About Rapport

Pioneering a future where every AI interaction feels genuine, human, and built on trust.

Who we are
Rapport is built on the belief that AI should connect people—not feel artificial. Born from Speech Graphics, the leader in facial animation used in Hollywood films and AAA games, we deliver avatars with cinematic realism and expressive performance. The difference is Rapport runs in real time, powered directly by voice and AI. No pre-recorded clips. No stitched-together video. Just genuine interaction.
What we do
We help organizations bring learning, sales, and customer engagement to life with interactive practice and human-like experiences. With Rapport, teams can:
Train and onboard employees with real-time practice that sticks
Give sales reps lifelike role-play to master objections and close with confidence
Create memorable customer experiences at events, online, and in product journeys
Deliver consistent, scalable training across languages, regions, and industries
Rapport is paving the way
Rapport is paving the way for interactive learning and engagement—where every conversation is live, responsive, and unmistakably human. With Rapport, you always know you’re talking to an avatar, not being fooled by deepfakes or stuck watching pre-rendered video.

Our Story

2009: Speech Graphics Founded
Speech Graphics is founded in Edinburgh, pioneering speech-driven facial animation. The technology powers expressive characters in blockbuster video games and Hollywood films, setting the standard for audio-driven animation.
2019: Rapport Is Born
Rapport spins out of Speech Graphics with a focus on the emerging Metaverse—powering expressive, real-time avatars in multi-user 3D environments and laying the groundwork for the interactive experiences to come.
2020: The Real-Time Frontier
Advances in AI and demand for immersive, responsive experiences spark a new era—bringing cinematic-quality animation into real-time, live environments.
2022: Expansion & Evolution
Rapport improves real-time performance, expands integrations, and adds multi-language support while exploring early use cases beyond the Metaverse.
2024: Rapport Self-Service
Rapport launches Rapport self-serve, giving creators and teams the power to build, manage, and deploy expressive AI avatars themselves. The mission: make learning, sales, and customer engagement interactive, accessible.
2025: Rapport Acquires Aquifer Motion
Rapport acquires Aquifer Motion, adding advanced full-body performance capture and cinematic camera tools to its platform, raising the bar for lifelike, interactive AI avatars.

Rapport continues to push boundaries in immersive learning, sales enablement, and customer engagement—delivering avatars that feel human, in real time.

Our Values

Value 1: Excellence
We strive to be the best in everything we do. To achieve excellence in our interdisciplinary field requires skill and continuous innovation in multiple areas. Our products are compelling because they are backed by substance and depth.
Value 2: Courage
We have the confidence to take risks, and the will to create the future we envision. This requires determination, belief in ourselves, energy, hard work, and sometimes a leap into the unknown. We are not afraid to take alternate views and embrace spirited debate in pursuit of the best ideas.
Value 3: Open-mindness
We embrace diversity of views, disciplines, and cultures. We approach everything with respect, curiosity, and a willingness to have our assumptions tested. Differences make us stronger, and listening is as important as talking.
Value 4: Commerciality
We do everything for a reason, and the customer is the center of it. Without knowing what the customer really needs, we waste precious time and resources.