Stellation Capital operates as an investment firm.

Stellation Capital

Neo is a mentorship community and VC fund that brings together a diverse group of tech veterans to accelerate tomorrow's leaders.

Stellar Capital invests in outstanding people building software and internet technology companies.

Stellar Capital

Scribble Ventures is an early-stage investment fund that focuses on Pre-Seed through Series A.

Scribble Ventures

Coalition Operators is a fund and operators network that invests in early stage startups.

Coalition Operators

Blueprint For The Culture's (Blueprint FTC) mission is to fuel Black prosperity and joy through the activation of capital, resources and culture to support Black founders, Black-led ventures and entrepreneurs of color. As investors and founders, we have helped nurture and build some of the world’s most recognizable and iconic brands, setting the stage for cultural and paradigm shifts. We understand there is not ‘one’ blueprint for success, there are many. We’re equipping our founders with the tools to reimagine markets and systems, to collectively build better companies, communities — and most importantly in how to effectively lead and impact the world.

Blueprint For The Culture

Vybe

Vybe is a mobile app that lets users upload a selfie and put their face in any picture or template, an AI experience app from Snapchat and Meta.

Vybe is a mobile application that allows users to create and share AI-generated photos. The app enables users to upload selfies and integrate their faces into various pictures or existing templates. It also offers the capability to swap faces of multiple individuals within a single image. One of Vybe's key features is its ability to adjust the skin tone of the person in the template to match the user's skin tone, ensuring a natural-looking result. The platform boasts a social networking aspect, where users can view photos created by their friends in a feed and contribute their own templates. As of August 2024, Vybe reported having over 100,000 user-generated templates. As reported in August 2024, the company aimed to expand its offerings by developing additional photo and video-related tools that combine social elements, augmented reality (AR), and GenAI technologies.

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Vybe is a mobile application that allows users to create and share AI-generated photos. The app enables users to upload selfies and integrate their faces into various pictures or existing templates. It also offers the capability to swap faces of multiple individuals within a single image. One of Vybe's key features is its ability to adjust the skin tone of the person in the template to match the user's skin tone, ensuring a natural-looking result. The platform boasts a social networking aspect, where users can view photos created by their friends in a feed and contribute their own templates. As of August 2024, Vybe reported having over 100,000 user-generated templates. As reported in August 2024, the company aimed to expand its offerings by developing additional photo and video-related tools that combine social elements, augmented reality (AR), and GenAI technologies.

DeckRobot is a platform compatible with Microsoft PowerPoint that leverages AI to transform raw slides into enterprise-ready presentations. DeckRobot AI transforms draft slides into professional, on-brand slides by adapting graphics from a vast library of slide examples. Users can apply an unlimited number of styles to any slide deck, including old documents, client materials, or web-sourced slides.DeckRobot offers enhancements for individual slides, such as adding approved icons and images, object alignment, slide resizing, and text validation through AI checks. DeckRobot's plugin acts as a time-saving tool for PowerPoint users, reducing manual work and potentially saving up to 80% of working time. The plugin emphasizes creating visually appealing presentations that adhere to company brand guidelines while maintaining content quality.Key customers and partnershipsAs of April 2024, the company reportedly worked with 70% of the largest consulting and audit companies.

DeckRobot

Based in Italy, Contents.com is a generative AI-powered multimedia creation tool directed at marketing teams, bloggers, publishers, web agencies, ecommerce sites, and large corporations looking to scale content output. The company operates as a SaaS platform that provides tools to support the entire content creation workflow, combining AI-generated output with manual finishing. Contents.com’s features include:1) Industry trends: Uses AI to provide an overview of popular content trends during a specified time period2) AI Chat: A natural language chatbot that can answer questions on any topic or be used to generate content ideas3) AI Writer: Generates content based on a selected template, including blog posts, social media posts, product descriptions, marketing emails, search engine optimized content, and summarized and rephrased content4) AI Art: Generates images based on text inputs, a selected style, and destination content type5) Text to Audio: Converts text documents into audio, with several AI voices available for selection and generates text transcripts from audio input6) AI Translation: Translates content into 25+ languages (January 2024) and offers human translation7) Professional writing services: Completion and review of AI-generated content or fully outsourced content creation by human writersContents.com also offers a customizable enterprise solution, enabling large organizations to automate their content creation processes.The firm claims that its solution can generate content 10x faster.In April 2023, Contents.com acquired Scribeur, its main French competitor, expanding its customer base to include major French and European brands. In the same month, the firm also acquired translation company Traduzione.it. In addition, in May 2023, the company acquired Scribox, an Italian content marketing marketplace, to leverage Scribox's expertise in custom content creation, SEO, and social media marketing.Key customers and partnershipsAs of May 2023, Contents.com’s users included Allianz, Billboard, IKEA, Oppo, and Accenture.

