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Tavus revenue, valuation & funding
Tavus is a private San Francisco AI lab that builds real-time AI video agents. Its last confirmed round was an $18M Series A in March 2024. No valuation or revenue figure has been reported, and it hasn't filed for an IPO.
At a glance
- Valuation: not disclosed for any round. Its last confirmed round was an $18M Series A in March 2024.
- Revenue: not published, and no figure has been reported.
- Status: private. No stock ticker, and no IPO filing.
- Founded: 2020, by Hassaan Raza and Quinn Favret. It went through Y Combinator's Summer 2021 batch.
- CEO: Hassaan Raza.
- Investors: Sequoia Capital, Scale Venture Partners, Y Combinator, HubSpot, Accel and Lightspeed, among others.
- Products: Griffin, its Human Interaction Model, a developer API, the consumer PALs product and managed enterprise Solutions.
- Headquarters: San Francisco.
Is Tavus public? Can you buy its stock?
No. Tavus is a private company, so its shares don't trade on any stock exchange and it has no ticker symbol, according to Forge.
Forge says Tavus has not yet filed for an IPO. No timeline for going public has been reported.
Its shares are held by its founders, staff and investors. Forge lists bids and asks for its shares from private secondary trading. This page reports facts and gives no investment advice.
Valuation, round by round
Tavus hasn't disclosed a valuation for any of its rounds.
| Date | Valued at | Raised | Led by | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2024 | — | $18M | Scale Venture Partners | Maginative |
| Oct 2023 | — | $6.1M | Sequoia Capital | Maginative |
Sacra lists a $40M Series B led by CRV in November 2025, which no primary report confirms. Maginative dates the seed to October 2023, and data sites to March 2023.
How Tavus makes money
Tavus charges customers for their use of its APIs, according to Sacra. It also sells plans to consumers and managed deployments to enterprises.
- Developer API. Plans run from Free to Starter at $59 a month and Growth at $397 a month, with custom-priced Enterprise. Paid tiers add minutes at $0.37 a minute on Starter and $0.32 on Growth. Tavus
- PALs for consumers. Free costs $0 a month. Plus costs $20 a month with 150 minutes of voice and video calls, and Max costs $50 a month with 500 minutes. Tavus
- Solutions. Enterprise deployments that Tavus builds and manages for sales, healthcare, learning and development, and recruiting. Tavus
Products
- Griffin (October 1, 2026). Tavus calls it its first Human Interaction Model. Griffin-Lite is a research preview for select testers. Tavus says 48% of people in a live study thought they had talked with a real human. Tavus
- Developer platform. Launched in March 2024 alongside the Series A. Developers build Tavus video into their own apps through its APIs. Maginative
- PALs. Its consumer product, with unlimited messaging and voice and video calls on paid plans. Tavus
Customers
Tavus's homepage says it powers more than 150,000 developers. Its info page gives a lower figure, more than 100,000 developers and enterprises.
- Meta and Salesforce used Tavus to create digital replicas, TechCrunch reported in March 2024. TechCrunch
- Named customers. Tavus lists Amazon, Deloitte, EY, Mayo Clinic, CVS, Salesforce, Aetna and Wix. Tavus
- Final Round AI logged 1.2M practice minutes with its API, Tavus says. Tavus
Leadership
- Hassaan Raza, co-founder and CEO. Tavus
- Quinn Favret, co-founder and COO. TechCrunch
- Ioannis Patras, head of research. He co-wrote Tavus's October 2026 Griffin post. Tavus
Who owns Tavus?
Its founders, staff and investors. As a private company it doesn't publish who holds what, and no stake has been disclosed. No other company owns it.
- Sequoia Capital led the $6.1M seed round, with Y Combinator, Accel and Lightspeed taking part. Maginative
- Scale Venture Partners led the $18M Series A in March 2024, and Rory O'Driscoll joined the board. Sequoia Capital, Y Combinator and HubSpot also took part. Maginative
- CRV led a $40M Series B in November 2025, according to Sacra, though no primary report has confirmed it. Sacra
- Sacra estimates total funding at about $64.2M after that Series B. Sacra
Competitors
Timeline and latest news
From its founding to the latest reports, newest first.
- Oct 2, 2026Latest
Protos reported warnings that Griffin could be used for scams and could induce psychosis. Protos - Oct 1, 2026Latest
Introduced Griffin, its first Human Interaction Model, with Griffin-Lite in research preview. Tavus - Nov 12, 2025Latest
Sacra lists a $40M Series B led by CRV, which no primary report has confirmed. Sacra - Mar 12, 2024
Raised an $18M Series A led by Scale Venture Partners and launched its developer platform. Maginative - Mar 12, 2024
TechCrunch reported that Meta and Salesforce used Tavus to create digital replicas. TechCrunch - Oct 2023
Raised a $6.1M seed round led by Sequoia Capital, by Maginative's dating. Maginative
Legal matters
No lawsuit or regulator action against Tavus has been reported.
Questions people ask
Is Tavus a public company? Can I buy Tavus stock?
No. Tavus is private and has no ticker, so its shares aren't sold on any exchange, according to Forge.
When will Tavus IPO?
It hasn't filed for an IPO, according to Forge. No timeline has been reported.
Who owns Tavus?
Its founders, staff and investors, including Sequoia Capital, Scale Venture Partners, Y Combinator, HubSpot, Accel and Lightspeed. Stakes haven't been disclosed.
Who is the CEO of Tavus?
Hassaan Raza, who co-founded it in 2020 with Quinn Favret, its COO.
How much is Tavus worth?
No valuation has been disclosed for any of its rounds. Its last confirmed round was an $18M Series A in March 2024, reported by Maginative.
How much revenue does Tavus make?
Tavus doesn't publish revenue, and no figure has been reported.
How does Tavus make money?
It charges for use of its APIs, according to Sacra. Developer plans start at $59 a month plus per-minute fees. Consumer PALs plans run up to $50 a month, and it sells managed enterprise deployments.
Who uses Tavus?
Its homepage says it powers more than 150,000 developers. It lists Amazon, Deloitte, EY, Mayo Clinic, CVS, Salesforce, Aetna and Wix as customers.
Where is Tavus headquartered?
San Francisco.
Who are Tavus's competitors?
Sacra names D-ID as a direct competitor, and HeyGen and Synthesia as indirect ones in AI avatar video.
People on Real Alpha
- Hassaan Raza, Co-founder & CEO, Tavus
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Last checked Nov 8, 2026