Startup Scene

Aug 23, 2026

US-based artificial intelligence startup Twin1 AI has emerged from stealth with a $20 million seed round co-led by Aramco Ventures, Bessemer Venture Partners and Tribeca Venture Partners.

Founded in 2025, Twin1 is developing personalised AI ‘digital twins’ of employees that learn from workplace information including emails, meetings, documents and connected applications. The replicas can answer questions, retrieve information and perform approved tasks across platforms including Microsoft Teams, Slack, Outlook, Gmail, Google Drive and SharePoint.

The company applies the digital twin concept, traditionally used to create virtual representations of machines and industrial systems, to individual workers. Each twin is designed to reflect an employee’s knowledge, working context and professional relationships while operating within company permissions.

Twin1 said it has spent more than a year testing the technology with businesses in regulated industries. Customers include international law firms Linklaters, Orrick and Dechert, US lender Customers Bank and energy company Aegis Energy.

Individual twins can also communicate with one another to identify relevant colleagues, retrieve authorised information and coordinate tasks across an organisation. The company says access is governed through layers of company policies, existing permissions and human approval, with private-cloud and single-tenant deployment options available.

Aramco Ventures’ participation gives the Saudi Aramco-backed investor exposure to an emerging area of enterprise AI with potential applications across heavily regulated sectors including energy and financial services.

Twin1 will use the funding to expand its teams in California and London, strengthen its sales operations and continue developing the platform. The company was founded by Lewis Liu, Tom Cahn, Huiting Liu and Jonathan Budd, several of whom previously worked at enterprise AI company Eigen Technologies.