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Descript

Sells an editor that cuts video and audio by editing a transcript, with an AI assistant (Underlord), AI voices and voice cloning, and a free plan.

StageUndisclosed

Founded—

HeadquartersSan Francisco, USA

StatusPrivate

Products

Selected offerings — the AI products recorded here, not the vendor's full catalogue.

• Descript Application Sold on its own

  Video and podcast editor that edits media by editing its transcript, with the Underlord AI assistant, Rooms remote recording, AI voices including voice cloning, and one-click AI tools such as Studio Sound audio cleanup, Eye Contact, Green Screen and Automatic Multicam.

Inside Descript

• Underlord AI agent Included with the parent

  An AI co-editor that performs video edits from user instructions.

• Descript Rooms Application Included with the parent AI feature

  Browser-based remote recording studio inside Descript: each guest records locally in up to 4K, files land in the project already transcribed, with live captions, per-camera multitrack editing and Automatic Multicam layouts.

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scale not recorded for either.2 of 5 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareBFBoris FXUndisclosedUnderlord and Mocha Pro both list video editing; scale not recorded for either.2 of 5 capabilitiesShared product typeComparePPicsartUndisclosedUnderlord and Reeva both list video editing; scale not recorded for either.2 of 5 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareHHeyGenEarly-stageDescript and AI Studio do comparable work on text to speech, video editing and voice conversion; Descript's scale not recorded.5 of 5 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareTLTopaz LabsUndisclosedDescript Rooms and Astra both list video editing; scale not recorded for either.1 of 5 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareCCanvaLate-stageUnderlord and Canva Video Editor both list video editing; both also serve buyers who need to turn raw footage or photos into a first-pass video; Descript's scale not recorded.1 of 5 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareDDeepLLate-stageDescript Rooms and DeepL Voice for Conversations both list speech to text; both also serve buyers who need to turn speech into text; Descript's scale not recorded.2 of 5 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareRRespeecherEarly-stageDescript and AI Voice Lab do comparable work on text to speech and voice conversion; scale not recorded for either.2 of 5 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareSSoundverseUndisclosedDescript and Soundverse do comparable work on audio editing, text to speech and voice conversion; scale not recorded for either.3 of 5 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareLLALAL.AIUndisclosedDescript and LALAL.AI Voice Changer both list voice conversion; scale not recorded for either.2 of 5 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareNNeuralGarageEarly-stageDescript Rooms and VisualDub both list video editing; scale not recorded for either.1 of 5 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareEElevenLabsLate-stageDescript Rooms and Scribe both list speech to text; both also serve buyers who need to turn speech into text; Descript's scale not recorded.4 of 5 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareMAMusic AIEarly-stageDescript and Moises Studio do comparable work on audio editing and voice conversion; scale not recorded for either.2 of 5 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareZZoomPublicDescript Rooms and Zoom My Notes both list speech to text; both also serve buyers who need to turn speech into text; Descript's scale not recorded.2 of 5 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareKKrispUndisclosedDescript Rooms and Krisp both list speech to text; both also serve buyers who need to turn speech into text; scale not recorded for either.3 of 5 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareMAMurf AIEarly-stageDescript and Murf Studio do comparable work on text to speech and voice conversion; scale not recorded for either.2 of 5 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareBByteDanceUndisclosedDescript and CapCut do comparable work on text to speech and video editing; Descript's scale not recorded; ByteDance's scale not comparable: only a revenue estimate, no market cap or valuation.2 of 5 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareLLightricksLate-stageDescript Rooms and Videoleap both list video editing; Descript's scale not recorded.1 of 5 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareCCerencePublicDescript Rooms and Cerence Assistant both list speech to text; Descript's scale not recorded.2 of 5 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareAAdobePublicDescript Rooms and Adobe Podcast both list speech to text; both also serve buyers who need to turn speech into text; Descript's scale not recorded.4 of 5 