# Descript

> Descript is a subscription software company that brings recording, transcription, text-based audio and video editing, AI assistance, and content repurposing into one workspace for creators and business teams.

- **Founded:** 2017
- **Headquarters:** San Francisco, United States
- **Founders:** Andrew Mason (Founder and executive chairman; formerly CEO)
- **Products:** Descript editor, AI Speech / Overdub, Underlord, Rooms, Studio Sound
- **Notable:** $100 million total funding stated by the company., Acquired speech-synthesis research company Lyrebird in 2019., Founder reported $55 million ARR and 75% year-over-year growth in August 2025.

## Products & services

- **Descript editor** — Transcript-led audio and video editing with scenes, layouts, captions, multitrack controls, and collaboration.
- **AI Speech / Overdub** — Synthetic voice generation and authorized voice cloning; Overdub debuted alongside Podcast Studio after the Lyrebird acquisition.
- **Underlord** — AI co-editor that accepts requests for editing, clip creation, writing, and other production tasks. The agentic version emerged in 2025.
- **Rooms** — Remote audio and video recording integrated with Descript projects.
- **Studio Sound** — Regenerative speech enhancement that reduces background noise and room echo.
- **API and MCP** — Programmatic editing and connections to AI assistants; official MCP uses OAuth and Drive-level access selection.
- **Brand Studio and localization** — Team branding tools plus translation and dubbing, with availability varying by plan.

## Achievements

- $100 million total funding stated by the company.
- Acquired speech-synthesis research company Lyrebird in 2019.
- Founder reported $55 million ARR and 75% year-over-year growth in August 2025.
- Published LinkedIn case study reports about one hour saved per project and 10+ clips from an interview.
- Published SaaStr case study reports a 100% increase in content production.

## Latest updates

- **2026-09** — September 17 release roundup introduced caption presets and animations, generated music and sound effects, ElevenLabs voice-library access, public Zapier availability, and revised jump-cut smoothing credit charges.
- **2026-05** — Research team listed new work on long-horizon video-to-video generation and power-disentangled audio representations.
- **2026-02** — Descript changed its brand color from blue to red, referencing the record button.
- **2025-08** — Laura Burkhauser became CEO; Andrew Mason moved to executive chairman.

## Links

- Website: https://www.descript.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/descript
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/descript
- GitHub: https://github.com/descriptinc
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Descript
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/descript_app/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/descriptapp/

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Last updated: 2026-09-30