Contents.com

Estonia-based Alpha3D utilizes GenAI technologies to allow users to automatically convert text prompts or 2D images of real-world objects into interactive 3D digital assets. The platform aims at simplifying the 3D model creation process, making it more accessible and scalable for users regardless of their 3D-modeling knowledge. Alpha3D's technology has potential applications in various domains, such as augmented reality (AR), virtual reality (VR), virtual try-on (VTO), gaming, the metaverse, and even non-fungible tokens (NFTs), allowing a wide range of digital interactions and experiences​.The platform claims to automatically generate 3D content 10x faster and up to 100x cheaper than traditional methods, without requiring 3D modeling expertise.Key customers and partnershipsAs of September 2023, Alpha3D had managed to garner a user base of nearly 100,000 platform users, including Viva Technology, Threedium, Wanna, PwC, and FARFETCH.In June 2023, the company partnered with Tryme, a company specializing in custom software solutions, to advance the creation of AI-generated 3D models for eyewear by combining Alpha3D's rapid 2D-to-3D conversion with TRYME's virtual try-on platform.

Alpha3D

OASIS is a human-centric AI research lab that offers photorealistic AI avatars for remote work. Users can enter text, record audio, or write directly on the screen, and the AI will rewrite based on specified preferences or settings, allowing users to generate rewritten content for various purposes, such as improving clarity, style, or readability. The cross-platform app allows users to use the AI avatar when using a camera, including Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams, FaceTime, and WhatsApp.

OASIS

Canada-based Maket specializes in utilizing GenAI to automate the design of residential floor plans, aiding architects, designers, and developers in efficiently creating various design iterations​. Additionally, Maket offers a suite of tools, including a virtual assistant for informed desig-making, assistance with navigating zoning codes, and regulatory compliance checks. The platform is also integrated with Rhino, Autodesk Autocad, and Autodesk Revit.Key customers and partnerships&nbsp;In April 2022, Maket formed a strategic partnership with <a href="https://mila.quebec/en/mila-and-maket-announce-a-new-partnership-to-leverage-ai-for-generative-architecture/#:~:text=MONTREAL%20%E2%80%93%20April%2020%2C%202022,architecture%2C%20engineering%20and%20construction">Mila</a>, a deep-learning research institute, to advance AI-powered architectural planning​.Key competitors: None comparable (Maket is the only design startup we have identified that uses GenAI to automate the design of residential floor plans.)

Maket

Companies that offer solutions to generate text from a prompt, where output is independent of previous interactions, such as specialized content creation tools

Companies that offer solutions to create and edit images and GIFs, including techniques such as inpainting, outpainting, upscaling, and stylizing

Companies that generate or synthesize voice and audio, including voice cloning, text-to-speech, and language translation

Companies that specialize in generating 3D content, including the creation of game assets (virtual worlds, non-playable characters), product visualization, and other 3D models

Companies that offer solutions to create and edit video content, including scene generation, background replacement, stylizing, and frame interpolation

Companies that offer solutions to generate contextually relevant text responses across multiple conversational exchanges, such as natural language chatbots

Generative AI applications are built on foundation models that are trained using advanced ML models

The technology allows the creation of digital avatars and virtual games

All companies within the space offer a product or service based on generative AI

The technology allows the creation of personalized content

Some applications leverage NLP to train models to process and respond to language-based prompts

Generative AI applications are built on in-house or third-party foundation models

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 Vybe, an AI-powered photo app, recently secured USD 4.75 million in a seed funding round. The round was led by Stellation Capital with contributions from Scribble Ventures, Coalition Operators, Neo, Blueprint FTC, and individual investors such as NFL player Kelvin Beachum, Ali Partovi, and OpenAI's CPO, Kevin Weil.
 Vybe intends to utilise the funds to amplify its operations and development efforts. This includes launching new features in the app like video and animation support. 
 The Vybe mobile app provides users the ability to upload selfies, embed their faces in any picture or template, exchange faces in group photos, and modify skin tones. Currently, the platform boasts over 100,000 user-generated templates and is working on creating a social network based on its photo-editing features.
 
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