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Hyper Online

Inactive · Social avatar platform for VTubers

WebsiteYC profile

Why it ranks

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2signal of 100 · rising 0
  • team of 7Team size · YC's directory+4.7
  • went through YCProgram · this site+4

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Competitors

AIHallwayShared: present themselves, avatar, contentArc 2022Startup →OtherTradeXShared: per month, social, avatarYC W22San FranciscoStartup →AIInactiveUberduckShared: creation tool, content creation, largestYC W22SeattleStartup →OtherInactiveChutney IncShared: social, avatarYC W20BengaluruStartup →AIAI MotionShared: motion captureEF 2018Hong KongStartup →
Companies closest to Hyper Online
Company
HallwayShared: present themselves, avatar, contentArc Arc 2022Not statedAI
TradeXShared: per month, social, avatarYC W22ActiveOther
UberduckShared: creation tool, content creation, largestYC W22InactiveAI, Devtools
Chutney IncShared: social, avatarYC W20InactiveOther
AI MotionShared: motion captureEF 2018Not statedAI

Adjacent

OtherInit 6Shared: stage startup, early stage500 Global 2020SingaporeStartup →AIInactiveSeerslabShared: metaverse, content, socialYC S16San FranciscoStartup →AIKinetixShared: motion captureEF 2020ParisStartup →AIFirstCut StudioShared: content creationAlchemist Class 19BerkeleyStartup →AIVariantShared: tell story, content, socialspeedrun SR005San FranciscoStartup →
Companies next to Hyper Online
Company
Init 6Shared: stage startup, early stage500 Global 2020Not statedOther
SeerslabShared: metaverse, content, socialYC S16InactiveAI
KinetixShared: motion captureEF 2020Not statedAI
FirstCut StudioShared: content creationAlchemist Class 19Not statedAI
VariantShared: tell story, content, socialspeedrun SR005Not statedAI

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Company
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About Hyper Online

Hyper is an early stage startup with a mission to build the largest avatar platform in the world. We're starting by targeting consumer use-cases, and our first one is VTubing: an emerging type of content where creators use computer-vision and motion capture to pilot 3D avatars as content creation tools. Avatar content (also known as VTubing) has broken into the multi-billion-view-per-month category on places like Twitch and YouTube. This has given a new group of people the power to tell stories and present themselves on their own terms online while also protecting their IRL identities. Our goal is to build the largest platform tools for this new movement. We're now the #1 US VTubing app on iOS. We also recently announced our seed funding: we're backed by Amazon, Two Sigma Ventures, MakersFund, YCombinator, and other great investors. App Store: https://hyper.online/download TechCrunch: https://techcrunch.com/2023/06/12/hyper-raises-3-6m-from-amazon-and-more-for-its-iphone-based-vtuber-friendly-avatar-platform/

YC batch
S20 · Summer 2020
Status, per YC
Inactive
Category
AI
Team size
7
Location
San Francisco, CA, USA
Checked
6h ago

YC tags: Augmented Reality, Entertainment, Social, Metaverse, AI

Changes seen

TagsOct 19, 2026

Newly tagged AI; no longer tagged Artificial Intelligence.

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Hyper Online in S20: 209 companies, 28% AI

Hyper Online: questions

Which YC batch was Hyper Online in?

Hyper Online was in Y Combinator's Summer 2020 batch (S20).

Is Hyper Online still active?

Y Combinator lists Hyper Online as inactive.

Where is Hyper Online based?

Hyper Online lists San Francisco, CA, USA as its location on YC's directory.