This startup used its own AI avatar technology, instead of a pitch deck, to help raise its Series B. Here's why.

This startup used its own AI avatar technology, instead of a pitch deck, to help raise its Series B. Here's why. Read More

UK AI Startup Synthesia Hits $2.1B Valuation: Why Is Nvidia Betting on Its AI Avatar Technology?

One company making waves in the space is Synthesia, a London-based AI startup that just closed a $180 million Series D funding round at a $2.1 billion valuation. AI Video Startup Makes a Splash ... Read More

An AI startup made a hyperrealistic deepfake of me that’s so good it’s scary - MIT Technology Review

For the past several years, the company has produced AI-generated avatars, but today it launches a new generation, its first to take advantage of the latest advancements in generative AI, and they ... Read More

I used AI to create my digital twin and the results were so good I did a double take — this looks real - MSN

S ynthesia has launched a new feature called Personal Avatars. These are digital versions of yourself that can be created within minutes and resemble you so closely it could fool your friends ... Read More

Klarna used an AI avatar of its CEO to deliver earnings, it said

Klarna, which is getting ready to debut as a public company, was using the updated financials to tout AI as a driving factor for hitting 100 million users.It credited its use of AI for a fourth ... Read More

AvatarOS Pitch Deck: AI Virtual-Influencer Startup Raises $7M - Business Insider

AvatarOS, a virtual avatar startup founded by Isaac Bratzel, closed a $7 million seed investment. Bratzel previously worked for the company behind Lil Miquela, a popular virtual influencer. Read More

OpenAI says it has proof DeepSeek used its technology to develop AI model - New York Post

The startup claims it used only 2,048 Nvidia H800 graphics cards and spent $5.6 million to train its AI model, which has 671 billion parameters. DeepSeek’s emergence prompted a massive sell-off ... Read More

Synthesia snaps up $180M at a $2.1B valuation for its B2B AI video platform - TechCrunch

Synthesia, a London startup building products around highly realistic AI avatar technology, says it’s a big hit with enterprises, with some 60,000 of them — 1 million users — tapping the ... Read More

This Startup Has Created AI-Powered Signing Avatars for the Deaf

New technology from British startup Silence Speaks enables an AI-generated sign language avatar to effectively give the deaf and hard of hearing an interpreter in their pocket. Read More

AI Video Startup HeyGen Launches Near-Instant Avatar Generator, Adds $5.6 Million In Funding - Forbes

In doing so, HeyGen will inevitably butt heads with rivals like Synthesia, a London-based AI avatar software maker that has raised more than $150 million in VC funding. Read More

TikTok parent ByteDance says it’s using OpenAI technology to test its own AI models

Chinese tech giant ByteDance says it is using OpenAI’s technology “to a very limited extent” to help develop its own AI models.. The admission comes after the San Francisco-firm said it had ... Read More

Exclusive: AI chip startup d-Matrix raises $110 million with backing from Microsoft - Reuters

Silicon Valley-based artificial intelligence chip startup d-Matrix has raised $110 million from investors that include Microsoft Corp at a time when many chip companies are struggling to raise cash. Read More