Synthesia
Synthesia is an AI video platform for businesses that counts over 90% of Fortune 100 companies as customers. The London-based company has raised $537M and employs 854 people.
The growth story
Synthesia grew from 178 to 854 employees between 2023 and 2026, raising $537M along the way, most recently a Series E in October 2025.
About
Synthesia sells AI-powered video creation tools primarily to large enterprises. Its platform is used for visual communication and employee training by major corporations like Amazon, Zoom, and Microsoft.
The company has raised $537M through Series E funding, with backing from Accel, Adobe Ventures, and Air Street Capital among others. With 854 employees, Synthesia has built a substantial workforce focused on enterprise sales and AI video technology.
Founders and leadership
Sales is Synthesia's largest department with 205 employees, indicating a strong focus on enterprise customer acquisition. The company is led by a team with experience scaling AI and SaaS businesses.
The Synthesia org chart
Victor Riparbelli (CEO & Co-founder) leads 60 mapped leaders with 7 direct reports. Click +N to expand a team; names link to the person’s public profile.
Departments, and which ones grew
Headcount by function: Sales 228 (+80% YoY), Engineering 157 (+33% YoY), Customer Success and Support 83 (+60% YoY), Information Technology 53 (+47% YoY), Arts and Design 43 (+87% YoY), Business Development 35 (+17% YoY).
Talent flow
Synthesia recruits heavily from enterprise software companies like Sprinklr, Miro, and MongoDB. Alumni frequently move to AI and tech startups, with several founding their own companies.
Most common previous employers of Synthesia staff: Sprinklr (27), Miro (25), MongoDB (19), Brandwatch (16), Amazon (15), Oracle (14). Former Synthesia employees most often moved to Anam (5), Rox (3), Orbital (2), Gartner (2), Basis (2), ElevenLabs (2).
Alumni worth knowing
The Synthesia mafia
Synthesia alumni have founded 17 companies, including Enigma (52 employees) and Anam (34 employees). The company has become a notable talent hub for AI and enterprise tech founders.
18Tom Goldberg, was Machine Learning Talent Partner via DS Group until 2024Diogo Dantas, was Product Designer until 2021Pashanur Mardanov, was Senior Frontend Engineer until 2022Daniel Verten, was Strategy until 2026
Guillaume Boniface-Chang, was Head of Product until 2024
Bill Leaver, was Product until 2026
Lucia Sudlow, was Head of People and Talent until 2023
Eugenia Carlota Oswaldt, was AI Consultant / Account Executive until 2020
Ava Oppenheimer, was Avatar Technical Assistant until 2024
Toby Hyder, was Volumetric Technical Director until 2024
Holden Deck, was Sales until 2026
Tosin Oshinyemi, was Production Lead until 2025
Oliver Czatorski, was Senior Machine Learning Engineer until 2025
Hamza Nanouche, was Account Executive until 2022
Maqsud I, was Senior Software Engineering Consultant until 2019Hiring now
Web traffic
Traffic mix: 37% direct, 45% search, 5% social, 1% paid.
What this company is made of
Most common skills at Synthesia: Leadership (272), Microsoft Office (259), Customer Service (252), Communication (238), Project Management (238), Sales (233), Microsoft Excel (214), Teamwork (208).
Where the team actually sits
Synthesia people are concentrated in England, United Kingdom (152), New York, United States (78), United Kingdom (57), New York City Metropolitan Area (33). 5 offices on record.
Search footprint
Synthesia attracts about 19,250 organic search visits a month, traffic worth roughly $126K a month if bought through ads. It gained 7,641 ranking keywords and lost 4,992 in the last period.
What employees say
- Compensation
- 4.30 / 5
- Career opportunities
- 4.20 / 5
- Senior management
- 4.20 / 5
- Work-life balance
- 4.10 / 5
Frequently asked
Synthesia has 854 employees as of September 2026.
Synthesia has raised $537M in total, most recently a Series E round in October 2025.
Synthesia was founded in 2017 by Victor Riparbelli, Steffen Tjerrild, Lourdes Agapito, Vanesa S..
Victor Riparbelli (CEO & Co-founder) sits at the top of Synthesia's reporting structure, with 7 direct reports.
The most common previous employers of current Synthesia staff are Sprinklr (27 people), Miro (25 people), MongoDB (19 people).
Former Synthesia employees most often move to Anam (5), Rox (3), Orbital (2).
At least 17 companies have a founder who previously worked at Synthesia, including Enigma, Anam, Better Mistakes.
Synthesia attracts about 19,250 organic search visits a month, worth roughly $126K a month in equivalent ad spend.
The most common skills among Synthesia staff are Leadership, Microsoft Office, Customer Service, Communication, Project Management.
Synthesia staff are concentrated in England, United Kingdom (152), New York, United States (78), United Kingdom (57).
Synthesia has about 228 people in Sales, up 80% over the past year, as of September 2026.
Synthesia has about 157 people in Engineering, up 33% over the past year, as of September 2026.
Computed from 564 current and 268 former Synthesia profiles, as of September 2026. Source: Crustdata.
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