Jason Levin, the founder of Memelord Technologies, believes that memes are the most powerful communication tool at humanity’s disposal. If deployed correctly, memes can shift cultural currents—and also possibly make you rich.
That belief is shared by a group of investors who last month funded Memelord’s seed round with $3 million. Memelord Technologies, founded by the 28-year-old Levin in 2024, bills itself as meme SaaS. It’s a platform that allows users to root through a giant cache of images, layer them with text, and throw their creations into the ether in the hopes of marketing a business, or perhaps rebutting a stranger’s argument in Elon Musk’s mentions.
It’s probably the internet’s most sophisticated meme-generating platform, with a sprawling collection of digital motifs, videos, and templates that can help anyone tap into their trollishness or set foot in the culture wars.
“We build weapons for keyboard warriors,” the company’s homepage says. Those keyboard warriors can subscribe at both individual and enterprise tiers, for $42 and $299 a month, respectively.
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A variety of investors participated in the seed round, including Slow Ventures and Long Journey Ventures, along with independent financiers such as Balaji Srinivasan and Troy Osinoff. “The Memelord team [is] set up to become effectively the Canva for memes in a very powerful way,” Sam Lessin, General Partner at Slow Ventures, tells Inc.
Describing the cultural resonance of memes in 2025, Levin cites Tesla’s CEO: “Elon says [he] who controls the memes, controls the universe. He’s not joking.”
Levin, for his part, is a meme aficionado who has put in ample work studying the craft and business of shitposting. He published the book Memes Make Millions in 2023, which draws on interviews with the admins of the internet’s most popular meme pages, like BoredElonMusk, probing their money-making strategies. “I learned so much writing this. I learned everything. It was like I did my PhD in memes,” he tells Inc.
Memetic warfare—or at least stunts—appear to be something of a lifestyle for Levin. He has documented his own pranks on social media and seems to delight in achieving certain viewership metrics—like the time he got over 20 million Instagram views reading a book called “How to Live With a Small Penis” while riding the subway. “I wrote in my book that pictures speak a thousand words, but memes speak a million,” he says.
Perhaps it was only a matter of time before Silicon Valley investors saw an untapped opportunity in the meme economy. It’s a language that has crawled up from the deepest rungs of 4Chan and become regular fodder of the online experience, like the deranged photos of JD Vance that might clog your social feeds at times. Even the federal government’s social channels are now flooded with them. The Department of Homeland Security and The White House have regularly used memes to celebrate immigration raids.
To anyone familiar with the terminally online, politics is probably the richest territory for a meme-making product looking to take over the world. Campaigning is an art that meets people online as much as it meets them at their doorsteps, regardless of party affiliation. Donald Trump is a chronic poster who regularly shares memes mocking his adversaries; Zohran Mamdani’s campaign for NYC mayor set a new standard in digital savvyness on the left.
When asked about Memelord’s potential, Lessin, the investor, says: “Huge is the answer. Early days, but huge. We wouldn’t do things if we didn’t believe they could be.”
Levin already has experience in political posting: Memelord partnered with Andrew Cuomo’s campaign for NYC mayor earlier this year. After Levin revealed himself as Cuomo’s undercover meme-chef, he reveled in the triumph of attracting more eyeballs to the former New York governor’s foundering social media presence.
When asked how he assesses the marketplace for memes in politics, Levin has one word. “Infinte.” When asked to elaborate, he says, “No.”
When asked about potential competitors, Levin invokes a meme.
“The Lion does not concern himself with people who are not committed to the bit,” he says.
Memelord would like to continue its political work. After all, in addition to President Trump, California Governor Gavin Newsom has attracted a lot of attention and media coverage for communicating via memes on his social accounts. Contracts with government agencies “is definitely a goal of ours, transparently,” Levin says of Memelord’s aspirations. Among its current clients, Memelord already has “government adjacent projects, NGOs, and ex-government officials,” Levin says, (Levin added “no comment” when asked if he could name clients.)
Levin and his investors also believe that businesses are a big target market, including the marketing departments at tech companies and beyond. Memelord wants to become standard B2B software for white-collar incursions into online discourse. Currently, Memelord’s clients listed on its website include CRM giant Hubspot, X, and the newsletter platform Beehiiv, among others.
“Memes are intertwined with culture and they’re not going anywhere, so why not invest in tooling around it? Only other meme investments you can make right now are in coins,” says Troy Osinoff, a venture capitalist who participated in the round.
Inc’s conversation with Levin took place on Wednesday, October 1 and lasted roughly 13 minutes. It ended abruptly. When Levin was asked about making introductions to his investors, he suddenly became confused about the story’s intent and expressed concerns about a “hit piece.” He then hung up without warning, after being asked to elaborate on his concerns.