What Symbiose Technologies does

Symbiose Technologies, Inc. is a privately held US communications company founded in 2018, developing AI-powered products that aim to add depth, memory, and personalization to digital conversations. The company operates two consumer-facing products: Fractal, a social audio and messaging app that combines spatial audio, multi-threaded messaging, and knowledge graphs to support immersive multi-party conversations, and Inwords, an AI talk therapy platform whose autonomous empathetic AI agent Remy conducts verbal and text-based reflective conversations for mindfulness and personal growth. Both products rely on proprietary conversational AI architecture, including knowledge-graph-based memory in Fractal and a personalization engine in Inwords that improves with user engagement, and they process both text and audio data modalities including optional voice-print capture with consent.

Symbiose distributes its products globally through a self-serve product-led growth motion, primarily via iOS and Android mobile applications on the Apple App Store and through the corporate and product websites symbioseinc.com, fractal.space, and inwords.ai. Payments are processed through Stripe and the Apple App Store, supporting a revenue model built on recurring monthly subscriptions, one-time fees, and in-app purchases, with free trial periods offered to new users. Target customers are individual consumers in two horizontal personas: general consumers interested in mental wellness and self-improvement using Inwords, and users seeking high-fidelity social audio and messaging experiences using Fractal.

The company is small (11-50 employees) and has raised approximately $2.0 million in disclosed equity funding through a November 2021 seed round led by participation from AAF Management Ltd., Great Oaks Venture Capital, Pareto Holdings, Slow Ventures, and South Park Commons, with earlier participation from Slow Ventures and South Park Commons in 2019. No enterprise customers, partnerships, M&A activity, or public revenue figures are disclosed in available materials, and pricing tiers are not publicly listed.

Name

Symbiose Technologies

Legal name

Symbiose Technologies, Inc.

Website

https://symbioseinc.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2018

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Symbiose Technologies is a US-based consumer communications company that builds AI-powered conversation products, including Fractal, a social audio and messaging app with knowledge graphs, and Inwords, an AI talk therapy app featuring an empathetic AI agent named Remy, serving individual wellness and social audio users via a subscription self-serve model.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Conversational AI Software

NAICS

Software Publishers (5132), Media Streaming Distribution Services, Social Networks, and Other Media Networks and Content Providers (516210)

SIC

Services-Prepackaged Software (7372)

akta.pro primary industry

Conversational AI Platforms (chat/voice bots, orchestration) (HDAAAFAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Consumer Messaging Apps (BPAMACAA), Messaging-Led Community Platforms (Chat/Group Communities) (MPACAJAE)

Keywords

• AI messaging app
• Social audio platform
• AI therapy chatbot
• Conversational AI software
• Digital wellness app

Headquarters

HQ city

Miami

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Personnel, Infrastructure, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Subscription Fees: Access to the Service or certain features requires subscription fees on a recurring basis. Subscriptions automatically renew unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current subscription period.
2. One-time Fees: Certain features or access may require one-time fees in addition to subscription-based access.
3. In-app Purchases: The Service may offer additional paid features or content available through in-app purchases.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Symbiose Technologies builds AI-powered consumer communication applications. Its primary offerings are Fractal, a social audio and messaging app that combines spatial audio, multi-threaded messaging, and knowledge graphs to enable immersive conversations, and Inwords, an AI talk therapy app featuring an empathetic AI agent named Remy that conducts reflective spoken conversations to support mindfulness and personal growth.

Product overview

Symbiose Technologies is a communications company that creates AI-powered products centered on transforming conversations. The company offers two main products: Fractal, a social audio and messaging application featuring spatial audio, multi-threaded messaging, and knowledge graphs for immersive digital conversations; and Inwords, an AI talk therapy platform powered by an empathetic AI agent named Remy that facilitates reflective conversations for personal growth and mindfulness.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Fractal: A social audio and messaging app for highest fidelity conversations featuring spatial audio, multi-threaded messaging, and knowledge graphs for digital multiverse experiences.
• Inwords

Products and services

• Fractal

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration1 record

AI capability4 records

Feature4 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Character.AI: Conversational AI platform enabling users to chat with AI characters. Comparable to Symbiose's conversational AI focus, with similar consumer subscription monetization and self-serve PLG distribution model.
• Clubhouse: Social audio platform for live voice conversations and community building. Directly comparable to Fractal's social audio offering, with similar spatial/drop-in audio chat use cases.
• Wysa: AI-powered mental wellness chatbot offering conversational support for anxiety, depression, and mindfulness. Closely comparable to Inwords in the AI mental wellness chatbot category with similar empathetic AI positioning.
• Woebot Health: AI-powered mental health chatbot delivering CBT-based conversations. Directly comparable to Inwords as a specialized mental health conversational AI agent, with similar subscription and B2B distribution strategies.
• Replika: AI companion chatbot offering personalized conversational experiences for emotional support and personal growth. Most directly comparable to Inwords as both offer empathetic AI agents designed for ongoing personal conversation.

Broad incumbents

• Calm: Leading consumer mental wellness and meditation app with subscription model. Comparable to Inwords in the consumer mental wellness category, with vastly larger user base and content library.
• Discord: Massively scaled voice, video, and text communication platform with strong community/messaging features. Comparable to Fractal as a social communication platform, though at vastly greater scale and with general-purpose positioning.
• Headspace: Major consumer mindfulness and mental wellness app with subscription monetization. Adjacent competitor to Inwords in the consumer mental wellness space, with established B2B and DTC channels.

Emerging players

• Spatial: Immersive social and collaboration platform with spatial audio and 3D environments. Comparable to Fractal's spatial audio and immersive digital communication positioning in the social audio/metaverse conversation space.
• Pi (Inflection AI): Empathetic personal AI assistant focused on supportive, conversational interactions. Comparable to Inwords' empathetic AI agent positioning, with overlap in personal growth and emotional support use cases.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds2 records

Investors5 records

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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