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Meshcapade raises $6M to train foundation models for the analysis and generation of 3D humans

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Wednesday, June 14, 2023
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TÜBINGEN, Germany, June 14, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Meshcapade, a startup specializing in AI solutions for modeling, analysis and synthesis of 3D digital humans in motion, announced today a $6M seed round led by Matrix with participation from a number of tech founders and investors, including Nate Mitchell (Co-Founder of Oculus), Matthew Ball (Author of "The Metaverse"), William O'Farrell (Co-Founder of BodyLabs), Andrew Hamel (Former VP Machine Learning at Amazon), Gary Bradski (CSO at OpenCV), and CLO, a provider of leading 3D clothing software. Diana Kimball Berlin of Matrix will join Meshcapade's board.

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  • Through easy to use APIs and web-based tools, Meshcapade allows users to convert images, videos, 3D scans, motion capture data, text, and measurements into 3D digital humans.
  • Meshcapade's goal is to build best-in-class foundation models for the analysis and synthesis of 3D human motion and appearance.
  • This is Meshcapade's first institutional funding round and it supports their vision to provide foundation models for human motion analysis and synthesis.
  • For more information about Meshcapade, visit meshcapade.com , create some 3D avatars at meshcapade.me , or reach out to [email protected] .

Synthetic Data Pioneer Datagen Builds Momentum to Power the Next Big Leap in Computer Vision Systems

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Wednesday, September 22, 2021
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Tal Darom is joining the Datagen executive ranks as its VP of R&D, following his leading a human-centric computer vision research group at Amazon.

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  • Tal Darom is joining the Datagen executive ranks as its VP of R&D, following his leading a human-centric computer vision research group at Amazon.
  • Datagen builds on Israels rich legacy of bringing computer vision innovation to the market.
  • These powerhouse executives and advisors will help accelerate Datagens market opportunities as synthetic data increasingly becomes the core layer in computer vision systems.
  • Datagen is leading the AI revolution by generating photo-realistic data to train computer vision systems, with expertise in human-object Interaction.