Genmo
San Francisco, US · 14 employees on LinkedIn · 8 known investors
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Genmo is a research lab building frontier AI models for video generation, positioning its models as world simulators for embodied AI and synthetic environments. Its first public release, Mochi 1, is an open-source video generation model licensed under Apache 2.0 for individual and commercial use.
Founders & leadership
AJ

Ajay JaininCo-Founder and CTOAjay Jain completed a PhD at UC Berkeley focused on machine learning and deep generative models, and previously worked on text-to-3D generative models at Google Brain, autonomous driving at Uber ATG, and compiler research at MIT CSAIL. He is the founder of Genmo AI, a research lab developing frontier AI models for video generation.
PJ

Paras JaininCo-founder and CEOParas Jain is the founder of Genmo, a research lab building AI models for video generation.
Investors · 8
Angel Collective Opportunity FundSan Francisco
Eastlink Capital PartnersMenlo Park · $100K – $5M
New Enterprise Associates (NEA)Menlo Park · $200K – $40M
ESSENCE VCreportedBothell
Essence Venture CapitalreportedSeattle · $10K – $10Mvia Timothy Chen · inferred
Gold House VenturesreportedCovina · $100K – $1M
HousereportedBerkeley · $1M – $2M
WndrCoreportedRedwood City · $100K – $10M
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Frequently asked questions
- What does Genmo do?
- Genmo is a research lab building frontier AI models for video generation, positioning its models as world simulators for embodied AI and synthetic environments. Its first public release, Mochi 1, is an open-source video generation model licensed under Apache 2.0 for individual and commercial use.
- Who founded Genmo?
- Genmo was founded by Ajay Jain, Paras Jain.
- Who are Genmo's investors?
- Genmo's investors include Angel Collective Opportunity Fund, Eastlink Capital Partners, New Enterprise Associates (NEA), ESSENCE VC, Essence Venture Capital, Gold House Ventures, House, WndrCo.
- Where is Genmo headquartered?
- Genmo is headquartered in San Francisco, US.




