AI-powered audio and video editing as easy as a doc
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.
AI📍 San Francisco, CAFounded 2017
Current Valuation
$550M
as of 2022-11-15
PRIVATE
QL Price
$457.85M
-17% vs last round
QuantLogix's current estimate for Descript, published 2026-09-21 — below the last disclosed round of $550M (2022-11-15).
Confidence
medium
Basis
secondary led
What backs this price
Last disclosed round
$550M
2022-11-15
weight 0.07
Secondary market print
$447.15M
2026-06-27
weight 0.6
How this price has held up
No round has priced for Descript since QuantLogix began publishing a price for it, so there is nothing to grade yet. The claim above is on the record from 2026-09-21 and will be graded against the next priced round. See the full accuracy record →
Which publicly-traded funds already hold it, what $10,000 buys, and whether any route is open to you.
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IPO Outlookprivate
Is Descript going public?
No. Descript is private and has not filed to go public. There is no S-1 on file.
What is Descript's valuation in 2026?
Descript is valued at $550M as of 11/15/2022. That is the last confirmed mark, not a live price — private shares do not trade continuously.
No. Descript is a private company — its shares are not listed on any exchange and there is no ticker. The routes to exposure are pre-IPO secondary marketplaces and funds (accredited investors), employee tender offers when the company runs one, and public companies with read-through exposure. QuantLogix maps every route it can verify for Descript on its Pre-IPO Access Desk.
Answers are derived from the roster record shown on this page — filing status, last round and confirmed marks. Where the record is silent, the answer says so rather than guessing.
Company Profile
CEO
Laura Burkhauser
Founded
2017
HQ
San Francisco, CA
Total Raised
$100M
IPO Status
private
Fundraising Status
privateTotal raised $100M
Secondary Market
Implied price / share
$12.45
Last round price / share
$15.31
vs last round
-18.7%
Last round price vs secondary price
Secondary price return by period
Implied per-share price from private secondary transactions, as of Jun 2026. This is a point estimate, not a quote — the feed carries no bid, ask or spread, and a secondary print is evidence of what someone paid on that date rather than a live market. Compare across every tracked name →
Vertical Intelligence — AI / ML
Open models
5
verified organization
Downloads (30d)
201,946
across all models
Followers
57
Top model
dac_44khz
166,184 downloads / 30d
Attributed to Hugging Face organization "Descript" as of 2026-09-19. Open-weights footprint only — closed-model usage is not publicly measurable. Verify on Hugging Face ↗
Talent Signal
Hiring trend
▶ Hiring steady
0% vs 2026-08
Open roles
10
via greenhouse
Product-build share
50%
engineering, research, product, design
Trajectory
steady
product-led hiring — 50% of open roles build product; the rest are go-to-market and G&A.
Actively hiring with no tracked executive churn.
Open roles by month
Open roles by function
■ product-building ■ go-to-market / G&A
Applied Research Scientist, AI ResearchLead Data Scientist, Product Lead Editor Product Manager Software Engineer, InfrastructureSoftware Engineer, ProductAccount Executive
Counted from Descript's live job board as of 2026-09-17; role functions classified from posting titles. Open-role counts are an activity signal, not headcount. Refreshed monthly.
Founders & Key People
Andrew Mason
Investors
OpenAI Startup Fund · Andreessen Horowitz · Spark Capital · Redpoint Ventures
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.