# Holotech Studios, Inc.

> Holotech Studios, Inc. is a Romanian-American software company behind FaceRig and its successor Animaze - real-time avatar and face-tracking tools that let anyone livestream, video-chat, and create content as a 2D or 3D character. Founded in 2013 by a group of veteran game developers, the company turned an Indiegogo passion project into software used by millions of streamers, VTubers, and creators worldwide.

- **Founded:** 2013
- **Headquarters:** San Francisco, California, United States
- **Founders:** Dragos-Florin Stanculescu (Co-Founder & CEO)
- **Team size:** ~6 employees
- **Products:** FaceRig, Animaze, Animaze Editor, Animaze Mobile, Animaze SDK & Marketplace
- **Notable:** Raised over 2x its Indiegogo funding goal for the original FaceRig prototype in 2013, FaceRig used by millions of people worldwide, including top YouTube and Twitch creators, Secured $2M Series A from SignalFire in January 2018

## Products & services

- **FaceRig** — Real-time face-tracking software that maps a user's expressions onto a digital 2D or 3D avatar via webcam. The company's debut product, used by millions of streamers and YouTubers.
- **Animaze** — The successor to FaceRig. A free-to-play avatar app for livestreaming, video calls, and content creation with 60+ avatars and support for Live2D, VRM, and Ready Player Me imports, plus Twitch integration.
- **Animaze Editor** — A creation tool for building, rigging, and customizing avatars, props, backgrounds, and animations.
- **Animaze Mobile** — iOS and Android avatar apps bringing real-time face tracking to phones.
- **Animaze SDK & Marketplace** — An SDK for integrating avatar technology into third-party iOS, Android, and PC apps, plus a creator marketplace for avatars, props, and backgrounds.

## Achievements

- Raised over 2x its Indiegogo funding goal for the original FaceRig prototype in 2013
- FaceRig used by millions of people worldwide, including top YouTube and Twitch creators
- Secured $2M Series A from SignalFire in January 2018
- Launched Animaze with Twitch integration in November 2021 after 20+ Early Access updates
- Powers PuffPuff, one of the top real-time mocap virtual beings on TikTok with 4.7M followers

## Latest updates

- **2021-11** — Launched Animaze 1.0 with native Twitch integration, exiting a year of Steam Early Access.
- **2018-01** — Raised $2M Series A from SignalFire to expand the FaceRig product line.

## Links

- Website: https://www.animaze.us
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/holotech-studios
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/facerig
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Animaze_us
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/facerigofficial

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