Overview
Pickle builds interactive, real-time AI clones that represent users on video calls. Its lip-syncing avatar technology mirrors a user's facial expressions and movements in real time on platforms like Zoom and Google Meet, letting people join meetings without turning on their camera. The product has expanded toward persistent AI avatars that learn from a user's context and behavior.
Company
Pickle went through Y Combinator's W25 batch and is based in San Francisco. It was founded in 2024 by Daniel Park (CEO), Sanio Jung, Emmett Kim, and Hojin Yu. After launching an open beta in late 2024, Pickle attracted over 1,000 paying customers within three months, with users at companies like Amazon, Microsoft, Google, and Zoom. It raised roughly $4.35M in seed funding, with early backing from NFX and Krew Capital, making it one of the faster-growing consumer-side AI apps from its batch.