Krikey AI
| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | |
| Founded | 2017 |
| Founder | Jhanvi Shriram and Ketaki Shriram |
| Headquarters | , |
Area served | Worldwide |
| Website | krikey.ai |
Krikey AI is a San Francisco-based artificial intelligence (AI) animation company that converts videos to 3D character animations using machine learning. It also has a browser-based video editor with voice AI dialogue that uses ElevenLabs and Amazon Polly, a Canva app, and an Adobe Express Add-On.[1][2][3]
History
[edit]The company was founded by sisters Jhanvi Shriram and Ketaki Shriram in 2017 as an augmented reality gaming company[4][5][6][7][8] after the former worked at YouTube and the latter at Google and Facebook.[9] In 2018 and 2019, Krikey AI released an augmented reality game with the Audobon Society,[10] one with the Ellen Fund,[11] and one with Conservation International.[12]
As of 2022, Krikey had 5 million users.[13]
The company's Series A funding round was led by Jio Platforms with the release of a game called YAATRA,[14] and as of 2020, Krikey AI had raised $22 million.[15][16][17]
In 2024, an Elon University Professor of Dance used Krikey AI to publish an interactive West African dance text book, using the company's AI Video to Animation tools.[18]
Reception
[edit]In 2023, Krikey AI was selected for the AWS generative AI startup accelerator,[19] and the company has been ranked in several lists of top AI animation tools. It was featured in Canva's keynote at the AWS annual conference in December 2024 and by AWS that same month.[20]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Kemper, Jonathan (2023-02-16). "Krikey AI generates AI animations for human avatars". THE DECODER. Retrieved 2025-03-05.
- ^ "Krikey AI is empowering storytellers with accessible AI-driven 3D animation - AWS Startups". aws.amazon.com. Retrieved 2025-03-06.
- ^ "How a Gen AI Startup solved its product gaps with the Canva Apps SDK - Canva Developers Blog". canva.dev. 2024-03-01. Archived from the original on 2024-09-20. Retrieved 2025-03-06.
- ^ Amidi, Amid (2023-02-13). "Stable Diffusion Is Launching An AI Text-To-Animation Tool In Partnership With Krikey". Cartoon Brew. Retrieved 2025-03-05.
- ^ "Jhanvi Shriram". WiDS Worldwide. Retrieved 2025-03-05.
- ^ "Krikey AI is empowering storytellers with accessible AI-driven 3D animation - AWS Startups". aws.amazon.com. Retrieved 2025-03-06.
- ^ Rinker, Brian (24 Dec 2019). "Sisters find their niche in growing augmented reality startup". The Business Journals. Retrieved 2025-03-06.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Post-Stanford, sisters found augmented reality startup". 2019-04-22. Retrieved 2025-03-06.
- ^ "AR Founders Showcase the Krikey App at the 2018 Tribeca Film Festival". Mogul AI. Retrieved 2025-03-06.
- ^ "Audubon & Augmented Reality Gaming App, Krikey, Bring Popular Board Game Wingspan To Life | Audubon". www.audubon.org. 2019-10-16. Retrieved 2025-03-05.
- ^ "First year of Apple Entrepreneur Camp offers invaluable experiences to 100 innovators". Apple Newsroom. Retrieved 2025-03-06.
- ^ Harris, Austin. "New AR shark game is probably funner than Shark Week was this year". App Developer Magazine. Retrieved 2025-03-06.
- ^ Kamau, Pie; Weekly, Startup. "T-Mobile accelerator startup Krikey brings NFT puppies to the Flow blockchain". Startup Weekly. Retrieved 2025-03-06.
- ^ "Jio-invested gaming company Krikey launches mobile game YAATRA". The Economic Times. 2020-12-02. ISSN 0013-0389. Retrieved 2025-03-06.
- ^ Singh, Manish (2020-12-02). "Jio Platforms backs SF-based AR gaming startup Krikey". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2025-03-05.
- ^ Srivastava, Moulishree (2020-12-03). "Reliance Jio invests in AR gaming startup Krikey". KrASIA. Retrieved 2025-03-05.
- ^ Inc42, Team (2020-12-03). "Reliance Jio Leads Series A Funding Of Mobile Gaming Startup Krikey". Inc42 Media. Retrieved 2025-03-05.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Elon dance professor publishes interactive West African dance textbook". Today at Elon. 2024-10-29. Retrieved 2025-03-06.
- ^ "AWS announces 21 startups selected for AWS generative AI accelerator - AWS Startups". aws.amazon.com. Retrieved 2025-03-06.
- ^ "Krikey AI is empowering storytellers with accessible AI-driven 3D animation - AWS Startups". aws.amazon.com. Retrieved 2025-03-06.