Moritz Baier-Lentz

Theai, Inc., also known as inworld ai, is a developer platform that creates AI-powered virtual characters for immersive realities such as the metaverse, VR/AR, games, and virtual worlds. The company is based in Mountain View, CA. The experts at inworld ai pioneered conversational AI platforms and generative models at API.ai, Google, and DeepMind. The company is funded by investors including Kleiner Perkins, Bitkraft Ventures, CRV, Meta, and M12, Microsoft's venture fund. The platform allows users to create AI characters and NPCs for games, metaverse, and business applications, with configurable safety, knowledge, memory, narrative controls, multimodality, and more. The company was founded by Ilya Gelfenbeyn and Michael Ermolenko, with Ilya Gelfenbeyn serving as CEO since incorporation.

Lightspeed Management Co. LLC (Lightspeed Venture Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 1971. The firm is headquartered in Menlo Park, California. It was formerly known as Weiss, Peck & Greer Venture Partners.

BITKRAFT Ventures Management LLC (BITKRAFT Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2016 by Jens Hilgers and Markus Fuhrmann. The firm is headquartered in Denver, Colorado.