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Alter Avatar AI

AI avatar platform for streamers and content creators

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Acquired★4.3ratingPricing · FreemiumDeclining

What happened to Alter Avatar AI?

Alter Avatar AI was acquired by Google in 2022.

TechCrunch reported on 27 Oct 2022 that Google had acquired the AI avatar startup Alter, formerly Facemoji, for about $100M, and Google confirmed the purchase.

Source: techcrunch.com ↗Its AI Graveyard record →AI products shut down or acquired in 2022 →Everything Google has bought →

The FalcoScan Intel PanelAlter Avatar AI · Avatars
Data updated 2 November 2026
Opportunity
High
Band
Saturation
Open
Band
Wrapper risk
Low
Band
Momentum
Declining
Market trend
Rating
4.3
of 5 · FalcoScan rating

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The Brief

What Alter Avatar AI does

Alter provides AI avatar creation optimized for live streaming, allowing creators to broadcast as animated 3D characters. The AI facial tracking technology maps expressions to avatars in real time with no hardware required.

How Alter Avatar AI compares with its closest alternatives

3 of the 5 closest alternatives have a free plan, as Alter Avatar AI did. Only Metaperson Creator lists a starting price, $800 a month. 2 of the 5 offer an API; FalcoScan's records show none for Alter Avatar AI. Alter Avatar AI offered a web app and a mobile app. Of the 4 alternatives with platforms on record, 2 offer a web app and 2 offer a mobile app. Alter Avatar AI was founded in 2021; the alternatives were founded between 1993 and 2021, 4 of them earlier. The alternatives with a known headquarters are in the United States.

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How Alter Avatar AI compares in Avatars

Alter Avatar AI had high opportunity before it shut down. Across Avatars, the average opportunity score is 74.7 and the average saturation score 14.9. FalcoScan rates Alter Avatar AI's own market position as open. 40 of the 72 operating Avatars tools have hot momentum, and FalcoScan has recorded 19 shutdowns in the category.

Alter Avatar AI compared with its closest alternatives
ProductOpportunitySaturationPricingPricing fromFree planAPIPlatformsMomentum
Alter Avatar AIFounded 2021HighOpenFreemium—YesNoWeb, MobileDeclining
Avatarify Real-timeFounded 2020HighOpenFreemium—YesNoMobile, DesktopRising
Unreal MetaHuman AIFounded 2021 · Cary, United StatesHighOpenFreemium—YesNoWeb, DesktopHot
Pinscreen HyperrealFounded 2015 · Los Angeles, United StatesHighOpenPaid—NoYesAPIHot
Metaperson CreatorFounded 2014 · Santa Clara, United StatesHighOpenFreemium$800/moYesYesWeb, API, MobileHot
Reallusion Character CreatorFounded 1993HighOpenPaid—NoNoDesktopRising

Exact opportunity and saturation scores for all 6 of these, and where each ranks in Avatars.

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What it ships with

Capabilities & who uses it

The capabilities Alter Avatar AI exposes to builders and the verticals it currently serves.

AI Capabilities
CVImage GenerationClassification
Industry Verticals
GamingEntertainmentMedia
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Questions

Alter Avatar AI: common questions

Is Alter Avatar AI still running?

No. Alter Avatar AI was acquired by Google in 2022. TechCrunch reported on 27 Oct 2022 that Google had acquired the AI avatar startup Alter, formerly Facemoji, for about $100M, and Google confirmed the purchase.

Who acquired Alter Avatar AI?

Google acquired Alter Avatar AI in 2022 (techcrunch.com).

Source: techcrunch.com ↗

What are the best alternatives to Alter Avatar AI?

The closest alternatives to Alter Avatar AI that are still running, matched on the AI capabilities, uses and audience they share, are Avatarify Real-time, Unreal MetaHuman AI, Pinscreen Hyperreal, Metaperson Creator, and Reallusion Character Creator.

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