
Synthesia 01.28
Hey Tech Buzzer,
Today we’re excited about Synthesia, a professional AI video production company that just raised an impressive Series E. And with it they plan on transforming every company’s static training and docs into conversational AI agents with faces and voices employees can chat with →
Training is broken. Onboarding is broken. Knowledge deployment is broken. Every enterprise does the same thing: they create expensive training materials, compact them into a training portal or drive, and then watch as employees pull up Google when they need real help. But even Google doesn’t have the answers for your company specific workflows, what then?
Synthesia is fixing this. They just raised $200M in a Series E led by Google Ventures, hitting a $4B valuation. Initially Synthesia started out to solve one problem: professional AI video production at scale, and built their proprietary AI avatar technology. Now with this Series E, they're using it to kill the entire static enterprise learning model with AI avatars.
Instead of training materials, employees now interact with AI avatars trained on your company's actual knowledge. These aren't chatbots hiding behind search bars. They're conversational agents with faces and voices that understand context, adapt to how you work, and guide you through workflows in real-time. Ask a question. Get coached through a complex enterprise workflow.
It works because it meets people where they are, not in some training portal they'll never open, but right there when they need help. The avatar walks you through your first deal. Explains the policy you forgot. Coaches you through the awkward parts of your role. Allowing you to revisit your training whenever needed, in a faster, more user-friendly way.
The market is speaking loud and clear. 90% of Fortune 100 companies already use Synthesia. They've hit $100M in ARR. This funding round is about scaling what comes next: making conversational AI the default interface for how enterprises actually get work done. It's not about better content anymore. It's about smarter, more adaptive systems that learn how your people work and meet them there.
With Google Ventures leading and participation from Evantic and Hedosophia, Synthesia isn't just building a training platform. They're defining how avatar-based AI becomes the standard for enterprise communication, learning, and workflow guidance.
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