Inworld AI

Backed byIntel Capital
Total raised$67.0M
StageSeries A
Hiring pace1 roles / 90d
Founded2021
Team size51-200 employees
HQMountain View, California
IndustriesMLAIDeveloperConsumerVoice AITTSLLMsOptimizationand Runtime

About Inworld AI

Inworld is a 90-person AI company that provides realtime AI models designed for consumer-scale applications, enabling developers to build multimodal applications, companions, agents, and characters. The company offers integrated orchestration and experiments capabilities that streamline the development and deployment of AI-powered experiences. Inworld's technology has been adopted by major industry players including NVIDIA, Microsoft Xbox, Logitech Streamlabs, and several other notable applications, demonstrating its market traction and reliability. Backed by over $125M in funding from leading investors such as Lightspeed, Kleiner Perkins, Microsoft's M12 venture fund, Founders Fund, Meta, and Stanford, Inworld is positioned as a significant player in the consumer AI space.

Open positions · 7

Mountain View · On-site or remote · $150-200k

Company at a glance

Locations
Mountain View, United States ·Los Angeles, United States ·New York City, United States ·San Francisco, United States ·United States
Websiteinworld.ai
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Founders & Leadership

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Grace Shen

Chief Strategy Officer and Assistant

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Igor Poletaev

CSO @ Inworld

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Ilya Gelfenbeyn

Co-founder at Inworld AI, API.AI/Google Dialogflow

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Kylan Gibbs

CEO & Co-founder, Inworld

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Michael Ermolenko

Co-founder @ Inworld AI / Ex-Google

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About the Team

Team Distribution

  • Engineering50%
  • Business Operations & Management19%
  • Other Specialized16%
  • Sales & Business Development9%
  • Product3%

Where the Team Studied

  1. 1.Stanford University
  2. 2.Novosibirsk State University
  3. 3.Lomonosov Moscow State University
  4. 4.University of Southern California
  5. 5.Carnegie Mellon University

Team Worked At

  • Google
  • Microsoft
  • Meta
  • Lucasfilm
  • NVIDIA

Team Composition

94 people
  • Engineering4 senior45
  • Human Resources4
  • Leadership4 senior4
  • Business Development1 senior3
  • Information Technology1 senior3
  • Quality Assurance3
  • Administrative2
  • Arts and Design1 senior2

Funding History

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