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// THEME

Consumer AI Companion Apps

Consumer-facing AI applications delivering personalized companionship, lifestyle coaching, or entertainment through conversational AI characters or agents.

COMPANIES 81VELOCITY ▲ RISINGCAPITAL 28D $55.3M · 9 DEALS
TOP INVESTORS: samsung (4) · nvidia (3) · deviation capital (2) · lvmh (2) · menlo ventures (2)

CAPITAL FIGURES ARE MEDIA-EXTRACTED ESTIMATES, NOT VERIFIED FILINGS.

Capital raised, weekly
◀ $14.0B · wk of 07-062026-06-08 ── 2026-08-31 · WEEKLY
Deals by stage
series a
$113M · 6 DEALS
unknown
$15.1B · 6 DEALS
series d plus
$3.9B · 4 DEALS
seed
$26M · 3 DEALS
grant
$0M · 1 DEAL
Mention momentum
MENTIONS / WEEK · PEAK 45

EXTRACTED FROM 25+ PODCASTS & VC NEWSLETTERS · MEDIA-REPORTED FIGURES, NOT VERIFIED FILINGS

// COMPANIES
81 COMPANIES
01
Oura
ouraring.com
IPO · SEP 4
20 SIGNALS · LAST SEEN SEP 4, 2026
02
ShareChat
sharechat.com
$1M · SEED · INDIA QUOTIENT · SEP 3
4 SIGNALS · LAST SEEN SEP 3, 2026
03
InstaAstro
$12M · SERIES A · ARTHA VENTURE FUND · SEP 1
5 SIGNALS · LAST SEEN AUG 31, 2026
04
Asaya
$9M · SERIES A · AUG 31
2 SIGNALS · LAST SEEN AUG 31, 2026
05
Retro
$21M · SEED · THRIVE CAPITAL + IMAGINARY VENTURES · AUG 29
2 SIGNALS · LAST SEEN AUG 29, 2026
06
Lone Palm Labs
$21M · SEED · THRIVE CAPITAL + IMAGINARY VENTURES · AUG 29
2 SIGNALS · LAST SEEN AUG 29, 2026
07
Chess.com
chess.com
GROWTH · GENERAL ATLANTIC · AUG 13
8 SIGNALS · LAST SEEN AUG 13, 2026
08
Bending Spoons
bendingspoons.com
39 SIGNALS · LAST SEEN AUG 29, 2026
09
Olo
SERIES A · FOUNDER COLLECTIVE · AUG 8
4 SIGNALS · LAST SEEN AUG 8, 2026
10
Tinder
$150M · FUNDRAISING · AUG 5
2 SIGNALS · LAST SEEN AUG 5, 2026
11
Meta
meta.com
$6M · LOBBYING SPEND Q2 2026 · JUL 24
334 SIGNALS · LAST SEEN SEP 4, 2026
12
Yope
$12M · UNKNOWN · JUL 23
1 SIGNAL · LAST SEEN JUL 23, 2026
13
lululemon
$30M · SERIES A · BPIFRANCE'S ECOTECHNOLOGIES 2 FUND + SWEN CAPITAL PARTNERS · JUL 17
3 SIGNALS · LAST SEEN SEP 4, 2026
14
Calm
calm.com
$4M · SEED · JUL 13
3 SIGNALS · LAST SEEN AUG 21, 2026
15
Shortical
$100M · GROWTH · JUL 3
2 SIGNALS · LAST SEEN JUL 3, 2026
16
The Ryl Company
$20M · SERIES C · JUN 9
2 SIGNALS · LAST SEEN JUN 9, 2026
17
Mindverse
$50M · SERIES A · MEITUAN · JUN 8
3 SIGNALS · LAST SEEN JUN 8, 2026
18
Chai Shots
SEED · GENERAL CATALYST · MAY 31
1 SIGNAL · LAST SEEN JUN 1, 2026
19
SuperMe
superm.ai
SEED · GREYLOCK PARTNERS · MAY 31
1 SIGNAL · LAST SEEN AUG 6, 2026
20
The Interaction Company of California
poke.ai
SEED · GENERAL CATALYST · MAY 31
3 SIGNALS · LAST SEEN JUL 25, 2026
21
Shizuku AI
shizuku.ai
SEED · ANDREESSEN HOROWITZ · MAY 31
1 SIGNAL · LAST SEEN AUG 9, 2026
22
Lucra
$20M · UNSPECIFIED · ARK INVEST · MAY 22
2 SIGNALS · LAST SEEN MAY 22, 2026
23
Scent Social Club
