Emoshape is a technology company.
Emoshape has raised $900K across 1 funding round.
Key people at Emoshape.
Emoshape has raised $900K in total across 1 funding round.
Key people at Emoshape.
Emoshape has raised $900K in total across 1 funding round.
Emoshape's investors include Ascend Venture Capital, BootstrapLabs, New Age Ventures, Rikard Steiber.
Emoshape Inc. is a New York-based technology company founded in 2017 that develops the Emotion Processing Unit (EPU), a pioneering emotion synthesis chip and software engine enabling AI, robots, and intelligent devices to interact with humans compassionately using 12 primary emotions like joy, anger, fear, and trust.[1][2][3][4] It serves sectors including gaming, healthcare, robotics, automotive, metaverse, virtual reality, and consumer electronics through SaaS plans starting at $95/month, APIs for emotion detection (vision, voice), and cloud/IoT integration, solving the problem of rigid AI responses by synthesizing real-time emotional profiles via psychometric functions and Emotional Computing Frequency Architecture (ECFA).[1][4][5] Early traction includes backing from Quake Capital Accelerator and a 2022 launch of MetaSoul, a digital entity that acquires personality from users for avatars, NPCs, and robots.[1][5]
Emoshape emerged in 2017 in New York City, driven by CEO and inventor Patrick Levy-Rosenthal, who leads development of the EPU—a patent-pending microcontroller breakthrough rooted in evolutionary emotion theory.[3][4][5] The idea stemmed from advancing AI beyond pre-programmed reactions, creating hardware and software (including Emotion Profile Graph or EPG for emotional memory banks up to 64 trillion associations) to make machines "feel" and respond dynamically.[4] Pivotal early moments include production completion of the EPU chip, accelerator funding from Quake Capital, and the 2022 MetaSoul launch, which brought emotional personalities to digital avatars and robots, marking a shift toward affective computing in consumer devices.[1][4][5]
Emoshape rides the affective computing and emotional AI trend, fueling human-centric interactions in the metaverse, robotics, and IoT amid rising demand for empathetic machines in healthcare, gaming, and autonomous vehicles.[1][4] Timing aligns with AI's evolution from pattern recognition to sentience-like responses, amplified by metaverse growth and edge computing needs, where EPU's real-time synthesis outperforms cloud-dependent models.[3][4] Market forces like consumer appetite for personalized avatars (e.g., MetaSoul) and regulatory pushes for safer human-AI interfaces favor it; Emoshape influences the ecosystem by pioneering hardware for "artificial sentience," enabling developers to build emotionally aware devices and accelerating adoption in pervasive computing.[1][2][5]
Emoshape's EPU positions it to lead emotional AI hardware as trends like multimodal LLMs and embodied agents demand compassionate interfaces—expect expansions into AR/VR wearables, autonomous cars, and therapeutic robots.[1][4] Partnerships with robotics firms and metaverse platforms could drive scaling, with ECFA/EPG enabling hyper-personalized experiences that evolve user bonds over time. Its influence may grow by democratizing emotional synthesis via SDKs, transforming rigid AI into relatable companions and redefining human-tech connection from the ground up.[4][5]
Emoshape has raised $900K across 1 funding round. Most recently, it raised $900K Seed in April 2021.
| Date | Round | Lead Investors | Other Investors |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 1, 2021 | $900K Seed | Ascend Venture Capital, BootstrapLabs, New Age Ventures, Rikard Steiber |
