On May 8, 2024, the Los Angeles, USA-based AI game agent startupAlteraannounced it has raised $9 million in seed funding. The round was led by Patron and First Spark Ventures, with investors including A16z Speedrun, well-known gaming industry figure Mitch Lasky, Valorant co-creator Stephen Lim, and others. Other investors also include Supercell executive board member Greg Harper, Duolingo Chief Business Officer Bob Meese, Vertex Pharma co-founder Rich Aldrich, Vamos Ventures, Alumni Ventures, and others.
The company plans to use the new funding to hire more scientists, engineers, and team members to help with product development and growth.
Altera was founded in December 2023 by Robert Yang and his team. Yang is a computational neuroscientist and a former tenure-track assistant professor at MIT, known for researching how deep neural network models resemble the brain. The company's other three co-founders include Chief Scientific Officer Andrew Ahn, Chief Technology Officer Shuying Luo, and Chief Business Officer Nico Christie. The company develops digital human AI agents capable of complex interactions with humans, aiming to create AI agents with empathy, friendship, and fun that can establish lasting connections with humans.
(Source:VentureBeat）