GoodGang Labs

What GoodGang Labs does

GoodGang Labs Pte. Ltd. builds real-time, on-device 3D avatar technology that makes AI visible and interactive. Founded in 2022 and headquartered in Singapore, the company's core product is the Kemix Avatar Engine, which generates lip sync, facial expressions, and body gestures from voice input in real time directly on the user's device. The engine predicts 52 ARKit blendshapes at a stable 30fps with sub-300ms latency, supports emotion-aware facial expression switching and context-aware gesture generation, runs in a package under 30MB with zero server cost, and is compatible with the VRM avatar format across web, mobile, and AR/VR glasses.

The company monetizes through subscription-based enterprise deployments of AI avatar solutions for government and retail customers. Named deployments in South Korea include an AI civil service assistant at Miryang City Hall, an AI avatar campaign built around the in-house IP character "Heendy" for Hyundai Department Store, and multilingual AI docents for Busan FLY ASIA and Jecheon EXPO. It also runs consumer-facing pop-up experiences under the GGLS AI Space brand with music and cultural collaborators (Mamison, 7&8 Under, I Hate Monday). Future revenue streams center on a planned SaaS API for Web2 and Web3 developers, plus metaverse platforms Kiki Town and GangHouse for Web3.

The company is venture-backed at the seed stage, having raised $2 million in May 2023 led by Kakao Investment with participation from Kim Gisa Lab, Line Next, NAVER Z, and Planetarium, following an earlier Naver D2SF investment in March 2023. Leadership includes Founder & CEO DK Ahn (former PM at LINE; led global partnerships for Instagram Stories and Facebook sharing products at Meta) and CTO Ross Jang (KAIST graduate; co-founder of Lotiple and RootOne, acquired by Kakao and Dunamu respectively).

Name

GoodGang Labs

Legal name

GoodGang Labs Pte. Ltd.

Website

https://goodganglabs.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2022

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

GoodGang Labs builds real-time, on-device 3D avatar technology (Kemix Avatar Engine) that animates facial expressions, lip sync, and gestures from voice input. The Singapore-based company serves enterprise and government customers across South Korea with AI avatar deployments in public services, retail, and cultural spaces.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

AI Avatar Technology

NAICS

Computer Systems Design and Related Services (54151)

SIC

Services-Prepackaged Software (7372), Services-Computer Programming Services (7371)

akta.pro primary industry

Digital Humans, Avatars & Real-Time Character Pipelines (MPAHADAH)

akta.pro secondary industries

Virtual Influencers, VTubers & Avatar/Face-Tracking (Gaming Creators) (MPAFAEAK), AI Application Enablement Platforms (Copilot/Agent Frameworks, SDKs) (HDAEANAJ), Voice Assistants & Voice UI (VUI) (HDAAAFAD)

Keywords

• Real-time avatar animation
• 3D avatar engine
• AI avatar companions
• On-device rendering
• Metaverse platforms

Headquarters

HQ city

Singapore

HQ country

Singapore

HQ region

Asia

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. SaaS API Licensing: The company plans to offer SaaS API for both Web2 and Web3 users, providing technology licensing for developers and enterprises to integrate avatar capabilities into their applications.
2. Enterprise Deployments: Direct B2B deployments of AI avatar solutions for enterprise and government customers, including custom IP character implementations (e.g., Heendy for Hyundai Department Store).
3. Metaverse Capabilities: Future offerings planned for metaverse environments including virtual interaction platforms like Kiki Town and Web3-focused GangHouse for NFTs.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

GoodGang Labs develops and deploys the Kemix Avatar Engine, a proprietary real-time, on-device 3D avatar animation and rendering technology that converts voice input into synchronized lip sync, facial expressions, gestures, and full-body motion. The company sells AI avatar companion experiences and customized avatar deployments to enterprise and government customers (such as Hyundai Department Store and Miryang City Hall) and is expanding into SaaS API offerings and metaverse platforms such as Kiki Town and GangHouse for Web3.

