Akool

Akool is an AI Avatar Video company founded in 2022 and based in San Jose, United States. It has raised $40M in total funding, most recently a Seed in 2025.

Akool is a San Jose-area generative-AI company founded in 2022 by Jiajun (Jeff) Lu, a former Google technical lead. Its platform bundles AI avatars, face swapping, talking photos, and multilingual video translation, and in 2025 it added a real-time Live Camera streaming-avatar product. The company says it crossed roughly $40M in invoiced ARR and has produced avatar content for brands including Coca-Cola, Amazon, Google, and Nvidia. Investors include Incubate Fund US, True Blue Partners, and Endless Frontier Labs.

One of the fastest-growing US avatar platforms, pushing from pre-rendered clips into live, real-time streaming avatars for marketing.

akool.com AI Avatar Video

United Statesprivate

At a glance

Total raised

$40M

last round seed

Headcount

51-200

approximate · public range

Headquarters

San Jose

United States

Founded

2022

4 years active

Status

Private

AI Avatar Video

Subsector

Funding history

Total raised

$40M

Rounds tracked

Latest stage

Seed

Date	Stage	Amount	Valuation	Lead investors
Mar 9, 2025	Seed	—	—	—

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Akool AI Avatar & Live Camera

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