{"id":228608,"date":"2026-03-27T15:06:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-27T19:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/27\/ai-video-startup-opusclip-raises-20-million-from-softbanks-vision-fund-2-at-a-215-million-valuation\/"},"modified":"2026-03-28T14:10:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T18:10:11","slug":"ai-video-startup-opusclip-raises-20-million-from-softbanks-vision-fund-2-at-a-215-million-valuation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/27\/ai-video-startup-opusclip-raises-20-million-from-softbanks-vision-fund-2-at-a-215-million-valuation\/","title":{"rendered":"AI video startup OpusClip raises $20 million from SoftBank&#8217;s Vision Fund 2 at a $215 million valuation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aol.com\/ai-video-startup-opusclip-raises-160002794.html?utm_sourceu003dnbot.ai\">AI video startup OpusClip raises $20 million from SoftBank&#8217;s Vision Fund 2 at a $215 million valuation<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aol.com\/ai-video-startup-opusclip-raises-160002794.html?utm_sourceu003dnbot.ai\">https:\/\/www.aol.com\/ai-video-startup-opusclip-raises-160002794.html?utm_sourceu003dnbot.ai<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-03-27 15:06:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.aol.com\">www.aol.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>OpusClip cofounders Grace Wang, Young Zhao, and Jay Wu.<span class=\"copyright\">OpusClip.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul class=\"content-list\">\n<li>\n<p class=\"\">AI startup OpusClip has secured $20 million in funding, led by SoftBank&#8217;s Vision Fund 2.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"\">The startup uses natural language processing to simplify short-form video editing for creators.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"\">Here&#8217;s how the startup nabbed funding from the Japanese investment giant.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Generative AI video editing startup OpusClip has just secured $20 million in a round led by SoftBank&#8217;s Vision Fund 2.<\/p>\n<p>The San Francisco startup, launched in 2022, has developed a multimodal AI tool for publishing short videos on social media platforms.<\/p>\n<p>Users can enter text prompts into OpusClip&#8217;s platform to extract clips from videos. The startup&#8217;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.<\/p>\n<p>OpusClip&#8217;s cofounder and CEO, Young Zhao, previously ran a talent agent \u2014 an experience that honed his understanding of the creator space. &#8220;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,&#8221; he told Business Insider in an interview.<\/p>\n<p>Zhao added that matching video supply with a growing demand for social media content is becoming increasingly difficult.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;A lot of people found it difficult to learn editing tools to produce the content,&#8221; he said. &#8220;Our goal is to remove the time and learning curve needed to produce these videos, through a few clicks.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>So far, OpusClip says it&#8217;s seen a lot of demand from podcasters who have to manage a lot of long-form filming and editing.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;ve also seen a lot of use cases from media companies, gamers, and sports-based videos,&#8221; Zhao said. The startup currently counts Univision, Billboard, iHeartMedia, Visa, and LinkedIn among its clients.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"OpusClip's editor\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1242\" height=\"699\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img w-full w-full h-auto\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/.6qtZgs6Ri8uMoB026776A--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTEyNDI7aD02OTk-\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/aol_business_insider_articles_308\/719660a8b0c9cda83f388e9c986e7f8e\"\/><\/p>\n<p>OpusClip&#8217;s editor tool.<span class=\"copyright\">OpusClip.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aol.com\/ai-video-startup-opusclip-raises-160002794.html?utm_sourceu003dnbot.ai\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AI video startup OpusClip raises $20 million from SoftBank&#8217;s Vision Fund 2 at a $215&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":228609,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/Tkdl5bKc0u1uTIsAk5_W4w--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTEyMDA7aD05MDA-\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/aol_business_insider_articles_308\/d1922e48abc11af4b9234c0c61f5b890","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[19],"class_list":["post-228608","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence","tag-generative-ai"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228608"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=228608"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228608\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":228610,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228608\/revisions\/228610"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/228609"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=228608"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=228608"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=228608"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}