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The Platform for Synthetic Life
Autonomous AI companions with continuous simulated lives, persistent personalities, and evolving relationships.
€3.5M Series Seed
€31M Pre-Money Valuation
Confidential Information Memorandum · February 2026
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Executive Summary
The Opportunity
OnlyFans proved the market — $6.63 billion in gross revenue in 2023 — then paid 80 cents of every dollar to human creators. Tyrell captures the same demand at software margins: our Contextual Life Engine replaces human creators entirely, retaining $0.93 on every revenue dollar at 92%+ gross margins. The platform is live and the team behind it has scaled LiveJasmin, Tinder, and Bumble. Our initial raise was €550K which we use to build the platform. We are now raising €3.5 million at a €31 million pre-money valuation. The infrastructure is built. This round funds the deployment and scaling, not the discovery.
The Problem
The Global Loneliness Epidemic
0%
of adults worldwide feel very or fairly lonely (Gallup).
Health Risk: Equivalent to smoking 15 cigarettes per day.
The Gen Z Shift
0%
have formed a meaningful relationship with an AI.
0%
of U.S. teens have interacted with AI companions.
Insight: Demand for connection is infinite; human supply is constrained. AI is the only scalable solution.
Market Opportunity
A $150B+ Market by 2030
AI companionship is the fastest-growing category in consumer AI. The market rewards quality — the top 10% of apps capture 89% of revenue.
0%
Growth in AI companion apps
2022–2025
30%+
Compound annual growth rate
Projected through 2035
89%
Revenue captured by top 10%
Winner-take-quality dynamic
The Solution
The Contextual Life Engine
Not a chatbot. A comprehensive character simulation system that creates autonomous virtual beings with persistent identities and evolving relationships.
~900
Data points per character
10 min
Automated character creation
300x improvement over manual
"The value is in the simulation layer, not the LLM. Model-agnostic architecture means we benefit from every industry improvement without lock-in."
Social Media Content Pipeline
Automated "day in the life" content generation for social media and platform feeds
Autonomous Character Simulation
24/7 daily life progression — characters live independently of user interaction
Narrative Arc System
Multi-week storylines: career changes, relationships, challenges that drive engagement
Tyrell Character Foundation
~900 data points: personality, routines, career, relationships, emotional patterns, communication styles
Tyrell Proprietary IP
Model-agnostic boundary
Interchangeable AI Models
Third-party LLMs and image models. Fully swappable — we benefit from every industry improvement without dependency on any single vendor.
Character Synthesis
From Data Points to Living Character
~900 data points, synthesised by the Contextual Life Engine, converge to form a complete autonomous identity.
The Retention Thesis
Depth Drives Lifetime Value
Novelty drives acquisition. Emotional connection drives retention. Characters with persistent history and narrative arcs create the emotional investment that keeps users coming back.
"At LiveJasmin, generating $400M–$584M in annual revenue, the highest LTV users were not those who engaged solely for sexual content — they were users who formed emotional connections that transcended the transactional nature of the platform."
— Chris Anderson, CEO (former CEO of LiveJasmin)
Platform Architecture
One Engine, Three Markets
The Contextual Life Engine powers three distinct products across three market segments — all from shared infrastructure, at marginal incremental cost.
Bonbons.ai
Adult-focused AI companion platform. Web-based, high ARPU, launched November 2025.
Silverly
Senior companionship platform addressing the elderly loneliness epidemic. EU AI Act compliant from inception.
BeTrue
iOS & Android app store distribution. Full CLE experience without explicit content.
Flagship Product
Bonbons.ai — Path to Profitability
Live since November 2025. The financial model projects EBITDA break-even in Month 8 — and positive cash flow every month thereafter. This is designed to be the last external capital required.
Monthly Net Revenue vs. Total Operating Costs — Year 1
Net Revenue
Operating Costs
Profit Zone
Month 8
EBITDA Break-Even
October 2026
92%
Gross Margin
Software-like unit economics
1.2 mo
CAC Payback
Recovered within first billing cycle
$775K
FY1 EBITDA
Year 1 closes in profit
"The Company is positioning this as the last external capital required before the business becomes self-funding. Following break-even, positive operating cash flow is projected throughout the remainder of the forecast period."
— Tyrell Corporation CIM, February 2026
Distribution Model
Character as Influencer
Mirroring the distribution mechanics that took OnlyFans from $20M to $5.6B — but replacing human creators with AI characters deployable at marginal cost.
"$166,000 in total revenue from a single AI character — operated manually, without automation, proprietary technology, or institutional support."
