About Us

Out of MIT Media Lab and venture backed

We spun out of MIT Media Lab in 2009 and are backed by leading investors including Kleiner Perkins Caufield Byers, Horizon Ventures, Fenox Venture Capital and WPP.

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Out of MIT Media Lab and venture backed

Founded by visionary scientists

Rana el Kaliouby and Rosalind Picard, who co-founded Affectiva, are the pioneers of affective computing. Rana is Affectiva's CEO and Rosalind heads up the Affective Computing group at MIT Media Lab.

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Founded by visionary scientists

Used by 25% of Fortune Global 500 and 1,400+ brands

Leading market research firms like Millward Brown, LRW, Added Value and Unruly, and brands like Mars, Kellogg’s and CBS, use our technology to measure consumer emotion responses to digital content, such as ads and TV programming.

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Used by 25% of Fortune Global 500 and 1,400+ brands

Powering apps and digital experiences with an emotion layer

Our Emotion AI is used in gaming, automotive, robotics, education, healthcare, experiential marketing, retail, human resources, video communication, and more.

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Powering apps and digital experiences with an emotion layer

Awesome Team

We come out of academia and business with science and art degrees. We stem from all over the world. We pride ourselves on diversity - that is what fosters creativity and innovation!

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Awesome Team