Tavus

Tavus was founded to solve a fundamental gap in digital interaction: automation had scaled efficiency but stripped away empathy, nuance, and presence from our online experiences. In 2021, Hassaan Raza and Quinn Favret launched Tavus to pioneer a new category they call "Human Computing" - the pursuit of teaching machines to be human. They recognized that while AI had become incredibly powerful, it remained fundamentally disconnected from the most natural way humans communicate: face-to-face interaction. This insight drove them to build lifelike AI humans that can see, hear, understand, and respond with emotional intelligence in real time.

Today, Tavus has evolved into the leader in human simulation models, backed by world-class investors including Sequoia Capital, Y Combinator, and Scale Venture Partners. Their foundational models - Phoenix-3 for photorealistic rendering, Raven-0 for perception, and Sparrow-0 for natural turn-taking - power over 2 billion interactions. The company has built the complete human operating system spanning perception, memory, knowledge, and action. From individuals building personal AI companions to enterprises deploying scalable training and customer engagement, Tavus is creating a future where humans and machines truly understand each other - available 24/7, in every language, on our terms.