AI humans and real-time video
Tavus
Tavus builds AI humans, lifelike agents that see, hear and talk with people face to face on a live video call. Developers and businesses build them into sales, support, healthcare and learning products.
- Based in San Francisco, London and Munich
- About 100 people
- Founded 2020
- 19 open roles
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“In its own study, 48% of people took Tavus’s newest AI human, Griffin, for a real person. It’s hiring researchers, engineers and salespeople, and most roles are in its San Francisco office.”
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Developers and businesses using it grew from 100,000 to 150,000 in 11 months
Developers and businesses using its models.
No layoffs reported.
It doesn’t publish revenue. After its Series A, it stopped selling AI sales tools and went back to building its own models. It dropped its first customers to do it.
Its three announced rounds raised $64M, with Sequoia, Scale Venture Partners and CRV each leading one
Raised in each round, from its seed to its Series B.
CRV
Sequoia
Scale Venture Partners
Y Combinator
Accel
Index VenturesSequoia led its seed round and has invested in every round since.
The team doubled to about 100 people in a year
The earlier figure is the cofounders’ own, and the latest comes from Tavus’s job listings. It set up a UK company in January 2026.
Its two cofounders run it, and it hired heads of research, design and sales in 2025
Quinn FavretCofounder and COO
Ari KorinHead of engineering, at Tavus since September 2022
MicrosoftCofounder and CEO Hassaan Raza was a software engineer at Google and Apple before Tavus. Quinn left the University of Michigan to build it. Ioannis Patras, a professor at Queen Mary University of London, has led research from London since August 2025. Geoff Barnes joined as head of design in July 2025 from Google DeepMind, where he was a UX lead on Gemini. Cory Barnard has led sales since May 2025. Head of marketing Julia Szatar left in December 2025.
Most roles are in its San Francisco office
The pace. Its first principle is “Faster, faster.” Others include “Results over effort” and “Comfort in the unknown.”
Where. Most roles are in San Francisco. Of the 19 open now, 10 are on site, eight are hybrid and one is remote.
The team. Its people work across 13 countries and speak more than 30 languages. Quinn says the team mixes PhDs, high school dropouts and creatives. The whole team meets at a retreat twice a year.
Hiring. The cofounders say they hire for passion and craft first, then curiosity and strong opinions.
Time off. It’s unlimited.
Pay. Its listings don’t give pay ranges, but every role includes equity. Medical, dental and vision coverage is paid in full for you and your family.
Its newest model ranked first on NVIDIA’s benchmark for live video conversation
Final Round AILifelike mock job interviews, which more than 100,000 people have taken in 2026.
OrumSales role-play with an AI buyer, which tripled the rate at which reps booked meetings.
BerlitzConversation practice with AI teachers, piloted in several languages in 2025.Griffin is open only to select testers while Tavus works on safety. No one outside Tavus has checked its study of Griffin. Protos, a crypto news site, warned that models like it could help scammers.
What people tell Jack
“The work culture is very innovative and the product is exciting.”
Open roles
Tavus has 19 open roles on its careers page. 19 list the US. Pick a team to see the roles and Jack’s read.
Jack’s read for research
3 open roles
- 90,000+ citations of the published work of its research team.
- It records two-way video in its own studio to make the training data its models need.
Jack’s read for engineering, product and design
5 open roles
- Engineers led by Ari Korin recently added browser control, a shared canvas and memory to its video interface for developers.
- In 2026 it has released Sparrow-1, Raven-1, Phoenix-4, Sparrow-2 and Phoenix-4.5, then Griffin in October.
- In July 2026 it launched PAL Maker, which lets anyone build an AI human they can talk to.
Jack’s read for customer engineering and success
4 open roles
- Customer and forward deployed engineers take a customer’s idea to a product running in production. Sometimes they find a bug and ship the fix themselves.
- Enterprise deployments that its team builds and runs typically go live within weeks.
What these roles pay and who gets hired, from our hiring guides
Jack’s read for sales and marketing
6 open roles
- Cofounder Quinn Favret said in October 2026 that Tavus is hiring marketing, brand and sales leaders.
- Customers include Amazon, Deloitte, Salesforce and Mayo Clinic.
- The head of marketing will report to the CEO and build a brand for both consumers and businesses.
Jack’s read for people and talent
1 open role
- The talent partner it’s hiring will recruit for engineering, product, operations and the business, and help build the recruiting Tavus needs for its next stage.
New roles came in two bursts, in July and October
New roles each week worldwide, July to October 2026, from our daily checks of its careers page.
Closed roles3 since late June
The most recent, as of November 7, 2026.
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About this page
Jack & Jill isn’t Tavus’ recruiter. The open roles come straight from Tavus’ public careers page and refresh through the day. Company facts come from Tavus’ own announcements and named press, linked on each card, and were last checked on November 7, 2026. Jack’s take is Jack & Jill’s own.