Delphi is an AI company building 'Digital Minds,' interactive clones that let experts, creators, and brands scale their knowledge and presence through conversational AI. Users link their existing content, writing, videos, podcasts, books, to a self-updating Digital Mind that others can text, call, or video chat with, and the system is designed to match the way the person speaks, writes, and thinks so conversations feel authentic. Co-founder Dara Ladjevardian created an early version by training a model on his late grandfather's book, and Delphi has since become a platform for anyone to create a digital version of themselves.
Delphi sits at the intersection of AI digital humans, companions, and creator monetization. Its primary traction has come from coaches, consultants, authors, content creators, and experts who use digital minds to provide always-on, personalized engagement, sometimes as subscription products. Notable users like coach Matthew Hussey have generated significant revenue through subscription-based digital minds, illustrating the model's potential for experts to scale their reach and income through interactive AI clones rather than one-to-one time.
The company raised a $16 million Series A led by Sequoia Capital, with a broad syndicate including Menlo Ventures and Anthropic's Anthology Fund, Proximity Ventures, Crossbeam, Abstract Ventures, Lux Capital, and numerous notable angels including founders from Zoom, YouTube, DoorDash, and Lyft. This followed an earlier $2.7 million seed, bringing meaningful backing to its vision of digital minds. Delphi uses vector database technology to keep each digital mind grounded in its owner's content.
Delphi's bet is that interactive AI clones become a new medium through which experts and creators engage audiences, blending the personalization of one-to-one interaction with the scalability of software. By making it easy to build a faithful digital version of oneself across text, voice, and video, Delphi aims to power a growing economy of expert and creator digital minds, with applications spanning coaching, education, media, and personal branding.
