Lemon Slice Raises $10.5M to Power Real-Time Digital Avatars from Single Images

Lemon Slice secures $10.5 million in seed funding to launch its groundbreaking 20-billion-parameter AI model that transforms single photos into real-time digital avatars capable of livestreaming at 20 fps, challenging industry giants like D-ID and HeyGen in the rapidly expanding digital avatar market.

• Lemon Slice raises $10.5 million in seed funding from Y Combinator, Matrix Partners, and other investors to develop digital avatar technology that creates interactive video characters from single images
• The company launches Lemon Slice-2, a 20-billion-parameter diffusion model that generates real-time digital avatars capable of livestreaming at 20 frames per second on a single GPU for AI agents and chatbots
• The startup competes with established players like D-ID, HeyGen, and Synthesia by offering a general-purpose model that creates both human and non-human avatars for education, e-commerce, and corporate training applications