Cantina Overview

  • Year Founded
  • 2010

Year Founded

  • Status
  • Private

  • Employees
  • 112

Employees

  • Latest Deal Type
  • Accelerator/​Inc

  • Investors
  • 27

Cantina General Information

Description

Developer of a social platform designed to create AI characters. The company's platform offers bots for the party so that one can chat it up with bots with real personalities and instantly turn ideas into works of AI art, enabling creators to share personalized content experiences combined with group chat across voice, video, and text.

Contact Information

Website
www.cantina.com
Formerly Known As
Airtime
Ownership Status
Privately Held (backing)
Financing Status
Venture Capital-Backed
Corporate Office
  • 10 Jay Street, 4th Floor
  • Brooklyn
  • New York, NY 11201
  • United States
+1 (929)
Primary Industry
Social/Platform Software
Other Industries
Entertainment Software
Social Content
Vertical(s)
Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning, Gaming
Corporate Office
  • 10 Jay Street, 4th Floor
  • Brooklyn
  • New York, NY 11201
  • United States
+1 (929)

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Cantina Valuation & Funding

Deal Type Date Amount Raised to Date Post-Val Status Stage
3. Accelerator/Incubator Completed Generating Revenue
2. Early Stage VC (Series B) 11-Jun-2012 Completed Generating Revenue
1. Early Stage VC (Series A) 06-Oct-2011 $8.3M $8.3M Completed Generating Revenue
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Cantina Cap Table

Stock # of Shares
Authorized
Par Value Dividend Rate (%) Original
Issue Price
Liquidation Liquidation
Pref. Multiple
Conversion Price % Owned
Series B
Series A
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Cantina Comparisons

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Employees
Total Raised
Post Valuation
Last
Financing
Details
Developer of a social platform designed to create AI characters. The company's platform offers bots for the party so tha
Social/Platform Software
New York, NY
112 As of 2024

Menlo Park, CA
 

Newark, CA
 
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Cantina Competitors (2)

One of Cantina’s 2 competitors is Character.ai, a Venture Capital-Backed company based in Menlo Park, CA.

Company Name Financing Status Location Employees Total Raised Last Financing Date/Type Last Financing Amount
Character.ai Venture Capital-Backed Menlo Park, CA
Chai Research Venture Capital-Backed Newark, CA
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Cantina Patents

Cantina Recent Patent Activity

Publication ID Patent Title Status First Filing Date Technology (CPC) Citations
US-20210289255-A1 Synchronization of media content across multiple participant devices Inactive 12-Mar-2020
US-9372550-B2 Automatic audio-video switching Active 10-Feb-2014
US-9743045-B2 Automatic audio-video switching Active 10-Feb-2014
US-20150229883-A1 Automatic audio-video switching Active 10-Feb-2014
US-20160373698-A1 Automatic audio-video switching Active 10-Feb-2014 H04N7/142
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Cantina Signals

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Cantina Investors (27)

Investor Name Investor Type Holding Investor Since Participating Rounds
David Morin Angel (individual) Minority
Kevin Colleran Angel (individual) Minority
Kleiner Perkins Venture Capital Minority
Michael Arrington Angel (individual) Minority
Nils Johnson Angel (individual) Minority
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Cantina Acquisitions (2)

Cantina’s most recent deal was a Merger/Acquisition with vline. The deal was made on 04-May-2016.

Company Name Deal Date Deal Type Deal Size Industry Lead Partner
vline 04-May-2016 Merger/Acquisition Multimedia and Design Software
Erly 22-May-2012 Merger/Acquisition Social Content
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Cantina FAQs

  • When was Cantina founded?

    Cantina was founded in 2010.

  • Where is Cantina headquartered?

    Cantina is headquartered in New York, NY.

  • What is the size of Cantina?

    Cantina has 112 total employees.

  • What industry is Cantina in?

    Cantina’s primary industry is Social/Platform Software.

  • Is Cantina a private or public company?

    Cantina is a Private company.

  • What is Cantina’s current revenue?

    The current revenue for Cantina is .

  • How much funding has Cantina raised over time?

    Cantina has raised $33.3M.

  • Who are Cantina’s investors?

    David Morin, Kevin Colleran, Kleiner Perkins, Michael Arrington, and Nils Johnson are 5 of 27 investors who have invested in Cantina.

  • Who are Cantina’s competitors?

    Character.ai and Chai Research are competitors of Cantina.

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