Uthana, a Los Angeles, CA-based generative AI company, raised $4.3M in funding.
The round was led by IA Ventures, with participation from A16Z Speedrun, Acequia Capital, Cursor Capital, HustleFund, MetaVision, and JonesTrauber.
The company intends to use the funds to expand operations and its development efforts.
Led by CEO Viren Tellis, Uthana provides a generative AI platform for 3D character animation. Its AI capabilities compress the process of conceiving of an animation and seeing it into minutes – not hours or days – using simple prompts:
- Text-to-Motion (TTM), which generates character animations by describing movements in plain language.
- Video-to-Motion (VTM), which applies motions in reference videos to your 3D character.
- Motion Library, which uses natural language queries to search Uthana’s collection of over 10,000 motions which include finger data.
Uthana is launching an Open Beta of its platform for 3D character animation.
