WILMINGTON, Del., March 5, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — D-ID, the leading platform for the generation of digital humans, announced today the appointment of Anna Osipov as VP Corporate Development. Anna will lead D-ID’s strategic growth initiatives, overseeing due diligence, financial modeling, partnerships, and other opportunities to drive the company’s expansion, while also supporting fundraising, investor relations, and overall business strategy.

Anna is an innovative executive with over 15 years of experience spanning the Americas, EMEA, and APAC. Her expertise lies in strategy and operations, with a particular focus on early-growth investments, as well as corporate strategic partnerships.

“We are thrilled to welcome Anna to the D-ID team as our VP of Corporate Development,” said Gil Perry, Co-Founder and CEO at D-ID. “Anna’s extensive experience and proven track record in strategic partnerships and business strategy make her an invaluable asset to our company as we continue to drive growth and innovation in the Generative AI space.”

Before joining D-ID Anna served as the VP, Value Creation at Greenfield Partners (formerly TPG Growth), a Growth Venture Capital firm investing in Cybersecurity and Data Infrastructure companies. Prior to that, Anna was an investor at OIF Ventures in Australia, where she led a wide variety of investments, sat on several boards, and provided ongoing portfolio management and assistance to over 40 portfolio companies. Earlier in her career, Anna worked as an associate in a family office and in a startup as VP of Partnerships.

“I am truly excited to join the D-ID team, true innovators in the Generative AI space,” said Anna Osipov, the newly appointed VP Corporate Development at D-ID. “I look forward to leveraging my expertise to identify strategic opportunities, forge impactful partnerships, and drive sustainable growth for D-ID in this dynamic industry.”

About D-ID:

D-ID specializes in the advancement of user interfaces via its proprietary Natural User Interface (NUI). Founded in 2017 and supported by tier 1 VCs, D-ID is revolutionizing content creation and digital interaction by converting text, audio, and images into lifelike Digital People. Serving a diverse clientele, from sales and marketing and customer experience platforms to Fortune 500 companies, D-ID combines expertise in facial synthesis and deep learning to deliver interactive AI experiences at scale. For more information, visit www.d-id.com.

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Wilmington, Delaware, USA – [February 26, 2024] – D-ID, the leading platform for the generation of digital humans, today announced the general availability of D-ID Agents – highly customized, autonomous AI avatars that can take verbal commands from users and respond in multiple languages, using facial expressions and hand gestures. Companies can seamlessly integrate D-ID Agents into their digital platforms, enhancing customer experience and marketing with human-like interactions. 

D-ID Agents address the growing demand for more natural digital interactions, aligning with predictions that a significant portion of digital communications will soon be avatar-supported. Natural User Interface (NUI) powers D-ID Agents and enables the avatars to engage in a conversation with a user, creating a sense of mutual understanding, emotional connection, and trust. 

D-ID Agents also harness Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) technology, enabling them to comprehend the users’ environment and respond to them accurately, intelligently, and swiftly with over 90% accuracy delivered in under two seconds. D-ID’s RAG technology transcends the limitations of traditional language models, providing up-to-date and refined information. The use of RAG offers a major advancement in the development of conversational AI, thus combining the best of chatbots and AI assistants and parceling them together in an engaging humanlike form.  

“Making D-ID Agents widely available is a leap forward in our mission to bridge the communications gap between humans and rapidly advancing technologies,” said Gil Perry, CEO and Co-founder of D-ID. “As LLMs (large language models) become increasingly critical for enterprises, we understood that the natural progression was to move from text-based interactions to audio and video. So, our platform is not just about enhancing digital interactions; it’s about transforming them into meaningful conversations, fostering trust and understanding between businesses and their customers.”

The transition to general availability brings enhanced functionalities including advanced API options for enterprise-level customization and increased flexibility and the ability for all users to create a D-ID Agent through the Creative Reality Studio at no cost (for a limited time), with a limit of one active embedded Agent per account. Pro+ plans will now include voice cloning capabilities, allowing users to create personalized Agent voices directly within the platform.

“The overwhelming interest in Agents during our beta phase demonstrates that businesses are ready for a new way to provide online customer service that goes beyond the standard chatbot,” said Eliran Kuta, CTO and Co-founder of D-ID. “Today’s digital interactions must be seamless, intuitive, and lifelike and Agents enables businesses to offer just that.”

The general release of D-ID Agents includes several key updates and improvements based on feedback from the beta phase. These enhancements focus on increasing accessibility, end-user analytics for business intelligence, and expanding the platform’s language support to ensure a more inclusive and versatile user experience. Additionally, D-ID Agents can now be embedded and shared.  

For more information on D-ID’s Agents and to experience the future of human-computer interaction, watch this video or have a conversation with an Agent about D-ID’s products, history, and vision at www.d-id.com. As part of the general availability, D-ID is offering all users 200 free sessions.