Product overview

GoodGang Labs builds real-time 3D avatar technology that makes AI visible and interactive. The core product is the Kemix Avatar Engine, which powers AI Avatar Companions—experiences where users interact with AI through 3D avatars that respond to voice in real time, rendered on-device. Supporting platforms include Kiki Town, a virtual environment for Web2 and Web3 users, and GangHouse for Web3, an NFT-based communication platform. All avatar products leverage the Kemix Engine's voice-driven animation capabilities including lip sync, facial expressions, and gestures.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Kiki Town: Virtual environment platform for avatar interactions, targeting both Web2 and Web3 users.
• GangHouse for Web3
• Kemix Avatar Engine
• GGLS AI Space

Products and services

• Kemix Avatar Engine Real-time, on-device 3D avatar animation and rendering engine for AI agents and companions. Generates lip sync, facial expressions, gestures, and full-body motion from voice input at 30fps with sub-300ms latency, supporting VRM avatar format across web, mobile, and AR/VR glasses.
• AI Avatar Companions Interactive AI experiences where people interact with AI through real-time 3D avatars that see, respond to, and build relationships with users. Avatars are rendered on-device with zero server cost.
• Kiki Town Virtual interaction platform for Web2 and Web3 users, developed with seed funding from Kakao Investment. Planned to include SaaS API and metaverse capabilities.
• GangHouse for Web3 Real-time NFT-based communication platform designed for Web3 interactions. Part of the company's digital interaction and metaverse expansion plans.

Quantifiable outcome

• Sub-300ms latency for real-time avatar responses
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability5 records

Feature5 records

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights7 records

Direct peers

• D-ID: D-ID builds AI-powered digital humans and talking avatars for marketing, training, and customer experience—competing in the same AI avatar space with a developer-facing API platform.
• Synthesia: Synthesia offers AI-generated video avatars for enterprise communications and training. While more video-centric than GoodGang's real-time 3D rendering, both target enterprise use of AI-driven avatars for engagement and content.
• Soul Machines: Soul Machines builds autonomously animated digital humans for enterprise customer experience, training, and brand engagement—directly competing with GoodGang Labs in the AI-driven avatar / digital human category for government and brand deployments.
• Uneeq: Uneeq creates interactive digital human avatars for enterprise customer service, sales, and onboarding—overlapping directly with GoodGang Labs' enterprise AI avatar deployments for government and retail.
• HeyGen: HeyGen produces AI-generated avatar videos and offers avatar APIs for enterprises and developers—comparable API-first go-to-market and avatar-as-a-service model to GoodGang Labs' planned SaaS API.

Regional players

• ZEPETO: ZEPETO (backed by NAVER, an investor in GoodGang Labs) is a major avatar/metaverse platform popular across Asia. It competes with Kiki Town on avatar-driven virtual environments and Web3-style social experiences.

Emerging players

• Ready Player Me: Ready Player Me provides a cross-platform avatar interoperability SDK supporting VRM and similar formats—directly comparable to GoodGang Labs' VRM-compatible Kemix Engine for interoperable avatar pipelines.
• VRChat: VRChat is a large social VR platform powered by user-created VRM avatars and real-time animation—comparable to GoodGang Labs on VRM-compatible avatar ecosystems, though focused on consumer social rather than AI agent use cases.
• LOVO AI: LOVO AI offers AI voice generation paired with video avatars for enterprise content and customer engagement—an emerging player in voice-driven AI avatars overlapping with GoodGang's voice-to-animation pipeline.

Broad incumbents

• NVIDIA (Avatar Cloud Engine): NVIDIA's ACE provides cloud-based AI avatar and digital human tooling for game, enterprise, and metaverse applications. As a broad incumbent, it competes on platform capabilities though it focuses on cloud rather than on-device rendering.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/gglabs_official
• YouTubeyoutube.com/@goodganglabs
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/77745265
• Instagraminstagram.com/ggls.ai.space

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds3 records

Investors6 records

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M&A

Investments

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