## Introduction

In today's fast-paced digital landscape, creative teams face numerous challenges when it comes to organizing their work and maximizing productivity. From juggling multiple tasks and deadlines to coordinating with team members and maintaining content quality, the complexities can be overwhelming. However, there is a solution on the horizon. In an exciting development, [Loopo](https://loopo.org/ua), the innovative platform designed to streamline workflow and boost efficiency for creative teams, has caught the attention of The Cymes Media. In our special edition we want to show you the significance of Loopo's impact in revolutionizing the way creative teams work, ensuring smoother operations and improved outcomes.

## The idea of creating a startup

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In Vlad's environment, there were always many people in creative professions, and he constantly observed the difficulties they faced in organizing their work every day.
According to statistics, a creative team needs about 5 different services: for planning, automatic publishing, design work, file storage, pre-posting discussions, and more. This increases the risk of losing or outdated materials. And if the team consists of more than 2 people, this risk grows exponentially.
That's why Vlad came up with the idea of creating a product at the intersection of task managers and content planners because there is no single solution in the martech market that solves the problem of organizing creative teams.

## What are the main stages of creating your startup?

For about a year, Vlad and Volodymyr developed the platform in passive mode, but after the start of full-scale invasion, the decision was made to fully focus on promoting the system and parallel development of the necessary features for users.
Our mistakes are very typical for all founders who are building a technical startup for the first time. However, we would like to share this experience in the form of recommendations and lessons learned:
The first thing you must do is conduct user interviews. We didn't do it right away, and as a result, we slightly delayed our cooperation with major market players. So, start with "The Mom Test" book, then make a list of key questions and ask what exactly bothers your target audience.
When you're building a startup, speed and sales skills are often more important than founder perfectionism, so you can also test a raw product. However, it's important to consider all the users you interact with. In our case, the product has two types of stakeholders:
Executors who will use the platform daily.
Managers who will control task execution and overall department efficiency.
Testing the application only with copywriters or SMM specialists was not quite correct from a testing strategy point of view.

## Who are your team members?How did you find each other and how do you work together?

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Vlad, CEO. His software development experience has been quite diverse, primarily working in international fintech and health-care startups.
Volodymyr, CTO, with extensive development experience in American product IT companies. He had the opportunity to collaborate with e-commerce giants, which is why he has experience in building efficient architectures for high-load systems.
Maria, CMO. In the past, she was responsible for social media and digital advertising in the Nova Poshta group of companies and created a marketing department from scratch for a large Ukrainian IT company.
Volodymyr and Vlad studied together and then started working on a joint startup. Maria joined the team at the final stage when there was a need for marketing and public relations.
We also have several part-time employees: a copywriter and a project manager. Additionally, we have freelance contractors: a link builder and an SEO advisor.

## What are the main advantages of this startup?

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[Loopo](https://loopo.org/ua) is a platform that optimizes workflow and helps efficiently manage creative teams.
First of all, our turnkey solution ensures a quick start to effective marketing.
Our little secret is that you can set up our system for yourself and all members of your team in less than 10 minutes. But this integration will save you up to 30% of working time.
It is also important to emphasize the reduction of company operating costs through better content quality and increased team efficiency with lower burnout levels.
The core of the system is publication, within which you can have a dialogue with all team members, assign them tasks with deadlines. The platform also allows for segmenting publications according to channels, delegating tasks, using task templates, and keeping track of the budget. And with a modern text editor, it will optimize the copywriting process and help generate content.
So, Loopo will help avoid common problems such as missed edits or deadlines due to content plans in Google Sheets or messengers.

## Conclusion

Loopo offers a game-changing solution for creative teams seeking to optimize their workflow and enhance productivity. With its user-friendly interface, seamless integration, and powerful features, Loopo empowers teams to effectively plan, execute, and collaborate on their projects. By eliminating common pain points such as missed deadlines, scattered communication, and inefficient content planning, Loopo paves the way for smoother operations and increased team efficiency. Say goodbye to fragmented workflows and hello to a streamlined creative process with Loopo. Experience the transformation for your team and unlock their full potential today.


Loopo is a comprehensive platform designed to optimize workflow and enhance productivity for creative teams. It combines task management, content planning, and collaboration tools to streamline the entire creative process. Start maximizing your team's efficiency with Loopo today.

Loopo: Streamline Workflow and Boost Efficiency for Creative Teams

# Strawberry and Banana in love, users in crisis. My dive into TikTok’s weirdest AI trend

I bet you’ve scrolled past at least one of these vertical videos recently. A crying strawberry discovering her partner cheated. A potato hooked up to an IV drip while a whole chorus of vegetables sobs by the hospital bed. It’s absurd, kind of unhinged, but somehow keeps people watching.



After seeing dozens of these pop up, I decided to look under the hood. Who actually started this? How much money are creators pulling in from cartoon vegetables? And why are researchers starting to flag this stuff as a legit issue?



Here’s what I found.







### How a ChatGPT tool turned fruit into a 300-million-view phenomenon

Every weird internet rabbit hole has an origin story. This one traces back to an Object Talk feature built by AI Century, where ChatGPT generates micro-scripts that creators then plug into AI video generators.



