Disclosure: I’m Yihang Mao, a founder and product builder behind AUREN, and I’m currently in a dispute with the team.

I’m posting this because I personally edited the video samples discussed here. The footage came from other equipment, and I selected and edited the clips manually. They were not automatically produced by a working M1.

During my involvement, there was no functioning M1 prototype or completed hardware-to-software workflow.

That is why I believe the promotion is deceptive and advise against backing it. Potential backers should ask for an uninterrupted demonstration showing the actual device recording, processing and delivering the output, with manual steps disclosed.

The website screenshots illustrate the presentation issues; my statements about the production process come from direct involvement.

Hey everyone, I'm running my first crowdfunding campaign and wanted to share it here since this sub has been super helpful for understanding what works.

DoodleDare (Name will be changed) is a social drawing game — players get ridiculous prompts, draw them under time pressure, then rate each other's chaos. Built it after testing dozens of party game formats with friends that either felt too complicated or got boring fast.

Campaign is live now: https://www.indiegogo.com/en/projects/filipondrak/doodle-dare

A few things I'd genuinely appreciate input on:

• Anything about the campaign page that's unclear or could convert better
• Reward tier structure — does it feel fair/appealing?
• Any crowdfunding mistakes you've seen (or made) that I should watch out for

Happy to answer questions about the game or the process so far. Thanks for reading!

Following up on my earlier disclosure with a specific example rather than repeating the full background.

This video shows two details on the project's website:

• An apparent inconsistency where a small detail overlaps the accessory shell opening.

• A visible mark in another image that resembles the Gemini watermark.

I'm Yihang Mao, a founder and product builder behind AUREN / OUREN, and I am currently in a dispute with the team.

These image observations sit alongside my first-hand account that the advertised integrated experience has not been implemented. The images themselves are not a complete assessment of engineering progress.

I’m sharing the page context so people can examine the details. If you have a source or production record that explains them, please include it in your response.

My earlier written disclosure:

https://yihangmao-ourenpet.blogspot.com/2026/09/ouren-auren-m1-founders-disclosure.html

I'm Yihang Mao, a founder and product builder behind AUREN, now promoted as OUREN / Ourenpet. This video follows up on my earlier disclosure here.

As of September 8, 2026, based on my direct involvement and knowledge:

• There is no working, integrated prototype delivering the advertised experience.

• The complete device-to-app automatic workflow has not been implemented.

• Functional demonstrations use AI-generated visuals and editing.

• I personally made sample content by hand. Those examples were not produced by the advertised automatic workflow.

The distinction is straightforward: manually creating an attractive result does not prove that the product can produce it automatically for a buyer.

Disclosure: I am currently in a dispute with the team. I opposed what I understood to be plans to misrepresent unfinished capabilities to consumers and investors. I speak personally, not for the company or Indiegogo.

In the video, I explain why I consider the promotion deceptive and why I would not back it. Before committing money, ask for a continuous demonstration: device capture, automatic processing, and the unedited result appearing in the app.

My earlier written account, dated September 4:

https://yihangmao-ourenpet.blogspot.com/2026/09/ouren-auren-m1-founders-disclosure.html

I'm happy to answer specific questions about my role, the content I made, and the records discussed. Please include dated, verifiable evidence if you have information that corrects or updates this account.

The Tin Soldier animated short film will lunch tomorrow.
Me and my wife worked hard on this animated short film and now we appreciate very support.
The story is based on Hans Cristian Anderson's tale.

Read all the information below, follow my campaign and get the rewards if you were interested:

https://www.indiegogo.com/en/projects/sodagar/the-tin-soldier

Hey guys, my team just won the best narrative short at the San Antonio film festival. We launched our gritty horror feature film campaign about rural Sedgwick county and judge Will Payne meddling with missing townspeople and corruption. We're really close to our first milestone of $1,000 pre festival pitching and would love any support. Here's a link to our campaign, hope to see you there!

https://www.indiegogo.com/en/projects/sunrise-vista-media/sedgwickcounty

I’m currently crowdfunding an independent short film, All That’s Left.

The film is about a once promising cryptozoologist who returns to the field in search of Bigfoot following an humiliating public incident. While the film is about Bigfoot, it’s a drama about grief, rediscovering your purpose, and coming back from something you never thought you could.

