- Antix has raised $8.22 million from over 10,000 retail investors to build its AI-driven digital human platform.
- Antix is launching hyper-realistic digital avatars powered by its AIGE engine, which users can customize, mint as NFTs, and trade—bringing verifiable identity and IP ownership on-chain.
- The ANTIX token enables avatar creation, licensing, staking, and governance, while Soulbound Tokens (SBTs) add a secure identity layer tied to each user’s digital self.
Antix, a stealth-mode AI startup specializing in hyper-realistic digital humans, has raised $8.22 million in a private community round backed by more than 10,000 retail investors. The funding round marks the company’s first major step toward commercializing its proprietary generative AI technology, which it now plans to bring on-chain to fuel a new economy of verifiable digital identities.
What is Antix?
Antix has developed AIGE (Adaptive Intelligence for Generative Expression)—a platform capable of generating emotionally expressive, near-photorealistic avatars from just a handful of images. These AI-generated personas can be deployed in gaming, entertainment, and digital marketing—or minted as NFTs to secure ownership rights for creators.
Antix is led by a team having decade of experience in entertainment and emerging tech. Roman Cyganov, the Founder and CEO, previously led Vivix Studios and has spent the last decade building creative-first technologies. Marina Averbuch, Co-Founder and President, led Walt Disney CIS with distinction for over a decade.
How Does Antix Work?
Creating your digital twin with Antix is simple:
- Upload a Few Short Videos: Users start by uploading brief clips showcasing their expressions and voice.
- AI-Crafted Digital Twin: Antix’s proprietary AIGE engine analyzes the footage to generate a hyper-realistic, emotionally expressive digital human.
- Deploy and Earn: The avatar can then be used to generate content, engage with online communities, or even earn.
The $ANTIX token powers core functions
Now, with its $ANTIX token at the heart of the platform’s ecosystem, Antix aims to give users the ability to create and customize digital avatars. Moreover, it will also enable users to trade, license, and stake them—effectively launching what it describes as a “tokenized identity economy.”
The company is also incorporating Soulbound Tokens (SBTs) to add a verifiable identity layer. This will ensure that digital humans can be authenticated and tied to real users without compromising privacy.
“AI-generated content without blockchain is just data. No provenance, no ownership, no trust,” said Roman Cyganov, Antix’s CEO. “By fusing hyper-realistic digital humans with immutable on-chain identity, we’re giving people control of their digital selves, down to the pixel.”
From Entertainment to the Edge of Web3
While much of the generative AI boom has centered around text and image models from OpenAI, Midjourney, and Stability AI, Antix is targeting the convergence of AI, identity, and virtual engagement.
By embedding its avatars with rich emotional range and dynamic realism, the company is betting on demand from creators, influencers, and brands eager to establish persistent digital presences across metaverse, social, and entertainment platforms.
The decision to move on-chain also reflects a growing trend in the Web3 space: the tokenization of identity. Platforms like Worldcoin and Humanity Protocol are already experimenting with biometric authentication and verifiable digital existence. Antix’s approach, however, is more creator-centric—positioning its avatars as both expressive tools and unique intellectual property assets in a blockchain-based economy.
The ANTIX token will serve multiple functions—powering avatar creation, marketplace activity, community governance, and premium subscriptions.
With its beta expected this summer and a full launch later this year, the company is positioning itself at the intersection of generative AI, decentralized identity, and cultural media.
Competitive Landscape
Antix enters a space already seeing rapid development. Companies like Inworld AI and Ready Player Me are building AI-powered NPCs and avatars for virtual spaces, while Synthesia and Hour One focus on commercial applications of synthetic media in training, marketing, and content creation.
But Antix’s proposition stands out in its effort to combine tokenized ownership, photorealistic fidelity, and emotional nuance. These attributes could give it an edge as digital identity and authenticity become focal points in AI ethics and content monetization.
As scrutiny of AI-generated media intensifies, particularly around deepfakes and misinformation, Antix’s emphasis on traceability and secure identity may resonate with regulators and creators alike.
The Bottom line: With over $8 million in funding and a strong community support, Antix is ready to test whether digital humans can be more than just avatars. If successful, the company could help define how we own, trade, and protect our digital selves in a world increasingly shaped by intelligent, synthetic media.
Antix Beta release: Summer 2025 | Public Launch: Late 2025
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