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Syren Video is now live and FREE to try! ChatGPT moment for agentic video. Prompt → agency-quality AI video → chat to edit. Powered by Opus 5.5 + Syren renderer w/ 3D support. Browser or Claude MCP. Insane examples in thread 🤯🤯🤯 Try it free here: shorturl.at/r57qy

Last week we launched Roleplay Sessions and it went 🤯 with thousands of users giving it a spin (link to try for free in comments) and our servers working hard to keep up with demand 🥵 TL;DR from my convos – everyone seems to agree that pitching to live clients shouldn't be the first time your team practices. Just got first data in from our beta programme with F100 companies and the impact is pretty profound: +112% soft skill uplift (Sales Pitches) +82% technical skill uplift (Technical Demos) +68% of reps coming back for repeat practice on their own What scenario are you most excited to Roleplay first?

Today marks the next chapter for @synthesiaIO as we announce our $200M Series E at $4B led by GV. It’s been quite a ride since 2017 when we set out to transform how people make video. Now, 8 years later, so much of that vision has come to fruition as evident everywhere around us. It’s truly incredible how good AI video has become in the last two years. Up until now it’s been mostly about making video as we know it with AI. This is often referred to as the ‘bridge-period’ where new technology copies old formats, like when the first films were just recorded theater or early GPS was just a digital map with no navigation. Now, it’s time to figure out what AI-native video truly looks like - when we let go of the priors and rethink video in the context of language models, real-time video generation, smartphones and so much more. With this new round, it’s all about helping people work better – both with AI video and a bunch of new real-time products, like Skills. We’ll be sharing much more in the coming months! Grateful to all of our amazing customers, Synthesian’s and investors!

Another record-breaking stretch at @synthesiaIO: - Crossed $100m ARR in early April 2025 - Doubled revenue YoY (Growth accelerated to 100% from 80% at Series D) - Hit 142% NRR (up from 119% a year ago) - Quadrupled our $100K+ customer base in 12 months - Trusted by +80% of the Fortune 100 Scaling fast and hiring across all teams. Join us on link below!

Will your grandchildren will be the last generation to read and write? From hieroglyphics to keyboards, how we communicate keeps evolving. In my @TEDAI Vienna talk, I argue that text will give way to video and audio—once creation is as effortless. Full talk here: youtube.com/watch?v=6wCml0g2…

I'm joining UK's finest @HarryStebbings from @twentyminutevc tomorrow for a chat about building in the UK, the AI landscape, Synthesia and why kids should play more computer games. Tune in, we may also drop some big news 👀