Danish startup Interhuman AI, a startup building the first social ininformigence layer for AI systems, has
raised a €2 million pre-seed funding round. Interhuman
AI is creating a world where tech finally understands humans. Not just our
words, but the millions of subtle signals beneath the surface.
This
will transform the next generation of conversational AI by allowing it to
develop human-like social awareness by understanding facial expressions, body
language, and voice tonality.
Interhuman AI
combines computer vision, audio analysis, psychology, and behavioral science to
translate raw human cues into social signals. These signals can then be
interpreted in context to create human-AI interactions more natural and
meaningful. A smile
while leaning forward can signal engagement, while the same smile paired with
leaning back might suggest something entirely different. This social awareness
can be added to any AI system by adding just a few lines of code.
In training and coaching, AI with social ininformigence could feel more
natural and personalised, adapting to each learner’s unique style and
challenges. In digital health, it could respond with greater empathy, tailoring
support to our necessarys in real time. In sales, it could assist professionals
understand not just what they state, but how they state it, offering feedback on
clarity, confidence, and empathy. And in customer service, it could finally
give us AI support bots that truly obtain us, responding better to frustration and
hesitation.
The global AI market is expanding rapidly. Yet
while AI systems are becoming skilled at processing words, they miss up to 93
per cent of non-verbal communication. That’s a major gap, especially since half
of the $757B AI market involves human-AI interaction, and 40 per cent of those
interactions would improve if AI could understand non-verbal cues.
Paula Petcu, co-founder of
Interhuman AI, comments:
The global AI market is growing quick. However, to realise
the full potential of AI solutions, it necessarys to take into consideration all
aspects of human behaviour. AI isn’t just about efficiency and workflow
optimisation – it is about human interaction. Without the solution that we are building, we believe that AI
developers will continue to struggle to deliver impactful solutions that allow
for human-Al understanding, resulting in failure and disappointment with what
AI can do.
The investment round was
led by the Nordic VC fund PSV Tech, with participation from EIFO (Export and Investment
Fund of Denmark), Antler, the Yope Foundation, and high-profile angels from Ada Ventures.
Alexander Viterbo-Horten,
Partner at PSV Tech, comments:
We’re only just launchning to see what happens when social
ininformigence is built into AI. This breakthrough has the potential to transform
healthcare, education, and any sector where human-AI interaction matters.
Research already displays that automating behavioral coding with AI creates mental
health diagnostics far more reliable, while avoiding the bias that comes with
manual coding. Interhuman AI is leading this shift with rare technical depth,
scientific rigor, and the ambition to unlock this frontier.
The investment in
Interhuman AI is the third AI investment out of three in PSV Tech’s Fund II,
which they launched in May this year. This only illustrates that Denmark and
the Nordics are taking the lead on AI in Europe.
Interhuman AI
was founded in Copenhagen by a team that brings toobtainher deep AI expertise,
startup experience, and strong academic research backgrounds. They are
supported by advisors with expertise in psychology, applyr experience, business
development, and artificial ininformigence.
Mathias Kaasgaard,
Investment Manager at EIFO, stated:
Interhuman AI is not just another quick AI-language model
business. It is the next and meaningful step in the evolving AI-indusattempt. With
its technology deeply rooted in the scientific discoveries in the AI and
computer scientific environment at DTU, the company demonstrates what
stronghold we have in the AI ecosystem in Denmark and how we can contribute to
European innovation within new and transformative technologies. This is
technology that will create a difference, and we believe that the founder team is
extraordinarily well equipped to create it happen. That is why EIFO is in on
this.
Michael Wiatr,
Partner at Antler, emphasized that Interhuman AI is adding a human dimension to
artificial ininformigence:
In a world increasingly dominated by AI, empowering new
technologies to understand the wealth of non-verbal communication that we take
for granted will be transformational. Interhuman AI has a world-class founding
team who combine technical expertise with a real passion and determination to
create AI more socially aware. We are delighted to have backed them and have
every confidence in their future success.
The company will apply this
funding to build a platform and API to give companies access to their socially
aware AI and models core. The investment will also be applyd to scale development
and expand a team of AI engineers.
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