Synthesia, founded in 2017, is an AI video generation platform headquartered in London. The company enables organisations to produce professional video content by selecting an AI presenter, typing a script, and generating the output without cameras, microphones, or studios. Its platform supports over 160 languages, more than 240 AI avatars, and upwards of 1,000 synthetic voices.
The company's technical work spans AI video generation, natural language processing, computer vision, speech synthesis, and AI ethics and safety. Synthesia has allocated roughly 10% of its workforce to safety and ethics research. Its founding team includes researchers and entrepreneurs from Stanford, Cambridge, UCL, and TUM.
Synthesia's platform is used primarily for corporate training, employee onboarding, and upskilling. The company reports that over 90% of the Fortune 100 and more than 50,000 teams worldwide use its product. It holds a 4.7/5 rating on G2 from over 2,000 five-star reviews.
The company has raised more than $530m in total funding, including a $200m Series E round, and was valued at $4bn as of its most recent valuation.