One channel took that basic setup and turned it into an absolute juggernaut. The account [@ai.cinema021](https://www.tiktok.com/@ai.cinema021) launched a soap-opera series called Fruit Love Island — complete with paternity tests and banana-strawberry melodrama.



Watch this: <https://www.tiktok.com/@ai.cinema021/video/7617098849072598303>



The numbers blew up fast: over 300 million views and 3.3 million followers within nine days of launching in March 2026. Once that hit, “fruit soap opera” stopped being an isolated meme and became an actual genre.



### The monetization reality check 

Naturally, once the format proved it could farm attention, it multiplied. Scroll through TikTok's anthropomorphic fruit tag now, and you’ll find pregnant carrots, eggplants playing doctor, and even subgenres of pregnant Coca-Cola bottles undergoing the exact same drama.



Watch this: <https://www.tiktok.com/@aibrainrotss/video/7640944091756383518>



The toolmakers caught on immediately. Platforms like [Media.io](http://media.io/) started offering templates with presets like “cheating apple” or “sad strawberry,” allowing anyone to spit out a mini-drama in two minutes without touching real animation software.



So, are these creators getting rich? The quick answer is no.



Looking through creator breakdowns on Reddit, YouTube Shorts payouts sit around $0.05 to $0.15 per thousand views. A video hitting a million views nets maybe $50 to $150. Even @ai.cinema021 publicly noted they weren't turning a real profit after TikTok began removing their clips. The people making actual income rely on sheer volume — posting dozens of videos daily across ten channels — or selling “how-to” workflow guides to beginners.



### The darker pipeline behind the cute animations

This is where the story takes an uncomfortable turn. Behind the harmless-looking cartoons, researchers are tracking a shift toward graphic imagery.



An August 2026 [study](https://gnet-research.org/2026/08/10/fruit-vegetable-and-brain-rot-the-use-of-generative-ai-to-produce-violence-based-viral-trends/) by the research group GNET documents how the exact same fruit characters kids recognize from cute clips are being escalated into graphic scenes of torture and mutilation. Media outlets covering the report noted that researchers flagged this content for its “radicalizing potential” on young viewers, calling on platforms to step up moderation.



The mechanism is simple: because the character on screen is just a tomato, the absurdity creates emotional distance. That distance lowers a viewer’s natural reflex to flinch at violent visuals. On top of that, creator discussions on Reddit point out a persistent pattern: female fruit characters are overwhelmingly the ones being humiliated or attacked—an issue easy to overlook when the character is a literal strawberry.



### How to approach these feeds moving forward

You don't need to quit vertical video entirely. But it’s worth paying closer attention to what pops up on your feed. And especially what kids are watching, because “it's just a cartoon” doesn't always apply anymore. Keeping a skeptical eye on silly formats is usually the smartest move.

Unpacking TikTok’s AI fruit soap opera trend. Discover how accounts hit 300M views, what creators actually earn, and why researchers are flagging the darker side of this content.

TikTok AI Fruit Trend: Monetization, Brainrot & Safety Risks

From 300 million views on "Fruit Love Island" to low-payout realities and GNET safety warnings: How ChatGPT soap operas turned cute cartoons into an alarming internet phenomenon.

Strawberry and Banana in Love, Users in Crisis: Inside TikTok’s Weirdest AI Trend

# Spider-Man is breaking records. Why do people want other superheroes to retire?

Every time a new Spider-Man movie or game comes out, I find myself asking the same question: how does a 63-year-old character keep beating franchises that are younger, bigger, and backed by huge cinematic universes?

Superhero fatigue was supposed to catch up with Spider-Man years ago. It hasn’t.

The latest numbers make that pretty hard to argue with. Spider-Man: Brand New Day crossed $2 billion globally in just three weeks, making it the second-fastest film ever to reach that number, behind only Avengers: Endgame.

At the same time, we keep hearing that audiences are tired of superheroes.

Apparently, both things can be true. And that makes Spider-Man one of the best examples of how a character can survive even when the surrounding genre starts to struggle.

### The numbers, if you’re curious

Brand New Day opened with $360 million domestically and $932 million worldwide. That was the biggest domestic opening weekend ever, even beating Avengers: Endgame.

It reached $1 billion in six days and passed $2 billion by its third weekend. The final split was roughly $785 million in North America and $1.23 billion internationally.

And this isn’t just about one successful movie.

Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021) finished with $1.92 billion worldwide without ever being released in China, which has historically been one of Marvel’s biggest markets.

Then there’s Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018), which won the Oscar for Best Animated Feature. It was the first non-Disney, non-Pixar film to win the category since Rango in 2011.

And in gaming, Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 sold 2.5 million copies in its first 24 hours, making it the fastest-selling PlayStation Studios title ever.

That looks like more than a big marketing budget. Something about the character himself is clearly working.

🎬 [Watch the spoiler-free video review](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsfTwkGYeHQ)

### An ordinary guy with extraordinary problems

\
[](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsfTwkGYeHQ)The easiest explanation is: “It’s Marvel. The brand sells itself.”