1 SIGNAL · LAST SEEN SEP 4, 2026
24
Nike
nike.com
4 SIGNALS · LAST SEEN SEP 4, 2026
25
Twitter
twitter.com
7 SIGNALS · LAST SEEN SEP 3, 2026
26
TikTok
tiktok.com
13 SIGNALS · LAST SEEN SEP 3, 2026
27
Touchy
1 SIGNAL · LAST SEEN SEP 2, 2026
28
Notchling
1 SIGNAL · LAST SEEN SEP 1, 2026
29
Bees & Flowers
1 SIGNAL · LAST SEEN AUG 31, 2026
30
Timekettle
timekettle.co
1 SIGNAL · LAST SEEN AUG 31, 2026
31
Grok
x.ai
5 SIGNALS · LAST SEEN AUG 30, 2026
32
Memoria
1 SIGNAL · LAST SEEN AUG 25, 2026
33
Danone
2 SIGNALS · LAST SEEN AUG 24, 2026
34
Replika
1 SIGNAL · LAST SEEN AUG 21, 2026
35
Mochi
1 SIGNAL · LAST SEEN AUG 19, 2026
36
Meerkat/Houseparty
1 SIGNAL · LAST SEEN AUG 19, 2026
37
Character.ai
character.ai
6 SIGNALS · LAST SEEN AUG 19, 2026
38
Duolingo
duolingo.com
5 SIGNALS · LAST SEEN AUG 17, 2026
39
min.
1 SIGNAL · LAST SEEN AUG 14, 2026
40
Papaya
1 SIGNAL · LAST SEEN AUG 9, 2026
41
Blueberry
1 SIGNAL · LAST SEEN AUG 7, 2026
42
Lovart
1 SIGNAL · LAST SEEN AUG 6, 2026
43
Pepsi
1 SIGNAL · LAST SEEN AUG 2, 2026
44
Tollands
1 SIGNAL · LAST SEEN JUL 31, 2026
45
Bo AI
1 SIGNAL · LAST SEEN JUL 29, 2026
46
Co-Star
3 SIGNALS · LAST SEEN JUL 28, 2026
47
Looped
1 SIGNAL · LAST SEEN JUL 28, 2026
48
Rafa
1 SIGNAL · LAST SEEN JUL 23, 2026
49
Peloton
onepeloton.com
2 SIGNALS · LAST SEEN JUL 23, 2026
50
Im Chris.
1 SIGNAL · LAST SEEN JUL 22, 2026
51
Polaroid
polaroid.com
3 SIGNALS · LAST SEEN JUL 14, 2026
52
Canary
2 SIGNALS · LAST SEEN JUL 3, 2026
53
Loot
1 SIGNAL · LAST SEEN JUL 1, 2026
54
Haleon
2 SIGNALS · LAST SEEN JUN 29, 2026
55
Siete
1 SIGNAL · LAST SEEN JUN 23, 2026
56
Sumo
1 SIGNAL · LAST SEEN JUN 23, 2026
57
Made Group
1 SIGNAL · LAST SEEN JUN 23, 2026
58
Grns
1 SIGNAL · LAST SEEN JUN 23, 2026
59
Companion
2 SIGNALS · LAST SEEN JUN 23, 2026
60
uwait
1 SIGNAL · LAST SEEN JUN 22, 2026
61
Genie
1 SIGNAL · LAST SEEN JUN 18, 2026
62
OMG Pop
2 SIGNALS · LAST SEEN JUN 14, 2026
63
TravelMind
1 SIGNAL · LAST SEEN JUN 9, 2026
64
Tamadoggo
1 SIGNAL · LAST SEEN JUN 8, 2026
65
Humane
humane.com
0 SIGNALS · LAST SEEN JUN 7, 2026
66
Flighty
flightyapp.com
0 SIGNALS · LAST SEEN JUN 7, 2026
67
Mill
mill.com
1 SIGNAL · LAST SEEN JUN 2, 2026
68
Enshittifier
1 SIGNAL · LAST SEEN JUN 2, 2026
69
BeFake
1 SIGNAL · LAST SEEN JUN 2, 2026
70
folk
1 SIGNAL · LAST SEEN JUN 1, 2026
71
Huxe
1 SIGNAL · LAST SEEN MAY 23, 2026
72
Yuzu
0 SIGNALS · LAST SEEN MAY 18, 2026
73
Goalie
1 SIGNAL · LAST SEEN MAY 13, 2026
74
Soylent
soylent.com
1 SIGNAL · LAST SEEN MAY 4, 2026
75
Golden Child
1 SIGNAL · LAST SEEN APR 28, 2026
76
Saturn
saturn.app
1 SIGNAL · LAST SEEN APR 27, 2026
77
LG Electronics
0 SIGNALS · LAST SEEN JAN 1, 2024
78
Airtime
0 SIGNALS · LAST SEEN JAN 1, 2024
79
Fitbod
0 SIGNALS · LAST SEEN JAN 1, 2024
80
Manukora
0 SIGNALS · LAST SEEN JAN 1, 2024
81
grub·i
0 SIGNALS · LAST SEEN JAN 1, 2024