Live, not looped.
Every Zigg.ai experience is a real-time conversation, powered by Anam's CARA avatar models - not a pre-recorded clip on repeat.
About Zigg.ai
We make the people behind the glass talk back.
Zigg.ai is a conversational-avatar platform by GroundCtrl. We pair real-time AI with hardware built for high-traffic spaces, so audiences don't just look - they engage.
Why we built it
People remember conversations, not captions.
For decades, the way we present people - historical figures, founders, brand characters - has been one-directional. A panel of text. A looping video. A figure behind glass. It informs, but it doesn't connect.
We started Zigg.ai with a simple conviction: if a visitor can ask a question and get a real answer, attention turns into engagement, and engagement turns into something they talk about afterwards.
So we built a way to do exactly that - reliably, affordably, and fast enough to put in the field.
Our approach
How we're different
Grounded by design.
Characters answer from approved source material and stay within boundaries you set. Brand-safe and factually fenced, out of the box.
Hardware that survives the floor.
Commercial-grade transparent displays with everything built in - engineered for daylight visibility and all-day use.
Delivered, not just shipped.
GroundCtrl handles setup, support and maintenance, so your team doesn't become an AV department.
What we believe
Principles that shape the product.
Conversation beats consumption.
The most powerful interface is the one humans have used for millennia - talking.
Access should be affordable.
A living exhibit shouldn't cost six figures and age on day one.
Technology should serve the story.
The tech disappears; the encounter is what people remember.
Truth matters.
Especially when we give a voice to real people - which is why grounding and approval sit at the centre of how we work.
The team
Built and backed.
Zigg.ai is delivered by GroundCtrl, which handles sourcing, integration, deployment and ongoing support. The conversational-avatar layer is powered by Anam, whose real-time models lead independent avatar benchmarks. Together that's a product designed for real venues, not just demos.
Zigg.ai is built and supported by a small team at GroundCtrl, with engineering, hardware integration and creative direction in-house.