Hume

Hume AI is a research lab and technology company founded in 2021 with the mission of ensuring artificial intelligence is built to serve human goals and emotional well-being. The company, headquartered in New York City, offers a toolkit that uses AI to understand and measure human emotional expression across images, video, audio, and text.

Hume AI was co-founded by Dr. Alan Cowen, an established expert in affective science who serves as CEO and Chief Scientist, along with Dacher Keltner. The founding team consists of world-leading emotion scientists, AI researchers, and top-tier machine learning and product engineers