The platform offers a variety of AI avatars, customizable backgrounds, and multilingual capabilities, making it a popular choice for businesses looking to create training videos, customer service videos, language learning materials, and more. Synthesia is based in London, England, and has been used by corporations such as Amazon, Tiffany & Co., and IHG Hotels & Resorts.

Synthesia technology utilizes deep learning architecture and has been developed by Lourdes Agapito and Matthias Niessner, among other co-founders. The platform has raised significant funding, including a $90 million Series C round in June 2023, which granted the company a total valuation of $1 billion.

Synthesia AI avatars are based on real actors who have licensed their likeness to the company. The platform offers over 140 AI avatars, and users can create their own AI avatar (their digital twin) or use Synthesia AI voice and avatar generation capabilities.