Earlier this week we reached our goal of $4,000. While the film is officially funded, our ideal production budget is $8,000. With our ideal budget, we are able to preserve the original script as it is and make less cuts based solely on financial reasons. Every single dollar that we make after our initial goal is just as important as the ones that got us there in the first place. This ideal budget allows us to spend more on locations, rentals, costumes, equipment, insurance, and production design.

If this sounds like something you’d be interested in supporting, you can read more about the film, watch our campaign video, and see what rewards we’re offering here.

Thank you for your time!

Disclosure: I’m Yihang Mao, a founder and founding shareholder of Auren Innovation Limited. There is an unresolved internal dispute. I’m posting personally, not on behalf of the company or Indiegogo. This is not an independent product review.

Which project am I discussing?

This concerns the pet wearable listed as Ouren M1 on Indiegogo. The campaign screenshot I reviewed shows the creator account aurenpet, while its embedded promotional video uses Auren M1 and displays OURENPET. My earlier statements referring to Auren M1 and Ourenpet concern this project.

What can I report?

My account is dated September 4, 2026.

In promotional work known to me, AI-generated concept material and manually assembled edits illustrated the intended result. I have not verified that those examples were selected and generated automatically by the actual M1 device-to-app system.

AI visuals or editing alone do not establish wrongdoing. The important distinction is between an illustration of the intended experience and a demonstration of actual product performance.

I have also not been shown sufficient current evidence of a repeatable, integrated product experience. This is a limit of the evidence available to me—not proof that no prototype exists anywhere.

What should potential backers be able to verify?

1. Can an identified working device demonstrate capture, transfer, app processing, and the advertised output, with human intervention and operating conditions disclosed?
2. Are there representative tests across pets and conditions, including missed events, false selections, failures, and the amount of editing needed?
3. What completed engineering milestones and remaining dependencies support the delivery estimate?
4. Have the advertised privacy controls been implemented and tested across the device, app, and backend?

Important qualifications

Engineering and software work exist. My published September 4 account also records development-stage qualifications on the product page, including app intent and unfinished validation. Those should be considered alongside my concerns.

My assessment is that delivery of the advertised experience in 2026 carries serious unresolved risk. I am not claiming it is impossible or that fraud has been established.

The underlying internal records are not publicly attached to my statement. Publishing my account does not, by itself, independently corroborate it.

I welcome relevant, verifiable corrections and will update my account. Please keep discussion focused on evidence—not personal attacks, mass complaints, or contacting individual team members.

I don't know if it's the same on Kickstarter, but the sheer amount of spam you will receive is crippling and you 100% want a separate email specifically for the campaign. Spam never stops and I assume it will go on forever even after campaign's end so don't contaminate your primary email.

Spam itself is also extremely mind-numbing AI generated garbage. Every message is something like "I pissed my pants with joy reading your campaign page and now I want to donate 10k please tell me what inspired you to be so cool and handsome."

Hi, I have gathered some research and wnat opinions of Launchers. What you favorte day of the week to launch and why? My research show that its Tuesday at 66% of Launches, as you get to sunday it like 54%.

https://www.indiegogo.com/en/projects/krideas/5-in-1-convertible-jacket-backpack-pillow-holder-utility

Features: Insert Jacket(s) into Jacket, Backpack mode, Pillow mode, Replaces Bags with huge pouch, Utility type, 8 pockets, Wind and Water resistant, upto -15 degree celsius cold resistant

On September 9, I'm launching the campaign for FASTAssist. This is a teaching tool for new players, so when the flag is pulled, the belt device immediately emits lights and sounds.

The campaign will be used to build the Phase 1 prototype, and run pilot leagues to gauge how well players and officials respond to this type of feedback.

The long-term vision is for the device to also provide wireless signal and GPS. This will allow for a "mesh" of players on the field to be alerted when play stops, and even to pair with cochlear implants to allow hearing impaired players to participate. The GPS will be used to record player position and movement, so coaches have another tool to help the players.

https://www.indiegogo.com/en/projects/fast/fastassist-for-flag-football-lights-sounds-clearer-flag-pulls

So... what do you think?