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareSSteinbergAcquiredDescript and Cubase Pro 15 both list audio editing; Descript's scale not recorded; Steinberg is acquired, with no independent scale.1 of 5 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareIiZotopeAcquiredDescript and VEA both list audio editing; Descript's scale not recorded; iZotope is acquired, with no independent scale.1 of 5 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareYYandexPublicDescript Rooms and Yandex SpeechSense both list speech to text; both also serve buyers who need to turn speech into text; Descript's scale not recorded.2 of 5 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareIAInworld AIUndisclosedDescript Rooms and Realtime STT both list speech to text; both also serve buyers who need to turn speech into text; scale not recorded for either; ships API service, infrastructure service and 2 more rather than the same layer.2 of 5 capabilitiesDifferent layerCompareGLGaudio LabEarly-stageDescript and Gaudio Studio both list audio editing; scale not recorded for either.2 of 5 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareSSunoLate-stageDescript and Suno Studio both list audio editing; Descript's scale not recorded.1 of 5 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareLLoudlyUndisclosedDescript and Loudly Studio both list audio editing; scale not recorded for either.1 of 5 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareTATalkio AIUndisclosedDescript Rooms and TalkaType both list speech to text; both also serve buyers who need to turn speech into text; scale not recorded for either.1 of 5 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareUUdioEarly-stageDescript and Udio both list audio editing; scale not recorded for either.1 of 5 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareMMicrosoftPublicDescript Rooms and Azure Speech in Foundry Tools both list speech to text; both also serve buyers who need to turn speech into text; Descript's scale not recorded.2 of 5 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareIIBMPublicDescript Rooms and IBM Watson Speech to Text both list speech to text; both also serve buyers who need to turn speech into text; Descript's scale not recorded.2 of 5 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareKKuaishouPublicDescript Rooms and CyberCut do comparable work on speech to text and video editing; both also serve buyers who need to turn speech into text; Descript's scale not recorded.2 of 5 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareWFWispr FlowLate-stageDescript Rooms and Wispr Flow Notetaker both list speech to text; both also serve buyers who need to turn speech into text; Descript's scale not recorded.1 of 5 capabilitiesShared product typeComparePFPocket FMLate-stageDescript and Sherpa by Pocket FM both list text to speech; scale not recorded for either.1 of 5 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareAAmazonPublicDescript Rooms and Amazon Transcribe both list speech to text; both also serve buyers who need to turn speech into text; Descript's scale not recorded.2 of 5 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareAAssemblyAILate-stageDescript Rooms and Blurt both list speech to text; both also serve buyers who need to turn speech into text; scale not recorded for either.2 of 5 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareMMagnificUndisclosedDescript and Magnific Creative Suite both list text to speech; scale not recorded for either.1 of 5 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareBBridgeMindUndisclosedDescript Rooms and BridgeVoice both list speech to text; both also serve buyers who need to turn speech into text; scale not recorded for either.1 of 5 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareCCartesiaEarly-stageDescript Rooms and Sonic / Ink both list speech to text; both also serve buyers who need to turn speech into text; scale not recorded for either; ships API service and agent platform rather than the same layer.2 of 5 capabilitiesDifferent layerCompareFFadrUndisclosedDescript and Fadr Stems both list audio editing; scale not recorded for either.1 of 5 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareNCNAVER CloudUndisclosedDescript Rooms and CLOVA Note both list speech to text; both also serve buyers who need to turn speech into text; scale not recorded for either.3 of 5 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareSSpeechifyUndisclosedDescript and Speechify Studio both list text to speech; scale not recorded for either.1 of 5 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareCColossyanEarly-stageDescript and Colossyan both list text to speech; scale not recorded for either.1 of 5 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareSSOUNDRAWUndisclosedDescript and SOUNDRAW both list audio editing; scale not recorded for either.1 of 5 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareFFlikiUndisclosedDescript and Fliki both list text to speech; scale not recorded for either.1 of 