# imposter.ai
> Social deduction party game whose categories are written by a model.
Canonical: https://ponicorn.com/startups/imposter-ai
Updated: 2026-09-08
## Key facts
- Headline figure: $19.6k MRR — ✓ Verified, Aug 2026, high confidence
- Business model: Subscription app
- Categories: Games, Mobile Apps
- Founded: 2025
- Status: Active
- Website: https://apps.apple.com
## What it does
imposter.ai is a party game for a room of people holding phones, where the categories are generated rather than shipped in a fixed pack, so a group never runs out of them. Tomi Arakaki launched it in December 2025 and grew it on TikTok and Instagram, where the game plays as its own demo.
## Founders
- [Tomi Arakaki](https://ponicorn.com/founders/tomi-arakaki.md)
## Technology
- React — Frontend (medium confidence)
- RevenueCat — Payments (medium confidence)
## Growth channels
- SEO — primary (medium confidence)
- App Store (medium confidence)
- Instagram (medium confidence)
- Short-form video (medium confidence)
- TikTok (medium confidence)
## Metric history
| Date | Metric | Value | Evidence | Source |
| --- | --- | ---: | --- | --- |
| 2026-08-25 (current) | MRR | $19.6k | ✓ Verified · high confidence · RevenueCat verification showed $19,555 MRR, $41,861 last-30-day revenue, 4,605 active subscriptions and a 4.6/5 App Store rating from 1,909 ratings on August 25, 2026. | [1] |
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## Sources
1. imposter.ai on X — X, Founder post — https://x.com/tomiarakaki
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