Ilya Gelfenbeyn

Theai, Inc., also known as inworld ai, is a developer platform that creates AI-powered virtual characters for immersive realities such as the metaverse, VR/AR, games, and virtual worlds. The company is based in Mountain View, CA. The experts at inworld ai pioneered conversational AI platforms and generative models at API.ai, Google, and DeepMind. The company is funded by investors including Kleiner Perkins, Bitkraft Ventures, CRV, Meta, and M12, Microsoft's venture fund. The platform allows users to create AI characters and NPCs for games, metaverse, and business applications, with configurable safety, knowledge, memory, narrative controls, multimodality, and more. The company was founded by Ilya Gelfenbeyn and Michael Ermolenko, with Ilya Gelfenbeyn serving as CEO since incorporation.

Speaktoit, Inc. develops conversational interface platform application and hardware devices. It enables developers to build online voice and natural language interactions for bots, applications, services and devices. The company was founded by Pavel Sirotin, Artem Goncharuk and Ilya Gelfenbeyn in 2010 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA.