Who Owns Rosebud AI?
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Rosebud AI
Developer of consumer-facing AI apps (TokkingHeads and others) that animate portraits and create talking/puppeteered avatars from photos.
Starts at $3.99 / other
Rosebud AI appears to be independent with no parent company.
Rosebud AI
Developer of consumer-facing AI apps (TokkingHeads and others) that animate portraits and create talking/puppeteered avatars from photos.
Starts at $3.99 / other
Rosebud AI appears to be independent with no parent company.
Major Shareholders
Rosebud AI
Major Shareholders
| Name | Type | Ownership | As of |
|---|---|---|---|
Lisha Li Founder and CEO of Rosebud AI (YC S19) and widely reported as having started the company in 2019; as a venture‑backed startup founder she is very likely the largest individual shareholder, but no public filings disclose her exact equity stake. | Founder | — | — |
Animoca Brands Lead investor in Rosebud AI’s Series A financing (about $6.6M announced Dec 21, 2021), which typically comes with a significant minority equity position; exact percentage ownership is not publicly disclosed and the detailed cap table remains private. | Institutional | — | Dec 2021 |
Khosla Ventures Early institutional backer that co‑led/participated in Rosebud AI’s ~$2.2M seed round in March 2020 and joined the $6.6M Series A round in December 2021, making it one of the company’s major VC shareholders; exact equity percentage is undisclosed. | Institutional | — | Dec 2021 |
Y Combinator Rosebud AI is a Y Combinator Summer 2019 company, and YC is listed as an investor in the company’s 2020 seed and 2021 Series A rounds, implying a meaningful but smaller early‑stage equity stake; specific ownership figures are not public. | Institutional | — | Mar 2020 |
Ilya Sutskever Identified by Tracxn as Rosebud AI’s primary angel investor and listed by PitchBook as having invested in the company’s Aug. 18, 2020 seed round; his stake is undisclosed but, as an angel, is likely smaller than those of the major VC funds. | Individual | — | Aug 2020 |
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