#ai-generated-avatars

#ai-generated-avatars

British startup Synthesia, whose AI platform helps companies create interactive training videos, has raised a $200 million Series E round of funding that brings its valuation to $4 billion - up from $2.1 billion just a year ago. Unlike some other AI startups that are still a long way from turning a profit, Synthesia has found a lucrative business in transforming corporate training thanks to AI-generated avatars.

The creator economy is alive and well, and countless small businesses and individual entrepreneurs pay their bills by making short-form videos appealing to the customer on the street. They project a personalized vibe, trying to connect to viewers in more direct and human ways than how endlessly focus-grouped, big-bucks corporate ad campaigns sometimes land. But AI, which is already impacting the job market, is also encroaching on this