Except recent superhero flops have shown that the Marvel name alone doesn’t guarantee an audience anymore.

Spider-Man works because being relatable is part of the character. It was there from the beginning.

Most famous superheroes are built around what makes them exceptional. They’re gods, kings, billionaires, super-soldiers, or geniuses.

Peter Parker is different. He worries about paying the rent, has trouble with relationships, works, and makes mistakes.

And, somewhere between all of that, he also has to swing between skyscrapers and save people.

The famous line about great power and great responsibility isn’t really about having superpowers. It’s about being given more responsibility than you feel ready for.

That idea is easy to understand, no matter who is playing Peter Parker.

And that may be why the character survives every reboot and recast. People are attached to the problems Peter keeps facing.

### Why the multiverse actually worked

That flexibility also helped make the multiverse work.

Spider-Man has never been tied to one version of the story in the public imagination. So when No Way Home brought three generations of live-action Spider-Men together, it felt emotional rather than forced.

Into the Spider-Verse took the same idea in a completely different direction.

The film used the multiverse to experiment with animation, mixing different textures, styles, and frame rates in the same scenes.

In another franchise, that could have felt like a gimmick.

Here, it made sense because the whole point was that anyone can wear the mask.

### Where other superhero franchises are struggling

The industry often talks about “superhero movies” as if they’re all the same. They aren’t.

Audiences don’t seem to be rejecting superheroes altogether. They seem to be getting tired of predictable origin stories and cinematic universes that feel like homework.

Spider-Man has managed to avoid some of that fatigue.

The emotional story stays personal, whether you’re watching a live-action movie, an animated film, or playing a game. The stakes can be huge, but the problems usually come back to Peter himself.

The franchise is also willing to play with its own history instead of treating continuity like something that can never be touched. Old versions, timelines, and characters can come back and collide.

That turns nostalgia into part of the story rather than the whole point of it.

And then there are the risks.

Into the Spider-Verse could easily have been too strange for a mainstream audience. Instead, its visual style became one of the most influential things to happen to animated superhero films in years.

### So, what keeps Spider-Man going?

A character created in 1962 is now in the biggest commercial run of his six-decade history.

Spider-Man keeps working because the things that matter most about him don’t really change. Peter Parker still has concerns. He still makes mistakes. He still has to figure out how to balance ordinary life with extraordinary responsibility.

Everything around him can change — the actor, the animation style, the game, the timeline, even the universe.

But the emotional core still touches us.

And maybe that’s the real lesson for superhero franchises: audiences don’t necessarily need something new every time.

They need something they still care about, presented in a way that feels new.

Brand New Day crosses $2B globally in weeks. Discover how a 63-year-old character keeps beating cinematic universes through relatability, animation risks, and grounded human conflict.

Why Spider-Man Defies Superhero Fatigue & Hits Box Office Records

While superhero fatigue crushes rival franchises, Spider-Man: Brand New Day hits $2 billion in three weeks: Exploring why an ordinary guy with extraordinary problems survives every reboot and multiverse shift.

Spider-Man is Breaking Records. Why Do People Want Other Superheroes to Retire?

The Ukrainian-American startup team recently introduced a groundbreaking product concept that has quickly captured the attention of the Product Hunt community, earning titles such as "Product of the Day" and "Product of the Week." Meanwhile, FuseBase continues to make waves on Product Hunt, with its next target being "[Product of the Month](https://www.producthunt.com/posts/fusebase)". The project enhances the interaction between service businesses and their clients.

[FuseBase](https://thefusebase.com) is designed to optimize the internal processes of service businesses and enhance the customer experience of their clients. While working on the product, the team drew inspiration from the concept of a Michelin-starred restaurant, where the team's working area and the client's area are separate but share a single goal – to satisfy the user's needs at the highest level.

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Inside FuseBase, there is a 'kitchen' with all the elements for knowledge and project management. In this 'kitchen,' the team can interact with each other and prepare client orders.

This approach allows service businesses to structure their teamwork, improve client user experience, and deliver services with the same quality as found in Michelin-starred restaurants. 

As a result, companies can increase customer satisfaction by an average of 25-35% and work efficiency by 45%. More than 2,000 agencies are already using FuseBase as their primary project and knowledge management tool, replacing a number of specialized products.

"FuseBase is about improving interaction on both sides: for those who provide services and those who use them. Currently, the team is working on visualizing the status of client projects and simplifying the interaction between clients and businesses. The biggest ambitions are related to the use of AI for the needs of service businesses. We already have several hypotheses and prototypes that will soon be presented to the public", – says [Oleksiy Balykov](https://www.linkedin.com/in/oleksii-balykov/), Director of Product and Operations.


Discover FuseBase, the groundbreaking product that optimizes internal processes for service businesses and enhances customer experiences. Inspired by Michelin-starred restaurants, FuseBase aims to satisfy user needs at the highest level. Increase customer satisfaction and work efficiency with this innovative project and knowledge management tool.

Making Waves on Product Hunt, FuseBase Eyes "Product of the Month" with Its Michelin-Star Approach

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