ObEN is an artificial intelligence (AI) company that creates complete virtual identities for consumers and celebrities in the emerging digital world. ObEN provides Personal AI that simulates a person’s voice, face and personality, enabling never before possible social and virtual interactions. Founded in 2014, ObEN is a Softbank Ventures Korea and HTC Vive X portfolio company and is located at Idealab in Pasadena, California. To learn more about ObEN, please visit oben.com.
Employees: 11-50
Phone: +1 626-585-6900
Total raised: $12.7M
Founded date: 2014
Investors 3
| Date | Name | Website |
| - | Cybernaut ... | czvcapital... |
| - | Third Wave... | thirdwaved... |
| - | IECP | iecp.com |
Funding Rounds 2
| Date | Series | Amount | Investors |
| 18.07.2017 | - | $5M | - |
| 03.11.2016 | Series A | $7.7M | - |
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| 30.12.2017 | Meet the AI startup that wants to make a digital copy of every person in the world | “Oben,” in German means “above,” or to be on top. That, in a nutshell, is also the vision Nikhil Jain has for the AI startup ObEN, of which he’s CEO and co-founder. The company raised $5 million from a group led by Tencent this summer and h... |
| 18.07.2017 | ObEN raises $5M from Tencent to create AI celebrities for AR | The worlds of VR and AR may deeply change how we interact with computers but it may also change how we follow celebrities as well. ObEN, which uses artificial intelligence-powered tools to create avatars that look and sound like the real de... |
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| 03.11.2016 | ObEN nabs $7.7M Series A as it looks to build a more human VR avatar | When you’re in virtual reality and start associating your limb and head movements with your onscreen avatar, that digital recreation really becomes an extension of who you are. ObEN is a startup launching out of HTC’s new Vive X accelerator... |
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