# HeyGen

> HeyGen is a Los Angeles AI video platform that turns prompts, scripts, images, audio, documents, and presentations into presenter-led videos, then localizes them across languages while preserving a speaker's voice and lip movements. Its product spans self-serve creation, digital twins, video translation, interactive LiveAvatars, enterprise controls, APIs, and agentic production tools. The company says it passed $200 million in annual recurring revenue in June 2026, with more than 30 million users and adoption across 85% of the Fortune 100.

- **Founded:** 2020
- **Headquarters:** Los Angeles, United States
- **Founders:** Joshua Xu (Co-founder and CEO), Wayne Liang (Co-founder and Chief Innovation Officer)
- **Team size:** Approximately 430 employees, based on supplied company data
- **Products:** AI Studio, Digital Twins and Avatar V, Video Translation, Video Agent, LiveAvatar
- **Notable:** Raised a $60 million Series A at a reported $500 million valuation in June 2024., Reported passing $200 million in ARR in June 2026, doubling in eight months., Reported more than 30 million users across 196 countries and 118 million videos created by June 2026.

## Products & services

- **AI Studio** — A browser-based editor for building presenter-led videos from scripts, prompts, templates, media, captions, and brand assets.
- **Digital Twins and Avatar V** — Custom avatars created from a short recording, with generated voice, gesture, expression, and long-form identity consistency.
- **Video Translation** — Translates and dubs existing video while preserving the speaker's voice, timing, and lip synchronization across 175+ languages and dialects.
- **Video Agent** — A prompt-driven production system that plans and assembles scripts, visuals, narration, avatars, captions, and edits into finished videos.
- **LiveAvatar** — Real-time conversational avatars for interactive sales, support, learning, and digital experiences.
- **Developer APIs and MCP** — Programmatic video generation, translation, lip sync, avatar, and agent capabilities for products and automated workflows.
- **HyperFrames** — An Apache 2.0 open-source framework that lets AI agents create programmatic video with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.

## Achievements

- Raised a $60 million Series A at a reported $500 million valuation in June 2024.
- Reported passing $200 million in ARR in June 2026, doubling in eight months.
- Reported more than 30 million users across 196 countries and 118 million videos created by June 2026.
- Reported adoption by 85% of the Fortune 100 in June 2026.
- Named to Fast Company's Most Innovative Companies list for 2026.
- Earned 281 badges and 23 number-one category rankings in G2's Summer 2026 reports, according to HeyGen.
- HyperFrames reached a company-reported 21,600 GitHub stars in its first month.

## Latest updates

- **2026-07** — The June release added HyperFrames skills, advanced avatar tools, LiveAvatar APIs, Speech Cleanup, cloud rendering, and deeper developer integrations.
- **2026-06** — HeyGen announced that ARR had passed $200 million, with more than 30 million users and adoption across 85% of the Fortune 100.
- **2026-05** — The company said it led G2's Summer 2026 reports with 281 badges and 23 number-one rankings.
- **2026-04** — HeyGen introduced Avatar V, HeyGen for Developers, MCP connectivity, and the open-source HyperFrames framework.
- **2026-03** — A Canva integration made HeyGen avatar generation available directly within Canva.
- **2026-02** — HeyGen partnered with Agent.ai and released a Video Agent API for prompt-to-video workflows.

## Links

- Website: https://www.heygen.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/heygen
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/HeyGen
- GitHub: https://github.com/heygen-com
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@heygen_official
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/heygen_official/
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/groups/345553694144336
- TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@heygen.com

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Last updated: 2026-08-12