# Phota Labs

> Personalized visual GenAI preserving identity in photos and videos.

## Why it is interesting

Disentangles who is in an image from scene context — identity-faithful generative photography.

## Profile

- **Stage:** seed
- **Status:** private
- **Industries:** generalist-tech
- **Coverage:** full
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-24

## Key facts

- a16z portfolio status: Active
- Seed (2025): $5.6M led by a16z; ex-Adobe AI researchers Cecilia Zhang and Zach Xia (Phota blog)
- Co-investors: no additional institutional investors disclosed in public sources reviewed 2026-07-24

## Investors in our directory

- https://venturecapitaltracker.com/fund/andreessen-horowitz

## Related articles

- https://venturecapitaltracker.com/2026-a16z-hot-portfolio-companies

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