D-ID will be attending MWC Barcelona from February 26^th-29^th and will be demoing D-ID Agents at their booth located at Hall 5, Stand 5E61.

About D-ID:

D-ID specializes in the advancement of user interfaces via its proprietary Natural User Interface (NUI). Founded in 2017 and supported by tier 1 VCs, D-ID is revolutionizing content creation and digital interaction by converting text, audio, and images into lifelike Digital People. Serving a diverse clientele, from sales and marketing and customer experience platforms to Fortune 500 companies, D-ID combines expertise in facial synthesis and deep learning to deliver interactive AI experiences at scale. For more information, visit www.d-id.com.

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In a world where the quality of customer experience (CX) is paramount, the personal touch is becoming scarce in the face of expanding global customer bases and technological advancements. Gil Perry highlights the gap between the need for a more personalized customer service experience and the reality of delayed responses and impersonal interaction businesses offer. Not only do poor customer experiences cause a drop in customer satisfaction, but they have tangible financial repercussions for businesses globally.

Emerging technologies, particularly generative AI, are now paving the way for a transformation in customer service. Unlike previous technologies that have provided only marginal improvements in CX, generative AI offers a significant leap forward.

AI avatars can mimic the human touch in customer interactions, offering personalized, “face-to-face” engagements without the wait times and impersonality that plague current systems. D-ID, a leading company in the AI avatar market, offers a platform for creating lifelike AI video agents. These agents can conduct coherent conversations in multiple languages tailored to the company’s specific datasets and knowledge bases. This development not only promises to restore the ‘human’ feel to digital customer service but also positions businesses to significantly enhance their customer engagement and satisfaction on a global scale.

As businesses prioritize AI to improve their customer experience, the adoption and strategic implementation of generative AI tools like AI avatars could be a game-changer in redefining customer service standards and achieving a genuine competitive edge.

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Gil Perry emphasizes the scalability and quality of these interactions, positioning the company at the forefront of humanizing digital communication. He envisions replacing traditional chatbots with more natural, intuitive virtual assistants, providing responses through audio and video, and tapping into an expanding market that Gartner predicts could see a significant increase in digital communication supported by such technology. Perry credits the company’s growth to its value proposition—offering speed, cost-efficiency, quality, and scalable development tools for digital humans.

The company is expanding to Manhattan and has no plans to raise additional capital immediately due to efficient operations and significant remaining funds from earlier rounds. With product-led growth leading to revenue, D-ID exhibits potential for further expansion in the Generative AI market. Read more using the link below.

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Kershaw points to studies indicating that digital avatars evoke empathy and connection among users, making the online shopping journey more personal and interactive. Research from an IBM study reveals that only 14 percent of online consumers are satisfied with their online shopping experience, so this shift towards more lifelike online interactions is seen as a way to increase user satisfaction and trust in digital storefronts.

The integration of digital human avatars into e-commerce is posited as a game-changer for the industry, offering a new level of personalization and effectiveness in customer service and interaction. The potential benefits include improved customer experiences and increased credibility for online retailers. For more insights, read the article using the link below.

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Gorodissky highlights the shift from traditional interfaces like GUI to NUI, which aims for more natural, conversational interactions with technology, akin to human-to-human communication. This approach is seen as a way to make digital interactions more accessible, intuitive, and inclusive, thereby bridging the gap between humans and digital realms.

The article also touches on future advancements in AI and video generation, emphasizing the creation of more immersive and engaging interfaces. Gorodissky notes the challenges in creating high-quality AI-generated video content, including maintaining temporal consistency, resolution, and computational efficiency. Furthermore, they discuss the integration of D-ID’s technology with existing systems and platforms, focusing on the balance between technological sophistication and user experience, and the importance of ethical practices in AI Video development, emphasizing transparency, privacy, and adherence to ethical standards.

Finally they bring up Radio Fórmula’s use of D-ID’s technology to create AI-generated newscasters is mentioned, showcasing the successful fusion of traditional media with advanced AI technology.

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D-ID, together with Ledaber and the IsrALS association developed a solution that enables patients to build a virtual representation based on their image and communicate with those who surround them

By Dr. Itay Gal

Alive, but trapped within their bodies, a new technological solution now enables people suffering from ALS to express themselves. Generative AI company D-ID, alongside ‘Ledaber’ (‘To Speak’), in partnership with IsrALS, the Israel ALS Research Association, has developed a technological solution that allows patients to create a virtual avatar based on their photograph. Thanks to developments in artificial intelligence, patients can communicate with those around them, and even upload videos of themselves on social media. One patient in Hungary has already done so and became a TikTok star, and now the first Israeli patient has begun using the technology.

