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Synthesia

Application

AI avatar and video generator for enterprise video content.

Total funding$530M

Valuation$4B

Employees600

Founded2017

HeadquartersLondon, United Kingdom

StatusPrivate

Products

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

• Synthesia Application Sold on its own

  Generates presenter-led video from a script using synthetic avatars and voices.

• Synthesia API Application Sold on its own

  Programmatic API for generating synthetic AI-avatar videos, with its own API pricing model separate from the consumer/enterprise app plans.

• Synthesia Video Translator Application Sold on its own

  Automatic video translation and lip-sync into 80+ languages.

Inside Synthesia

• Synthesia Interactive Avatars Application

  Real-time conversational AI avatars for embedding live, two-way avatar interactions (beta).

• Synthesia Roleplay Sessions Application Included with the parent

  Interactive AI-avatar roleplay for sales, support and manager training conversations, with live coaching.

Closest alternatives 8

CColossyanPrivateFrom Synthesia's own 'Synthesia vs competitors' alternatives page.2 of 3 capabilitiesDifferent layerSourced competitorCreate images and videoCompareDD-IDPrivate2 of 3 capabilitiesShared product typeSourced competitorCreate images and videoCompareHOHour OnePrivateFrom Synthesia's own 'Synthesia vs competitors' alternatives page.2 of 3 capabilitiesShared product typeSourced competitorCreate images and videoCompareHHeyGenPrivate · $500MHeyGen's own head-to-head comparison page.3 of 3 capabilitiesShared product typeSmaller scaleSourced competitorCreate synthetic voice and audioCreate images and videoCompareHHiggsfieldPrivate · $1.3BHiggsfield's own buyer's guide recommends itself for recurring-character work and points structured training video with per-minute budgets to Synthesia instead.1 of 3 capabilitiesShared product typeSame scale bandSourced competitorCreate images and videoCompareIInVideoPrivate · $52.5M raisedSynthesia's own /alternatives page lists InVideo as an alternative product. Both synthesia and invideo-ai carry generate-visual-media.1 of 3 capabilitiesShared product typeSourced competitorCreate images and videoComparePPictoryPrivate1 of 3 capabilitiesShared product typeSourced competitorTurn raw footage or photos into a first-pass videoCompareAAlphabet (Google)Public · $4.2TSynthesia's own /alternatives page lists Google Vids as an alternative. Both synthesia and alphabet-vids carry generate-visual-media.3 of 3 capabilitiesShared product typeLarger scaleSourced competitorCreate images and videoCompare

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Speechmatics's scale not recorded; ships API service and developer tool rather than the same layer.1 of 3 capabilitiesDifferent layerCompareJJasperPrivateSynthesia API and Jasper both serve buyers who need to create images and video; Jasper's scale not recorded.Shared product typeCompareFForethoughtPrivate · $115M raisedSynthesia and Forethought Solve both serve buyers who need to create synthetic voice and audio; similar scale (private).Shared product typeCompareDDeepgramPrivate · $1.3BSynthesia and Deepgram Flux TTS do comparable work on text to speech; both also serve buyers who need to create synthetic voice and audio; ships API service rather than the same layer.1 of 3 capabilitiesDifferent layerSame scale bandCompareSASarvam AIPrivate · $275M raisedSynthesia and Sarvam Text to Speech do comparable work on text to speech; similar scale (private).1 of 3 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareDDecagonPrivate · $4.5BSynthesia and Decagon both serve buyers who need to create synthetic voice and audio; same layer and the same scale band (growth-stage private).Shared product typeSame scale bandCompareXXiao-iPublicSynthesia and Xiao-i cognitive intelligence platform both serve buyers who need to create synthetic voice and audio; smaller scale (public).Shared product typeCompare

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Sources

Total funding

News reporting · 15 Jan 2025

Synthesia secures $180M in Series D funding to advance AI video for enterprise communications, Synthesia, January 15, 2025. Read via stockanalysis.com's citation for this figure on 2026-08-27.

Valuation

Press release · 26 Jan 2026

Synthesia raises $200 million Series E at $4 billion valuation to change how companies train and upskill their workforce, Synthesia, 2026-01-26. post-money valuation of the round dated 2026-01-26. Read via stockanalysis.com's citation for this figure on 2026-08-27.

Employees

News reporting · Apr 2026

Forbes company profile for Synthesia, "Employees" stated as of April 2026. Read 2026-08-27.

Founded

Wikipedia · 11 Sep 2026

Co-founded 2017 by Agapito, Niessner, Riparbelli, Tjerrild.

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