Yu, whose AR startup Phiar was acquired by Google in 2022, is launching Atmee v2 in early access with a claim of 50x faster character video.
By [Ryan Merket](https://runtimewire.com/author/ryan-merket)
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Primary source: [x.com](https://x.com/yuchenping/status/2118017931519078609)
Why it matters #
Live video agents have been stuck between expensive general video models and stiff avatar tools. If Atmanity's single-GPU rendering holds up, it could lower the per-minute cost of face-to-face AI agents for support, tutoring and coaching products.
Chen-Ping Yu (@yuchenping), the founder whose augmented-reality navigation startup Phiar was acquired by Google in 2022, launched Atmee v2, a real-time avatar model for live video agents, on November 4th. Yu announced the release in a thread on X, framing text and voice as workable but incomplete interfaces and face-to-face conversation as the next step.
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