5 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareTTwilioPublicDescript Rooms and Conversation Intelligence both list speech to text; both also serve buyers who need to turn speech into text; Descript's scale not recorded.2 of 5 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareSSynthesiaLate-stageDescript and Synthesia both list text to speech; Descript's scale not recorded.1 of 5 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareOOraclePublicDescript Rooms and OCI Speech both list speech to text; both also serve buyers who need to turn speech into text; Descript's scale not recorded.2 of 5 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareLlemlistUndisclosedDescript Rooms and Claap both list speech to text; both also serve buyers who need to turn speech into text; scale not recorded for either.2 of 5 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareGGensparkLate-stageDescript Rooms and Speakly both list speech to text; both also serve buyers who need to turn speech into text; Descript's scale not recorded.1 of 5 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareFFathomAcquiredDescript Rooms and Fathom both list speech to text; both also serve buyers who need to turn speech into text; Descript's scale not recorded; Fathom is acquired, with no independent scale.1 of 5 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareDDuolingoPublicDescript Rooms and Duolingo English Test both list speech to text; both also serve buyers who need to turn speech into text; Descript's scale not recorded.1 of 5 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareWLWellSaid LabsUndisclosedDescript and WellSaid Studio both list text to speech; scale not recorded for either.1 of 5 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareFFirefliesUndisclosedDescript Rooms and Fireflies Talk both list speech to text; both also serve buyers who need to turn speech into text; scale not recorded for either.1 of 5 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareGGranolaLate-stageDescript Rooms and Granola both list speech to text; both also serve buyers who need to turn speech into text; Descript's scale not recorded.1 of 5 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareAAbridgeLate-stageDescript Rooms and Abridge both list speech to text; both also serve buyers who need to turn speech into text; Descript's scale not recorded.1 of 5 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareMLMintplex LabsUndisclosedDescript Rooms and Magic Echo both list speech to text; both also serve buyers who need to turn speech into text; scale not recorded for either.1 of 5 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareTTypefaceUndisclosedUnderlord and Video Agent both list video editing; both also serve buyers who need to turn raw footage or photos into a first-pass video; scale not recorded for either.1 of 5 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareLLinagoraUndisclosedDescript Rooms and LinTO Studio both list speech to text; both also serve buyers who need to turn speech into text; scale not recorded for either.1 of 5 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareHHiggsfieldLate-stageDescript Rooms and Higgsfield Mixed Media both list video editing; Descript's scale not recorded.3 of 5 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareSSmartleadUndisclosedDescript Rooms and SmartDialer both list speech to text; both also serve buyers who need to turn speech into text; scale not recorded for either.1 of 5 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareSSpeechmaticsUndisclosedDescript Rooms and On-Device Speech to Text both list speech to text; both also serve buyers who need to turn speech into text; scale not recorded for either; ships API service and developer tool rather than the same layer.2 of 5 capabilitiesDifferent layerCompareOOtter.aiUndisclosedDescript Rooms and Otter Recruiting Agent both serve buyers who need to turn speech into text; scale not recorded for either.1 of 5 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareOOpenEvidenceLate-stageDescript Rooms and OpenEvidence Visits both list speech to text; both also serve buyers who need to turn speech into text; Descript's scale not recorded.1 of 5 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareKHKakao HealthcareUndisclosedDescript Rooms and PASTA both list speech to text; both also serve buyers who need to turn speech into text; scale not recorded for either.1 of 5 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareSASkywork AIUndisclosedDescript and Mureka Co both list audio editing; scale not recorded for either.3 of 5 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareIiFlytekPublicDescript Rooms and iFLYTEK Smart Recorder both list speech to text; both also serve buyers who need to turn speech into text; scale not recorded for either.2 of 5 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareBBrightHireEarly-stageDescript Rooms and BrightHire Interview Intelligence both list speech to text; both