I want an AI to make videos with an AI avatar
AI video avatars
Turns scripts into talking-head videos with synthetic presenters and dubs.
2 wrappers indexed · Category · creative visual
Teardown
HEYGEN
$500M
Public data & APIs
Wrapped product
AI avatar video creation platform
Same APIs + animation models + assembly — integration work, not model training.
Backers
- Benchmark
- Sequoia Capital
- Conviction
Teardown
CAPTIONS
$60M
Public data & APIs
Wrapped product
Mobile video creator app with AI actor/edit features
Same footage + video/voice APIs — lacks mobile polish and curation
Backers
- Index Ventures
- Sequoia Capital
- Kleiner Perkins
- Andreessen Horowitz
Then build it yourself
Most of the value is the same APIs + your data + a clean prompt.
Open any teardown above for the data layer, the agent prompt, and the exact internal substitute. The point isn't to clone the startup — it's to replay the useful workflow inside your org.