy of the recognition.
Kudos to you for making moving easier—I'll definitely call you next time I move!
Move AI your personal AI-powered moving concierge. Plan, organize, and streamline every step of your move effortlessly. Experience a stress-free relocation with smart tailored guidance.
I def can relate as a person who hate packing stuff and also need to move a lot due to work. Really amazing concept! I actually think this is the one of most creative + practical product I have seen in product hunt.