Inside COCREATE 2025 Alibaba on Stage, Wild DTF Prints, Epic Views!

About this video

A vlog-style recap of attending CoCreate 2025 in Las Vegas, built around wandering the show floor, booths, and stage sessions rather than a formal lesson. On the floor he highlights DTF and sublimation printing equipment, praising the color and print quality, and a Pic Copilot booth doing live demos of AI avatar/model imagery for product photos, which he says is getting hard to distinguish from real photography. On stage, Alibaba.com’s president speaks and a tool referred to in the transcript as EO is demoed as AI-assisted product research: instead of browsing many listings manually, a seller describes a product and the tool surfaces data and helps find a manufacturer. Brand owners also discuss tariffs and rising costs of bringing products from China to sell in the US. His practical takeaway for creators is observational: even senior executives on the main stage read from teleprompters, so needing notes is no reason to fear filming or speaking. He also watches a Shark Tank-style pitch session where entrepreneurs pitch a panel, and catches a talk by his friend Tim Jordan. His closing verdict is that the event’s value was its scale — large enough to be worthwhile (he estimates roughly 30 to 40 booths) but small enough to actually reach vendors, talk deals, and attend hourly learning sessions without long lines. Side notes cover his Paris Hotel room view of the Sphere and a cheap steak dinner deal at Ellis Island Casino Hotel, though he would not recommend staying at the Paris itself.

Key takeaways

• CoCreate’s value, in his account, was accessibility: a mid-size floor where sellers could reach printer and apparel vendors directly and discuss working together, rather than queueing for hours.
• DTF printing quality and color impressed him as a step up for apparel sellers evaluating equipment in person rather than from listings.
• AI product-research tooling demoed on stage promises to replace manual manufacturer hunting on Alibaba with data-driven search and supplier matching.
• AI avatar tools for product photography, demoed live at the Pic Copilot booth, are presented as near-indistinguishable from real model shoots.
• His confidence lesson for creators: top executives use teleprompters on stage, so relying on notes should not stop anyone from recording videos or speaking.

Episode details: published September 22, 2025 · 12:30 long. Summary written by Self Growth Videos from the episode itself. Business results and any income figures mentioned are RJ Martinez’s own claims, shared for education — they are not typical or guaranteed.

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