A face for AI agents
Atmee v2 is a real-time avatar model. It builds a character from one image and ten seconds of audio, then runs it as a live video call, a voice-only agent or a video generator. Expressions and gestures follow the conversation, and the character can interact with what is around it.
It comes from Atmanity. Its founder, Chen-Ping Yu, previously founded Phiar, an augmented reality navigation startup that Google acquired, and spent two years on the research behind Atmee.
Atmanity built it as a video foundation model tuned for characters, and says it is up to 50 times faster and 10 to 100 times cheaper than general video models such as Seedance 2.5 and Wan 3.0. The uses it names are tutors, sales coaches, support agents, companions and game characters.
Text and voice work fine, just like DOS did before the Mac. But nothing’s more intuitive than face to face.
That comparison carries the launch. Everyone in AI knows the DOS-to-Mac story, and the post puts a face on the next step in one line.
What Doomers AI ran
Doomers AI ran the launch. The post went out from the founder’s own account, which had 156 followers when the campaign started, so the launch window had to bring the whole audience.
Creators, founders and engineers from the network, with audiences in AI and video, quoted the post in the first hours with their own take on it. A live demo of a talking character makes the case on its own, and each quote put it in front of people building agents.
The product, the research and the copy were Atmanity’s. The timing, the voices and the first hours were ours.
Investors came to them
Tier 1 venture firms reached out to Atmanity after the launch. A founder account that started the campaign with 156 followers put the product in front of investors in the same hours it reached everyone else.
Past OpenAI on the same day
On the same day OpenAI launched ChatGPT Images 2.6 from its main account, to more than 5.5 million followers.
| Launch | Followers | Views | Bookmarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| Atmee v2 | 156 at the start | 3.6M | 8,228 |
| OpenAI ChatGPT Images 2.6 | 5,510,133 | 3.8M | 4,445 |
A founder who started the campaign with 156 followers drew more views and more bookmarks than OpenAI’s own launch that day.
#1 on the November Launch Index
The Doomers AI Launch Index ranks the month’s tech launches on X. Its Launch Score weighs reach, reach against the following each account had when it posted, and how many people saved, quoted or replied.
Atmee ranked #1 for November 2026. A launch from 156 followers that reaches millions scores at the top on all three. The ranking stays provisional until the final list on 5 December.
The launch by the numbers
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| Views | 3,595,750 |
| Likes | 14,930 |
| Bookmarks | 8,228 |
| Quote posts | 367 |
| Reach against the following at the start | 23,050 times |
| Against OpenAI’s launch the same day | More views, from 156 followers against 5.5 million |
| Investor inbound | Tier 1 VCs reached out |
| Launch Index | #1, November 2026 |
| Founder’s followers | 156 at the start, 5,690 now |
The post
After Google acquired my AR startup, I started thinking about the next interface, this time for AI. Text and voice work fine, just like DOS did before the Mac. But nothing’s more intuitive than face to face.
After two years of research, today we’re launching Atmee v2: a real-time avatar model that makes live video agents feel truly life-like.
See the live numbers on the launch page →
How Doomers AI launches work
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Questions we get asked
What is Atmee?
Atmee v2 is a real-time avatar model from Atmanity. It builds a character from one image and ten seconds of audio, and runs it as a live video agent, a voice-only agent or a video generator, with expressions and gestures that follow the conversation. Atmanity says it is up to 50 times faster and 10 to 100 times cheaper than general video models such as Seedance 2.5 and Wan 3.0.
Who makes Atmee?
Atmanity. Its founder, Chen-Ping Yu, previously founded Phiar, an augmented reality navigation startup that Google acquired. Atmee is the product; Atmanity is the company.
Who ran the launch?
Doomers AI. We ran the launch window around the founder's post: creators, founders and engineers from the network with audiences in AI and video quoted it in the first hours with their own take.
How many views did the launch get?
The founder's post passed 3.4M views. The founder had 156 followers when the campaign started, and the account passed 5,000 followers in the days after. It drew more views than OpenAI's ChatGPT Images 2.6 launch the same day, from an account with 5.5 million followers.
What is the Doomers AI Launch Index?
A monthly ranking of tech launches on X. Its Launch Score weighs reach, reach against the following each account had when it posted, and how many people saved, quoted or replied. Atmee ranked #1 on the November 2026 index, which stays provisional until the final ranking on 5 December.