Lalaland (company)

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Lalaland is a Dutch-American tech startup known for creating Artificial Intelligence based virtual supermodels for e-commerce.^[1][2][3]

History[]

The startup was co-founded in 2019 by Michael Musandu and Ugnius Rimsa.^[4][5] Lalaland states, the concept of creating AI based synthetic, full-body virtual supermodels is aimed to replace the traditional human models with its inherent shortcomings, in the domain of e-commerce and to bring in the diversity.^{[6][7] [8]}

In April 2020, Lalaland received a pre-seed funding from Amsterdam-based venture capital fund ASIF Ventures.^[9][10] In May 2020, Lalaland won the 15th Philips Innovation Award.^[11][12] Philips stated^{[citation needed]}about the startup -"Lalaland uses neural networks to create images of artificial humans, enabling shoppers to turn their online shopping into a customized, personalized shopping experience. It offers a diverse library of age, size, and ethnic-inclusive models, which allows online shoppers to see themselves in the apparel of their choice."^[13][14][15] In June 2021, the startup received €350.000 funding from Google under its program to fund the ventures initiated by the people of color.^{[16][17][18][19][20]}

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