Reimagine AI: Artificial Intelligence Creative Studio
Building the interface between AI and the Human Experience
Reimagine AI is an artificial intelligence creative studio founded in Montréal in 2018. We design and build real-world AI systems at the intersection of creativity, healthcare, memory and digital identity, including AI-powered virtual beings, conversational interfaces and interactive experiences.
SecondEcho is a new way to save and share your memories. Simply talk, write, and add photos, and SecondEcho turns the moments of your life into an organized, evolving Memory Archive you can revisit, search, share with family, and preserve for generations, and print as a beautiful full-color premium book.
Explore Our AI Projects
LUCY AI (the EXHIBIT)
At the age of 49 Lucy Simic, artistic director of bluemouth inc was diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer. LUCY AI is an immersive multimedia experience where we invite participants to talk to Lucy AI, and then see into her memories, into her mind.
ASK LUCY AI
Real Conversations for Cancer Patients and Their Loved Ones:
At the age of 49 Lucy Simic, artistic director of bluemouth inc was diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer. Ask Lucy AI is an interactive virtual experience designed to provide recently diagnosed cancer patients and their loved ones with a space to speak openly with someone who has walked a similar path.
Memory Care AI is an AI companion platform designed to support seniors and people living with Alzheimer’s and dementia
KIDS CARE AI
Reimagine AI is working with Dr. Dominic Venne, Chief of Surgery and Pediatric Neurosurgery at St. Justine Hospital to develop AI companions to support children through their surgical journey. Kids Care AI will also begin trials with childern with Autism.
ONE TIMES SQUARE NYC
Premiering 2027
Reimagine AI has been commissioned to create an AI-powered virtual being for a new permanent exhibit in Times Square. In collaboration with Behaviour Interactive.
this ALIEN HEART
Premiered March 2023 at the MONOM, Berlin
Reimagine AI, in collaboration with LedPulse presented the world’s first interactive AI in a 3D volumetric display: this Alien Heart
MEMRY
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Discover the adventures of MEMRY, a new animated series featuring AI-powered interactive characters.
Winner of NUMIX 2024
Web and Application – Experience
ERNST & YOUNG
Ernst & Young World Conferences:
New York City, London, Singapore, Palo Alto, and Munich.
Reimagine AI provided the conference series with five unique AI-powered virtual beings: attendees could interact with these beings to learn more about EY.
Run to the Sea by David Usher Human song • AI music video
LOUVRE MUSEUM PARIS
Premiered September 2022
In collaboration with famed artist Pindar Van Arman, our intelligent NFT later sold on OpenSea for 40 ETH
DREAMS ORACLE
Premiered
Kunsthalle Museum in Munich, Germany
Reimagine AI showcased the exhibit "Dessu • Dreams Oracle" – the pioneering AI capable of sharing its dreams in real-time.
VIRGIN MOBILE
Virgin Mobile Saudi Arabia engaged Reimagine AI for a one-year consultancy to deepen their understanding of virtual beings, generative AI, and the Large Language Model domain.
SYNTHIA
The-Artrey’s Synthia is a musician and virtual influencer with millions of followers on TikTok and Instagram. With the help of Reimagine AI, she is now a fully interactive virtual being who can talk with her followers
PHI CENTRE & MUSEUM OF HUMAN RIGHTS
Premiered at Phi Centre Montreal
Reimagine AI presented the exhibit We Could Be Human: an artificial intelligence interested in art, poetry, and what it means to be alive. It was also at the Museum of Human Rights.
EINSTEIN AI
2019
Reimagine AI created a fully interactive AI-powered virtual being of Albert Einstein to engage with students about all things Einstein.
LYRIC AI withGOOGLE
2016 • David Usher (founder of Reimagine AI) worked with Pablo Samuel Castro (Google) to create Lyric AI, the first artificial intelligence agent that could collaborate with humans, writing song lyrics.
VIRTUAL CITIZEN
2019, Reimagine AI was contracted by the Maltese government and the Maltese Tourism Authority to explore the creation of the first virtual citizen for the country of Malta.
Frequently Asked Questions About Reimagine AI
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Reimagine AI is an artificial intelligence creative studio founded in Montréal in 2018. We design and build real-world AI systems at the intersection of creativity, healthcare, memory and digital identity, including AI-powered virtual beings, conversational interfaces and interactive experiences.
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Reimagine AI builds AI-powered virtual beings, conversational interfaces, interactive experiences and intelligent products designed around human interaction.
Our work has ranged from healthcare and memory platforms to museum installations, entertainment experiences and AI systems for global organizations.
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Reimagine AI was founded by David Usher, a multi-platinum selling artist, best-selling author, AI entrepreneur and keynote speaker on artificial intelligence and creativity.
David began building AI agents with Google through the Lyric AI project in 2016 and founded Reimagine AI in 2018 to continue exploring how artificial intelligence could interact, collaborate and create with people.
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SecondEcho is a new way to save and share your memories, created by the team at Reimagine AI.
SecondEcho lets people talk, write and add photos, then uses AI to help organize those memories into an evolving, searchable Memory Archive, a life story and a beautiful full-color premium book that can be shared and preserved for future generations.
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Reimagine AI was established in 2018, but founder David Usher’s work with AI began earlier.
In 2016, David worked with Google researcher Pablo Samuel Castro on Lyric AI, an early artificial intelligence agent designed to collaborate with humans in writing song lyrics.
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SecondEcho grew from David Usher’s experience watching his mother lose her memories to Alzheimer’s. It led to a larger question: why, despite having thousands of photographs, messages and digital files, are we still so bad at preserving the stories of a life? SecondEcho uses AI as a tool to help people capture those stories while they can still be told.
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Reimagine AI believes AI should augment people rather than simply replace them. The company focuses on using artificial intelligence as a tool for creativity, memory, communication and human connection, while considering questions of privacy, trust, intellectual property and responsible deployment.
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Reimagine AI focuses on applied artificial intelligence, particularly conversational AI, memory systems, human-AI interaction, creative AI, healthcare applications and intelligent digital experiences. The company is interested in how emerging AI technologies can solve meaningful human problems rather than using AI simply for automation.
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As artificial intelligence makes generating content, ideas and information increasingly abundant, creativity becomes even more valuable. The advantage shifts toward asking better questions, making unexpected connections, developing original ideas and deciding what is worth creating. Reimagine AI explores this intersection between human creativity and increasingly capable artificial intelligence.
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Yes. Reimagine AI founder David Usher is an international keynote speaker on artificial intelligence, creativity and innovation. His talks are grounded in more than a decade of hands-on experience building AI projects and companies. He has spoken for organizations including Google, Cisco, SAP, Pepsi, 3M, Ubisoft, TD and Deloitte.
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David Usher is available for corporate events, conferences, leadership meetings and other speaking engagements focused on artificial intelligence, creativity and innovation. Speaking inquiries can be made through David Usher’s official speaking website.