also serve buyers who need to turn speech into text; scale not recorded for either.1 of 5 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareNNotionLate-stageDescript Rooms and Notion AI Meeting Notes both list speech to text; both also serve buyers who need to turn speech into text; Descript's scale not recorded.1 of 5 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareZZoomInfoPublicDescript Rooms and Chorus both list speech to text; both also serve buyers who need to turn speech into text; Descript's scale not recorded.1 of 5 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareRRingCentralPublicDescript Rooms and AVA Supervisor Assist both list speech to text; both also serve buyers who need to turn speech into text; Descript's scale not recorded.1 of 5 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareSSpeakLate-stageDescript Rooms and Speak both list speech to text; both also serve buyers who need to turn speech into text; Descript's scale not recorded.1 of 5 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareWWriterLate-stageDescript Rooms and WRITER Meet both list speech to text; both also serve buyers who need to turn speech into text; Descript's scale not recorded.1 of 5 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareFRFurhat RoboticsUndisclosedDescript Rooms and Furhat robot both list speech to text; scale not recorded for either; ships platform and robot rather than the same layer.2 of 5 capabilitiesDifferent layerCompareSSenseTimePublicDescript Rooms and Seko Agent both list video editing; Descript's scale not recorded.1 of 5 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareDDecartLate-stageDescript Rooms and Lucy both list video editing; Descript's scale not recorded.1 of 5 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareRRimeUndisclosedDescript and Mist / Coda both list text to speech; scale not recorded for either; ships API service rather than the same layer.1 of 5 capabilitiesDifferent layerCompareDDeepgramLate-stageDescript Rooms and Deepgram Audio Intelligence both list speech to text; both also serve buyers who need to turn speech into text; Descript's scale not recorded; ships API service rather than the same layer.2 of 5 capabilitiesDifferent layerComparePPixelcutUndisclosedDescript and Pixelcut both list video editing; scale not recorded for either.1 of 5 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareGGladiaUndisclosedDescript Rooms and GladiaFlow both list speech to text; both also serve buyers who need to turn speech into text; scale not recorded for either.1 of 5 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareGGenesysUndisclosedDescript Rooms and Conversational Intelligence both list speech to text; both also serve buyers who need to turn speech into text; Descript's scale not recorded; Genesys's scale not comparable: only a revenue estimate, no market cap or valuation.1 of 5 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareTTencentPublicDescript Rooms and Tencent Cloud ASR both list speech to text; both also serve buyers who need to turn speech into text; Descript's scale not recorded.3 of 5 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareDDreamtonicsUndisclosedDescript and Vocoflex both list voice conversion; scale not recorded for either.1 of 5 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareYYamahaPublicDescript and VOCALO CHANGER PLUGIN both list voice conversion; Descript's scale not recorded; Yamaha's scale not comparable: only a revenue estimate, no market cap or valuation.1 of 5 capabilitiesShared product typeComparePPhenomLate-stageDescript Rooms and Phenom Interview Intelligence both list speech to text; both also serve buyers who need to turn speech into text; scale not recorded for either.1 of 5 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareSTSK TelecomPublicDescript Rooms and A. (Adot) both list speech to text; both also serve buyers who need to turn speech into text; scale not recorded for either.1 of 5 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareAAudioShakeEarly-stageDescript and AudioShake Studio both list audio editing; scale not recorded for either.2 of 5 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareMAMistral AILate-stageDescript Rooms and Mistral Speech both list speech to text; both also serve buyers who need to turn speech into text; Descript's scale not recorded.2 of 5 capabilitiesShared product typeComparePPipedriveLate-stageDescript Rooms and Pipedrive Nova both list speech to text; both also serve buyers who need to turn speech into text; Descript's scale not recorded.1 of 5 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareNNiCEPublicDescript Rooms and CXone both list speech to text; both also serve buyers who need to turn speech into text; Descript's scale not recorded.1 of 5 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareXxAIAcquiredDescript Rooms and Grok Voice both list speech to text; both also serve buyers who need to turn speech into text; Descript's scale not recorded; xAI