Synthesia
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Enterprise video studio from London-based Synthesia: turns a script into a video with a talking avatar and voiceover in 160+ languages. The focus is training and internal communications, not creativity.
Facts
- The legal entity is Synthesia Ltd, with the address in the site footer: 20 Triton Street, Regent's Place, 3rd Floor, London NW1 3BF, United Kingdom. The company was founded in 2017; CEO Victor Riparbelli, its co-founders include a University College London professor; financial co-founder Steffen Tjerrild.
- Series E was announced on 01/26/2026: $200 million at a $4 billion valuation, led by GV (Alphabet's venture arm), with NVentures (NVIDIA's venture arm), Accel, Kleiner Perkins, NEA, PSP Growth, Air Street Capital, FirstMark, and MMC Ventures participating. A year earlier, in January 2025, the $180 million Series D was raised at a $2.1 billion valuation, meaning the price nearly doubled in a year. Total funding is about $536 million. In the same transaction, the company conducted a secondary sale of employee shares through NASDAQ at the same $4 billion valuation.
- Platform overhaul: Synthesia 3.0 from 01.10.2025. The Express-2 engine combined voice cloning with a diffusion transformer, giving avatars not only lip-sync but also full-body hand and torso gestures. Video Agents, real-time two-way conversations between viewers and videos, are announced for 2026 and available only on the Enterprise plan.
- Pricing as of 19.08.2026: Basic — 0 $ and 10 minutes of video per month without a card; Starter — 29 $/month monthly or 18 $/month with annual billing (120 minutes per year); Creator — 89 $/month monthly or 64 $/month annually (360 minutes per year); Enterprise — on request, unlimited minutes. Avatars, 160+ languages, and dubbing are included in all paid plans.
Full profile in the works: a “worth it or not” verdict, pricing, access from Russia, and comparisons with nearby alternatives will appear as the card factory progresses.