What Synthesia is
Synthesia is a London-based AI company building the #1 AI Video Platform for Business. Founded in 2017 by Lourdes Agapito, Matthias Niessner, Victor Riparbelli, and Steffen Tjerrild, the platform lets any organization create studio-quality avatar videos without mics, cameras, or actors. Used by 50,000+ teams including a majority of FTSE 100 and Fortune 100 companies.
Funding snapshot
Series E (October 2025), $200M at a $4B valuation, led by GV with participation from Nvidia and Accel
Key features
- 240+ AI Avatars and 1,000+ AI voices
- Support for 160+ languages for translation and voiceover
- AI Video Generator, Screen Recorder, and AI Motion Graphics
- AI Dubbing, Video Translator, Multilingual Player, Captions
- Brand Kit, Live Collaboration, Version Control, Analytics, SSO
Where it lives
Web appInteractive Avatars / Roleplay SessionsPublic Video Page, SSO Video PageEnterprise SAML SSO
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