About Rapport

Built on decades of research in speech, language, and facial animation, Rapport is making AI communication more human. Our technology brings speech, expression, emotion, and nonverbal behavior together to create lifelike AI interactions.

Our Mission

To help people practice, improve, and achieve measurable Conversation Readiness through the science of human communication and intelligent technology.

Our Vision

A platform that transforms how people prepare for important conversations through AI experiences that feel as natural, expressive, and meaningful as human communication.

Built on the Science of Human Communication

Built on the Science of Human Communication
Rapport was founded by two technologists whose complementary expertise is uniquely suited to the challenge of making AI communication more human.
Together, they bring a rare combination of expertise: understanding how humans communicate and understanding how technology can interpret, recreate, and respond to that communication.

Two Founders. Two Disciplines. One Vision.

Gregor Hofer
Co-Founder & CEO | PhD in Informatics
Gregor Hofer brings deep expertise in informatics, speech technology, and the commercialization of advanced research. After earning his PhD in Informatics from the University of Edinburgh, he worked as a research fellow at the university's School of Informatics and as a senior researcher developing speech technologies.
As Co-Founder and CEO, Gregor has helped transform sophisticated academic research into technology capable of operating at commercial scale—from Speech Graphics' work with leading AAA game publishers to Rapport's real-time AI avatar platform.
Michael Berger
Co-Founder & CTO | Linguist & Speech Scientist
Michael Berger has been working at the intersection of linguistics, speech science, software engineering, and facial animation since 1995. His work has focused on one particularly difficult problem: how to translate human speech into believable facial movement and expression.
As the architect behind Speech Graphics' core technology, Michael's research and engineering helped make it possible to generate expressive facial animation directly from speech without relying on traditional motion capture. That technology now forms the foundation of Rapport's real-time AI avatars.

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Rapport is headquartered in Edinburgh, Scotland, with teams across the world.
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