Krikey AI
Krikey AI is a 3D Avatar Identity company founded in 2017 and based in San Francisco, United States. It has raised $22M in total funding, most recently a Series A in 2020.
Krikey AI is a San Francisco company founded in 2017 by sisters Jhanvi Shriram (CEO) and Dr. Ketaki Shriram (CTO), who hold a Stanford MBA and a Stanford Virtual Human Interaction Lab PhD respectively. Originally an AR mobile-gaming startup, it pivoted into generative AI animation, letting users create custom 3D avatars and produce talking, animated characters from a text prompt or video upload in minutes, with browser-based editing and FBX/MP4 export. The company raised a Series A led by Reliance Jio Platforms in December 2020, bringing total funding to roughly $22M, with backers including Sherpalo Ventures, AWS, and Thirty Five Ventures.
One of the few avatar platforms spanning 3D identity creation and text-to-animation, backed by Jio and used by over 100,000 creators for games, marketing, and education.
krikey.ai ↗·3D Avatar Identity·
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