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Country: USA | Funding: $10.5M
Lemon Slice creates a platform for generating video avatars for live chat on a website or inside mobile app. The avatar is created from a single image and can be anything from realistic human to cartoonish person or a cat. After creating the avatar you can set up the background, style and appearance. The model creates the avatar's intelligence from knowledge base data, so it can answer customer inquiries, help kids with homework or even act as a psychologist. Lemon Slice claims its model has 20 billion parameters, run on a single GPU and can stream live video at 20 frames per second. The company provides its model via an API and an embeddable widget so that companies can easily integrate it into their websites with a single line of code.
Lemon Slice creates a platform for generating video avatars for live chat on a website or inside mobile app. The avatar is created from a single image and can be anything from realistic human to cartoonish person or a cat. After creating the avatar you can set up the background, style and appearance. The model creates the avatar's intelligence from knowledge base data, so it can answer customer inquiries, help kids with homework or even act as a psychologist. Lemon Slice claims its model has 20 billion parameters, run on a single GPU and can stream live video at 20 frames per second. The company provides its model via an API and an embeddable widget so that companies can easily integrate it into their websites with a single line of code.
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Country: UK | Funding: $736.6M
Synthesia is a platform that specializes in generating "talking head" videos - with realistic avatars reading text. Such videos are used for news, corporate training, presentations and commercials. Video can be automatically translated into 130+ languages and accents. The service generates speech and facial expressions using algorithms, lip-syncs and can even create digital avatars based on real people (after their consent of course). Synthesia is also developing an AI Video Assistant, which can convert text documents into video, helping automate scripting and scene layout. The service is used by many Fortune 100 companies.
Synthesia is a platform that specializes in generating "talking head" videos - with realistic avatars reading text. Such videos are used for news, corporate training, presentations and commercials. Video can be automatically translated into 130+ languages and accents. The service generates speech and facial expressions using algorithms, lip-syncs and can even create digital avatars based on real people (after their consent of course). Synthesia is also developing an AI Video Assistant, which can convert text documents into video, helping automate scripting and scene layout. The service is used by many Fortune 100 companies.
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Country: USA | Funding: $267M
Genies provides film studios, sports clubs, music labels and talent agencies to create and manage cartoonish avatars of celebrities (or celebrities can create a virtual avatars of themselves), while retaining the rights to use their likeness and personality. These avatars are available in online chat and mobile app and can interact with fans on any topic, recommend music, movies, places and things worth knowing. The platform is being developed in partnership with the game engine developer Unity and provides built-in studio for character creation, training, customizing their behavior and emotions, and an SDK for developers that allows to integrate avatars into their own app or game.
Genies provides film studios, sports clubs, music labels and talent agencies to create and manage cartoonish avatars of celebrities (or celebrities can create a virtual avatars of themselves), while retaining the rights to use their likeness and personality. These avatars are available in online chat and mobile app and can interact with fans on any topic, recommend music, movies, places and things worth knowing. The platform is being developed in partnership with the game engine developer Unity and provides built-in studio for character creation, training, customizing their behavior and emotions, and an SDK for developers that allows to integrate avatars into their own app or game.
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Country: USA | Funding: $121.4M
Soul Machines is developing a platform for creating human-like AI agents (virtual employees with video avatars) that can perform business functions with intelligent coordination across the entire AI stack. AI agents can be trained on a proprietary LLM model or integrated with any leading LLM model, such as GPT. Integration with workflow automation platforms is also available - for example with Salesforce, ServiceNow and Zapier. Enhanced security protocols are promised to protect sensitive corporate data. For avatar creation there is a Studio and the library of ready-made characters, pre-trained for specific roles: support specialist, HR, sales or clinical trial onboarding agent. The studio allows to customize avatar appearance, gestures, personality, language, voice and other parameters, similar to The Sims.
Soul Machines is developing a platform for creating human-like AI agents (virtual employees with video avatars) that can perform business functions with intelligent coordination across the entire AI stack. AI agents can be trained on a proprietary LLM model or integrated with any leading LLM model, such as GPT. Integration with workflow automation platforms is also available - for example with Salesforce, ServiceNow and Zapier. Enhanced security protocols are promised to protect sensitive corporate data. For avatar creation there is a Studio and the library of ready-made characters, pre-trained for specific roles: support specialist, HR, sales or clinical trial onboarding agent. The studio allows to customize avatar appearance, gestures, personality, language, voice and other parameters, similar to The Sims.
