Inworld AI, a Mountain View, Calif-based providing a developer platform to create AI-powered virtual humans for immersive realities including the metaverse, VR/AR, games, and virtual worlds, announced $7 million in seed funding.

The round is co-led by Kleiner Perkins and CRV, with Meta participating for the Metaverse AI Development Platform.

Company: Theai, Inc. 

Raised: $7.0M

Round: Seed

Funding Month: November 2021

Lead Investors: Kleiner Perkins and CRV

Additional Investors: Meta

Company Website: https://www.inworld.ai/

Software Category: Developer platform

About the Company: Inworld AI provides a developer platform for creating AI-powered virtual human agents to populate immersive realities including the metaverse, VR/AR, games, and virtual worlds. Inworld AI is funded by investors including Kleiner Perkins, CRV, and Meta. The company comes from the team that pioneered conversational AI technologies at API.AI (acquired by Google and now known as Dialogflow), used by millions of developers.

Source: https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2021/11/08/2329206/0/en/Inworld-AI-Announces-7-Million-in-Seed-Funding-from-Kleiner-Perkins-CRV-and-Meta-for-Metaverse-AI-Development-Platform.html