Tavus
YC S21 ↗San Francisco, US · Founded 2021 · 75 employees · 10 known investors
Tavus develops human-like AI agents called PALs that can see, hear, act, and understand in real-time, offering bespoke, fully-managed deployments for various enterprise workflows.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaSArtificial IntelligenceGenerative AIB2BVideoInfrastructurein /tavus-io/@tavusycombinator.com ↗

Founders & leadership· Y Combinator alumni (S21)
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Investors · 10
CRV (Charles River Ventures)Bay Area · $250K – $5M
High AlphaIndianapolis
HubSpot VenturesCambridge · $500K – $5M
Mantis CapitalSanta Monica · $100K – $1M
Scale Venture PartnersBay Area · $5M – $25M
Sequoia CapitalMenlo Park · $4.4M – $214M
Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K
AccelreportedPalo Alto · $1.6M – $70M
GTMfundreportedScottsdale · $500K – $1.5M
SV AngelreportedSan Francisco
In the news
- Tavus Raises $40M to Advance AI Humans | StartupHub.aistartuphub.ai · 2025
- Tavus Raises $40M to Build the Next Frontier of Intelligence: Human Computingbusinesswire.com · 2025
- Tavus Raises $40M in Series B Fundingfinsmes.com · 2025
- Tavus raises $40M for more lifelike AI agentsaxios.com · 2025
- Conversational Replicas by Tavusycombinator.com · 2024
- Tavus raises $18M to bring face and voice cloning to any apptechcrunch.com · 2024
- Tavus taps generative AI to power personalized videos with voice and face cloning | TechCrunchtechcrunch.com · 2023
