sync.labs
Seed Round in 2024
We’re a team of artists, engineers, and researchers building controllable AI video editing tools to unbound human creative potential. Our research team build AI video models to understand and affect fine-grained, controllable edits over any human in any video. Our product team makes these models accessible to editors, animators, developers, and businesses to edit and repurpose any video for any audience. Our technology is used to automate lip-dubbing in localization processes in entertainment, create dynamic marketing campaigns personalized to individuals or communities, animate new characters to life in minutes instead of days, affect word-level edits in studio-grade videos to fix mistakes in post-production avoiding having to rerecord entire scenes, and more. Our models are used by everyday people, prosumers, developers, and businesses large and small to tell outstanding stories. In just the last year we graduated at the top of our YC batch (W24), raised a $5.5M seed backed by GV, won the AI grant from Nat Friedman and Daniel Gross, scaled to millions in revenue – and this is only the beginning.
Praktika.ai
Series A in 2024
Praktika.ai is a technology company specializing in AI-powered language learning platforms. Their flagship product offers personalized, one-on-one tutoring sessions facilitated by advanced AI avatars. These avatars are designed to help users overcome language barriers, particularly in spoken English, and prepare for job interviews through realistic role-play scenarios. The platform provides real-time feedback and improvement tips, enabling learners to enhance their language skills effectively.
Beehiiv is a developer of an email newsletter platform that empowers creators to produce, monetize, and grow their newsletters. The platform enhances audience engagement through advanced customization and superior analytics, allowing users to effectively scale their web and email content. By offering a direct engagement model, Beehiiv enables publishers and advertisers to reduce reliance on lower-quality cookie-based data. Importantly, the company does not take a share of subscription revenue, providing a more lucrative financial model for creators. This approach facilitates the growth of custom newsletters and websites, supporting clients in expanding their reach and monetization efforts.
Praktika.ai
Seed Round in 2024
Praktika.ai is a technology company specializing in AI-powered language learning platforms. Their flagship product offers personalized, one-on-one tutoring sessions facilitated by advanced AI avatars. These avatars are designed to help users overcome language barriers, particularly in spoken English, and prepare for job interviews through realistic role-play scenarios. The platform provides real-time feedback and improvement tips, enabling learners to enhance their language skills effectively.
Runna
Venture Round in 2023
Runna is a company that focuses on enhancing the running experience through specialized training, coaching, and community support. It offers a software platform designed to assist athletes in preparing for various running competitions, including marathons and 5k events. The platform features personalized training plans, holistic support, and strength training options, catering to runners of all levels, from beginners to seasoned competitors. With various subscription models, Runna provides expert guidance and tailored support to meet individual needs and goals, fostering a community that encourages athletes to improve their performance and achieve their personal running objectives.
Browse AI
Seed Round in 2023
Browse AI is a developer of online robotic process automation (RPA) software that specializes in extracting and monitoring web data in the cloud. The platform allows users to download data from any website, monitor websites for changes, and convert websites into APIs, all without requiring coding skills. Its automation technology learns from user interactions on websites, enabling the automation of tasks and running them at scale in a cloud environment. Browse AI's services cater to various needs, including price monitoring and real estate data extraction, making it accessible for users and businesses to manage and utilize web data efficiently.
Beehiiv is a developer of an email newsletter platform that empowers creators to produce, monetize, and grow their newsletters. The platform enhances audience engagement through advanced customization and superior analytics, allowing users to effectively scale their web and email content. By offering a direct engagement model, Beehiiv enables publishers and advertisers to reduce reliance on lower-quality cookie-based data. Importantly, the company does not take a share of subscription revenue, providing a more lucrative financial model for creators. This approach facilitates the growth of custom newsletters and websites, supporting clients in expanding their reach and monetization efforts.
Beehiiv
Seed Round in 2022
Beehiiv is a developer of an email newsletter platform that empowers creators to produce, monetize, and grow their newsletters. The platform enhances audience engagement through advanced customization and superior analytics, allowing users to effectively scale their web and email content. By offering a direct engagement model, Beehiiv enables publishers and advertisers to reduce reliance on lower-quality cookie-based data. Importantly, the company does not take a share of subscription revenue, providing a more lucrative financial model for creators. This approach facilitates the growth of custom newsletters and websites, supporting clients in expanding their reach and monetization efforts.
Bounce, Inc., also known as Get Bounce, is a luggage storage company based in New York, founded in 2017. The company offers a platform that allows users to securely store their belongings at local businesses, such as stores and cafes, while they explore the city. Bounce provides both hourly and daily storage options, partnering with local establishments to create dedicated storage spaces that are not accessible to customers, ensuring the safety of stored items. This service caters primarily to travelers and tourists, facilitating a more convenient and enjoyable experience in urban environments.
Wild Cosmetics
Seed Round in 2022
The natural and single-use plastic free deodorant that works. Kind to your body and the planet.
Feels is a social discovery network founded in 2018 by Daniel Cheaib, Madeline McKinnon, Laurent de Tapol, Ludovic Lapert, and Romain Gallan. The platform aims to connect individuals in a relaxed manner, positioning itself as an anti-dating app. Users are required to post six photos or videos and answer three unique questions, with the option for a friend to contribute an additional question, creating a 20-second "story." This approach eliminates traditional swiping and disliking features, allowing users to explore connections based on their feelings through the use of "feelsmojis." Feels encourages users to engage in flirtation and interaction without the constraints of labels or societal expectations, fostering a more authentic and pressure-free environment for forming relationships.
Wild Cosmetics
Seed Round in 2020
The natural and single-use plastic free deodorant that works. Kind to your body and the planet.