Synthesia 🎥
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Synthesia 🎥
@synthesiaIO
Create studio-quality videos with AI avatars and voiceovers in 160+ languages. We're always hiring: https://t.co/XIuqBMrMiZ












Synthesia founder Victor Riparbelli (@vriparbelli) has always been drawn to counterculture ideas. "Life's more interesting at the fringes," he says. The problem with fringe ideas? "Most of them are wrong. But the few that are right are very, very valuable." At @synthesiaIO, that meant originally trying to build AI film tools for Hollywood -- then realizing there was a bigger opportunity helping business turn boring PowerPoints into interactive videos. Initially rejected by nearly 100 investors, Riparbelli now works with more than 90% of the Fortune 100, from Amazon to Merck, reaching $150M in ARR and a valuation of $4B. On The Upstarts Podcast, Victor traces his journey from selling World of Warcraft characters as a teenager in Denmark to building one of AI’s most surprising startup success stories in London. He shares his Upstart Moment winning over billionaire Mark Cuban (@mcuban) — as well as how Synthesia has navigated deep fake fears and AI skepticism — and why he believes honesty is a rare, underrated competitive advantage in the current AI startup landscape. Thanks to our partner @mercury for supporting Upstart stories like this one 🫡 youtube.com/watch?v=MnwO_f…





Synthesia founder Victor Riparbelli (@vriparbelli) has always been drawn to counterculture ideas. "Life's more interesting at the fringes," he says. The problem with fringe ideas? "Most of them are wrong. But the few that are right are very, very valuable." At @synthesiaIO, that meant originally trying to build AI film tools for Hollywood -- then realizing there was a bigger opportunity helping business turn boring PowerPoints into interactive videos. Initially rejected by nearly 100 investors, Riparbelli now works with more than 90% of the Fortune 100, from Amazon to Merck, reaching $150M in ARR and a valuation of $4B. On The Upstarts Podcast, Victor traces his journey from selling World of Warcraft characters as a teenager in Denmark to building one of AI’s most surprising startup success stories in London. He shares his Upstart Moment winning over billionaire Mark Cuban (@mcuban) — as well as how Synthesia has navigated deep fake fears and AI skepticism — and why he believes honesty is a rare, underrated competitive advantage in the current AI startup landscape. Thanks to our partner @mercury for supporting Upstart stories like this one 🫡 youtube.com/watch?v=MnwO_f…