FaceSoft has been officially spun out after winning $12,800 in proof-of-concept funding in a university business competition last year.
Imperial College London today launched UK-based 3D facial imaging technology spinout FaceSoft with an undisclosed amount of seed funding from AI Seed and assorted angel investors.
FaceSoft is developing machine learning models and databases that improve 3D facial recognition and computer-generated facial reconstruction technologies. The spinout’s reconstruction algorithm has been trained on a database of 2.5 million high-resolution 3D facial scans.
The company was established by Imperial Innovations, the tech transfer affiliate of Imperial College London owned by commercialisation firm…
