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Matthias Nießner Co-Founds AI Startup Synthesia
Interactive AI Avatars Reshape Corporate Training
The London-based AI company Synthesia, co-founded by MCML PI Matthias Nießner, has raised an additional $200 million, bringing its valuation to $4 billion. Synthesia is one of Europe’s most valuable AI startups and a pioneer in AI-generated video avatars for corporate training and communication.
With the new funding, Synthesia aims to expand beyond static training videos toward interactive AI avatars that can simulate conversations, test employees’ knowledge, and provide personalized feedback. These virtual trainers are designed to support onboarding, sales training, and internal education, enabled by recent advances in generative AI and large language models.
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