Happyverse Updates

May 25, 2026

A New Chapter for Happyverse

A little over a year ago, Happyverse started as a simple but ambitious bet: that conversational video would become one of the next major interfaces between people and software.

Today, that bet is real. Happyverse is a working platform used by customers and partners across multiple markets, with a category we helped push forward: Digital Humans — real-time AI agents with a face, voice, personality, and the ability to help people in the moment.

Now we're starting the next chapter.

Nick Silaev is joining Happyverse as CEO

Nick comes to Happyverse from vCloud.ai, where he led USA and Canada operations and spent years helping enterprises modernize physical security with next-generation video management and AI-powered analytics.

That experience is exactly why Nick is the right person to lead Happyverse into its next phase.

A sharper focus: the front line of physical spaces

Digital Humans are a platform. They can live on websites, in kiosks, inside meetings, on phones, on lobby screens, and across many different customer experiences.

We are not moving away from that.

But under Nick's leadership, we are putting our sharpest focus on the place where Digital Humans create the most urgent value right now: the front line of physical spaces.

• The lobby of a residential building at 2 a.m.
• The gate of a community at midnight.
• The front desk of a commercial property after hours.
• The security operations center watching dozens of feeds at once.

We think Digital Humans can help fix that.

Introducing Sentinova Virtual Guard

In partnership with vCloud.ai, Happyverse is launching Sentinova Virtual Guard— a Digital Human connected to a modern video management system, built to help operate the front door of a building.

Sentinova can:

• Greet visitors when they arrive
• Guide them through check-in
• Capture ID and facial enrollment with consent
• Message residents for authorization
• Open the door when access is approved
• Recognize residents
• Deliver building announcements
• Log visits for operators

It works with cameras and access control systems that buildings already have. It runs after hours. It supports multiple languages. And it gives property teams a more scalable way to provide coverage without forcing every interaction through a tired guard, a locked door, or an unanswered intercom.

Sentinova is already live in pilot with a residential operator in Colombia. The deployment was designed around consent-first workflows, including explicit on-screen authorization before biometric data is captured, with regional privacy requirements such as Habeas Data, GDPR, and CCPA considered from the architecture level.

If you operate residential, commercial, or mixed-use property, this is the front desk you have been trying to hire.

What this means for the rest of Happyverse

Sentinova is our sharpest wedge, but the broader Happyverse platform continues to grow.

Digital Humans on websites, in hospitality, healthcare intake, e-commerce, corporate training, education, customer research, construction, and other industries are still part of the company's future.

A note about Max

Our co-founder Max Sapo is stepping back from day-to-day operations after building Happyverse from a whiteboard idea into a real company with real customers, partners, and technology in production.

Max remains close to the company as Senior Advisor, board member, and friend.

The technical foundation of Happyverse remains in the same trusted hands. Vladimir Shakirov, our CTO and co-founder, continues to lead the real-time platform architecture and product development that made all of this possible.

Thank you

To every customer who took a chance on us when this was still one photo and a promise.

To every partner building Digital Humans for their own corner of the world.

To every investor, teammate, advisor, and friend who saw the future before it looked obvious.

You made this possible.

The best chapter is just beginning.

Talk to Nick

Nick's Digital Human is live on happyverse.ai right now. Ask him about Sentinova, Digital Humans for your business, or what we are building next.

If the conversation goes somewhere useful, his Confidant can put you on the real Nick's calendar before you close the tab.

April 10, 2026

Happyverse Turns One and Launches Digital Humans

A year ago today, Happyverse was a wild idea on a whiteboard. We told a few people what we wanted to build and most of them politely asked us to explain it again.

Today we're one year old — and we're announcing the product that idea has become: the Happyverse Digital Human.

What we shipped in a year

Before we get to what's new, a quick reality check on Year One:

• 2,000+ avatars created
• 10,000+ conversations
• 100+ countries
• 32 languages
• Every continent except Antarctica (we're taking this personally — if you're in McMurdo, get in touch)
• SOC 2 compliant.

Introducing the Happyverse Digital Human

A Happyverse Digital Human is a real-time AI agent with your face, your voice, and your communication style — that you can create in under five minutes from a single photo.

A Digital Human is a real-time video agent that is authentic, grounded, and actually useful. It can:

• Represent you on your website 24/7, talking to visitors in any of 32 languages
• Qualify leads and book meetings as a sales development rep
• Interview candidates as a recruiter
• Tutor students in the subject you teach
• Hand off to you when a conversation is worth your time

The ecosystem around it

Digital Humans aren't just a product — they're becoming a platform. We're launching today alongside partners who are already putting Digital Humans to work in their own domains:

• AI Start Academy
• Lemonslice
• Hyperspell + PeopleMetrics
• iSell
• Sentinova

This is no longer a single product. It's an ecosystem of Digital Humans across industries — and we're only at the start of it.

