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HeyGen

AI video-generation platform for avatars, localization, and marketing content
HeyGen offers AI avatar, video translation, and generative-video tools for marketing, sales, and localization workflows. Forbes selected it for the 2026 AI 50.
AI 📍 Los Angeles, CA Founded 2022
Current Valuation
Private
PRIVATE

IPO Outlookprivate

Is HeyGen going public?
No. HeyGen is private and has not filed to go public. There is no S-1 on file.
What is HeyGen's valuation in 2026?
No confirmed valuation is on record for HeyGen. The roster shows funding and investors where they are public; it does not estimate a mark.
Has HeyGen filed an S-1?
No public S-1 is on file for HeyGen.
Can you buy HeyGen stock?
No. HeyGen 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 HeyGen on its Pre-IPO Access Desk.
How to actually get exposure to HeyGen →
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Company Profile

CEO
Joshua Xu
Founded
2022
HQ
Los Angeles, CA
Employees
Undisclosed
Total Raised
$74M
IPO Status
private

Fundraising Status

Forbes AI 50 profile · 5 mo ago
privateTotal raised $74M

Secondary Market

Implied price / share
$1.39
Open interest
1
Secondary price return by period
Secondary market period returns3-month+39.0%6-month+39.0%1-year+37.6%All-time+39.0%
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 →

Latest Funding Round

RoundAmountDateLead InvestorPost-Money
Forbes AI 50 profileApr 2026Forbes AI 50

Vertical Intelligence — AI / ML

No verified Hugging Face organization found for HeyGen — no attributable open-model footprint. Closed-weights labs are common; this is a distribution signal, not a capability judgment.
Checked huggingface.co as of 2026-09-19. Re-checked weekly.

Talent Signal

Hiring trend
Hiring downtrend
-19% vs 2026-08
Open roles
17
via greenhouse
Product-build share
53%
engineering, research, product, design
Trajectory
tightening
product-led hiring — 53% of open roles build product; the rest are go-to-market and G&A.
Open roles trending down; no tracked executive churn.
Open roles by month
Open roles by month21Aug '2617Sep '26
Open roles by function
Open roles by functionEngineering7Marketing4Sales & GTM3Legal & Policy1Research1Security1
product-building   go-to-market / G&A
Backend EngineerBackend Engineer - InfrastructureData Infrastructure EngineerFrontend Software EngineerFullstack Software EngineerResearch Engineer
Counted from HeyGen's live job board as of 2026-09-14; role functions classified from posting titles. Open-role counts are an activity signal, not headcount. Refreshed monthly.

Founders & Key People

Joshua XuWayne Liang

Products

  • AI avatars
  • Video translation
  • Text-to-video generation
  • Marketing video workflows

Competitors

Synthesia · Runway · Tavus · Pika · Higgsfield
AIGenerative VideoForbes AI 50
Private-company numbers are not real-time. Reflects publicly disclosed valuations from press releases, news reports, and tender offers as of recent date. Refreshed quarterly.