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, is a severe, incurable neurological disease that causes paralysis of all the muscles in the body. The disease typically strikes those between 40 and 70 years old, as the motor neurons controlling muscle movement degenerate, leading to muscle atrophy and complete paralysis.

The initial symptoms are often mild, delaying diagnosis in the early stages of the disease. Symptoms include weakness in limb muscles, muscle cramps, reduced muscle mass in limbs, difficulty in speaking and producing voice, and challenges with breathing and swallowing.

Debi Admoni was diagnosed with ALS at the age of 19. Despite her illness, she managed to get married, publish a cookbook, and start a nonprofit supporting teenagers. However, the primary challenge in recent years, as paralysis progressed throughout her body, has been communication. Since her eyelids are still unaffected, she has been able to communicate by blinking, with a computer enabling her to slowly type out her words.

Using AI video technology developed by D-ID, a photo of Debi was scanned and adapted to create a virtual avatar that mimics her facial movements and lip movements, effectively speaking on her behalf. The next step was selecting a voice similar to Debi’s former voice, resulting in a speaking virtual avatar.

This enabled Debi to become a spokesperson in the battle against ALS, sharing her day-to-day struggles and inspiring deep empathy among viewers. In the first video of Debi’s avatar, she says: ‘I can’t breathe on my own, move my hands or feet, speak or eat. Yet, I am full of gratitude for the opportunity to spread light, especially in these days.’ The video will be used by the Israel ALS Association to assist in their fundraising campaign.

“Beautiful Debi and I are the same age,” says Shiran Melamdovski Somach, the social tech entrepreneur from D-ID, the company that developed the artificial intelligence tool. “When meeting her, I saw that despite her illness, and the fact that she can’t speak, eat, or walk, and is ventilated through a tube in her throat, she remains full of vitality and is an inspiration.”

“The development by D-ID is exciting and enables patients and their families to experience life again, as it was before the paralysis was brought on by the disease,” said Efrat Carmi, CEO of the Israel ALS Association.”

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WILMINGTON, Del., Dec. 20, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — D-ID, the leading platform for the generation of AI avatars, and LivingAI, a startup focused on embedding digital avatars with human-like interactivity across popular business tech stacks, today announced the joint release of their Personalized Email Videos integration. The solution easily integrates with any email service provider, offering a revolutionary approach to email campaigns. The integration enables businesses to produce emails featuring AI-generated video avatars that deliver personalized content tailored to hundreds of thousands of recipients quickly and at scale, dramatically enhancing digital marketing and customer experience management.

Businesses struggle with traditional email marketing’s impersonal nature, a factor that often leads to low engagement and conversion rates, on average reaching only 3%. Standard emails fail to resonate with the individual preferences and interests of recipients, resulting in missed opportunities for customer connection and business growth.

Powered by D-ID’s API, LivingAI’s personalized digital avatar for email integration is tackling this pain point by introducing AI-generated video avatars, crafted from text or audio input, which deliver visually engaging content tailored to each email recipient. This will allow enterprises and SMBs to scale face-to-face, personalized messaging to each of their email recipients to attract and retain customer attention more effectively and significantly boost conversion rates.

“Together with LivingAI we’re setting a new standard for customer engagement,” said Gil Perry, CEO and Co-founder of D-ID. “This is a leap forward in making digital interactions more personal and impactful. This is an essential move for businesses that wish to communicate effectively at large scale.”

Additional benefits of the Personalized Email Video Integration include:

• Enhanced user engagement through realistic AI avatars.
• Personalization at a massive scale, adapting content to individual recipients.
• Efficient content creation, streamlining personalized communication.
• Detailed analytics for improved marketing strategies and insights.

Yuval Machlin, CEO and Co-founder of LivingAI, added, “Working with D-ID has been an exceptional experience. Their easy-to-use API complements our platform, allowing us to offer an unmatched level of personalization in campaign creation that will transform targeted marketing, customer relationship management, and internal corporate communications. Together we have created a solution that enhances engagement and conversion rates and reshapes the way businesses connect with their customers.”

Learn how D-ID’s and LivingAI’s Personalized Video Email integration can elevate your communications. Visit D-ID’s website to learn more and watch a demo.

About D-ID: D-ID specializes in Natural User Interface (NUI) advancements, revolutionizing content creation and digital interactions since 2017. Its expertise in computer vision and deep learning enables the creation of lifelike digital people, serving a broad spectrum of clients from marketing and customer experience sectors to Fortune 500 companies. For more details, visit www.d-id.com.

About LivingAI: LivingAI is at the forefront of the AI revolution, providing scalable AI-generated teams with human-like interactivity and AI-powered analysis. Its innovative suite of plugins, integrated across various work platforms, allows professionals to create AI-generated team members with personalized features. LivingAI is committed to transforming the landscape of SaaS, enhancing business efficiency and productivity. For more information, visit www.livingai.com.

