AI video startup OpusClip raises $20 million from SoftBank’s Vision Fund 2 at a $215 million valuation
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OpusClip cofounders Grace Wang, Young Zhao, and Jay Wu.OpusClip.
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AI startup OpusClip has secured $20 million in funding, led by SoftBank’s Vision Fund 2.
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The startup uses natural language processing to simplify short-form video editing for creators.
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Here’s how the startup nabbed funding from the Japanese investment giant.
Generative AI video editing startup OpusClip has just secured $20 million in a round led by SoftBank’s Vision Fund 2.
The San Francisco startup, launched in 2022, has developed a multimodal AI tool for publishing short videos on social media platforms.
Users can enter text prompts into OpusClip’s platform to extract clips from videos. The startup’s AI analyzes social media trends to pick clips that it assesses to be the most compelling for audiences. Users can then merge them together to make high-engagement videos.
OpusClip’s cofounder and CEO, Young Zhao, previously ran a talent agent — an experience that honed his understanding of the creator space. “The inspiration was to democratize this tedious process through AI, so all the creators in the world would be able to access all the technologies,” he told Business Insider in an interview.
Zhao added that matching video supply with a growing demand for social media content is becoming increasingly difficult.
“A lot of people found it difficult to learn editing tools to produce the content,” he said. “Our goal is to remove the time and learning curve needed to produce these videos, through a few clicks.”
So far, OpusClip says it’s seen a lot of demand from podcasters who have to manage a lot of long-form filming and editing.
“We’ve also seen a lot of use cases from media companies, gamers, and sports-based videos,” Zhao said. The startup currently counts Univision, Billboard, iHeartMedia, Visa, and LinkedIn among its clients.
OpusClip’s editor tool.OpusClip.
The startup makes its money by charging a monthly subscription, which starts at $19 monthly for a starter plan and goes up to $29 for a pro plan.
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