Empathic
Empathic is building AI conversations that feel like someone is actually there, with real-time, expressive video natively integrated into FaceTime. The company is developing low-latency video generation models and real-time systems to give AI a face, enable eye contact, and allow unprompted speech. Its first product, Ethos, aims to create a new medium for presence-driven, connection-focused AI interaction.
- Artificial Intelligence
- AI Agents
- Applications
- Software Only
Funding
Founders
Founder details are not available yet.
Product
Problem
Current AI voice and text interactions lack genuine presence, reducing conversation to a transactional command-and-response dynamic that feels soulless and disconnected. As millions of people increasingly confide in AI models, the absence of realistic, expressive communication limits the depth of human-AI relationships and fails to meet the social and emotional bandwidth humanity is beginning to allocate to digital intelligence.
Solution
Empathic creates a new medium for AI focused on presence and connection through realistic, real-time video conversations. The platform enables AI to operate natively inside FaceTime, providing real-time, expressive voice and video that moves beyond robotic exchanges. By giving AI a face, enabling eye contact, and allowing the system to speak unprompted, Empathic makes digital interaction feel as though someone is genuinely there. The company is engineering low-latency video generation models and real-time systems to power this application layer, transforming AI from a passive responder into a proactive, emotionally present conversational partner.
Target Audience
Primary users are individual consumers seeking a more emotionally present AI companion, as well as early adopters interested in evolving social relationships with digital intelligence.
Features
- Real-time, native FaceTime integration enabling seamless AI conversations within the existing Apple ecosystem
- Low-latency video generation models that produce realistic, expressive facial movements for natural eye contact
- Real-time systems architecture supporting unprompted, proactive speech from the AI rather than waiting for user commands
- A new application layer designed specifically for presence-driven, connection-focused AI interaction