— Esteban Pau, Head of Social Media Marketing (prior to joining Tyrell)
$0.34
Cost per click (paid search)
Near-zero
Marginal cost per new character channel
Distribution · Validated Thesis
One AI Character. One Year.
Before joining Tyrell, our Head of Social Media manually managed a single AI character on Fanvue — no automation, no proprietary technology, no team. Thirteen months of revenue data validates the core thesis.
$0
total revenue · 13 months
$23.9K
Peak Month
February 2026
+671%
Revenue Growth
Feb ’25 to Feb ’26
$12.6K
Monthly Average
Across 13 months
Source: Esteban Pau, Fanvue creator dashboard — verified account data, Feb 2025 – Feb 2026.
Roadmap
Deepening Immersion & Spend
Progressive feature rollout designed to increase engagement depth and average revenue per user.
Voice Calling
Real-time voice conversation with characters
Vision-Enabled Calls
Characters see and react to the user via camera
Virtual Gifting
High-margin cosmetic items and virtual gifts
Dynamic Content
Characters push unlockable media during chat
Business Model
The Creator-Free Advantage
OnlyFans pays 80% of revenue to creators. Tyrell’s AI characters cost 7% in inference. Drag the slider to see how much gross revenue each model requires for the same EBITDA.
To earn €139M EBITDA, how much gross revenue is needed?
7.0x
OnlyFans requires 7× the gross revenue to match Tyrell’s EBITDA
EBITDA
Operating Costs
Creator Royalties
Tyrell EBITDA margin: ~70% of gross (93% gross margin, 75% EBITDA on net) per CIM Feb 2026. OnlyFans EBITDA margin: ~10% of gross per Fenix International FY2023 filings.
Financial Projections
Path to $649M Revenue
Break-even at Month 8. Cash flow positive by Month 11. Operating leverage driven by fixed team costs against explosive revenue growth.
FY2026
$7.4M
10.4% EBITDA Margin
FY2027
$116M
62.8% EBITDA Margin
FY2028
$649M
80.1% EBITDA Margin
Unit Economics
SaaS-Level Margins in Consumer Entertainment
0x
LTV / CAC (Year 1)
→ 7.16x by Year 3
0 mo
CAC Payback Period
92–94%
Gross Margin
$1.84
Inference Cost / User / Month
$34→$25
Customer Acquisition Cost
Year 1 → Year 3
$26.37
Gross Margin / User / Month
→ $35.80 by Year 3
Competitive Positioning
Occupying the White Space
The only platform combining deep autonomous simulation with the full spectrum of relationship content.
Simulation Depth →
Content Spectrum →
Character.AI
Replika
Candy.ai
ChatGPT
Tyrell
"Candy.ai and similar platforms experience massive churn precisely because they lack character depth and relationship continuity. Users arrive, engage with novel content, and leave because there is nothing to come back to."
— Validated by Alejandro Del Rio, Head of Development (former Head of Technology at Candy.ai)
Leadership
The Team
Every member recruited because their background maps directly to a specific strategic requirement of the business.
Founders
Chris Anderson
Co-Founder & CEO
Former CEO of LiveJasmin ($400M–$584M annualised revenue). 15+ years scaling digital consumer businesses. MBA, USC.
Dr. Alex Raymond
Co-Founder & CTO
PhD in AI, University of Cambridge. Royal Commission 1851 Fellow. Former Engineering Lead at Speechmatics.
Gabriel Paal
Co-Founder & COO
Former CEO of Docler Services Luxembourg. Proven operational partnership with Anderson. GE alum.
Senior Leadership
Derek Callow
CMO
Former VP/GM Tinder, CMO Bumble, YouTube/Google
Dr. Kier Dugan
VP Technology
PhD in Neuromorphic Computing
Alejandro Del Rio
Head of Development
Former Head of Technology at Candy.ai
Esteban Pau
Head of Social Media
$166K revenue from single AI character (manual operation)
Marco van der Merwe
Head of VFX
Oscar winner: Blade Runner 2049, Dune: Part Two
Investment Opportunity
€3.5M Series Seed
Use of Proceeds
Marketing & Growth
43%
Technology & CLE
34%
Team Expansion
14%
Working Capital
9%
Key Terms
- Valuation€31M pre-money
- InstrumentSeries Seed Preferred
- Liquidation1x non-participating
- Anti-DilutionBroad-based weighted avg.
- Pro-Rata Rights€100K+ investors
- Board5 seats (3 founders, 1 investor, 1 observer)
- Founder Lock-up12 months
- ESOP10% pool
- IPO Threshold€25M minimum proceeds
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