Unique Research · Company / financing · June 29, 2023
On June 15, 2023, UK-based AI video platform Synthesia closed a $90M Series C at a $1B valuation. Lead: Accel; participants include NVentures, Kleiner Perkins, GV, FirstMark Capital, plus Alex Wang, Olivier Pomel, Amjad Masad. Capital to further simplify enterprise video production.
Synthesia brings AI avatars with synthetic voice into corporate video — studio-grade output without camera/mic. Customer reports cite ~95% time savings vs traditional production, lower cost, higher employee/customer engagement. Clients include Tiffany, IHG, Moody’s Analytics, the UN — covering ~35% of Fortune 100.
R&D partners since 2017 founding: Technical University of Munich and UCL. Co-founder Victor Riparbelli: genAI can digitize physical video production so creators need only a Synthesia account.
Misuse concerns (deepfakes, election influence): Synthesia reviews scripts, requires formal consent before cloning someone’s likeness, and runs a dedicated misinformation team; ToS bans political, sexual, personal, criminal, and discriminatory content.
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