Orchids

Orchids is an early-stage technology startup founded in 2024 by Kevin Lu and Bach Tran, headquartered in San Francisco, California. The company focuses on developing AI-driven tools to enable rapid, no-code website and app creation, targeting individuals and small businesses seeking accessible and efficient digital presence solutions. Both founders bring extensive technical expertise derived from affiliations with prominent institutions such as the University of Pennsylvania, Stanford HAI, AWS, and Addepar. Emerging from the Y Combinator Winter 2025 batch, Orchids benefits from the accelerator's resources and network, operating as a lean, engineering-led company with a current team of two. Its primary product, the Orchids AI Website Builder, aims to lower barriers to website creation regardless of users' technical backgrounds by delivering instant, visually appealing websites through artificial intelligence. While the company is still defining its business model, it is expected to offer freemium or tiered subscription plans typical of early-stage SaaS website builders. Orchids maintains an independent startup status with no parent company or subsidiaries. Despite the lack of publicly available social media profiles and funding round details as of mid-2025, the company continues to develop its AI design platform and recruit engineering talent to expand its capabilities and market reach.