Twin1 AI raises $20M seed round to build digital twins for knowledge workers

Twin1 AI Inc. launches from stealth on August 20, 2026, with $20 million in seed funding to build AI-powered digital twins for knowledge workers. Founded by former Eigen Technologies executives, the startup pairs professionals with persistent models of their expertise. Early customers like Orrick and Linklaters report the platform automates 30% to 50% of communications. The round is co-led by Bessemer Venture Partners, Tribeca Venture Partners, and Aramco Ventures.

Twin1 AI seed funding round

• ▪Twin1 AI Inc. was founded in 2025 by Lewis Liu, Tom Cahn, Huiting Liu, and Jonathan Budd, and operates teams in San Mateo, California, and London.
• ▪Twin1 AI Inc. plans to use the $20 million seed funding for hiring in San Mateo and London, sales and marketing, and further platform development.
• ▪Twin1 AI Inc. launched on August 20, 2026, with $20 million in seed funding to build artificial intelligence-powered digital twins for knowledge workers.

Digital twin platform capabilities

• ▪Twin1 AI Inc. offers an enterprise Model Context Protocol server that allows other agents and enterprise applications to pull governed context from a digital twin or the Twin Network.
• ▪The Twin Network serves as a coordination layer above individual Twin1 AI Inc. digital twins, allowing them to locate colleagues, collect permission-aware knowledge, and hand work between teams.
• ▪A Twin1 AI Inc. digital twin integrates with workplace systems including Slack, Microsoft Teams, Outlook, Gmail, Google Drive, and SharePoint to draw on user emails, meeting records, and documents.
• ▪The Twin1 AI Inc. platform pairs each worker with a persistent model of their knowledge, judgment, and working context that can answer questions and act on their behalf.

Permission-based AI governance controls

• ▪Twin1 AI Inc. layers six sets of rules-based and artificial intelligence-based controls over peer-to-peer and peer-to-AI exchanges to ensure information is surfaced only to authorized requesters.
• ▪Twin1 AI Inc. digital twin permissions are controlled by the user, who determines which data sources the twin reads and which colleagues are permitted to query it.

Early customer adoption results

• ▪Law firm Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP took a strategic stake in Twin1 AI Inc. during its $20 million seed funding round.
• ▪Twin1 AI Inc. customers, including Linklaters LLP, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, Dechert LLP, Customers Bank, and Aegis Energy, report the platform handles 30% to 50% of their knowledge workers' communications work.
• ▪Twin1 AI Inc. has operated with customers in the legal, financial services, and energy sectors for over a year prior to its official launch on August 20, 2026.

Eigen Technologies founder background

• ▪Eigen Technologies Ltd. raised over $80 million before being sold to SirionLabs Inc. in 2024 under the leadership of co-founder and current Twin1 AI Inc. Chief Executive Officer Lewis Liu.
• ▪Three of the four Twin1 AI Inc. co-founders previously worked at Eigen Technologies Ltd., a London-based document artificial intelligence company.

Investor syndicate composition

• ▪Investors in the Twin1 AI Inc. seed round include EJF Ventures, Tin Alley Ventures, AGI House Ventures, Neo, F-Prime Capital, Btech Consortium, Antiportfolio Ventures, Lakestar, and Notion Capital.
• ▪Bessemer Venture Partners, Tribeca Venture Partners, and Aramco Ventures co-led the $20 million seed funding round for Twin1 AI Inc.
• ▪Angel investors in the Twin1 AI Inc. seed round include Wiz Inc. co-founder Roy Reznik, Notable Capital Managing Partner Hans Tung, and Dawn Capital co-founder Haakon Overli.