Generative AI video creation platform for short-form social and marketing content (formerly Captions)
Mirage, formerly known as Captions, is a generative-AI video platform focused on creating polished short-form video content from scripts, prompts, or raw footage — including AI avatars and digital twins. Founded in 2021 by ex-Snap product leader Gaurav Misra, the company rebranded from Captions to Mirage in September 2025 alongside a strategic pivot to becoming an AI video research lab. Mirage raised a $60M Series C in July 2024 led by Index Ventures with participation from Kleiner Perkins, Sequoia, and a16z.
AI📍 New York, NYFounded 2021
Current Valuation
Private
as of 2024-Q3
PRIVATE
IPO Outlookprivate
Is Mirage going public?
No. Mirage is private and has not filed to go public. There is no S-1 on file.
What is Mirage's valuation in 2026?
No confirmed valuation is on record for Mirage. The roster shows funding and investors where they are public; it does not estimate a mark.
Has Mirage filed an S-1?
No public S-1 is on file for Mirage.
Who are Mirage's investors?
Mirage's investors include Index Ventures, Kleiner Perkins, Sequoia Capital, Andreessen Horowitz.
How much has Mirage raised?
Mirage has raised $105M in total, most recently a Series C of $60M in Jul 2024.
Is Mirage publicly traded — can you buy Mirage stock?
No. Mirage 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 Mirage 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
Gaurav Misra
Founded
2021
HQ
New York, NY
Employees
~80
Total Raised
$105M
Growth
Pivot from creator tool to AI video research lab
Last Round
Series C — $60M (Jul 2024) · Lead: Index Ventures
IPO Status
private
Fundraising Status
Series C · $60M · 2y 3mo ago
privateTotal raised $105M
Latest Funding Round
Round
Amount
Date
Lead Investor
Post-Money
Series C
$60M
Jul 2024
Index Ventures
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Vertical Intelligence — AI / ML
No verified Hugging Face organization found for Mirage — no attributable open-model footprint. Closed-weights labs are common; this is a distribution signal, not a capability judgment.
Checked huggingface.co as of 2026-10-05. Re-checked weekly.
Talent Signal
Hiring trend
▲ Hiring uptrend
+10% vs 2026-08
Open roles
11
via ashby
Product-build share
73%
engineering, research, product, design
Trajectory
expanding
heavy product build — 73% of open roles are product-building functions (engineering/research/product) — 4 of 11 open roles are engineering.
No tracked executive churn; open roles trending up.
Counted from Mirage'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
Gaurav MisraDwight Churchill
Investors
Index Ventures · Kleiner Perkins · Sequoia Capital · Andreessen Horowitz
Products
Mirage AI Studio (AI avatar + digital-twin video generation)
AI Video Editor (script-to-video, prompt-to-video)
30-second AI-generated marketing video tooling
Competitors
Runway · Synthesia · HeyGen · Pika Labs
Generative AIVideo AIAvatarsShort-formMarketing
Private-company numbers are not real-time. Reflects publicly disclosed valuations from press releases, news reports, and tender offers as of 2024-Q3. Refreshed quarterly.