Tavus

AI video cloning platform

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21-100 employees
  • B2B
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Marketing
  • Augmented Reality
  • SaaS
  • Video
SoMa, San Francisco, CA

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Company mission

To allow companies to maintain important personal connections with their future customers and partners, all while saving time, effort, and costs.

Our take

Tavus is an AI video cloning tool that uses synthetic media, more popularly known as ‘deepfakes’, for companies to produce customizable and scalable content. The platform enables businesses to create videos for marketing, outreach, sales, recruiting and more while tailoring them to specific individuals.

Other players in the field include Loom and Vidyard, both of which have proven the value of personalised videos for businesses, but whose services take time. Tavus is scalable as its platform can generate thousands of personalised videos in the time it would take to record just one. The videos generated currently come with imperfections, notably the lip-syncing and video-cloning, which Tavus tenuously claims create more engaging content.

Synthetic media was called upon heavily during the pandemic, as companies created AI-copilots that could host conferences and pitches remotely, so it will be interesting to see how this industry continues to grow as time goes on. Tavus is young, but is expanding quickly with new products like its Phoenix-3 and Raven-0 models, having been backed by Sequoia and Y Combinator, amongst other top firms. Off the back of 2024 Series A funding, it has the means to accelerate development and growth.

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Benefits

  • Flexible hours
  • Debate and feedback are cornerstones of our culture
  • Company retreats
  • Yearly stipend for you to spend on any learning materials (i.e. newsletters, online courses, etc.)
  • Comprehensive medical, dental and vision coverage for employees and their families, with 100% of monthly premiums paid by Tavus
  • Unlimited paid time off, as well as parental and pawental leave
  • Remote-friendly, with teams at home or in co-working spaces across the globe
  • Frequent in person meet ups
  • Generous gear stipend
  • Progressive, open-minded meritocracy
  • Team members from diverse backgrounds – we’re looking for culture creators, not culture fits

Funding (2 rounds)

Mar 2024

$18m

SERIES A

Mar 2023

$6.1m

SEED

Total funding: $24.1m

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Leadership

Hassaan Raza

(Co-Founder & CEO)

Previously co-founded Accantus. Served as Engineering Project Manager for Apple and Technical Program Manager for Google before spending 6 years at Simublade as Senior Product Manager and later as Director of Product Development.

Quinn Favret

(Co-Founder & COO)

Previously co-founded Chime Menu before starting Tavus.