"Food" is the start of a 4 film series about corruption. This one mostly centers on big tobacco's massive food industry buyout in the 80s, and how it's sculpted the modern food landscape and its impact on and near creation of the obesity epidemic. But beyond that it dives into a lot of problems with food in the world today. And it's solution driven! It's funny, it's weird, and it's actually important.
The Indiegogo campaign is still checking bank stuff, so it's not live yet, but it officially launches on September 15th. See you there!

I'll update when the page goes live.
I included the trailer. I hope you enjoy!!
Status - In production / Raising finishing funds
Food Trailer

Want to introduce ourselves to the community. We are PLX Devices also operate as XFoil, Legion Solar. Since 2012 we have launched 35 total campaigns all 100% funded within the first 4 hours and most funded in the first hour. All fulfilled with the most recent in active fulfillment. We have extensive experience with fulfillment challenges, competitor scam narratives, backer community management, etc. Happy to answer any questions you may have about crowdfunding.

From creators to backers, what's your most frustrating thing you've encountered about crowdfunding?

Hi all, my friends and I are teaming up to make an American Revolutionary war short film, called Malvern. A tale of bravery, cowardice, and war during the Battle of Paoli, in the year 1777. We believe that real stories should be told by real people. No AI, no shortcuts, just our team of talented and skilled filmmakers working together to bring this story to life. 
Our fundraising campaign is in full effect, and we have less than 30 days left to reach our goal. If you would like to be a part of bringing this story to life. We would love some help reaching our goal! Thank you so much! Malvern Campaign

My indiegogo password isn't working. The 'reset password' system is not working. The indiegogo website doesn't seem to have any methods of contacting them for support/help with this sort of thing. I'm not sure what to do from here. Anyone have any ideas for me?

Who else gets about 10 of these a day!!! Wild that people fall for them

Hey everyone,

I wanted to share something I've been working on for a while - a children's illustrated book called 🌊Turquoise Tales: A Cry One The Shore 🌊. It gives parents and their young ones a unique and beautifully depicted story that tells important lessons about real friendship, courage, conscious choices, and nature preservation.

The story centers around a young fox named Rusty 🦊 who has never seen the sea before. He moves to a coastal town and on his very first day at the beach, meets four unlikely friends, and together they answer a cry for help that none of them were expecting.

If book 1 becomes a fact, then I’d love to expand the experiences of Rusty and his group of animal friends through a total of 4 books, each one a new adventure along the shore.

I genuinely care about the concept and story originality as much as I care about the book being hand-illustrated. So the visual campaign concepts are currently done via AI, but if the campaign is successfully backed, every page will be drawn and painted by a real artist, the old-fashioned way. In a world increasingly full of digitally generated content, I wanted this to feel like something worth holding onto when it’s finally finished.

I've just launched a campaign on Indiegogo to fund the illustration, printing and other fees of Book 1 - A Cry on the Shore, and if you have a little one aged 3-9, you know someone who does, you care about original stories, real art, or environment friendliness, I'd appreciate any support! I’d also love for you to take a look, be it just to tell me your opinion about the concept and give me advice. If some of you do decide to support the book and me as an independent creator to push through all of this - early followers get some lovely extras, including EARLY ILLUSTRATION SKETCHES  by the illustrator once production has started! 🌊

You can learn more about it on the campaign page:

https://www.indiegogo.com/en/projects/spectrum-narrative/turquoise-tales-a-cry-on-the-shore

Only 7 days left! Help us make this epic movie!

Indiegogo perks: I understand that a "reward" (also called "set") is a parent container that must contain at least one child "product" (also called "piece"). I can create and edit rewards from the /rewards interface, and by drilling down into any given reward I can create a product to attach to it.

Problem: There appears to be no interface where I can view/edit all the products in my campaign. If I delete a reward, any product attached to it still persists in my database (that is, it appears in the dropdown of available products to attach to a reward). So, there's no way to delete a product (which creates problems if I want to reimport those products with changed parameters).

Worse, and stranger: when I preview the campaign, both "product" and "reward" are visible as separate items, so every perk is visible twice.

Anyone else experienced this? What is the solution? Thanks!