Captions (app)
| Company type | Private company |
|---|---|
| Industry | Artificial intelligence |
| Founded | 2021 |
| Founders |
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| Headquarters | New York City, United States |
| Website | captions |
Captions is a video-editing and AI research company headquartered in New York City. Their flagship app, Captions, is available on iOS, Android, and Web and offers a suite of tools aimed at streamlining the creation and editing of videos.
History
[edit]Captions was co-founded by Gaurav Misra and Dwight Churchill. During Misra's time leading design engineering at Snap Inc., he followed the rise of a new category of video, the "talking video." In 2021, Misra left Snap to found Captions with his former colleague Churchill.[1] Later that year, the Captions app launched with early backing from venture capital firms Sequoia Capital and Andreessen Horowitz as well as individual investors.[2][3]
In 2023, the company released Lipdub, an Al dubbing app which translates any video with spoken audio into 28 languages.[4][5]
In October 2023, Captions shared that it maintained over 100,000 daily active users with "about a million" videos being created monthly.[1][4]
In November 2024, Captions acquired AlpacaML, a generative AI company that focused on art and other images.[6]
Products
[edit]The Captions app offers features to automate common production tasks including captioning, editing, dubbing, script creation, and music integration.[1][7]
Awards
[edit]- In 2023, the company was recognized as part of Fast Company's "Next Big Things In Tech" series.[8]
- In 2024, the company won 2 Webby Awards for Best Use of AI & Machine Learning and Creative Production.[9][10]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Shrivastava, Rashi. "Video Editing App Captions Just Raised $25 Million To Bring AI To Creators". Forbes. Retrieved 2024-03-09.
- ^ Franzen, Carl (2023-06-22). "AI video creation app Captions bags $25M from top VCs". VentureBeat. Retrieved 2024-03-09.
- ^ Florian, Amanda (14 October 2023). "Found in Translation: AI Lip-Synch Apps Have Arrived". The Information. Archived from the original on 15 October 2023. Retrieved 7 November 2024.
- ^ a b Franzen, Carl (2023-10-10). "Video startup Captions launches new AI dubbing app Lipdub with Gen Z slang". VentureBeat. Retrieved 2024-03-09.
- ^ Florian, Amanda (2024-02-09). "When A.I. Bridged a Language Gap, They Fell in Love". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2024-03-09.
- ^ Flynn, Kerry (13 November 2024). "Exclusive: Generative video studio Captions makes first acquisition". Axios. Archived from the original on 13 November 2024. Retrieved 26 November 2024.
- ^ Caplan, Jeremy. "This app makes it easy to narrate and caption your videos". FastCompany. Retrieved 2024-03-09.
- ^ Newman, Jared. "The 4 next big things in apps for 2023". FastCompany. Retrieved 2024-03-09.
- ^ https://winners.webbyawards.com/2024/apps-software/app-features/best-use-of-ai-machine-learning/289696/captions
- ^ https://winners.webbyawards.com/2024/apps-software/software-services-platforms/creative-production/289711/captions