AI companion company Miko has announced a strategic partnership with iHeartMedia, setting the stage to bring Miko’s emotionally intelligent robots into millions of homes across North America.
Through this partnership, Miko looks to tap into iHeartMedia’s massive audience and cultural influence, across its ecosystem including broadcast radio, podcasts, digital platforms, and live experiences, to introduce families across North America to the world of AI companionship. The brand will also collaborate with iHeart’s talent — from beloved radio hosts to podcast creators — to produce engaging voice integrations and storytelling moments that bring Miko’s personality to life.
iHeartMedia joins Miko’s ongoing Series D round, adding to a cap table that already includes marquee institutional investors Chiratae Ventures, YourNest, 360 One, and IvyCap Ventures. The round underscores strong investor confidence in Miko’s category leadership and accelerating growth trajectory as the company scales its AI and robotics platform globally.
Miko’s AI-native robotics platform integrates proprietary capabilities across culturally aware AI, multimodal emotional intelligence, and hybrid large language models. Its technology stack spans generative content, advanced sensing, and grounded long-term memory — engineered for safe, adaptive, and emotionally intelligent interaction.
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