Mobile Startup Closes $3.5 Million

Mirror AI, an AI-enabled emoji keyboard developer, obtained $3.5 million in financing. SoftBank Group, Greylock Partners, SV Angel, Y Combinator, I2BF Venture Capital, and Data Collective participated.

Mirror Emoji used facial recognition technology to build a keyboard of emojis and stickers that look like users and their friends. Using artificial intelligence, its iOS- and Android-compatible app can be used in Snapchat, Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp, and iMessage to generate hundreds of custom emojis that represent different expressions.