This Week in Startups: Next Unicorns: Building a $1B AI Avatar Business with Synthesia CEO Victor Riparbelli | E1776
Jason Calacanis 7/12/23 - Episode Page
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Today’s show:
Synthesia CEO Victor Riparbelli joins Jason to discuss how his startup uses AI to generate realistic video avatars (10:16) before demoing the product. Then, the two discuss job disruption (31:43), preventing deepfake misuse (45:18), and much more!
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Time stamps:
(0:00) Synthesia CEO Victor Riparbelli joins Jason
(3:47) Achieving unicorn status after Nvidia-backed fundraise
(12:25) Crowdbotics - Get a free scoping session for your next big app idea at crowdbotics.com/twist
(13:54) Determining pricing for the product
(17:19) Victor demos Synthesia and its AI features
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(31:43) Job Disruption: How AI will impact hiring and business functions
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(41:06) AI and dual fate technology
(45:18) Preventing DeepFake misuse
(52:40) OpenAI hit with a lawsuit
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