# Eric Zelikman (slim) > Eric Zelikman is co-founder and CEO. Boba on Anchor Terminal, with grades, an about and public profiles. - Full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/eric-zelikman/index.md (~1,800 tokens) · this version ~1,580 tokens · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/eric-zelikman/index.json · canonical https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/eric-zelikman/ - Index: https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt · API: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json · MCP: https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp · Updated: 2026-10-28 - Licence: CC BY 4.0, credit Anchor Terminal and link this page (https://www.anchorterminal.com/terms/#data) Co-founder and CEO. Eric Zelikman is a co-founder of humans&, a human-centric AI lab that launched in January 2026 and makes the Boba app. - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ericzelikman ## What Eric builds - [Boba](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/boba.md), graded F, 10.7/100, in Personal assistants. Boba is a free AI assistant people text over iMessage, RCS or SMS, one to one or in group chats. It plans with groups, answers questions, drafts messages, makes and edits images and writes songs. Co-founder and CEO, researched 2026-10-27. ## Works with - [Andi Peng](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/andi-peng/), Co-founder of humans& - [Georges Harik](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/georges-harik/), Co-founder - [Noah D. Goodman](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/noah-d-goodman/), Co-founder - [Yuchen He](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/yuchen-he/), Co-founder ## Backed by - [SV Angel](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/sv-angel/) - [Georges Harik](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/georges-harik/) - [NVIDIA](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/nvidia/) - [Jeff Bezos](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/jeff-bezos/) - [GV](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/gv/) - [Emerson Collective](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/emerson-collective/) - [Forerunner Ventures](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/forerunner-ventures/) - [S32](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/s32/) - [DCVC](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/dcvc/) - [Human Capital](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/human-capital/) - [Liquid 2 Ventures](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/liquid-2-ventures/) - [Felicis](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/felicis/) - [CRV](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/crv/) - [Exoscaleton](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/exoscaleton/) - [AME Cloud Ventures](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/ame-cloud-ventures/) - [Palo Alto Growth Capital](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/palo-alto-growth-capital/) - [Conviction](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/conviction/) - [Bloomberg Beta](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/bloomberg-beta/) - [E14](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/e14/) - [A&E Investment](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/a-e-investment/) - [Zeta Holdings](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/zeta-holdings/) - [Eric Zelikman](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/eric-zelikman/) - [Anne Wojcicki](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/anne-wojcicki/) - [Ralph Harik](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/ralph-harik/) - [Sarah Liang](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/sarah-liang/) - [Bill Maris](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/bill-maris/) - [Marissa Mayer](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/marissa-mayer/) - [James Hong](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/james-hong/) - [Stephen Balaban](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/stephen-balaban/) - [Ying Sheng](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/ying-sheng/) - [David Wallerstein](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/david-wallerstein/) - [Thomas Wolf](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/thomas-wolf/) - [Mitesh Agrawal](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/mitesh-agrawal/) - [Nikola Petrov Borisov](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/nikola-petrov-borisov/) - [Yuhuai (Tony) Wu](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/yuhuai-tony-wu/) - [Igor Babuschkin](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/igor-babuschkin/) - [Itamar Arel](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/itamar-arel/) - [Sharon Zhou](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/sharon-zhou/) - [Thomas Reardon](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/thomas-reardon/) - [Zak Stone](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/zak-stone/) - [Logan Kilpatrick](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/logan-kilpatrick/) ## Questions ### Who is Eric Zelikman? Eric Zelikman is a co-founder of humans&, a human-centric AI lab that launched in January 2026 and makes the Boba app. ### What does humans& ai, inc. make? Anchor Terminal lists Boba from humans& ai, inc.. ### Who has invested in humans& ai, inc.? The sources our research read name SV Angel, Georges Harik, NVIDIA, Jeff Bezos, GV, Emerson Collective, Forerunner Ventures, S32, DCVC, Human Capital, Liquid 2 Ventures, Felicis, CRV, Exoscaleton, AME Cloud Ventures, Palo Alto Growth Capital, Conviction, Bloomberg Beta, E14, A&E Investment, Zeta Holdings, Eric Zelikman, Anne Wojcicki, Ralph Harik, Sarah Liang, Bill Maris, Marissa Mayer, James Hong, Stephen Balaban, Ying Sheng, David Wallerstein, Thomas Wolf, Mitesh Agrawal, Nikola Petrov Borisov, Yuhuai (Tony) Wu, Igor Babuschkin, Itamar Arel, Sharon Zhou, Thomas Reardon, Zak Stone and Logan Kilpatrick. ### How are Eric's tools graded? Boba is graded F, 10.7 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist. ## Sources - https://humansand.ai/ - https://boba.humansand.ai/blog/ - https://boba.app/ - https://www.linkedin.com/in/ericzelikman - https://www.linkedin.com/in/georges-harik-4579271 - https://www.linkedin.com/in/noah-goodman-96a5a711a - https://www.linkedin.com/in/yuchen-he-learning - https://andipeng.github.io - https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/20/humans-a-human-centric-ai-startup-founded-by-anthropic-xai-google-alums-raised-480m-seed-round/ - https://www.linkedin.com/in/andipeng/ - https://x.com/TheAndiPenguin - https://www.linkedin.com/posts/humansand_today-we-introduce-humans-a-human-centric-activity-7419411259638439955-94vd - https://x.com/humansand - https://boba.app/terms These are the people building the tools we list, named for their public role in the company or project behind a listing, from public pages, with the date it was researched.