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How Synthesia is updating its responsible AI playbook

Today, we're introducing a new responsible AI framework called the 3Rs that makes governance clearer, more auditable and easier for enterprise teams to evaluate.

Translating responsible AI principles into practice with our new AI Governance Portal

At Synthesia, we have always believed that building AI responsibly means embedding governance from the ground up. Before clear regulatory frameworks or technical standards emerged, we were already considering how fairness, safety, and accountability play a role in the way we develop and deploy our technology.

Why we're partnering with Cinder to power the world's most trusted AI video platform

Today we're announcing that Synthesia is extending its trust and safety stack by partnering with Cinder, the moderation infrastructure company built to handle AI-generated content at scale.

Synthesia and Multiverse partner to drive AI adoption by UK workers

Leading enterprise AI video platform Synthesia is now embedded in EdTech unicorn Multiverse’s AI Learner Toolkit, giving 30,000+ UK learners the practical skills to use enterprise-grade AI video at work.

Why the AI era demands a barbell approach to product development

AI is reshaping product development at Synthesia. Discover the barbell framework, where exploration and craftsmanship replace engineering constraints, and taste becomes the new competitive advantage.

Synthesia accelerates global expansion as enterprise contracts triple

KnowBe4 and Synthesia Transform Cybersecurity Training with AI Video

Scaling Avatars adoption responsibly with our new Avatar Governance Framework and Policy Template

As more companies create avatars of their employees, including of senior executives, there's a gap in the market for policies covering how those likenesses are generated, used, or retired. Today, we are publishing two resources to address this need, which we hope will form the basis for a stronger governance framework for digital replicas.

New security, privacy, and product policy updates for Synthesia 3.0

Today, we’re sharing a set of policy, product, and operational updates that reflect how AI video, and the norms around it, are maturing as we develop Synthesia 3.0, a new version of our platform designed for more personalized and interactive video experiences.

Synthesia partners with Allied For Startups to strengthen Europe’s innovation ecosystem

Through this collaboration, Allied For Startups and Synthesia will work together to promote policies that support AI uptake, public procurement, skills and reducing regulatory fragmentation.

How We Built a Billing System That Scaled with Us from $40M ARR to ~$140M

How Synthesia built a flexible, scalable billing system to grow from $40M to $140M ARR—covering isolation, usage metering, MongoDB design patterns, and a complex migration.

Synthesia raises $200 million Series E at $4 billion valuation to change how companies train and upskill their workforce

Synthesia, the AI video platform transforming how organizations create and share knowledge, today announced it has raised a $200 million Series E funding round at a $4 billion valuation. The round is led by existing investor Google Ventures (GV), with participation from Evantic, the venture fund founded by former Sequoia partner Matt Miller, and Hedosophia. Existing investors NVentures (NVIDIA’s venture capital arm), Accel, Kleiner Perkins, New Enterprise Associates (NEA), PSP Growth, Air Street Capital, and MMC Ventures also participated, reaffirming their commitment to Synthesia’s long-term vision.

Synthesia’s new Avatars don’t just talk, they take action

Our new customizable Avatars are designed to help users generate both the explanation and the action inside the same editor. You pick an Avatar, describe the outfit and setting you want, and then prompt for a short action clip to illustrate the point right after it’s spoken.

With Synthesia 3.0, the next era of video is here

Today we’re excited to show you Synthesia 3.0, a new AI video platform reimagined for the future of video. Learn more about Video Agents, Courses, Copilot, Express-2 avatars, AI Dubbing, and many other new features and products coming soon.

AWS and Synthesia extend their collaboration to advance AI video adoption

Today, Synthesia and Amazon Web Services (AWS) are expanding their collaboration to accelerate the adoption of AI video in the enterprise space. As a result, our AI video platform is now available through AWS Marketplace, we have increased our use of AWS cloud services to help train our models faster to meet the growing demand for enterprise AI video, and AWS has adopted our AI Dubbing technology to localize its own marketing content.

Express-2 is Synthesia’s next chapter for full-body, expressive AI avatars

Today, we’re diving deeper into Express-2, our new video and voice engine for AI avatars that pairs state-of-the-art voice cloning with a diffusion transformer (DiT) model designed to create full-body avatars that gesture like professional speakers. Thanks to Express-2, our new avatars combine facial expressions and lip sync with natural hand and body gestures, which makes it easier for viewers to understand and follow the context of the video.

Sustainability and AI video: what you need to know

When people think of generative AI, energy efficiency is not the first tagline that comes to mind. While the rising energy consumption of LLMs has given the industry a bad reputation when it comes to sustainability, we wanted to see if the data told a different story for AI generated video. Our findings presented...

Introducing Veo 3-powered Generative Assets in Synthesia

Today, we're excited to announce Generative Assets, a new feature allowing enterprise users to effortlessly create AI-generated videos with Veo 3 directly within Synthesia.

