Humalike
Behavioral infrastructure that gives AI agents social intelligence
Overview
Humalike doesn't build chatbots, it builds the layer underneath them. The pitch is that most AI agents sound robotic not because the underlying model is bad, but because they're missing basic social skills like knowing when to interrupt or remembering a person from last week. Humalike sells seven modular behavioral APIs, with turn-taking as the flagship, that any developer can bolt onto an existing agent regardless of which model or voice stack it runs on.
It's aimed at people building AI companions, game NPCs, tutoring bots, voice agents, and even humanoid robots, essentially anywhere an agent needs to feel present in a conversation rather than just answer questions. The team is small, based out of a Barcelona hackerhouse, and the product only recently launched. It's a genuinely interesting infrastructure play, but it's for developers integrating it into their own products, not something you'd use directly as a standalone app.
Key Features
Turn-Taking: The flagship API that manages conversational rhythm, deciding when an agent should speak, wait, or interrupt.
Theory of Mind: Tracks what a person believes, wants, and feels during a conversation.
Social Memory: Remembers individual users across sessions instead of starting cold every time.
Norms: Adapts an agent's tone and behavior to the social rules of a group.
Social Signals: Picks up on typing pauses, edits, and reactions to react more naturally.
Model and Stack Agnostic: Works with whatever LLM or voice stack you're already using.
Pricing
Starting price
Pay-as-you-go, $0.002 per interaction after the free tier
Developer: Free. 10,000 interactions/month, basic Social Engine, community support.
Pro: $0.002 per interaction. Unlimited interactions, advanced timing and interruptions, persistent memory, priority email support.
Enterprise: Custom pricing. Volume discounts, custom SLA, dedicated solutions engineer, on-premise options.
Disclaimer: pricing may change, confirm on Humalike's own pricing page before buying.
Pros
Solves a Real Problem: Conversational timing and memory are genuine weak points in most AI agents today.
Model Agnostic: Works alongside whatever LLM or voice provider you've already committed to.
Modular: Seven separate APIs mean you can adopt just turn-taking or memory without buying the whole stack.
Free Tier to Test: 10,000 interactions a month before you need to pay anything.
Cons
Developer-Only: This is an API product, not something a non-technical person can use directly.
Tiny Team: Two founders and a very recent launch means limited capacity to support integrations at scale.
No Track Record: Too new for meaningful reviews or case studies on reliability in production.
No Affiliate Program: Unconfirmed whether one exists at all given the stage of the company.
What Makes It Unique
Turn-Taking as a Service: Most agent frameworks ignore conversational timing entirely; Humalike sells it as a dedicated, swappable API.
Kay Score
6.5
/ 10
Tool Information
Pricing
Pay-as-you-go, $0.002 per interaction after the free tier
Category
Voice & Video
Platform
Web / iOS / Android
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