Descript
AI-powered audio and video editing as easy as a doc
AI
📍 San Francisco, CA
Founded 2017
Current Valuation
$550M
as of 2022-11-15
PRIVATE
Descript is an AI-powered platform for editing video and podcasts by editing the transcript like a text document, with tools for transcription, screen recording, captioning, and AI voice and avatar generation. It raised an OpenAI-led Series C and transitioned to CEO Laura Burkhauser in 2025.
Fundraising Status
privateTotal raised $100M
Founders & Key People
Andrew Mason
Investors
OpenAI Startup Fund · Andreessen Horowitz · Spark Capital · Redpoint Ventures
Products
- Descript editor
- Overdub AI voice
- Underlord AI agent
- Screen Recorder
- AI Avatars
Competitors
Adobe Premiere · CapCut · Riverside.fm · Captions · OpusClip
AI VideoAudio EditingTranscriptionContent Creation
Private-company numbers are not real-time. Reflects publicly disclosed valuations from press releases, news reports, and tender offers as of 2022-11-15. Refreshed quarterly.