Emogi, a messaging app company, raised $12.6 million in Series A funding led by a group of existing investors. Emogi’s “Emotion Engine” empowers companies to move beyond sticker packs that rely on individual consumer downloads by leveraging its direct integration within Google's Gboard, Facebook Messenger,
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
Genies secured $3 million in financing from investors, including New Enterprise Associates, CAA Ventures, Foundation Capital, Lerer Hippeau Ventures, Trinity Ventures, Macro Ventures, TGZ Capital, Management 360, and Worldwide Wes. The Genies app allows users to create personalizable, expressive “look-alike” emojis that react to relevant
Emojiers is an iPhone and Mac design tool that offers a simple, quick way to search through emojis, copy them, and paste them into any website. Users type things like “happy,” “angry,” or “cake” in the search bar to choose from more than 1,000 emojis
Tinder Reactions is an iPhone dating app that allows users virtually to “throw your martini at him, or send him a not-so-subtle eye roll." Tinder Reactions is designed to provide a range of responses that can be used at any stage of conversation, suitable for
Hello Hooman is a humorous app that transforms smileys into cat emojis. It is a Google Chrome extension that the makers created for World Animal Day, which is today, October 4. If users install the Hello Hooman extension, they will automatically see cat emojis instead
Emojiboard is an artificial intelligence iOS app that helps users find the right emoji with a quick sketch. It works as a custom iOS keyboard, replacing the standard "grid of a thousand Emoji" with a neural-net powered sketch recognizer. It aims to turn even the