VideoGen

Active

AI that can create and edit professional videos

Summer 2024Founded 20235 peopleSan Francisco, CA, USA

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About

VideoGen makes it easy for anyone to create professional, copyright-free videos in seconds. Today, we serve thousands of customers, from individuals and small businesses to teams at Google and ByteDance. Making videos is hard, time-consuming, and expensive if you hire someone to do it for you. With VideoGen, it only takes a few clicks!

From their website

as of Jun 7, 2026videogen.io ↗

SaaSSubscription · Pro plan $12/month per user with 2,000 monthly credits and 50 GB storage; Enterprise is custom with additional features and support. Credits can be bought on demand; yearly billing available.

VideoGen is an AI-powered video generator and editor that lets users create and edit videos in minutes using repeatable AI workflows and a built-in editor. It supports voiceovers, captions, avatars, translations, and collaboration directly in the browser, aiming to scale video production for teams and individuals.

Users create videos by applying repeatable AI workflows within an in-browser editor. The platform handles scripting, media sourcing, editing, and can generate AI voiceovers (200+ voices in 50+ languages), captions, avatars, and background removal. It includes features like image-to-video, restyle, AI-driven stock media, translation/localization, and collaboration with project sharing and centralized billing. Pricing tiers bundle AI features and API access, with additional credits available on demand and an enterprise option.

Who it’s for: Teams and individuals who produce video content at scale, including educators, creators, marketers, and small to mid-sized teams needing fast, AI-assisted production in-browser.

Features

AI video generation
Image to video
Restyle video with AI
AI voiceover
AI sound effects
AI avatars
Video export

Marketing and pricing pages with multiple plans and enterprise offering; claims of 5M+ professionals/users; ongoing product features and API access imply traction and active development.

Founders · 2

Anton KoenigFounder

Amazon

Co-founder and CEO of VideoGen. I previously interned at AWS and dropped out of UMass Amherst Computer Science to focus on VideoGen full-time.

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David GrossmanFounder

Palantir🎓 Brown

I'm the cofounder and CTO of VideoGen (S24), a platform for generating professional videos using AI. Before this, I studied Computer Science and Applied Math at Brown and interned at Palantir.

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Launch

Launched on Y Combinator · Sep 2024

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Introducing VideoGen, the world's first AI that can create and edit videos for you.

VideoGen offers an AI-powered video creation and editing platform that automatically assembles professional, copyright-free videos from brand inputs, scripts, voice-overs, and footage in seconds. It targets individuals, small businesses, and teams at large companies, providing a web editor and API access with free credits via a YC deal.