is acquired, with no independent scale.3 of 5 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareAAlphabet (Google)PublicDescript Rooms and Cloud Speech-to-Text both list speech to text; both also serve buyers who need to turn speech into text; Descript's scale not recorded.3 of 5 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareVEVolcano EngineUndisclosedUnderlord and Kickart both list video editing; scale not recorded for either.1 of 5 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareAAttioLate-stageDescript Rooms and Call Intelligence both list speech to text; both also serve buyers who need to turn speech into text; scale not recorded for either.1 of 5 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareMManatalUndisclosedDescript Rooms and Manatal AI Notetaker both serve buyers who need to turn speech into text; scale not recorded for either.Shared product typeCompareMmonday.comPublicDescript Rooms and monday Notetaker both serve buyers who need to turn speech into text; Descript's scale not recorded.Shared product typeCompareAAvomaUndisclosedDescript Rooms and Avoma both list speech to text; both also serve buyers who need to turn speech into text; scale not recorded for either.1 of 5 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareSASarvam AILate-stageDescript Rooms and Sarvam Speech to Text both list speech to text; Descript's scale not recorded.2 of 5 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareCCutout.ProUndisclosedDescript and Cutout.Pro both list text to speech; scale not recorded for either.2 of 5 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareCCluelyEarly-stageDescript Rooms and Cluely both serve buyers who need to turn speech into text; scale not recorded for either.Shared product typeCompareSStepFunLate-stageDescript Rooms and 阶跃AI (StepFun AI) both list speech to text; both also serve buyers who need to turn speech into text; Descript's scale not recorded.2 of 5 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareMMubertUndisclosedDescript and Mubert Cast both list audio editing; scale not recorded for either.2 of 5 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareRARelevance AIEarly-stageDescript Rooms and Nate, Meeting Notetaker both list speech to text; both also serve buyers who need to turn speech into text; scale not recorded for either.1 of 5 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareVSVerint SystemsAcquiredDescript Rooms and Verint Da Vinci AI and Bots both list speech to text; both also serve buyers who need to turn speech into text; Descript's scale not recorded; Verint Systems is acquired, with no independent scale.1 of 5 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareGGongUndisclosedDescript Rooms and AI Transcriber both list speech to text; both also serve buyers who need to turn speech into text; scale not recorded for either.1 of 5 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareHHirevueUndisclosedDescript Rooms and Interview Insights both list speech to text; scale not recorded for either.1 of 5 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareEEntrataUndisclosedDescript Rooms and ELI Call Analysis both list speech to text; scale not recorded for either.1 of 5 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareHAHume AIUndisclosedDescript and Creator Studio both list text to speech; scale not recorded for either.2 of 5 capabilitiesShared product typeComparePLPika LabsLate-stageDescript and Speech Studio both list text to speech; Descript's scale not recorded.1 of 5 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareRAResemble AIEarly-stageDescript and Security Awareness Training both list text to speech; scale not recorded for either.3 of 5 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareMMiniMaxPublicDescript and MiniMax Audio both list text to speech; Descript's scale not recorded.1 of 5 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareSSonioxUndisclosedDescript Rooms and Smart Scribe both list speech to text; both also serve buyers who need to turn speech into text; scale not recorded for either.2 of 5 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareIIntelPublicDescript and OpenVINO AI Plugins for Audacity both list audio editing; Descript's scale not recorded.2 of 5 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareNNVIDIAPublicDescript and NVIDIA Broadcast do comparable work on audio editing and video editing; Descript's scale not recorded.4 of 5 capabilitiesShared product typeCompare

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Total funding

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Valuation

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Founded

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Company disclosure · 13 Oct 2026

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Description

Pricing page · 13 Oct 2026

Pricing page: Free, Hobbyist, Creator, Business and Enterprise plans with AI credits.

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