Story perspectives

Tavus Secures $40 Million for Emotionally Intelligent AI Development

11/13/2025

50 6

Summary

Story summary

Tavus raised $40 million in a Series B round led by CRV to develop Personal Affective Links (PALs).
Personal Affective Links are emotionally intelligent AI agents that interact via video, voice, and text.
The PALs recognize emotions and context to simulate human behavior.
The funding will scale Tavus's foundational models—Phoenix-4, Sparrow-1, and Raven-1—enabling PALs to autonomously manage tasks and engage in natural conversations for more than 100,000 developers and enterprises.

1 of 1

Story summary

Tavus raised $40 million in a Series B round led by CRV to develop Personal Affective Links (PALs).
Personal Affective Links are emotionally intelligent AI agents that interact via video, voice, and text.
The PALs recognize emotions and context to simulate human behavior.
The funding will scale Tavus's foundational models—Phoenix-4, Sparrow-1, and Raven-1—enabling PALs to autonomously manage tasks and engage in natural conversations for more than 100,000 developers and enterprises.