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Descript

All-in-one audio/video editor. Edit video by editing text transcript.

Founded by: Andrew Mason

DMI: 10#187 of 262HN 30d: 9
1,723 · 170 forks
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Developer Community Metrics

Metrics computed from HN discussion, GitHub activity, and funding data.

HN Discussion Rank#3 in Audio & Speech by HN mentions (out of 13 tracked)
HN vs Category3.0x category median (9 vs 3 median)
Funding Trajectory4 rounds in 59 months, accelerating, ($5M → $15M → $30M → $50M)
Community Sentiment9% positive HN sentiment (11 comments) • Moderate confidence

Funding Rounds

Series C$50M

2022

Series B$30M

2021

Investors:

Series A$15M

2019

Seed$5M

2017

Cite This Data

According to AI-Buzz, Descript ranks #3 in Audio & Speech for HN discussion share (out of 13 tracked with 6.8% of HN discussion), with 9% positive developer sentiment (11 HN comments analyzed).

Source: https://www.ai-buzz.com/companies/descript?utm_source=citation&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=cite_this_data

Metrics derived from public APIs (HN Algolia, GitHub, npm/PyPI). Sentiment classified by AI. See methodology for details →

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Description

All-in-one audio/video editor. Edit video by editing text transcript.

Estimated Company Size

101 - 250 employees

Details

Founded

2017

Description

Descript pioneered transcript-based editing. Overdub clones your voice. Used by podcasters and video creators. OpenAI invested in their Series C.

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