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(Delaware, USA – December 12th, 2023) – D-ID, the leading platform for the generation of digital humans, announced today the limited release of D-ID Agents -a breakthrough in human-computer interaction akin to face-to-face human conversation. D-ID agents is a no-code method of producing interactive digital humans to sell, support and teach on websites, presentations and apps and create a more natural and engaging customer experience.

D-ID’s Digital Agents, driven by the power of Large Language Models (LLMs), will enable businesses of all sizes to embed an AI-powered virtual assistant onto their websites to engage in face-to-face conversations with customers, creating an intuitive and personal user experience. Businesses will be able to provide tailored interactions with diverse customer bases across global markets by giving them the freedom to create Agents of different ages, genders, and ethnicities, trained in multiple languages. Enterprise users will be able to make use of advanced development options through D-ID’s API, allowing them greater flexibility and customization and the ability to deploy Agents at massive scale, while SMBs and creators will enjoy access to an array of features through the Creative Reality Studio.

With the growth of LLMs and rapid adoption of generative AI innovations, digital-native consumers are increasingly demanding a more natural and intuitive way to interact with applications. Gartner predicts that by 2025, 70% of digital and marketing communications will be supported by Avatars using text-to-video Generative AI, up from less than 5% in 2022.

In response to changing consumer expectations and in conjunction with the launch of Digital Agents, D-ID is also introducing its Natural User Interface (NUI), the next evolution of human-machine interfaces, enabling users to communicate with technology through face-to-face conversations. NUI is the natural progression from TUI (Textual User Interface) and GUI (Graphical User Interface) and is a new way to facilitate interaction with devices of all kinds, on human terms.

NUI functionality will provide a comprehensive multimodal experience with a face, a body, and a voice for applications such as digital customer support representatives, digital salespeople for ecommerce storefronts, and digital instructors for training presentations. D-ID NUI and D-ID Agents will allow companies to improve the UX they offer to their clients and improve the engagement rate, satisfaction rate and conversion rate of their products.  

“Digital technology has become increasingly powerful, but our capacity to extract value from it is often limited by how we interact with it,” explains Gil Perry, CEO and Co-founder of D-ID. “The NUI platform is changing this by enabling companies to develop interfaces that facilitate natural, face-to-face conversations with customers. These interfaces understand and earn the trust of the user, without any typing or clicking. They will adapt and evolve along with business and digital landscape. This advancement powers D-ID’s Agents, allowing them to respond intelligently to customer questions and provide personalized advice, meeting the customers’ need for prompt and effective interaction.”

Platform Features and Functionality: 

• Agent Creation and Editing: Users can easily customize an agent’s physical characteristics and vocal attributes (pitch, tone) to align with organizational CX objectives. The ability to edit or delete agents as needed ensures that materials and personas remain relevant.
• Knowledge Base Query: Grounded in real company knowledge, Agents can intelligently engage in two-way, LLM-powered conversations based on business data, knowledge bases and customer service handbooks. Users can simply upload Text or PDF files, PPTs, or links to URLs.
• Hosting Flexibility: Dependent on business needs and budget, two Agents platform are made available: an API for enterprise and ISV developers, and a pre-packaged API through the Creative Reality Studio website for SMBs. Agent owners can create and host their Agents on both platforms and embed their Digital Humans onto external websites and mobile platforms to suit their price points and volume of consumer interactions.

As pioneers in AI-generated creative content, D-ID’s expansion to their current offerings will allow their clients to create a complete solution that begins with the Creative Reality studio and the creation of digital people, and move toward complete integration within a wider UX/CX solution.

NUI is set to usher in an era where enterprises can harness the cutting-edge in conversational Generative AI and Large Language Models by creating scalable interactive Agents to elevate employee training sessions, offer round-the-clock, face-to-face sales representation, and provide a supportive companion for each user’s shopping experience.

In addition to the launch of NUI and Agents, D-ID is unveiling a new look that reflects its vision of a world where digital interfaces are far more than just technical intermediaries between humans and software; they are customers’ trusted collaboration partners, guides – even friends.

For more information on NUI by D-ID and Digital Agents, and to explore the new website, visit https://www.d-id.com/. Businesses or organizations who wish to join the waitlist to access D-ID Agents should register here.

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D-ID specializes in the advancement of user interfaces via its proprietary Natural User Interface (NUI). Founded in 2017 and supported by tier 1 VCs, D-ID is revolutionizing content creation and digital interaction by converting text, audio, and images into lifelike Digital People. Serving a diverse clientele, from sales and marketing and customer experience platforms to Fortune 500 companies, D-ID combines expertise in facial synthesis and deep learning to deliver interactive AI experiences at scale. For more information, visit https://www.d-id.com/

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