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Life & fun · October 1, 2026

Griffin by Tavus

World's First Human Interaction Model

Griffin by Tavus launched on October 1, 2026 with 143 votes, #79 of 3,148 launches that month and more than 95% of that year's launches.

What it does

Griffin is the first Human Interaction Model (HIM). On live video calls, 48% of people who talked to it thought it was a real person.

Choose how you want to experience Tavus. Whether you’re building with our APIs or meeting a PAL, you can switch anytime. Build real-time, human-like AI experiences using Tavus APIs and tools. Best for developers, founders, and teams integrating Tavus into a product. Meet your personal AI companions who listen, remember, and are always present. Best for individuals looking to talk, explore, and connect with a friend. Griffin is the world’s first Human Interaction Model (HIM), a new class of model designed to understand and generate face-to-face real-time human interaction. It listens while they talk, and they pay attention to expressions and pauses, not just words. Griffin combines our…from tavus.io

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