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This AI Unicorn Is Powering The World’s Most Realistic Avatars—And Disrupting A $200 Billion Market
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22:19Now PlayingSynthesia isn’t just making AI avatars—it’s rewriting the rules of corporate communication. Forbes editor Alex York travels to London to meet Victor Riparbelli, the visionary co-founder behind the AI company Synthesia valued at $4 billion. While the world was focused on ChatGPT, Synthesia was quietly solving a massive enterprise problem: the high cost and slow speed of video production.
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