
Soul Machines is a leading innovator in humanizing AI experiences, leveraging patented Biological AI technology and a Human OS™ cloud platform to create life-like, autonomous AI Assistants. Founded in 2016 by Mark Sagar and Greg Cross, the company focuses on democratizing and ethically using AI. Their solutions enable meaningful 1:1 conversations between humans and AI, moving beyond transactional exchanges. Soul Machines' AI Assistants are utilized by a range of clients, from independent creators to major global enterprises like Google, Microsoft, Amazon, and Heineken. The company's business model appears to be primarily subscription-based, with various plans offering different levels of access and features for their AI Assistants and Studio software.

Soul Machines is a leading innovator in humanizing AI experiences, leveraging patented Biological AI technology and a Human OS™ cloud platform to create life-like, autonomous AI Assistants. Founded in 2016 by Mark Sagar and Greg Cross, the company focuses on democratizing and ethically using AI. Their solutions enable meaningful 1:1 conversations between humans and AI, moving beyond transactional exchanges. Soul Machines' AI Assistants are utilized by a range of clients, from independent creators to major global enterprises like Google, Microsoft, Amazon, and Heineken. The company's business model appears to be primarily subscription-based, with various plans offering different levels of access and features for their AI Assistants and Studio software.
Founded: 2016
Headquarters: San Francisco
Core product: Human-like multimodal AI agents / Digital Brain (Soul Machines Studio)
Total funding (reported): USD 121,430,000
Receivership: Entered receivership (notice dated Feb 5, 2026)
Humanizing AI interactions; conversational agents and digital workforce for customer experience and enterprise use cases.
2016
Artificial Intelligence / Deep Tech
USD 70,000,000
Reported to bring total funding to USD 135M as of the announcement
Recorded as a convertible note funding event
“Includes strategic and institutional backers such as Temasek, SoftBank Vision Fund 2, Salesforce Ventures, Horizons Ventures, Liberty City Ventures and government grant support (Callaghan Innovation)”