AI Dubbing set to transform how businesses localize video at scale

Today, Synthesia is releasing AI Dubbing, a new product available on our platform that speeds up and reduces the costs of localizing video, while offering enterprise-grade security through Secure Editing, a unique feature that allows businesses to manually tweak machine translations while keeping the meaning of the video intact.

Synthesia and Decathlon showcase revolutionary Avatar Lab

Synthesia, the world’s leading enterprise AI-powered video platform, and global sports brand Decathlon, announce their collaboration to launch the pioneering Avatar Lab. This initiative reinvents the Decathlon's communication methods and solidifies the French company's position as a leader in generative AI.

Introducing our new London headquarters

Our new headquarters is four times the size of our previous London location, underscoring our deep commitment to London as a central hub for our operations. Synthesia started in London eight years ago and this significant expansion symbolizes our rapid growth and strategic investment in attracting and nurturing top talent in the UK.

Going bigger and faster on AI video with NVIDIA’s Blackwell GPUs in Google Cloud

We are the first company in the world to train our AI video models using NVIDIA’s Blackwell GPUs on Google Cloud.

Introducing Futuresafe, our new responsible creation report

Today, we’re publishing the first edition of our yearly transparency report, providing insights into how we ensure our platform is being used responsibly, in compliance with existing online safety regulations and our own policies.

Synthesia surpasses $100 million in annual recurring revenue and secures strategic investment from Adobe Ventures

We have reached over $100 million in annual recurring revenue (ARR) and received a strategic investment from Adobe Ventures.

Partnering with Shutterstock to accelerate our AI research efforts

Today, we are announcing that Synthesia will be leveraging Shutterstock's extensive content library to research new ways of pre-training our EXPRESS-2 model which will power a new generation of AI avatars later this year.

Behind the Scenes: How Synthesia’s AI Avatars Are Made

Discover how Synthesia’s AI avatars are made—from actor casting and filming to the AI tech that brings them to life.

​Synthesia launches talent experience program to learn from and reward the exceptional actors behind its stock avatars

The talent experience program is designed to create a forum for open dialogue between Synthesia and the exceptional actors behind our most popular stock AI avatars. We want to listen to their ideas and concerns, and improve our platform and products. Participants will be able to see new technologies and use cases before they're released and provide their feedback.

Synthesia’s experimental Selfie Avatars offer a glimpse into the future of avatar customization

Today, we’re thrilled to introduce an experimental feature that will take the AI avatar experience to the next level: Selfie Avatars. With just a few images of yourself, you can create a custom avatar that opens up new possibilities for expression and communication.

Synthesia secures $180M in Series D funding to advance AI video for enterprise communications

Series D round led by NEA with participation from new investors WiL, Atlassian Ventures, PSP Growth and existing investors, including GV, MMC Ventures and FirstMark. Funding will support product innovation, talent growth, and the company’s expansion in North America, Europe, Japan and Australia. Synthesia is now the UK’s most valuable generative AI media company, and the worldwide market leader in enterprise AI video, with over 60,000 customers. Peter Hill joins Synthesia as CTO after spending 25 years in technical leadership roles at Amazon, and two years as CEO and CPO of Wildfire Studios.

New UCL study shows the benefits of using AI-generated videos for adult learners

Today, the University College London’s (UCL) Faculty of Education and Society is releasing a research report that investigates the effectiveness of AI-generated synthetic videos for adult learning.

Ho-Ho-Hold the emails: Create a personalized video with Synthesia’s AI Santa instead!

Easily create a personalized Santa video for your loved ones. Choose a festive avatar, customize the script, and our AI elves will email you the video.

How We Cut Process and Drove Growth at Synthesia

Discover how we streamlined processes and drove growth at Synthesia, optimizing efficiency and scaling operations for success

Building a Scalable Architecture for a Real-Time Collaborative Video Editor

Find out how we built a real-time collaborative video editor, tackling technical challenges and ensuring scalability.

Introducing new guidelines for political content on Synthesia

Today, we are announcing an update to our platform’s policies regarding the creation of political content in line with our previous efforts to protect elections and the democratic process. Effective immediately, only users with an enterprise account and a custom AI avatar will be allowed to create and distribute political content on Synthesia. This policy shift is designed to ensure that political content is created with the highest degree of transparency and accountability, reinforcing our commitment to a trusted and reliable information ecosystem.

Supporting the Ministry of Social Policy of Ukraine to inform citizens about social programs using AI generated videos

Synthesia is providing the Ministry of Social Policy of Ukraine free access to our platform so they can produce informative videos using AI avatars, designed to help Ukrainian citizens and social workers navigate the country’s vital social programs and services.

Lost in translation no more. Now our platform can localize videos instantly with one click.

Synthesia has reached a major milestone: 1 million people are using our platform to create content in over 130 languages. To better support their needs, we’re building the world’s first video localization solution available in the Synthesia 2.0 platform