Tavus
Tavus is a research lab pioneering human computing, building AI Humans that enable meaningful face-to-face conversations between humans and machines. The company focuses on creating emotionally intelligent AI agents capable of understanding and acting with empathy, serving individuals, enterprises, and developers alike.
Headquarters
San Francisco, California, United States
Company Size
11-50 employees
Founded
2020
Tavus is an AI research lab and 'Human Computing' company that builds Personified Application Layers (PALs) — real-time, interactive AI avatars that can see, hear, understand, and respond with emotional intelligence. Their products include a Developer API, a no-code PAL Maker, and enterprise solutions for deploying PAL agents across use cases like sales, healthcare, HR, and customer support. Tavus also develops proprietary foundational models for human rendering (Phoenix-4), multimodal perception (Raven-1), and conversational flow (Sparrow-1).
AI startup Tavus founder says users talk to its AI Santa ‘for hours’ per day
Dec 10, 2025
Tavus Raises $40M to Build the Next Frontier of Intelligence: Human Computing
Nov 12, 2025
Tavus Raises $40 Million Series B to Advance Emotionally Intelligent AI Humans and Define the Future of Human Computing
Nov 13, 2025
Headquarters
San Francisco, CA
Company Size
201-500 employees
Founded
2018
Industry
Technology
Glassdoor Rating
4.2 / 5
Sarah Johnson
Chief Executive Officer
Michael Chen
Chief Technology Officer
Emily Williams
VP of Engineering
David Rodriguez
VP of Product
Jessica Thompson
Chief Financial Officer
Andrew Park
VP of Sales
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Tavus raises $40 million to ‘teach AI to think like humans’
Nov 13, 2025