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Velvet
Velvet
Expressive conversational AI
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Fall 2025
Active
Generative AI
Data Engineering
AI
Conversational AI
San Francisco
Company
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https://velvetlab.ai
Expressive conversational AI
Expressive conversational AI
Active Founders
Lucas Mantovani
Founder/CEO
Co-founder, CEO of Velvet. Ex conversational data + youngest member @ Meta FAIR. CS honors @ UChicago. Brazilian olympiad medalist in Math + Physics.
Lucas Mantovani
Founder/CEO
Co-founder, CEO of Velvet. Ex conversational data + youngest member @ Meta FAIR. CS honors @ UChicago. Brazilian olympiad medalist in Math + Physics.
Lucas Tucker
Founder/COO
Co-founder, CTO of Velvet. Previously at Adobe. Math and Computer Science at UChicago.
Lucas Tucker
Founder/COO
Co-founder, CTO of Velvet. Previously at Adobe. Math and Computer Science at UChicago.
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Velvet
Founded:
2025
Batch:
Fall 2025
Team Size:
3
Status:
Active
Location:
San Francisco
Primary Partner:
David Lieb
