Krikey was founded in 2017 by Stanford-trained sisters Jhanvi Shriram (CEO, ex-YouTube) and Ketaki Shriram (CTO, PhD in VR, ex-Google/Meta). It began as an AR gaming studio — raising $22 million as of its Series A backed by Reliance's Jio Platforms — before pivoting to its core discovery: AI that removes the animation bottleneck.
Product
Krikey's browser-based editor generates 3D character animation from text prompts, audio files or photos. Users can upload a photo to create a personalized avatar, generate talking-head or full-body animations, make animated music videos with singing characters, and convert podcasts into animated clips. Voiceovers work in 20+ languages, and outputs can be customized with backgrounds, camera angles and gestures — no rigging or keyframing required.
Traction
Over 100,000 creators, marketing teams, teachers and students use the platform, which lists partnerships with OpenAI, NVIDIA, Canva, Adobe, AWS and ElevenLabs and holds SOC 2 Type II, FERPA and COPPA certifications — a signal of its education market focus. Pricing starts free with a Pro tier at $15 per user per month.