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Country: USA | Funding: $69M
HeyGen is an AI-powered video avatar generation platform. Users enter text, images, audio samples and the video generator creates complete video with voiceover and brand-matching styles. The service can also create digital twins based on photos or videos, video translators with perfectly synchronized voices. The built-in Agent can automatically create professional clips automatically. The service also offers AI Studio, which allows to edit and customize videos using language and simple visual tools. The platform is suitable for marketers, teachers and content creators, allowing them to create high-quality videos without the need for studios, actors or editing skills. HeyGen offers flexible pricing plans and API for business.
HeyGen is an AI-powered video avatar generation platform. Users enter text, images, audio samples and the video generator creates complete video with voiceover and brand-matching styles. The service can also create digital twins based on photos or videos, video translators with perfectly synchronized voices. The built-in Agent can automatically create professional clips automatically. The service also offers AI Studio, which allows to edit and customize videos using language and simple visual tools. The platform is suitable for marketers, teachers and content creators, allowing them to create high-quality videos without the need for studios, actors or editing skills. HeyGen offers flexible pricing plans and API for business.
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Country: South Korea | Funding: $52M
Deepbrain AI develops an online video generator for various specialized applications. It features online video editing studio and a large library of video templates, avatars and voices. Its engine utilizes third-party models from Google, OpenAI and others bigtechs. The service's primary applications are creating realistic AI avatars from photos or video samples, creating product videos (you can simply paste a link to a product description in online store, and the service will generate a promotional video featuring live avatar), dubbing videos with translation into 150+ languages, automatic lip synching and voice cloning. The startup also offers an enterprise version with an API, security measures, collaboration capabilities, automation and dedicated support. Companies use the platform for training, marketing and creative projects.
Deepbrain AI develops an online video generator for various specialized applications. It features online video editing studio and a large library of video templates, avatars and voices. Its engine utilizes third-party models from Google, OpenAI and others bigtechs. The service's primary applications are creating realistic AI avatars from photos or video samples, creating product videos (you can simply paste a link to a product description in online store, and the service will generate a promotional video featuring live avatar), dubbing videos with translation into 150+ languages, automatic lip synching and voice cloning. The startup also offers an enterprise version with an API, security measures, collaboration capabilities, automation and dedicated support. Companies use the platform for training, marketing and creative projects.
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Country: Israel | Funding: $47.9M
Deevid AI develops a video generator for creating personalized video avatars, video agents and unique projects like "Deep Nostalgia" which animates faces of long-lost relatives in old photographs. These animations have gone viral on social media platforms like TikTok. The company also provides an AI-powered mobile app for video greetings. Furthermore, D-ID's API is used by various licensees in media, education, marketing and other fields. The company collaborated with Warner Bros. to allow users to personalize movie trailers with animated photos, as well as for a Harry Potter-themed exhibition.
Deevid AI develops a video generator for creating personalized video avatars, video agents and unique projects like "Deep Nostalgia" which animates faces of long-lost relatives in old photographs. These animations have gone viral on social media platforms like TikTok. The company also provides an AI-powered mobile app for video greetings. Furthermore, D-ID's API is used by various licensees in media, education, marketing and other fields. The company collaborated with Warner Bros. to allow users to personalize movie trailers with animated photos, as well as for a Harry Potter-themed exhibition.
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Country: South Korea | Funding: $26.8M
Typecast's Online AI Voice Generator Puts Emotions in Text to Speech. It allows to power your video content with realistic AI voices and avatars.
Typecast's Online AI Voice Generator Puts Emotions in Text to Speech. It allows to power your video content with realistic AI voices and avatars.
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Country: USA | Funding: $14M
Doji operates as an app designed to make apparel try-ons both fun and social. It does so by creating AI avatar and then serving you different looks that may inspire you to buy new clothes.
Doji operates as an app designed to make apparel try-ons both fun and social. It does so by creating AI avatar and then serving you different looks that may inspire you to buy new clothes.
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Country: USA
Vidnoz offers AI-powered tools for video creation, including avatars, face swaps, and screen recording.
Vidnoz offers AI-powered tools for video creation, including avatars, face swaps, and screen recording.
