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!