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HolmesAI

Category: AI Agents

HolmesAI offers hyper-personalized AI agents that reflect individual personalities and expertise, allowing users to train, customize, and deploy AI personas for personal use or as services. HolmesAI was founded in 2024. The company is led by Dr. Jiki Kim. Based in Hong Kong (Kwun Tong, Kowloon). Team size: Less than 50. Total funding raised: $3 million. Latest round: Strategic Investment. Key investors include Bitrise Capital, Waterdrip Capital, CGV Fund, Generative Ventures, CatcherVC, Cryptomeria Capital, HashKey Group (incubation).

Founded
2024
Headquarters
Hong Kong (Kwun Tong, Kowloon)
Team size
Less than 50
Total funding
$3 million

Value proposition

Empowers users to create uniquely personalized AI agents that enhance productivity and automate tasks through a decentralized marketplace.

Products and solutions

HolmesGPT - customizable AI agents tailored to user personas, HolmesAI Platform - tools for training and deploying AI personas

Unique value

HolmesAI stands out with its focus on hyper-personalized AI agents that capture unique user personalities and expertise, coupled with a marketplace to trade and share AI personas.

Target customer

Individuals and enterprises seeking customized AI agents for productivity, automation, and personalized assistance.

Industries served

Technology, Software Development, Enterprise Automation, Customer Support

Technology advantage

The platform's decentralized approach to AI persona creation enables continuous personalization, community-driven innovation, and scalable AI-driven services.

How they differentiate

HolmesAI focuses on creating truly personalized AI agents with user-driven persona training, combined with a marketplace model, differentiating itself from competitors offering general-purpose conversational AI.

Main competitors

Character.AI, Inflection AI, Adept AI

Key partnerships

HashKey Group (incubation and tokenomics/tokenisation collaboration), OKX Wallet (integration for on-chain AI agent creation)

Notable customers

No publicly listed customers as the product is early-stage.

Major milestones

Closed $3M Seed funding (Aug 2025; Bitrise, Waterdrip, CGV), Closed $5M strategic funding (Dec 2025; total raised ~$8M), Surpassed 4M registered users; launched Coding Agent and Pre-TGE phase, HashKey Group incubation/tokenomics partnership; OKX Wallet integration, Gold sponsor HK Web3 Festival 2025; Persona app for X

Growth metrics

Early user adoption with growing interest; detailed metrics not publicly disclosed.

Market positioning

An early-stage startup positioned as an innovator in the personalized AI agent market, targeting niche users seeking individualized AI experiences.

Geographic focus

Primarily focused on the Asia-Pacific region, with strategic intent for global expansion.

Patents and IP

No patents filed; operates as an innovative startup leveraging open technology and proprietary methodologies.

About Dr. Jiki Kim

Experienced AI researcher and entrepreneur with a background in AI agents and personalized AI solutions.

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