Luka (dba Replika)

About

Luka is a software development company based in San Francisco, California

San Francisco,California,United States
11 - 50
https://replika.ai/

Highlights

Details

Last Funding Type: Seed
Industries: Artificial Intelligence,Lifestyle,Restaurants,Software,Travel
Founded date: Jan 1, 2015
Number Of Employee: 11 - 50
Operating Status: Active
Legal Name: Luka, Inc.
Also Known As: Replika

Luka is a software development company based in San Francisco, California.

The company created Luka app, a new messenger with AI-powered chatbots. They help you find places to eat, do web search, make plans together, pick places to eat, play trivia games and lots of other things in a messenger.

In 2016 Luka launched a closed testing of Replika, a new app that allows to create a personal AI that you teach through text conversations. The app is powered by a proprietary deep learning architecture.

Funding Rounds

Number of Funding Rounds

Total Funding Amount

3

$10.92M

Luka (dba Replika) has raised a total of $10.92M in funding over 2 rounds. Their latest funding was raised on Nov 30, 2017 from a Series A round.

Announced Date	Round	Money Raised	Number of Investors	Lead Investors	Post Valuation
Nov 30, 2017	Series A	$6.50M	4	Khosla Ventures	—	Detail
Apr 8, 2016	Series A	$4.42M	4	ACME Capital	—	Detail
Mar 23, 2015	Seed	—	3	—	—	Detail

Investments

Number of Investments

Number of Lead Investments

2

1

Luka (dba Replika) has made 2 investments. Their most recent investment was on Dec 7, 2022, when Finclusion Group raised $2M.

Date Company Name	Round	Money Raised	Industry	Lead Investor
Dec 7, 2022 Finclusion Group	Seed	$2M	Artificial Intelligence	Yes
Dec 19, 2016 Paystack	Seed	—	Finance	—

Investors

Number of Lead Investors

Number of Investors

2

9

Luka (dba Replika) is funded by 9 investors. Khosla Ventures and ACME Capital are the most recent investors.

Investor Name	Lead Investor	Funding Round
Khosla Ventures	Yes	Series A
ACME Capital	—	Series A
Phil Libin	—	Series A
Richard Socher	—	Series A
Ludlow Ventures	—	Series A
Shervin Pishevar	—	Series A
Y Combinator	—	Series A
Justin Waldron	—	Seed
Zillionize	—	Seed