Try it yourself

If you're reading this, you can create your own Digital Human today. All you need is:

• One photo
• Looking straight at the camera
• Smiling
• Preferably with teeth (but we'll accept edge cases)

Head to app.happyverse.ai to get started. Your first 10 minutes are on us.

What's next

Today it's a working product, real customers, real partners, and real usage around the world.

And honestly — we're just getting started.

January 31, 2026

Happyverse Achieves SOC 2 Type I and ISO 27001 Certification

A Major Milestone in Security and Compliance

We are thrilled to announce that Happyverse has achieved both SOC 2 Type I and ISO 27001 certifications. This represents a significant milestone in our commitment to maintaining the highest standards of security, privacy, and data protection for our customers.

What This Means for Our Customers

SOC 2 Type I certification demonstrates that Happyverse has designed and implemented robust security controls that meet the rigorous standards set by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA).

ISO 27001 certification is the international gold standard for information security management systems (ISMS). This certification confirms that Happyverse has established a comprehensive framework for managing sensitive company and customer information.

Enterprise-Grade Security

Our security infrastructure includes end-to-end encryption, secure data handling practices, regular penetration testing, and continuous monitoring. We have built our platform with security-first principles from day one, and these certifications validate our ongoing commitment to protecting your data.

Our Commitment to Trust

At Happyverse, we believe that the future of AI must be built on a foundation of trust. As we continue to develop AI Confidants that handle sensitive conversations and personal data, maintaining the highest security standards is essential to our mission of increasing human well-being.

Beyond the Text Box: How We Put the "Happy" in AGI

November 15, Treasure Island

Last week, we hosted the AGI Interface Summit, and the day opened not with a keynote, but with a request for connection. Before a single line of code was discussed, the room was asked to turn to their neighbors—strangers, mostly—and simply say hello.

Then, our CEO Max Sapo took the stage. He did not present a chart. He rapped.

The message was implicit but clear: AGI is not quite here yet, humanity is still stronger, and the future of technology doesn't have to be cold.

The Death of Latency

Nicholas performed a live demo of creating a Confidant in under five minutes. The Confidant didn't just recite a script; it listened. The utility was undeniable.

The Engine Room

We are currently firing on all cylinders to solve the "uncanny valley." This involves a shift from 2D to 3D Gaussian splatting to enable natural micro-gestures, and the development of an in-house multimodal foundation model.

Happyverse at Web Summit Lisbon: Where the Future of Human-AI Collaboration Took the Stage

Last week, Happyverse stepped onto one of the biggest stages in the tech world — Web Summit Lisbon.

A Pitch That Opened Doors

Val's presentation was a statement that the age of emotionless user experiences is ending.

A One-Day Booth. A Month's Worth of Conversations.

We also ran a booth — for just one day. But that was enough to create a crowd.

Why Web Summit Mattered for Happyverse

Web Summit didn't just validate our product direction — it validated our mission.

What's Next

We're now following up with dozens of companies who want to explore pilot projects and full integrations.

Happyverse 2.0 — Real‑Time AGI Confidants

Today we’re launching the next version of Happyverse: a platform for building lifelike, real‑time Confidants that hold genuine conversations, stay tied to real data, and deliver measurable results for individuals and businesses.

Our definition of AGI

AGI = Authentic, Grounded, Impactful

What's new

• Plans for everyone: Free to try, AGI Coach for personal progress, AGI Interface for power users, and business tiers up to Enterprise.
• Faster, more natural conversations: Lower latency, steadier lip‑sync, and better interruption handling across web and meetings.

Customers, not demos

Across pilots, the pattern is consistent: authentic presence, grounded answers, and clear business impact for individuals and teams.

Happyverse Labs

A set of focused experiments and tools showcasing grounded, real‑time AGI in action:

1. Happyverse AGI Coach (public beta)
2. Interactive Business Card
3. VC Pitch Playground (early access)

How to get started

• Individuals: build your first Confidant free, then upgrade to AGI Interface when you want analytics, knowledge workflows, and embeds.
• Business: talk to us about org-wide rollout, privacy modes, and SLAs, or start with Happy and grow into Business Owner or Enterprise.

About Happyverse

Happyverse is an AI product & research lab on a mission to increase long‑term happiness and well-being. We build humanlike AI avatars—Confidants—that carry your likeness, knowledge, and values to scale human conversation.

Learn more at happyverse.ai