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ELBO AI
500 GlobalFounded 2022 · 13 employees on LinkedIn · 1 known investors
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Puppetry develops AI technology that generates talking videos from still images using facial expressions and AI voices. The platform serves creators worldwide with support for 500+ languages.
Founders & leadership
ELBO AI was founded in 2022 by Ben McMahan and Saravana Rathinam.
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Ben McMahanCo-Founder2022–2024Ben McMahan is a software engineer with experience across gaming, web and mobile frontends, voice assistants, and AI model development. He is the founder of ELBO AI, which develops AI technology that generates talking videos from still images.
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Max CalderChief Engineer
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Sarah ReyesContent & Customer Success
Investors · 1
500 Global✓ confirmed by ELBO AIPalo Alto · $150K
How we know: the company's own site · open dataset · 500 Global portfolio 2026-08 · Not right? Tell us
Frequently asked questions
- What does ELBO AI do?
- Puppetry develops AI technology that generates talking videos from still images using facial expressions and AI voices. The platform serves creators worldwide with support for 500+ languages.
- Who founded ELBO AI?
- ELBO AI was founded by Ben McMahan, Saravana Rathinam in 2022.
- Who are ELBO AI's investors?
- ELBO AI's investors include 500 Global.