This startup thinks AI can help couples spice up the bedroom. Read its pitch deck.

"There is still taboo and stigma around intimacy. Arya aims to make talking about those taboo topics more accessible for couples with its AI chatbot that embeds directly into users' text messages. Yehudai described the startup as a concierge, rather than another app or one-sided robot to vent to, with the goal of getting couples fully onboarded so they can use the platform as an intimacy coach."

"Yehudai compared Arya's chatbot to the Sex and the City character Samantha Jones, who will listen to me, will know my wife or my partner, and then say, I know both of you, here is what you need. The company also has a team of sex and relationship experts who support couples when Arya's AI models don't have high enough confidence in its answers."

"Founded in 2022, Arya now has tens of thousands of couples onboarded to its platform. The startup recently raised $21 million in growth funding, including $4 million in equity venture capital from Ibex Investors and $17 million in cohort financing led by gaming-focused VC fund Bitkraft."

Arya is a couples wellness startup founded in 2022 that uses AI to provide relationship and sex advice to couples through a chatbot embedded in text messaging. The platform functions as an intimacy coach, offering personalized recommendations for relationship guidance, sexual advice, and bedroom products while handling e-commerce for sex toy purchases. The AI models, built on OpenAI and Anthropic technology and trained on proprietary relationship data, are supported by human sex and relationship experts when confidence levels are insufficient. The startup aims to make intimate topics more accessible by positioning itself as a knowledgeable concierge that understands both partners. Arya has onboarded tens of thousands of couples and recently raised $21 million in growth funding from investors including Ibex Investors and Bitkraft.

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