Winklevoss Twins, Logan Paul Back Metaverse Startup Metaphysic

The Winklevoss twins’ venture capital firm and YouTube star Logan Paul are among a group investing in Metaphysic, an artificial-intelligence startup best known for fooling the world with deepfake videos of Tom Cruise.

The $7.5 million round was led by Google Ventures founder Bill Maris through his venture capital firm Section 32, alongside Winklevoss Capital Management LLC, Meta Platforms Inc.’s virtual reality unit Oculus and Palantir Technologies Inc. backer 8VC and TO Ventures. The group also included a host of unnamed “very high-profile content creators, actors [and] sports people,” Tom Graham, co-founder and chief executive of Metaphysic, said in ...