Recently, there has been some important news in the field of AI video creation.Hedra The platform successfully raised $10 million in seed funding, attracting widespread attention.
Hedra was founded by employees who have worked at Nvidia, Google, and Metaverse, and has a strong lineup of investors, including Index Ventures, Abstract, and A16Z Speedrun. In the seed round, Hedra also launched its video-focused base model Character-1. The company claims that Character-1, which was previewed to researchers as early as June, is "the fastest video base model on the market."
Hedra said that to date, more than 350,000 users have used the Character-1 platform and created more than 1.6 million videos. Many of these videos have become popular on Reddit and Instagram. Hedra emphasized that it allows users to create AI pop stars and generate related content, while also continuously improving security and content review functions.
Hedra plans to focus on making the platform more multimodal so that it can “unite story, sound, and video generation into a unified workflow,” streamlining content creation and enabling customization of digital avatars and characters.
It’s worth mentioning that Hedra’s Character-1 is just one of the latest video generation models to be launched to the public in recent months. In March, Haiper1.5 quietly debuted; in July, RunwayML publicly launched its Gen-3Alpha model; in June, Luma AI announced its realistic video platform Dream Machine. In July, another video platform Captions received a $60 million Series C round.Financing.
In addition, big companies like OpenAI and Google are also actively involved in AI-driven video creation. Although OpenAI's Sora has not yet been released to the public, the company has worked with brands and filmmakers to demonstrate the platform. Google also announced Veo in May.
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