Yarn is an AI-native platform that lets go-to-market teams make agency-quality product, sales, and marketing videos in minutes instead of weeks. Founded during Y Combinator's Winter 2024 batch by Jasper Story and Nicole Atack, Yarn treats video like a document: you write a script, and its stack of AI tools handles voiceovers, screen recordings, part-synthetic talking heads, brand-styled overlays, and generative footage. The pitch is speed and cost - videos that would take an agency weeks and thousands of dollars, produced in-house in under 20 minutes.
Avataar is a Bengaluru- and San Francisco-based AI company that turns static product pages into 3D visuals, interactive experiences, and AI-generated videos for retailers and brands. Founded in 2014 by Sravanth Aluru and co-founders, it began with computer-vision-driven 3D product visualization for e-commerce and has since expanded into a full-stack agentic AI platform and its own distilled video model, Varya, positioned as a cheaper, culturally aware alternative to models like Veo and Runway. Backed by Tiger Global and Peak XV (formerly Sequoia Capital India), Avataar has raised roughly $55 million and counts HP, Victoria's Secret, Lowe's, and others among its customers.