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Bengaluru, Karnataka

4.0/ 5

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Rephrase.ai is an advanced generative artificial intelligence startup that operates primarily as a text-to-video creation platform. Founded in 2019 by Ashray Malhotra, Nisheeth Lahoti, and Shivam Mangla, the company is headquartered in Bengaluru, India, with an additional corporate presence in San Francisco, California. The founders, who include alumni from the prestigious Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay and IIT Roorkee, established the company with the vision of democratizing high-quality video creation by building an efficient "text-to-movie" engine. The core technology of Rephrase.ai utilizes generative AI, sophisticated facial mapping, and audio cloning to create lifelike digital human avatars. This technology allows users to take plain text scripts and automatically convert them into professional-quality videos of virtual human avatars speaking the text naturally. By eliminating the need for traditional, expensive, and time-intensive video production resources—such as physical filming equipment, actors, and studio space—the platform enables businesses to create visual content efficiently and at scale. The company serves a diverse range of enterprise clients across marketing, sales, human resources, customer support, and learning and development verticals. Its major products and services include Rephrase Studio, a self-serve video creation platform; celebrity personalization capabilities, which allow brands to deploy digital clones of major figures in marketing campaigns; and a personalized video API built for large-scale, automated video distributions, such as generating thousands of customized product description videos in regional languages. Notable enterprise users have included major brands like Castrol, Mondelez, Xiaomi, and Amazon. Financially, Rephrase.ai raised approximately $12.1 million in funding across multiple investment rounds. Its significant Series A funding round, closed in September 2022, was led by Red Ventures with active participation from high-profile venture capital firms such as Lightspeed India, Silver Lake, 8VC, and AV8 Ventures. The platform garnered substantial industry acclaim during its independent operations, securing prestigious accolades including a Titanium Lion and a Grand Prix at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity for its work on innovative localized marketing campaigns, such as the "#NotJustACadburyAd" initiative. In November 2023, Rephrase.ai achieved a major milestone when it was acquired by the global creative software giant Adobe. Following the acquisition, the company's pioneering generative AI video tools and synthetic media technology were targeted for deep integration into Adobe’s enterprise creative applications, including its Firefly suite. This transition expanded the technology’s capabilities beyond basic text-to-video marketing tools and into immersive fields like augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) training infrastructure.