MANII MARKETPLACE
AI turning inclusion into a scalable business model.
Manii is a start-up multi-brand marketplace offering a personalized shopping experience for plus-size clothing. An AI-powered app connects consumers and brands, with dedicated fittings for larger bodies built on the standardization of plus-size body shapes.
The goal is to improve the shopping experience, expand the online plus-size market, and standardize and professionalize the retail industry.
At its core is an AI body-clustering system: consumer measurements are grouped into body clusters, and each cluster maps to standardized patterns across brands, so the shopper sees only the sizes that truly fit.
Create an AI-powered marketplace that connects plus-size consumers and brands through data-driven fit, eliminating friction and returns while expanding market access and standardizing fit by body cluster.
Body-cluster AI models that standardize plus-size fit across brands, aligning consumer data, pattern-making and retail operations into one scalable ecosystem.
- TRL 7, market validated
- USD 1M non-dilutive funding
- Angel round completed
- Dedicated designs for larger bodies, ensuring accessibility, trust and quality
- Service design delivering a better shopping experience for the plus-size audience
- Decision ownership on data models
- Risk-controlled scaling strategy
- Trade-offs to protect margin
- System-level platform design
- Outcome-focused inclusion economics
55% of the population is overweight in North America and Latin America. Among plus-size individuals, 71% have difficulty finding clothes and 86% are dissatisfied with how clothes fit. Through service design, Manii delivers an inclusive experience that removes the frustration of current services and represents plus-size people positively.
Awards & recognition
Trade-offs
- Prioritized personalization depth over operational simplicity, accepting higher system complexity to deliver real fit accuracy and trust.
- Chose body-cluster precision over frictionless onboarding, ensuring long-term satisfaction rather than short-term conversion.
- Delayed aggressive market expansion to protect quality assurance, preserving brand credibility and platform reliability.