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Tavus (YC S21) — Building the human layer of AI

At Tavus, we're building the human layer of AI. Our mission is to make human-AI interaction as natural as face-to-face interaction, enabling the human touch where it has been previously unscalable.

Tavus is a Y Combinator company in the Summer 2021 batch. Its directory entry describes it as: Building the human layer of AI. The founders listed are Hassaan Raza (Founder), Quinn Favret (Founder) (Y Combinator directory entry, July 7, 2021).

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Tavus

New accelerator entry · 2021-07-07 · the record

Summer 2021
batch
75
people
Growth
stage
United States of America
region
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BatchSummer 2021
Announced2021-07-07
StageGrowth
StatusActive
Team size75
IndustryB2B
Sub-industryB2B
SectorsArtificial Intelligence, Generative AI, B2B, Video, Infrastructure
RegionsUnited States of America, America / Canada, Remote, Partly Remote
BasedSan Francisco, CA, USA
HiringYes
Sitehttps://www.tavus.io
Founded2021
YC group partnerDiana Hu

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At Tavus, we're building the human layer of AI. Our mission is to make human-AI interaction as natural as face-to-face interaction, enabling the human touch where it has been previously unscalable. We achieve this through pioneering research in multi-modal AI models for human perception and understanding, combined with state-of-the-art human avatar rendering and conversation models that we make accessible to developers worldwide. Our models and APIs power everything from text-to-video AI avatars to real-time conversational video experiences across industries like healthcare, recruiting, sales, education, and more. By enabling AI to see, hear, and communicate with human-like authenticity, we're creating the foundation for developers to create the next generation of AI employees, assistants, and companions.

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