{"id":21709,"date":"2026-01-26T10:37:19","date_gmt":"2026-01-26T09:37:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/26\/uk-maker-of-ai-avatars-nearly-doubles-valuation-to-4bn-after-funding-round\/"},"modified":"2026-01-26T10:37:19","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T09:37:19","slug":"uk-maker-of-ai-avatars-nearly-doubles-valuation-to-4bn-after-funding-round","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/26\/uk-maker-of-ai-avatars-nearly-doubles-valuation-to-4bn-after-funding-round\/","title":{"rendered":"UK maker of AI avatars nearly doubles valuation to $4bn after funding round"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Synthesia makes digital presenters for clients to use in corporate videos and counts 70% of FTSE 100 as customers<\/p>\n<p>A British AI startup that makes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2025\/apr\/10\/ai-avatar-generator-synthesia-video-footage-shutterstock\">realistic video avatars<\/a> has almost doubled its valuation to $4bn (\u00a33bn), in a boost for the UK technology sector.<\/p>\n<p>Synthesia was valued at $2.1bn last year and moved into new offices in central London, marking the moment with a ceremony attended by the Sadiq Khan, the city\u2019s mayor, and Peter Kyle, then technology secretary.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2026\/jan\/26\/uk-ai-startup-synthesia-almost-doubles-valuation-4bn-funding-round-corporate-video-avatars\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/f3830bbc58903f6db3ace02fd99c51fbdd1bd119\/455_0_1956_1566\/master\/1956.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=debdfffc36377ea859ca07c3e2b6a1e1\" title=\"UK maker of AI avatars nearly doubles valuation to $4bn after funding round\" \/>Synthesia makes digital presenters for clients to use in corporate videos and counts 70% of FTSE 100 as customers<br \/>\nA British AI startup that makes realistic video avatars has almost doubled its valuation to $4bn (\u00a33bn), in a boost for the UK technology sector.<br \/>\nSynthesia was valued at $2.1bn last year and moved into new offices in central London, marking the moment with a ceremony attended by the Sadiq Khan, the city\u2019s mayor, and Peter Kyle, then technology secretary. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Synthesia makes digital presenters for clients to use in corporate videos and counts 70% of FTSE 100 as customers A British AI startup that makes realistic video avatars has almost doubled its valuation to $4bn (\u00a33bn), in a boost for the UK technology sector. Synthesia was valued at $2.1bn last year and moved into new &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/26\/uk-maker-of-ai-avatars-nearly-doubles-valuation-to-4bn-after-funding-round\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">UK maker of AI avatars nearly doubles valuation to $4bn after funding round<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":21710,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21709"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21709"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21709\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21710"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21709"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21709"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21709"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}