UK unicorn CEO: why Europe is lagging behind on AI

Tales of Silicon Valley by Anna Covell

Jul 3, 202629:46Technology

Synthesia, the AI video generation platform that allows users to generate avatars from plain text, is one of the UK’s biggest AI success stories, with a current valuation of $4 billion. Headquartered in London, the compa...

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